The Winds of Freedom Air Force band, a woodwind ensemble band based at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Neb., will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Tonganoxie Performing Arts Center on the Tonganoxie High School campus.

The group is part of the larger Heartland of America band, which has nine components and plays about 350 concerts each year.

Admission is free, but tickets are required. They can be picked up at The Mirror newspaper office, 520 E. Fourth St. in downtown Tonganoxie or reserved by calling (913) 845-2222. Any remaining tickets will be available the night of the concert.

The Mirror, as well as the Basehor Sentinel and Bonner Springs Chieftain newspapers, are sponsoring the concert.