Play Like The Dickens raised two thousand dollars!

The Kamloops Community Band’s recent “Play Like the Dickens” concert raised two thousand dollars for two funds of special interest to the band, the Richard Dickens Music Scholarship and the Donald Bennett Music Legacy Fund. The Richard Dickens Music Scholarship is available for students in SD73 music programs to study music for up to four […]

Starting back up again!

We are excited to return to playing together again, and the wait is almost over. We’ll be resuming rehearsals on Sunday, September 11 at 7:00 pm, back in the South Kamloops Secondary School Music Room. With luck, this will be the start of our first full season since 2020. We are working on finalizing performance […]

We’re Back In Business!

We are thrilled to announce that we are able to return to weekly rehearsals again! Southwest Community Church (where we used to put on our concerts) has just given us the OK to rehearse in their sanctuary Sunday evenings, beginning SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24!  The sanctuary gives us lots of room to spread out so we can rehearse […]

Returning To Playing

The recent extension of the COVID-19 restrictions has created a challenge for us resuming rehearsals. The SKSS Music Room where we normally rehearse is not large enough for us to safely physically distance, so we have to find an alternative location if we want to begin rehearsals before January. We are currently in the process […]

Kamloops Community Band and COVID-19

**UPDATED MARCH 20**We are cancelling the remainder of our concerts this season. All rehearsals are cancelled. We couldn’t have a situation more conducive to spreading the virus than we have in rehearsal: large numbers in a confined space, with lots of air, possibly full of potentially virus-filled water droplets, being expelled in that space. Stay […]

Join Us For “Play Like The Dickens” March 11

We are pleased to present Play Like The Dickens, our annual fundraiser for the Richard Dickens Music Scholarship, on Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30 pm in the Kamloops Full Gospel Tabernacle, 1550 Tranquille Road. Dickens was a long-time Kamloops school music teacher, and the founder of the band. He passed away in 2009 and proceeds […]

Kamloops Community Band Presents “Up To Snow”

The Kamloops Community Band is getting Up To Snow Good at our annual musical celebration of winter on Wednesday, November 27 at 7:30 pm in the Kamloops Full Gospel Tabernacle. Up To Snow Good features a fun mix of festive favourites, seasonal treats from around the world, and other musical delights. The Kamloops Choristers will […]

Announcing Our 19/20 Season!

We are very pleased to announce our 19/20 concert season. All concerts will be taking place in the Kamloops Full Gospel Tabernacle, located at 1550 Tranquille Road. Join us for celebrations of the festive season, the coming of spring, and the start of summer, as well as our annual fundraising concert for the Richard Dickens […]