Pioneerland Band Festival

06/24/2025

06/14/2025

🏆 Results from last night's parade: 🏆

Grand Champion - Litchfield

Class A
🥇1st - KMS
🥈2nd - Albany
🥉3rd - Alexandria
🏅4th - Fergus Falls

Class AA
🥇1st - Waconia
🥈2nd - Bemidji
🥉3rd - Patriots

Exhibition
Montevideo

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

https://sites.google.com/benson.k12.mn.us/pbf-website/past-winners/2025

06/13/2025

🇺🇸🎵🎺🥁🎷 It's Parade Day! 🎷🥁🎺🎵🇺🇸

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

06/07/2025

The parade is 1 week from today!

05/31/2025

The parade is 2 weeks from today!

Del & Carlene Sarlette honored as Grand Marshals for 2025 Pioneerland Band Festival.

Del & Carlene are the owners of Sarlette's Music store in Morris. The Sarlettes bought the store in 1981 from Del's father, Walt. Since then, Sarlette's Music has provided area schools with instrument rental and sales, repair services, music accessories, and other support. Del calls on nearly 24 schools in a 60 mile radius.

Del & Carlene's support of music in our area schools is the reason we can have a parade. Most of our local musicians have either rented and purchased an instrument from Sarlette's or they have had it repaired and maintained there. Del's commitment to keeping music alive and affordable in our rural communities is immeasurable. The PBF committee thanks Del & Carlene for their many years of supporting music and the arts in our community!

05/24/2025

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 other bands will be performing this year.

Albany
Alexandria
Bemidji
Fergus Falls
KMS
Litchfield
Montevideo
Patriots
Waconia