Rose City Pride Bands
@rosecitypride.bsky.social
Portland’s LGBTQ+ musical organization with four ensembles. Playing music to empower communities and build harmonious societies! 🌈
Grab your dancing shoes and join Rose City Swing at the Columbia Grange’s Valentine’s Weekend Swing Dance on February 7th! 💃🌈 Swing-era attire encouraged and singles welcome! 🎶 #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySwing
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Grab your dancing shoes and join Rose City Swing at the Columbia Grange’s Valentine’s Weekend Swing Dance on February 7th! 💃🌈 Swing-era attire encouraged and singles welcome! 🎶 #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySwing
And many thanks to all of you for your support. It means the world to us. We can’t wait to make music for you all in 2026! 🌈🎶
January 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
And many thanks to all of you for your support. It means the world to us. We can’t wait to make music for you all in 2026! 🌈🎶
An immense thank you to our artistic direction and production teams who made everything possible, from rehearsal spaces to music distribution to concert day logistics. We couldn’t have done it without you! ♥️
January 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
An immense thank you to our artistic direction and production teams who made everything possible, from rehearsal spaces to music distribution to concert day logistics. We couldn’t have done it without you! ♥️
Happy New Year from RCPB! 🍾 We had a momentous 2025—we played the Schnitz with PGMC and PLC in the spring, we wrapped our 35th anniversary celebrations in the summer, and we debuted an entirely new wind ensemble in the fall. #RoseCityPrideBands
January 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Happy New Year from RCPB! 🍾 We had a momentous 2025—we played the Schnitz with PGMC and PLC in the spring, we wrapped our 35th anniversary celebrations in the summer, and we debuted an entirely new wind ensemble in the fall. #RoseCityPrideBands
Our wind band holiday concert, LIGHT & MYSTERY, is coming up THIS SATURDAY! We hope you’ll join us for festive favorites, traditional carols, and a bake sale with treats from our band members. 🎶❄️🎁
WHEN: December 20th, 2025 @ 7PM
WHERE: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College
WHEN: December 20th, 2025 @ 7PM
WHERE: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College
December 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Our wind band holiday concert, LIGHT & MYSTERY, is coming up THIS SATURDAY! We hope you’ll join us for festive favorites, traditional carols, and a bake sale with treats from our band members. 🎶❄️🎁
WHEN: December 20th, 2025 @ 7PM
WHERE: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College
WHEN: December 20th, 2025 @ 7PM
WHERE: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College
The Rose City Symphonic Band’s inaugural concert was a hit! 🎶🌈 Thank you to everyone who joined us for this historic matinee. We can’t wait to see you again this weekend at our holiday wind band concert. #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySymphonicBand
December 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Rose City Symphonic Band’s inaugural concert was a hit! 🎶🌈 Thank you to everyone who joined us for this historic matinee. We can’t wait to see you again this weekend at our holiday wind band concert. #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySymphonicBand
Rose City Swing’s holiday gig, JAZZ IN THE ATRIUM, is this weekend! Pop by Legacy Emanuel on Sunday for jazz standards and seasonal favorites. ⛄🎶
WHEN: Sunday, December 14th @ 11AM
WHERE: Legacy Emanuel Medical Office 2, 501 N Graham, Portland OR 97227
WHEN: Sunday, December 14th @ 11AM
WHERE: Legacy Emanuel Medical Office 2, 501 N Graham, Portland OR 97227
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Rose City Swing’s holiday gig, JAZZ IN THE ATRIUM, is this weekend! Pop by Legacy Emanuel on Sunday for jazz standards and seasonal favorites. ⛄🎶
WHEN: Sunday, December 14th @ 11AM
WHERE: Legacy Emanuel Medical Office 2, 501 N Graham, Portland OR 97227
WHEN: Sunday, December 14th @ 11AM
WHERE: Legacy Emanuel Medical Office 2, 501 N Graham, Portland OR 97227
The Rose City Pride Bands presents LIGHT & MYSTERY: A WINTER CELEBRATION, our holiday wind band concert. Join us and celebrate the season’s contrasts: light and shadow, reflection and laughter, community and solitude. Featuring a bake sale with treats from our band members! 🎁✨⛄ #RoseCityPrideBands
December 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Rose City Pride Bands presents LIGHT & MYSTERY: A WINTER CELEBRATION, our holiday wind band concert. Join us and celebrate the season’s contrasts: light and shadow, reflection and laughter, community and solitude. Featuring a bake sale with treats from our band members! 🎁✨⛄ #RoseCityPrideBands
