The first Mickey Mouse cartoon made in Technicolor.
Donald's sailor outfit holds a total of 45 flutes.
The tune that Donald Duck plays, "Turkey in the Straw", is the same tune that was played by Mickey Mouse in his first release, Steamboat Willie (1928).
In animation historian Jerry Beck's 1994 poll of animators, film historians and directors, this cartoon was rated the third greatest cartoon of all time (the highest ranked Walt Disney cartoon on the list).
Legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini so loved this cartoon short that when he first saw it, he asked the theatre projectionist if he could run it again, and the projectionist did. He saw "The Band Concert" from 1935 six times in theatre and later invited Walt Disney to his home in Italy.