By Chris Murphy
Are you ready for one of Modesto’s best annual traditions?
It’s the 2026 picnic season and there is no better place for a picnic than Concert in the Park with MoBand. Get your family and friends together, set your big group texts and get great for the six-week summer series of MoBand Concerts in Graceada Park beginning June 4. These are FREE concerts from MoBand, founded in 1919 in the Mancini bowl with thousands of people enjoying a picnic and friendship. For people watching, classic John Phillip Souza marches and wandering blanket to blanket in search of a fresh glass of wine, this is a Modesto Hall of Fame. Don’t miss the season opener with new conductor Brad Hart and band manager William Melendez on June 4 at 8 pm. (get your blanket out early though!).
If you have friends that are new to town or don’t know about MoBand, please invite them to your blanket and let’s enjoy these big community concerts in the park together. This is ModestoCana and let’s share it.
Please note that the annual 4th of July MoBand will be July 2.
Learn more and donate to help keep MoBand free for the community at www.moband.org<www.moband.org>
2026 Summer Season
June 4 – Good Vibrations
June 11 – Star Power
June 18 – Innovation Nation
June 25 – Bright Lights, Modesto Nights
July 2 – American Tapestry
July 9 – Sunshine & Rainbows
Concert at 8 pm
If you want to play, practices Mon & Wed before each Thursday at Mancini Hall at 6:30
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