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marching band A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Most marching bands wear a uniform, ofte ...

s. Major types include collegiate and military. At least 16 U.S. colleges have had

scramble bands A scramble band - also known as a scatter band - is a particular type of field-performing marching band with distinct characteristics that set it apart from other common forms of marching bands; most notably, scramble bands do not normally march. ...

, which are also included in this list.

North America

United States

Collegiate marching bands

Military marching bands

LGBTQ+ marching bands ( Pride Bands Alliance)

* Queer Big Apple Corps *

San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (SFLGFB) is a community-based concert, marching, and pep band in San Francisco. It is the official band of San Francisco. Founded in 1978, it was the first openly-gay musical organization in the world. ...

* Freedom Band of Los Angeles *

Pride of Indy Band and Color Guard The Pride of Indy Bands is a performing musical ensemble in Indianapolis of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and other LGBT-friendly musicians. Founded in March 2005, The Pride of Indy Band and Color Guard is currently the only LGBT instrument ...

Police bands

NYPD Police Band The Band of the City of New York Police Department, commonly known as the NYPD Police Band, is an American Police band which serves under the NYPD in New York City. The band currently has 70 members and is part of the NYPD Ceremonial Unit. The ban ...

* Milwaukee Police Band

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...
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* Baltimore's Marching Ravens *

Washington Commanders Marching Band The Washington Commanders Marching Band is the marching band for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). Founded in 1937, they are the oldest marching band of the National Football League. They perform the fight song "Ha ...

* Green Bay Packer Lumberjack Band (defunct)

National marching bands

* Macy's Great American Marching Band *McDonald's All-American Marching Band * U.S. Army All-American Marching Band

Marching band festivals and competitions

* Collegiate Marching Band Festival *

Honda Battle of the Bands The Honda Battle of the Bands (sometimes abbreviated The Honda or HBOB) is an annual marching band exhibition in the United States which features performances by bands from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Sponsored by the Ameri ...

* Bands of America * USBands * Winter Guard International *

Drum Corps International Drum Corps International (DCI) is a governing body for junior drum and bugle corps responsible for developing and enforcing rules of competition, and for providing standardized adjudication at sanctioned drum and bugle corps competitions througho ...

Canada

78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band The 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band is a grade one pipe band formed in 1983 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. They work in conjunction with a re-enactor troop for the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, the regiment that spent alm ...

The Carnival Band (Canadian band) The Carnival Band is a marching band and community orchestra based in the Commercial Drive area of East Vancouver, Canada. It is a part of the Activist Street Band movement, which is best known in the United States through the HONK! festivals. ...

Hamilton Police Pipe Band The Hamilton Police Pipe Band is a competitive pipe band based in Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burli ...

Ceremonial Band of the Waterloo Regional Police The Ceremonial Band of the Waterloo Regional Police is a Canadian police band based in Waterloo, Ontario. It was founded in 1977 when the WRPS was four years old. Since 2010, the band has partnered with local high schools and post-secondary instit ...

Royal Military College of Canada Bands The Royal Military College of Canada Bands (also known as the RMC Band) is the official group of bands of the Royal Military College of Canada. The group is composed of four sections: the brass and reed, the pipes and drums, highland dancers, ...

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Simon Fraser University Pipe Band The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band is a grade one pipe band affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is led by pipe major Alan Bevan and leading drummer J. Reid Maxwell. History The Simon Fraser Uni ...

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Toronto Police Pipe Band The Toronto Police Pipe Band is a Canadian pipe band organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada directly composed of a band in grade 2; and 5 through its youth affiliate, Ryan Russell Memorial. The band performs at parades, festivals, ceremon ...

Western Mustang Band The Western Mustang Band (WMB) is the marching band for the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. The band performs at every home football game for the Western Mustangs at TD Stadium in the fall term as well as other athletic ...

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Windsor Police Pipe Band The Windsor Police Pipe Band is a Canadian pipe band organization based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The organization currently has two competing bands; one in grade 3 and another in grade 5. History Founded in 1967, the band has grown substan ...

– police * University of British Columbia Thunderbird Marching Band – college *

Toronto Signals Band The Toronto Signals Band (abbreviated to "Sigs") is a Canadian marching band and drum and bugle corps (classic), drum and bugle corps based in Toronto, Ontario. Although it is not a Canadian military bands, Canadian military band by virtue of bein ...

Oshawa Civic Band The Oshawa Civic Band is a traditional Canadian brass band (British style), "British" brass band based in the city of Oshawa, Ontario. It is similar to the bands of The Salvation Army, which means that all parts, except for the bass trombone and ...

* Calgary Round-Up Band *Calgary Stetson Show Band * Calgary Stampede Showband *

Our Lady of the Rockies High School Our Lady of the Rockies High School is operated by the Calgary Catholic School District. It is a composite high school and one of the largest in Calgary, serving just over 1800 students in the communities of south Calgary, Alberta. It is located ...

