The Best Free Entertainment on a Friday Night

Courthouse Square - Mercer, Pennsylvania

The Mercer Community Band

The Mercer Community Band dramatically recreates the music of the golden age of the great concert bands of America, exactly as it would have sounded over 100 years ago under the baton of John Philip Sousa and Patrick S. Gilmore.  The music folder melts away the age barrier.  People of all walks of life belong to the band which encompasses an entire community of professionals, teachers, ministers, bankers, construction workers, business people, military and medical personnel, attorneys, retirees, high school and college students among others grace the stage of the bandstand.

The Mercer Community Band has become nationally acclaimed for its special theme concerts including "A Broadway Spectacular", "Red, White and Blue", "Echoes of the Past", "Hooray for Hollywood", "Big Band Sounds", among others.  Its repertoire encompasses rousing marches, fiery overtures, gentle descriptive pieces, hymns, the operas of Rossini to Broadway hits and sing-a-longs.

In 2026, the Mercer Community Band celebrated America’s 250th anniversary with a special “Happy Birthday America” concert season, presented as a countywide celebration in partnership with Visit Mercer County PA and the Mercer County America 250 Committee.

The band is now preparing to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2027 with “50 Years of Music in the Air on the Courthouse Square!