The Rose City Symphonic Band’s dress rehearsal was a great success! We can’t wait to see you all at INFINITE SKIES: MUSIC OF HOPE AND WONDER this Sunday! 🎶🌌
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Rose City Symphonic Band’s dress rehearsal was a great success! We can’t wait to see you all at INFINITE SKIES: MUSIC OF HOPE AND WONDER this Sunday! 🎶🌌
The Rose City Symphonic Band’s debut concert is ONE WEEK AWAY! 🌠🎶 Our newest ensemble, under the direction of Craig Bunch, is unbelievably excited to perform together for the first time at this monumental matinee, featuring Hudson’s Bay High School wind ensemble. 🌈🌌
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Rose City Symphonic Band’s debut concert is ONE WEEK AWAY! 🌠🎶 Our newest ensemble, under the direction of Craig Bunch, is unbelievably excited to perform together for the first time at this monumental matinee, featuring Hudson’s Bay High School wind ensemble. 🌈🌌
Join Rose City Swing for JAZZ IN THE ATRIUM, our holiday jazz gig on December 14th! 🎄🎁🎶 We’ll be performing seasonal favorites and jazz standards in the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center atrium. Pop by for some festive fun!
#RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySwing
#RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySwing
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Join Rose City Swing for JAZZ IN THE ATRIUM, our holiday jazz gig on December 14th! 🎄🎁🎶 We’ll be performing seasonal favorites and jazz standards in the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center atrium. Pop by for some festive fun!
#RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySwing
#RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySwing
The Rose City Symphonic Band presents “INFINITE SKIES: MUSIC OF HOPE AND WONDER,” the inaugural concert of our newest wind ensemble! 🎶🌈🎉 We are so excited to perform as a group for the first time. Please join us for a matinee of music in the stars, featuring Hudson’s Bay High School. 🌠
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Rose City Symphonic Band presents “INFINITE SKIES: MUSIC OF HOPE AND WONDER,” the inaugural concert of our newest wind ensemble! 🎶🌈🎉 We are so excited to perform as a group for the first time. Please join us for a matinee of music in the stars, featuring Hudson’s Bay High School. 🌠
We are happy to announce that our very own Craig Bunch was named one of the two @pridebandsalliance.bsky.social Assistant Band Directors for the 2027 Rose Parade! 🎉🌹🎶
October 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We are happy to announce that our very own Craig Bunch was named one of the two @pridebandsalliance.bsky.social Assistant Band Directors for the 2027 Rose Parade! 🎉🌹🎶
The Rose City Wind Symphony presents ECHOES OF RESISTANCE: A CONCERT OF MEMORY, DEFIANCE, AND HOPE. Through works by composers and artists who wrote under political pressure or persecution, this program explores resistance in its many forms—joyful and solemn, public and personal. #RoseCityPrideBands
October 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Rose City Wind Symphony presents ECHOES OF RESISTANCE: A CONCERT OF MEMORY, DEFIANCE, AND HOPE. Through works by composers and artists who wrote under political pressure or persecution, this program explores resistance in its many forms—joyful and solemn, public and personal. #RoseCityPrideBands
Rose City Swing led a full dance floor at Portland Lindy Society's Jammin’ with Pride Lindy Hop in July! 🎶💃🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #PortlandLindySociety #RoseCitySwing
October 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Rose City Swing led a full dance floor at Portland Lindy Society's Jammin’ with Pride Lindy Hop in July! 🎶💃🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #PortlandLindySociety #RoseCitySwing
The Rose City Pride Marching Band had a great time at AIDS Walk Northwest this weekend! Thanks for having us! ♥️🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #AIDSWalk
September 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Rose City Pride Marching Band had a great time at AIDS Walk Northwest this weekend! Thanks for having us! ♥️🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #AIDSWalk
Introducing the Rose City Symphonic Band! 🌈 Our new wind ensemble, directed by Craig Bunch, had its inaugural rehearsal this week. We’ve got big plans for RCSB’s debut season and can’t wait to make music together as a new group! 🎶 #RoseCitySymphonicBand #RoseCityPrideBands
