Pioneerland Band Festival

06/15/2024

🏆 Results from last night's parade: 🏆

Grand Champion - Litchfield

Class A
🥇1st - KMS
🥈2nd - Albany
🥉3rd - Montevideo

Class AA
🥇1st - Sartell-St. Stephen
🥈2nd - Alexandria
🥉3rd - Fergus Falls

Class AAA
🥇1st - Patriots
🥈2nd - Bemidji

Outstanding Color Guard - Litchfield
Outstanding Percussion - Litchfield
Outstanding Winds - Litchfield
People's Choice - Litchfield

2024 Grand Champion: Litchfield

06/14/2024

🇺🇸🎵🎺🥁🎷 It's Parade Day! 🎷🥁🎺🎵🇺🇸

Check out the Pioneerland Band Festival website here:
https://sites.google.com/benson.k12.mn.us/pbf-website/home

06/12/2024

06/07/2024

The parade is one week from today!

05/31/2024

The parade is two weeks from today!

Reed Anfinson will be the Grand Marshal for the 2024 Pioneerland Band Festival.

Reed is the owner/publisher of the Swift County Monitor-News. He has been a strong advocate for music and music students in Benson Schools and the community for years. His commitment to cover musical events in the newspaper has brought an awareness and importance of what music means to the students and the community. The exposure through articles, advertisements, and pictures gives recognition to the hard work the students and faculty put in to create musical opportunities in the community.

Reed is a 1972 graduate of Benson High School. He then attended the University of Minnesota and graduated from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. He has served as president of the Minnesota Newspaper Association, the National Newspaper Association, and the National Newspaper Foundation. He is currently serving on the Minnesota Center for Rural Policy and Development. He has also won numerous awards throughout his career.

Over the lifetime of the Flag Day Parade, Reed's support has been critical to the success of the event. The PBF committee thanks Reed for his many years of supporting music and the arts in the community!

05/25/2024

The Pioneerland Band Festival is 3 weeks from today!

The Benson High School Marching Band will lead the parade as host band at 6:30 p.m.
9 bands will be performing in competition this year.

Class A - Albany, KMS, Montevideo

Class AA - Fergus Falls, Sartell, Alexandria

Class AAA - Patriots, Litchfield, Bemidji

06/23/2023

06/16/2023

Results from last night's parade:

Grand Champion - Litchfield

Class A
1st - Montevideo
2nd - KMS

Class AA
1st - Dassel-Cokato
2nd - Alexandria
3rd - Sartell-St. Stephen

Class AAA
1st - Waconia
2nd - Champlin Park
3rd - Patriots

Outstanding Color Guard - Litchfield
Outstanding Percussion - Waconia
Outstanding Winds - Waconia
People's Choice - Litchfield

2023 Grand Champion: Litchfield

06/14/2023

🎵🎺🥁🎷 It's Parade Day! 🎷🥁🎺🎵

Check out the Pioneerland Band Festival website here:
https://sites.google.com/benson.k12.mn.us/pbf-website/home

06/12/2023

Hope to see you Wednesday night!

Over the course of three days, marching bands from across the state will fill the streets of three local towns: Benson, Montevideo and Litchfield. All three cities are holding their judged marching band parades next week.

05/31/2023

The Benson Lions Club has been chosen as grand marshal of the 2023 Pioneerland Band Festival.

Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organization in the world. The Benson Lions Club was chartered in 1966. With over 40 members, the club focuses on supporting vision, the environment, childhood cancer, hunger, diabetes, and addressing other local needs - responding to service and donation requests monthly.

Where there is a need, there is a Lion.
We Serve!

05/24/2023

The Pioneerland Band Festival is 3 weeks from today!

The Benson High School Marching Band will lead the parade as host band at 6:30 p.m. 11 bands will be performing in competition this year.

Class A - Montevideo, KMS, Litchfield

Class AA - Sartell, Alexandria, Fergus Falls, Dassel-Cokato

Class AAA - Waconia, Patriots, Bemidji, Champlin Park