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Bandshell in the Fog, Golden Gate Park
The Golden Gate Park Band has been playing free public concerts on Sundays in Golden Gate Park continuously since September of 1882. Originally the band had 12 members and performed in a wooden bandstand like the one above. By 1900 the concerts were so popular that the large stone Temple of Music was built to accommodate the huge crowds. That giant stone stage still stands outside the de Young Museum.

Today the public concert season begins in late April and continue to the season finale in October. The band plays a great variety of music including classic band favorites, opera, marches, Broadway show tunes, orchestral transcriptions, novelty tunes, folk music, and big band swing. The free public concerts begin at 1:00 in the afternoon on Sundays.
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