Events

Come watch us at the Long Beach Pride Parade and show your support for the world's second oldest LGBTQ+ community band!

Come watch GFBLA at the front of the West Hollywood Pride Parade!  The parade steps off at 12:00pm on Sunday, June 1st!  Cheer us on and show us why you pride!

Watch the GFBLA Marching Band perform our full set on stage as we celebrate Why We Pride, showcasing that "We Are Family" and that we were all "Born This Way"! GFBLA takes the stage in the WeHo Street Fair at 2:10pm on Sunday, June 1st after the parade.  Don't miss us!

Join the GFBLA Jazz Band at the Mayflower in North Hollywood for a fun time featuring big band dance music as we celebrate Pride Month!

Come watch the GFBLA Marching Band play its way through the heart of Hollywood at the front of the LA Pride Parade! Parade step off is 11:00AM on Sunday, June 8th.

The GFBLA Marching Band is continuing to celebrate after the parade by performing its full set! GFBLA will take the LA Pride Village Community stage after the parade at 12:30pm to show everyone why we pride!

The GFBLA Concert Band is performing its Masks & Metamorphosis program at the Huntington! The event begins at 6:00pm at Rothenberg Hall at the Huntington Library.  Get your tickets here!

The GFBLA Concert Band is performing for a private event.

GFBLA's Concert Band returns again to put on another concert in Lafayette Park! This concert will feature music of the cinema and is the culmination of our GFBLA Member Conducting Workshop. Come show your support!

¡Bienvenides! The Gay Freedom Band of LA and Mariachi Arco•Iris Tuesday, November 11 at 8:00PM The Alex Theatre in Glendale >> Get Tickets << Experience ¡Bienvenides! -- a vibrant celebration of Mexican music performed by two of Los Angeles' premier LGBTQ+ music ensembles!  The Gay Freedom Band of Los Angeles Concert Band (GFBLA) joins forces with Mariachi Arco•Iris de Los Angeles for an unforgettable evening of music by Mexican composers and arrangers, including Natalia Lafourcade, Lucha Villa, Arturo Márquez, and Carlos Chávez. As immigration policies continue to affect many in our communities, GFBLA presents ¡Bienvenides! as a reminder that Los Angeles is shaped by its immigrant roots, […]

The GFBLA Jazz Band will be performing contemporary jazz titles that will put you in an Autumn mood.  Come listen to some classics such as Autumn Leaves and Autumn in NY in a cozy relaxing atmosphere.  The seasonal feeling of Autumn will surround you. Tickets can be purchased HERE!!!

Join the musicians of the Gay Freedom Band of Los Angeles for the premiere of forgotten holiday music from the Jay T. Last Collection in The Huntington Archives. Newly arranged by GFBLA composers for Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Saxophone Quartet, these rediscovered carols, hymns, and polkas find new life in Rothenberg Hall. Click here […]