Chatfield Brass Band

Southeast Minnesota community band with a music lending library, inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in 2026.

The Chatfield Brass Band is a community band of brass, woodwind and percussion musicians from southeast Minnesota. It first rehearsed in 1969 and grew to about 30 concerts a year, including the Minnesota State Fair, and its lending library, started in 1973, holds more than 50,000 instrumental pieces lent to bands in 24 countries. The band and library joined the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in April 2026.