Katikati Concert Band

About Us

Katikati Concert Band (KCB) is a community group featuring woodwind, brass and percussion players, under the baton of Musical Director Hiro Kobayashi.

The band has been based in Katikati since September 1890, attracting players from Tauranga to Paeroa and sometimes beyond. We welcome musicians of all ages and abilities.

We play a range of fun and challenging music, from classics to modern wind band repertoire, pop songs, movie themes, marches and more.

We perform at a range of community events (ANZAC, A&P Shows, Matariki, Christmas etc), host our own concerts several times each year, and compete at annual music festivals. We regularly collaborate with local choirs and other bands, and host special weekend events open to visitors.

Upcoming Events

2026 Concert Series 1

Our first concert series of 2026 is coming up on Sunday 19 April 2026, 3 pm at St Paul's Church, Katikati.

Join us for a selection of Irish-inspired tunes, some pop/rock favourites, and the world premier of a brand new piece written just for us!

See you there.

Other upcoming events

Saturday 25 April 2026, 5:45 am: ANZAC dawn ceremony at Katikati War Memorial Hall
Saturday 25 April 2026, 10:30 am: ANZAC commemorative service in Waihi
Saturday 20 June 2026, 3 pm: Pre-NZCBA Festival concert at St Paul's Church, Katikati
27-28 June 2026: NZ Concert Band Association Festival at St Peter's School in Cambridge

Recent Events

Katikati A&P Show

The concert band played on Sunday 1 February 2026 as one of the attractions at the annual Katikati A&P Show. This always a fun event, with fantastic farm animals, donkey rides, puppets, a sheep agility show, mussel shucking races, a lolly scramble, wood chopping, fashion parade, arts and crafts, photography, vintage tractors, and of course....the Katikati Concert Band.

(Incidentally, next time they get AI to design their poster, the A&P Committee should make sure the axeman gets his axe around the right way!)

Athenree Community
Christmas Carols

On 14 December 2025 we led community carol singing on the lawn in front of Athenree Homestead. The event also featured the Waihi Beach Singers, an interactive nativity play, and getting to know some of our elected representatives better. The culminations was Santa arriving on a buggy drawn by two miniature horses to distribute lollies to the crowd!

Open Air Christmas Concert

We had a spectacular sunny afternoon on Saturday 13 December 2025 for our outdoor Christmas Concert on the stage in the beautiful Haiku Reserve. An audience of about 200 showed up to hear us and the Mural Town Singers present a selection of Christmas carols and seasonal favourites.

Many thanks to Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund, Audio Solutions, Katikati Lions, Katch Katikati, and Katikati Twilight Concerts for making this awesome community event a success.