As we continue with our second month of the Summer Concert Series, we wish to encourage everyone to continue to attend our free Tuesday night concerts in Victoria Park at 7:30 pm. Bring your lawn chair, sit back and relax in the cool summer evening while your toes tap away to our catchy tunes.

We wish to remind our followers that the Cobourg Legion Pipes and Drums will be joining us again this year for our concert on August 25th, weather permitting. The park is always full that evening so come early to reserve your favourite spot under your favourite tree.

As an added bonus, we will do an additional concert on September 1st, not only as a possible rain date for the Cobourg Pipes concert, but as a thank you to all our listeners – and this is where we need your help! The September 1st musical selections will be all requests submitted by our audience over the next couple of weeks.

You can send us the name of your favourite tune by email at cbcrmab@gmail.com or by Facebook Messenger from our page (which we hope you are following!), or even write it out and give it to any band member at our next concert in the park. We will try to fit in as many requests as we can within our time limit. Hope to hear from you soon!

As our Summer Concert Series in Victoria Park continues this summer, we are happy to welcome back the Cogeco broadcast crew from Your TV Northumberland. They are recording our concerts in July and August for broadcasting in the fall and winter months, to bring you the sounds of summer when it’s cold and snowy outside.

Thank you Your TV for supporting local music!

The Concert Band of Cobourg announced today, Tuesday, October 11th, 2022, the release of a short documentary on who the band is, where they came from, and why their future is still bright after 180 years. Check out the premiere on YouTube at 7pm, or watch any time afterwards at https://youtu.be/MTwLK_ZyrR4. Follow the excitement of the release on our Facebook page!

Subtitled Tradition, Duty, Honour and Family, the 15-minute film speaks about the history of the band and its evolution as well as what it has meant to Cobourg (Tradition), the relationship between the Town of Cobourg and the band (Duty), the role of ambassadors and the pride the band brings when performing (Honour), and the social aspects that make the band a place where musicians feel like they are part of the bigger whole (Family).

Much of the information on the early years of the band was taken from the book Journal of a Band by Robert Irvine, which was published in 2017.  The band is represented in old photographs and early footage, as well as more current recordings of band performances.  These were compiled over the summer by Producer Charlynne Jourard, who also wrote the narrative which is voiced by the band’s concert MC Diana Storen and Chris Devlin.  Directing and editing was done by Gregory Jourard, who recently graduated from Durham College in the Broadcasting – Radio and New Media program.

Director of Music Paul Storms is excited to release the movie for everyone to see.  “It is an amazing video that encompasses where our band came from, where it stands today and it’s potential for the future.  It explains how the band is a longstanding cornerstone of Cobourg.  We are very proud of the huge effort that went into producing this work.”

Welcome to the homepage of the Concert Band of Cobourg, the Band of the Royal Marines Association Ontario. We are one of the oldest continuously operating community bands in Canada, having started in 1843. Please browse through our gallery, read more on our history as published in our book Journal of a Band, sample some of our recorded music, and explore our involvement in the community including our documentary on our Video page. From our weekly summer concerts in Victoria Park to our participation in Santa Claus and Canada Day parades, you’ll see why our motto is Pride of Performance.