About the Band
The Rutherford Community Band was founded in 1941 by Thomas “Doc” Monroe as a musical outlet for adults in the Rutherford community. The band was founded as a summer concert band entertaining crowds on warm summer nights in Lincoln Park in the heart of downtown Rutherford.
Over the last eighty-four years the RCB has expanded to include additional indoor concerts in the winter and spring throughout the Rutherford area, and in the 1960s sponsored the construction of the Hutzel Memorial Band Shell in Lincoln Park to continue our tradition of outdoor performances in downtown Rutherford.
Spring 2025 Concert Series
May 2nd
Friday 7:30 PM
American Dream Mall
May 4th
Sunday 3pm
First Presbyterian Church
Rutherford NJ
May 10th
Saturday 2:00 pm
Grace City Church, Clifton
May 16th
Friday 7:30pm
Rutherford High School Auditorium
The Rutherford Community Band is always looking for new members!
No professional experience or training is needed, just a love for music and whatever instrument you play!
We rehearse Monday nights 7:30 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. in the Rutherford High School Band Room.
The high schools address is 56 Elliott Place in Rutherford, on the corner of Elliott and Mortimer Avenue.
The entrance to the high school for our rehearsal is the right-most door with the ramp on Mortimer Avenue.