Arizona’s Own 108th Army Big Band! 4th of July Tour
(Free-$5 | 6:30pm & 8pm Sets) Join us for the 2nd annual Independence Day Celebration with Arizona’s Own 108th Army Big Band! The “108th Army Band,” Arizona National Guard is based at the Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix and is comprised of citizen/soldiers who hold full-time professions as musicians, teachers, students, computer programmers, small business owners, and construction and postal service workers. In addition to its traditional concert and ceremonial band instrumentation, members of the band also perform regularly in smaller popular, jazz, rock, worship, Dixieland, brass and woodwind ensembles.
Organized October 22th 1913 in the Arizona National Guard at Phoenix as the “Band, 1st Regiment Infantry”, the band redesignated in May 1947 as the “108th Army Band” and has since served Arizona with pride! They are on a 4th of July tour and stopping in Tucson to perform in lieu of the Century Jazz Orchestra for our Big Band Monday program!
General Admission tickets are FREE thanks to the American taxpayer! Guarantee a seat by purchasing a discounted Preferred Seat by the stage.