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Franklin Community Band The Franklin Community Band is volunteer group of musicians from Central Indiana who meet, practice, and perform in Franklin and other local communities.

If you have interest in joining or in having the band perform, please message this page.

10/12/2026

How about a Sunday evening tune?

This is "I Could Have Danced All Night" (from "My Fair Lady" by Alan Lerner and Frederick Loew (arranged by C. Paul Herfurth) performed at our recent concert at The Historic Artcraft Theatre.

Yes, this is sort of the same view that I posted early this afternoon, but there's something about having your name in l...
10/09/2026

Yes, this is sort of the same view that I posted early this afternoon, but there's something about having your name in lights with the lights actually on at night.

THANK YOU to The Historic Artcraft Theatre for the great venue. It's a fun place to play!

THANK YOU to everyone who came out to see the show. There were a lot of you out there and the band feeds off the enthusiasm of the crowd!

THANK YOU to Eric. Your vocals are top-notch and add an extra layer to the concert. It's also nice when you bring your own cheering section!

THANK YOU to Phil for your narration skills. We also appreciate your dressing the part!

And THANK YOU to Buzzy Brown for emerging from your vaudeville past. Your display of dancing will be long remembered!

TWOOO-AH hours before the concert starts (at 7pm)!!!
10/08/2026

TWOOO-AH hours before the concert starts (at 7pm)!!!

Now THAT’s entertainment!!We hope you can join us tonight for an enchanted evening of music at The Historic Artcraft The...
10/08/2026

Now THAT’s entertainment!!

We hope you can join us tonight for an enchanted evening of music at The Historic Artcraft Theatre! We’re playing music that is at home on a theatre stage. We’ll have special guest vocalist Eric DeForest joining us on a few numbers. When Eric sings “God Bless America”, the audience tends to enjoy it. (Spoiler Alert: one of the numbers Eric is joining us on is “God Bless America”).

The concert is tonight, October 8. No tickets are needed and the admission cost is FREE! It starts at 7:00 PM, but you might want to arrive early to take advantage of some of the goodies on offer in the concession area (concession goodies are reasonably priced but not free, by the way). I’d like to take advantage of some of the goodies on offer in the concession area too, but I’m pretty sure my horn doesn’t sound as good with popcorn and candy getting blown into it! That’s not an issue for the audience though! As usual, Franklin has activities going on and people dining out so you might have to look for parking other than in the lot immediately across from the Artcraft, but it’s a WONDERFUL weather day today…not a bad evening for a little stroll.

Playing on the theatre stage brings out something extra from the band…this should be a GOOD one!

If you like the sound of saxophones, it'll be worth your while to be at The Historic Artcraft Theatre 7:00 PM on Thursda...
10/04/2026

If you like the sound of saxophones, it'll be worth your while to be at The Historic Artcraft Theatre 7:00 PM on Thursday, October 8! There will be some good sounds coming from the saxophone section as well as the other sections of the band!

Photo courtesy of the Lucas family
Location: Beeson Hall

This is your One Week Advisory---our concert at The Historic Artcraft Theatre is one week from tonight! 7:00 PM on Thur...
10/01/2026

This is your One Week Advisory---our concert at The Historic Artcraft Theatre is one week from tonight! 7:00 PM on Thursday, October 8!

And if you might be thinking "But I just saw the band play not long ago", there will be a LOT of new music in this concert. Plus seeing a live show at The Historic Artcraft Theatre has a level of "cool" all by itself.

Hope to see you there!!

Sometimes the poster says it all!!The performances we've done at the The Historic Artcraft Theatre have been special sin...
09/25/2026

Sometimes the poster says it all!!

The performances we've done at the The Historic Artcraft Theatre have been special since we started playing there. Here's your chance to see this year's show!

Thursday October 8 at 7:00 PM!!

I want to say a big "THANK YOU" to everyone who came to the concert/ice cream social/artwork event this evening! Thanks...
09/14/2026

I want to say a big "THANK YOU" to everyone who came to the concert/ice cream social/artwork event this evening! Thanks to Franklin Parks & Recreation for hosting this annual Ice Cream Social! (Also, thanks to them for saving some ice cream until after the concert for those of us who don't want to blow ice cream into our horns!) Also, thanks very much to Dianna Porter of PortalUnlimited for being willing to step outside the norm and painting something from start to finish during the time it takes for us to play a concert. I'm pretty sure Monet couldn't have cranked out "Water Lilies" in the span of a Franklin Community Band Concert!

While I COULD have posted a picture of an ice cream sundae, I thought it would be better (and more artistic) to post Dianna and her great painting. One of the benefits of living in Franklin is having a community event like this. We're lucky to have a Parks and Recreation department that schedules a WIDE variety of activities and also talented local folks like Dianna who are willing to share their abilities. It's a pleasure for the band to be a part of it.

By this time tomorrow, the ice cream will have been eaten, the painting will have been painted, and the music will have ...
09/13/2026

By this time tomorrow, the ice cream will have been eaten, the painting will have been painted, and the music will have been played. That's a good thing because I've pretty much exhausted my collection of "goofy dog pictures"! (and, no, that's not bubblegum)

Sunday, September 13, starting at 6:00 PM at Beeson Hall, the 2026 Franklin Parks & Recreation ice cream social will be happening!! During the course of the evening, Dianna Porter (of PortalUnlimited) will turn blank space into a painting. Obviously, there's ice cream (last year, there was a NICE collection of toppings for a sundae!). And through it all, there'll be music from the Franklin Community Band.

The main doors off the parking lot should be open. The doors off of South Street should also be open. And on the pool-side of the building, I believe there'll be a door with direct access to Beeson Hall. It's been a few years since we've played at Beeson, but it's a great spot for a band concert! We hope you'll come out and see the show and the art and the ice cream!

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