Brass on Mass 2026: The Dead Bettys, Lawrence KS & the Community Behind the Music | Field Notes
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Brass on Mass: The Block Learned to Dance Together Brass On Mass 2026 Field Notes from Downtown Lawrence • Granada Theater • Massachusetts Street Brass on Mass transforms downtown Lawrence, Kansas into one of the city's largest celebrations of live music, brass bands, community vendors, local businesses, and public participation. Beginning at the historic Granada Theater and flowing onto Massachusetts Street, the annual event gathers musicians, families, artists, photographers, stagehands, and neighbors into a single shared habitat. This field note follows the raccoon's observations as a familiar workplace became a community gathering place, revealing that the strongest communities begin long before the first song. The Block Began to Breathe Brass on Mass transformed downtown Lawrence, Kansas into a celebration of live music, local businesses, community vendors, and public participation before the first band even took the stage. Arriving early, the raccoon discovered that healt...