Join the QCFB for our annual Pride concert titled "Animania: An Exuberant Look at Pride". This fun concert features the music behind popular animated mediums. Please register for your free ticket. Suggested donation is $10.

Program includes:

Bullock, Cartoon Carnival
Giacchino/Brown, Selections from UP
Elfman/Lavender, The Simpsons
Standridge, Animation: episode 1: Wabbit!
arr. Lavender, Theme from Spongebob Square Pants
Arr. O’Donnell/Ford, Video Games Live - Part I i. Halo ii. Civilization iii. Kingdom Hearts
Powell/O’Laughlin, Music from How to Train Your Dragon
Horner/Bocook, Avatar Soundtrack Highlights

Save the date! Our Fall Concert titled "Existence is Resistance" will bring alive the fact that pride started as and is a revolution. This concert is scheduled for Saturday November 22nd, 2025 at 3p at Christ Church Cathedral.

About The Queen City Freedom Band (QCFB) is the LGBTQ+ concert band in Cincinnati, OH. Since 2018, the QCFB has been open to woodwinds, brass, and percussion players of all abilities and orientations - including allies. QCFB places a high emphasis on community building through music. We are a member of the Pride Bands Alliance and the Association of Concert Bands. The band has performed concerts at Urban Artifact, Clark Montessori School, Taft’s Brewporium, the Kennedy Heights Arts Center, and the Cincinnati Ballet studios. Past programs have included: House of Horrors, Singles Awareness Day, Good As Gold: A Celebration of 50 years of the LGBTQ rights movement, Songs, Dances, Ballads, and Ballets, and various Pride month concerts. Dr. Jon Noworyta is the artistic director and conductor. Find out more about the band including information on how to join at www.qcfb.org

Animania! An Exuberant Look at Pride