* Red Deer Royals Marching Showband *

Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad The (LGMB) is a student-run scramble band within the University of Toronto Engineering Society. The band is notable for its open membership policy and sometimes audacious and surprise appearances at events, venues and university lectures. Origina ...

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Europe

Austria

*Guggenmusik

Great Britain

*Royal Marines Band Service – military *Royal Corps of Army Music – military *RAF Pipe Bands Association – military *RAF Voluntary Bands – military * Royal Air Force Music Services – military * Cassino Band of Northumbria Army Cadet Force – military * Ambassadors Showband Derby - college * The Chesterfield Musketeers Showband – English *

Christ's Hospital Band Christ's Hospital Band is the marching band of Christ's Hospital. The band is a leading UK school band and performs a wide variety of engagements nationally and internationally. History The band's origin dates back to the mid-19th century when ...

- college *

Dagenham Girl Pipers The Dagenham Girl Pipers are a female pipe band based in Dagenham, Greater London. The band was founded in 1930, and toured extensively as a professional organisation before and after the Second World War, with several members performing during ...

– English * Derby Serenaders - show band * Distant Thunder – English * Hertfordshire Showband – English *Nexus Drum & Bugle Corps *

The Pacemakers Drum and Bugle Corps ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

Romford Drum & Trumpet Corps The Romford Drum & Trumpet Corps is a youth band in a military band style, based in the London Borough of Havering. As one of the oldest independent youth marching bands in the country, it has a proud history, with performances throughout the ...

– English * Royal British Legion Band & Corps Of Drums Romford – English *

West of Scotland Band Alliance The West of Scotland Band Alliance, are the oldest Republican marching organisation in Scotland formed in 1979. They march to promote the establishment of a 32 County Socialist Republic of Ireland. The band alliance regularly organise events to ...

Russia

* Russian military bands *

Brass Band of the Government of Tuva Tuva is a part of Russia, inhabited by a Turkic people. Tuvans are known abroad for ''khoomei'' (''xöömej''), a kind of overtone singing. Traditionally, Tuvan music was only a solo effort. The musician's intention was usually to emphasise timb ...

Asia

Armenia

Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia The Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia is the central military band of the Armed Forces of Armenia. It is currently part of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Military Band Division of the General Staff of the ar ...

Israel

Israel Defense Forces Orchestra The Israel Defense Forces Orchestra ( he, תזמורת צה"ל; Tizmoret Tzahal) is the main musical ensemble of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It comprises musicians and singers who have passed the auditions before enlistment into the IDF, mos ...

Israel Police Orchestra The Israel Police Orchestra ( he, תזמורת משטרת ישראל; Tizmoret Mišteret Yisra'el) is the principal musical ensemble of the Israel Police, playing at police ceremonies, as well as official state ceremonies, municipal events and var ...

Kazakhstan

Presidential Orchestra of the State Security Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan The Presidential Band of the State Security Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасы Мемлекеттік қауіпсіздік қызметінің Президенттік оркестрі, ), f ...

* Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan *

Band of the National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan The Exemplary Band of the National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының Ұлттық гвардиясының үлгілі оркестрі, Russian: Образцово-показател ...

Singapore

Singapore Armed Forces Band The Singapore Armed Forces Band (commonly known as the SAF Band) form the musical arm of the Singapore Armed Forces. Consisting of the SAF Central Band and the SAF Ceremonial Band, the SAF Band provides musical support for key events such as ...

Singapore Police Force Band Established in 1925, while the country was under British rule, the Singapore Police Force Band (SPF Band) is the oldest band in the Republic of Singapore. Along with SPF's transformation into a modern-day Police Force, the Band has in its more than ...

Saint Joseph's Institution Military Band {{Infobox musical artist , name = Saint Joseph's Institution Military Band , alias = SJIMB , origin = Saint Joseph's Institution, Singapore , occupation = Military Band , associated_acts = , website ...

Singapore National Cadet Corps Command Band The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is a military cadet corps youth organisation supported by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Education. As of 2020, it had a total strength of more than 11,000 members, consisting of officers, cadet offi ...

Australasia

Australia

The Pipeband Club The Pipe Band Club is a competitive pipe band located in Sydney, Australia. The band was formed in 2008 and attended World Pipe Band Championships, The World Pipe Band Championships in 2009 and 2010, competing in Grade 1. The band was led by Scott ...

, Sydney * Australian Army Band Corps – military *

The Lancer Band The Lancer Band is a band within the Australian Army, serving as the Regimental Band of the 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers. The band is an organic formation of the regiment and is co-garrisoned at Lancer Barracks in Parramatta, Sydne ...

– military

New Zealand

Wellington Brass Band The Wellington Brass Band (Wellington Brass, WBB) is a British-style brass band based in Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island ...

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LGBTQ+ marching bands ( Pride Bands Alliance)

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