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  The United States Air Force Heartland of America Band performs throughout Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, providing music for official military functions and ceremonies as well as civic events and public concerts.

Please read the information on this page if you represent an organization seeking support from the Heartland of America Band or wish to partner with us to bring a public concert to your community. 
 

The United States Air Force Band may perform for public and civic events (including those that are commercially sponsored) if the event is of general interest or benefit to a local, state or national community.

The band may not participate in events that are designed to increase business traffic, raise charitable donations or are associated with a religious or ideological movement, such as a Christmas parade, worship service or political gathering. 

A religious facility is an authorized site for a public concert when the event is of community-wide interest, non-sectarian, and broadly promoted. Air Force Band concerts must not be part of a religious service. An Air Force Band performance in a religious facility does not imply federal endorsement of any particular religion or ideology.

The band may perform for a wide variety of public and civic events. However, these performances generally fall into one of two categories:

Patriotic openers, approximately 15 to 20 minutes in length, serve to initiate the formal portion of a military, civic or governmental event. In this setting, the band may perform a program of military and patriotic selections prior to the formal presentation of the Colors. The musical program must include the national anthem unless the ceremony includes a recital of the Pledge of Allegiance. During patriotic openers, the band may not provide music for entertainment, such as dancing music, cocktail and dinner music or concert and show music.

Public concerts in a traditional concert hall, outdoor venue or parade must be free and open to the public. However, the band may perform at fairs, exhibitions and similar events with admission fees if the performance is incidental to the primary event, and no additional fee is charged to hear the band play.

Air Force Bands provide a wide range of musical support for official active duty, Guard and Reserve unit military functions. Examples include: military ceremonies, base open houses, dinings in/out, unit morale events, military recognition events, and military honors. These events promote esprit de corps, troop morale and quality of life initiatives.

Click the links below to open and right click to save:

See information below for group-specific media resources.  Contact MSgt Paul Wells, Chief of Publicity for additional promotional items: paul.wells.1@us.af.mil

Raptor publicity resources for download.  Click to open, right click to save:

To request a performance for your community event or official military function, click here:

Air Force Outreach Request System

AFORS instructions and FAQ

For scheduling assistance & questions regarding performance policies, please contact:

MSgt Rachel Wilson
Director of Operations
(402) 294-8192

ACC.BAO.Operations@us.af.mil