Band

Band or BAND may refer to:

Places

 * Bánd, a village in Hungary
 * Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
 * Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
 * Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran

People

 * Band (surname), various people with the surname

Music

 * Musical ensemble, a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music
 * Band (rock and pop), a small ensemble that plays rock or pop
 * Concert band, an ensemble of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments
 * Dansband, band playing popular music for a partner-dancing audience
 * Jazz band, a musical ensemble that plays jazz music
 * Marching band, a group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors
 * School band, a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music
 * The Band, a Canadian-American rock and roll group
 * The Band (album), The Band's eponymous 1969 album
 * "Bands" (song), by American rapper Comethazine
 * "The Band", a 2002 single by Mando Diao

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

 * Band, nickname of Brazilian television network Rede Bandeirantes
 * The Band (film), a 1978 Israeli film
 * The Band (musical), a 2017 musical by Tim Firth with the music of Take That

Clothing, jewelry, and accessories

 * Armband or arm band
 * Smart band a band with electronic component
 * Microsoft Band, a smart band with smartwatch features from the software giant
 * Bandolier or bandoleer, an ammunition belt
 * Bands (neckwear), two pieces of cloth fitted around the neck as part of formal clothing for clergy, academics, and lawyers
 * Belt (clothing), a flexible band or strap, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, and worn around the waist
 * Strap, an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of fabric or leather
 * Wedding band, a metal ring indicating the wearer is married

Military

 * Bands (Italian Army irregulars), 19th- and 20th-century military units in the service of the Italian "Regio Esercito"
 * Female order of the Band, a medieval military order native to Spain
 * Order of the Band, a medieval military order native to Spain

Science and technology

 * Band (algebra), an idempotent semigroup
 * Band (order theory), a solid subset of an ordered vector space that contains its supremums
 * Band (radio), a range of frequencies or wavelengths in radio and radar, specifically:
 * Frequency band
 * LTE frequency bands used for cellphone data
 * Shortwave bands
 * UMTS frequency bands used for cellphones
 * BAND (software), a mobile app that facilitates group communication
 * Band cell, a type of white blood cell
 * Bird banding, placing a numbered metal band on a bird's leg for identification
 * Electronic band structure of electrons in solid-state physics
 * Gastric band, a human weight-control measure
 * Signaling (telecommunications):
 * In-band signaling
 * Out-of-band
 * Birds Are Not Dinosaurs, or BAND, a controversial stance on the origin of birds

Society and government

 * Band (First Nations Canada), the primary unit of First Nations Government in Canada
 * Band society, a small group of humans in a simple form of society
 * Tribe (Native American), a tribe, band, nation, or other group or community of Indigenous peoples in the United States

Other uses

 * Rubber band
 * The Band (professional wrestling), the Total Nonstop Wrestling name for the professional wrestling stable New World Order