September 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Introducing the Rose City Symphonic Band! 🌈 Our new wind ensemble, directed by Craig Bunch, had its inaugural rehearsal this week. We’ve got big plans for RCSB’s debut season and can’t wait to make music together as a new group! 🎶 #RoseCitySymphonicBand #RoseCityPrideBands
One last Portland Pride post… thank you to Michael Elliot (www.fieldnotesmedia.com) for taking these! 📷🌈
August 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
One last Portland Pride post… thank you to Michael Elliot (www.fieldnotesmedia.com) for taking these! 📷🌈
Our next wind symphony season is on the immediate horizon—we reconvene this month! Check your emails for information on rehearsals, music pickup, and the new ensemble we’re launching this fall. Sign ups are due August 14th! 🎶🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands
Photo credits to Dave Kinder 📸
Photo credits to Dave Kinder 📸
August 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Our next wind symphony season is on the immediate horizon—we reconvene this month! Check your emails for information on rehearsals, music pickup, and the new ensemble we’re launching this fall. Sign ups are due August 14th! 🎶🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands
Photo credits to Dave Kinder 📸
Photo credits to Dave Kinder 📸
Shoutout to our FABULOUS colorguard 🏳️🏳️🌈🏳️ This is by far the strongest group we’ve had in years. Thank you to our rifles, flags, and coordinators for your hard work—our parades would be dull without you. 🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands
July 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Shoutout to our FABULOUS colorguard 🏳️🏳️🌈🏳️ This is by far the strongest group we’ve had in years. Thank you to our rifles, flags, and coordinators for your hard work—our parades would be dull without you. 🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands
Our drumline is the heartbeat of the Rose City Marching Band & Colorguard 💗🥁 Without their steady hands, the rest of us would cause a VERY expensive pileup. Thank you to our incredible drumline for their hard work this season! 🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCityMarchingBand
July 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Our drumline is the heartbeat of the Rose City Marching Band & Colorguard 💗🥁 Without their steady hands, the rest of us would cause a VERY expensive pileup. Thank you to our incredible drumline for their hard work this season! 🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCityMarchingBand
PORTLAND PRIDE ♥️🌈 What a fabulous weekend! Thank you to all our supporters on the parade sidelines and beyond. More photos to come! #RoseCityPrideBands #PortlandPride
July 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
PORTLAND PRIDE ♥️🌈 What a fabulous weekend! Thank you to all our supporters on the parade sidelines and beyond. More photos to come! #RoseCityPrideBands #PortlandPride
Rose City Swing is performing at the Portland Lindy Society’s JAMMIN’ WITH PRIDE next Thursday, July 24th 🎺 Learn to swing dance with a beginner lesson before RCS takes the floor at Portland Lindy’s first queer event 🌈🎶 #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySwing
July 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Rose City Swing is performing at the Portland Lindy Society’s JAMMIN’ WITH PRIDE next Thursday, July 24th 🎺 Learn to swing dance with a beginner lesson before RCS takes the floor at Portland Lindy’s first queer event 🌈🎶 #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySwing
The Portland Pride Parade is THIS SUNDAY 🌈 Our performance at Portland Pride is the culmination of months of rehearsals—join the Rose City Marching Band & Colorguard at 11AM for the flagship march of our 35th anniversary season 🎉⚡ #RoseCityPrideBands #PortlandPride2025
July 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Portland Pride Parade is THIS SUNDAY 🌈 Our performance at Portland Pride is the culmination of months of rehearsals—join the Rose City Marching Band & Colorguard at 11AM for the flagship march of our 35th anniversary season 🎉⚡ #RoseCityPrideBands #PortlandPride2025
Rose City Swing is playing at Portland Lindy’s Thursday Swing on July 24th! 🌈 Portland Lindy Society is celebrating Pride at their first queer-focused Lindy Hop event, an evening for everyone: first-time and experienced dancers alike. Learn more at www.portlandlindysociety.com/calendar
July 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Rose City Swing is playing at Portland Lindy’s Thursday Swing on July 24th! 🌈 Portland Lindy Society is celebrating Pride at their first queer-focused Lindy Hop event, an evening for everyone: first-time and experienced dancers alike. Learn more at www.portlandlindysociety.com/calendar