Hawaii County Band

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The Hawaiʻi County Band is a municipal band founded in 1883. It is the second oldest professional musical organization in the State of Hawaii. Only the Royal Hawaiian Band, founded in 1836, is older.

The Hawaiʻi County Band, based in Hilo, is composed of approximately 40 part-time musicians and a full-time director and is part of the Parks and Recreation Department of the County of Hawaiʻi. The band performs for free at ceremonies, festivals, parades, dedications and many other public events throughout Hawaiʻi Island (variously nicknamed "The Orchid Island," "The Volcano Island, and "The Big Island"). The band performs a monthly concert at Moʻoheau Park in downtown Hilo.

The West Hawaiʻi County Band, based in Kailua-Kona on the Kona Coast of Hawaiʻi Island, is an independent sub-unit of the Hawai'i County Band. As a civic band The West Hawaiʻi County Band can be heard at regular monthly concerts in Kailua-Kona as well as performing in numerous parades and civic events on the west side of Hawaiʻi Island.^[1]