About Us

Welcome to NCPrideBand.org — we’re happy you’re here!

The NC Pride Band, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is an inclusive organization uniting communities through a shared love of music. Formerly known as the NC Pride Marching Band, or NCPMB, the NC Pride Band is comprised of a marching band, a concert band and a jazz ensemble. Founded in 1987, The North Carolina Pride Marching Band was formed as a lesbian drum corps using traditional Latin and African hand drums. In 1996, the band took a new direction and formed as a standard marching band with brass and woodwind instruments, and marching percussion.

The band is a member of a much larger organization, the Lesbian and Gay Band Association (http://www.gaybands.org/). The LGBA is comprised of concert and marching bands from cities across the United States and the world. Our membership in this organization provides us with the opportunity to perform in Pride events, LGBA conference events and special events, such as the 2008 Presidential Inauguration of President Barack Obama, making history as the first LGBT group to be invited to march in the Inaugural Parade. In the past, the North Carolina Pride Band has performed in a variety of events locally and around the country!

We are always recruiting. Please contact our recruitment director at NCPMB.info@gmail.com

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