Grafton Cornet Band

A traditional community band with all instruments and ages
welcoming listeners and players from all around southeastern Vermont.

Grafton Cornet Band Drum

Photo of the Grafton Cornet Band performing on the Library lawn in October
Foliage Concert on the Library lawn Oct. 6th. Our final 2024 concert is Sunday, Oct. 6th on the Grafton Library lawn (or in the Church for rain). There's lots to do on a Foliage Season Sunday in Grafton, Vermont.


1989 Townshend Common Accident project. Thirty-five years later, it's time to document the accident on the Townshend Common on August 5th, 1989. A runaway car drove through the band, hospitalizing nineteen and bruising a dozen others. It has never been told beyond the brief newspaper articles. It's not a happy story, but it's a moving story of community, generosity, and resilience. The living memory is slowly disappearing. For instance, Mary Pill, in the hard-hit flutes, who broke a leg, died in May 2024. So we're inviting first-person accounts and other memories. For now, you can contact us on the Contact page. Watch this space for progress on the project.

The Grafton Cornet Band welcomes all to our series of free summer concerts. We play all sorts of traditional band music as we have for 157 years. Our concerts are informal, so bring chairs or a blanket and maybe a picnic. On rainy days, we play in the beautiful Community Church (white clapboard) in Grafton. More information…

Grafton Cornet Band playing on the Grafton Common, October 2007

Foliage Concert 2007

Upcoming in 2024:

Concerts:

  • Oct 6, Grafton

Grafton Cornet Band on the bandwagon at Wardsboro, VT July 4, 2005

On the bandwagon, Wardsboro, Vermont