The Karl L. King Municipal Band invites you to like them on Facebook. The King Band performed for the 2017 Preserve Iowa Summit.   Learn more ... COMING this Winter The Karl L. King Municipal Band will resume again in February, with the first of three indoor winter concerts.  Concert dates in 2019 are February 17 for the Karl L. King Birthday concert, March 17 for the Irish Concert, and April 7 for the Scholarship/Focus on Viet Nam Series concert.  All these concerts will be held in the Decker Auditorium on the Iowa Central Community College campus, beginning at 3:30 pm each Sunday afternoon.  June 10 performance   -   June 17 performance   -   June 24 performance   -   July 15 performance  - Season Finale KARL KING BAND PERFORMED IN SPENCER:      The nationally-known Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge Ia, was invited to join the 100th anniversary celebration of the Clay County Fair in Spencer on September 17 last year.  Karl L. King and the Fort Dodge Municipal Band were regular fixtures at that fair each year, beginning in 1922 and continuing to the close of the 1959 season.  This photo shows Karl King and his band in front of their tent camp at the 1928 Clay County Fair. (You may click image to see the page giving identities of those pictured.) Karl King is in the center of the photo, between the two sousaphone players. The King Band last appeared at the Fair in Spencer for the 75th anniversary in 1992. The Karl King Band performed in the Grandstand that evening, beginning with a pre-concert at 6:30 pm before the main celebration starts at 7:00 pm.  Check the King Band Facebook page for more.   The first concert of the 2017 Winter season of the Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge was held Sunday afternoon, February 19. The last Sunday Program of the 2017 Summer season was held July 30. Click to see the King Band's appearance at the 2015 IBA State Conference. Jimmerson took Dr. Golemo's place on week in 2015, conducting the Ames Municipal Band. Open House celebrated 150 years held in the Fort Dodge Public Library Meeting Room.      Several years ago, CIRCUS POSTERS were made into U.S. postage stamps.   The Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge is seen during a practice session before taking the stage. - - - - - - - -

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The 2014, 2015 and 2016 Winter and Summer Concert Series
May be viewed in our Concert Archive

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View a video of the band performing Karl King's march, Bon Voyage. (60 MB mpg format)

View photos of the bandshell during the renovation process.

View concert photos from previous seasons
Concert Archive

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Dr. Mike Golemo, several times guest conductor at the summer concerts

Fort Dodge's newest monument was dedicated in a ceremony held October 22, 2006.  The life-size monument to famed band composer and director, Karl L. King, was placed in the Karl L. King Park in downtown Fort Dodge and was first seen by the public following an open house of the Karl King Archives.  The dedication ceremony included a program by the Karl L. King Municipal Band and the introduction of special guests and an address by former Fort Dodge mayor, Judge Albert Habhab.  - program photos  -  2006 Open House Statue proposed - Statue in progress - Statue mounting process - Dedication speakers - Dedication program

The Karl King Band was the featured performing ensemble for the 2006 Summer Meet of Windjammers, Unlimited.   - photos -