The Long Beach Municipal Band — the longest running city-funded band nationwide — will start the first week of its 108th season of free outdoor concerts this week.

The band, led by conductor and music director Larry Curtis, will feature different vocalists and themes each week of the six-week series, and rotate around city parks and neighborhoods. The concerts begin at 6:30 p.m.

Themes & vocalists

• The first series begins this week, Tuesday to Friday, with the theme “Strike Up the Bands,” a tribute to the Big Band Era when swing music was popular. Vocalist Barbara Morrison will accompany concerts this week.

• “From Sea to Shining Sea” is the theme for the second week. The title, borrowed from “America the Beautiful’s” last line, is meant to introduce music from various country regions, and ends in Washington, D.C., with a military tribute and “Stars and Stripes Forever!” Becky Martin accompanies during the concert.

• “Those ‘Looney’ Tunes” is the third in the lineup and written for all ages. People can attend in costume to the concert, which features Nicole Kubis as vocalist.

• Silent film background music is included with “Behind the Scenes,” the band’s fourth week of concerts. Meloney Collins accompanies this week.

• Week five, “Cinemagic — The Music of John Williams,” features the 50-plus Grammy award winning composer’s pieces. He’s written more than 110 film scores, 15 orchestral works and 12 television show themes in the past 40 years and Curtis chose some of those for the week. Vocalist Julie Ragins will accompany.

• “The Music of a Generation” is week six’s theme, highlighting some of the most well-known songs of the 1950s through 1980s. Included will be classic rock, pop, R&B and blues music, with vocalist Tony Galla accompanying.

Schedule

The band will play at various citywide locations, typically with Whaley Park (5620 Atherton St.) on Tuesdays, Los Cerritos Park (Country Club Drive) on Wednesdays, Marine Stadium (5255 E. Paoli Way) on Thursdays and El Dorado Park (7550 E. Spring St.) on Fridays.

The first three weeks will use this schedule, except for July 4, when there is no concert. The last three weeks, the schedule changes on Tuesdays: concerts will be held at Bluff Park (20th to 36th places, Ocean Boulevard) on July 18 and July 25, and Veterans Park (101 E. 28th St.) on Aug. 1.

The summer concert season is part of “100 Days of Summer,” a partnership among Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine and Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau.

For more information, visit www.100daysofsummer.org.