Dedicated to their craft and their country, the active-duty Soldiers of the West Point Band’s Benny Havens Band perform all styles of popular music to honor our veterans and servicemembers, engage the American public on behalf of the Academy and the U.S. Army, and inspire the Corps of Cadets and the Long Gray Line. The Benny Havens Band appears at events that celebrate the best America has to offer, including professional sporting events, music festivals, air shows, patriotic commemorations, and military ceremonies. In the New York City region, the band provides frequent support to the United States Mission to the United Nations, as well as other Department of State functions. The group is regularly featured at public events hosted by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Tunnel to Towers Foundation, Wounded Warrior Project, and other service-related organizations. Members of the Benny Havens Band have appeared on local and national media broadcasts including FOX News’ “Fox and Friends,” ABC’s “Good Morning America,” and NBC’s “The Today Show.”
The Benny Havens Band serves as the Academy’s “house band,” providing live music to milestone Cadet events such as hops (formal dances), summer basic training graduation, the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition, and other sports and social functions. The band entertains the West Point community at Black Knights Alley prior to home football games and performs on stage at Trophy Point for the West Point Band’s “Music Under the Stars” summer concert series. Various small jazz and acoustic configurations from the Benny Havens Band are called upon for Superintendent’s receptions and other VIP events hosted at USMA.
A performance by the Benny Havens Band features dynamic lead vocals, intricate horn arrangements, searing guitars, an infectious groove, and exciting on-stage choreography to engage and entertain audiences. Named for famed historic local tavern keeper Benny Havens, the band has earned an important place in the modern-day traditions of the United States Military Academy.
