Festivals, Band Camps, and Other Events

Our members host many events of their own. This calendar lists many of the Festivals, Band Camps, and other opportunities for musicians. Festivals come in all shapes and sizes from a day in the park with several bands performing (some with opportunities for individual musicians) to multi-day events with concerts, clinics and more. Then there are weekend or week long events just for individuals to perform under a well known conductor which may also include clinics, master classes, and speakers.

Members, to share your event information, please email [email protected]

After the 2025 Calendar is a list of events that either typically happen or have happened in the past, but have not yet been scheduled at the time of the most recent update to this page (noted at the bottom). Some of these events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and may not return. The most recent year for which information was known is listed.

2025 Calendar

January 2025

January 7-12: Windjammers Winter Convention
Location: Venice, Florida
Host: Windjammers Unlimited, Inc
https://www.mywju.org/

March 2025

March 1: The Red Cedar Festival of Community Bands
Location: Okemos, Michigan
Host: Meridian Community Band
https://www.meridiancommunityband.org/red-cedar-festival/, http://redcedarfestival.org/

March 8: Colorado Community Band Festival
Location: Metropolitan State University of Denver, King Center
Host Contact: Thorton Community Band
https://www.facebook.com/events/1625879198020790

March 22: East Coast Band Conference
Location: Ringgold Band's rehearsal room at 3539-A Freemont St., Laureldale, PA 19605
Host: Ringgold Band/H.E. "Kit" Crissey, Jr.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1367452773290173 and https://www.facebook.com/events/587941753604634

April 2025

April 5: Three Rivers Community Band Festival
Franklin Regional High School, Murrysville, Pennsylvania
Host: East Winds Symphonic Band
Guest Conductor: Amy J. Steiner
http://ewsb.org/festival

May 2025

May 10-11: Virginia Community Music Festival
Location: Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA
Host: Chesapeake Bay Wind Ensemble
http://cnu.edu/academics/departments/music/festivals/communitymusic/

June 2025

June 4-8: Association of Concert Bands 2025 Convention
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Partner Band: River Valley Community Band
Conductor: Colonel (Ret.) Thomas Rotondi Jr.
http://acb2025.org

June 7-8: National Community Band Festival
Location: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Host: Fairfax Wind Symphony
http://www.fairfaxwindsymphony.org

June 8-14: Band Camp for Adult Musicians
Susequehanna University, Selingsgrove, Pennsylvania
Conductor: Retired Col. Mike Colburn
https://www.bcfam.org Contact: [email protected]

June 8-12: Music Camp by The Roy Ernst Music Institute
Flagstaff, Arizona
http://royernstmusic.com

June 14: Boston Festival of Bands
Location: Faneuil Hall, Boston, MA
Host: MetWinds
https://www.metwinds.org/events/2025festival

June 15-21: Band Camp for Adult Musicians
Susequehanna University, Selingsgrove, Pennsylvania
Conductor: Retired Col. Tim Holtan
https://www.bcfam.org Contact: [email protected]

June 18-22: Jazz at the Summit
Breckenridge, Colorado
Host: Summit Concert Band
Conductor: Antonio J. García
http://musicatthesummit.com

June 25-29: Music at the Summit
Breckenridge, Colorado
Host: Summit Concert Band
Conductors: Retired Col. Tom Rotondi Jr. & Retired Lt. Col. Beth Steele
http://musicatthesummit.com

June 27- July 7: American Music Abroad
Community Band & Choir, & Orchestra Tour of Europe
Director Chris Memoli
https://www.americanmusicabroad.com

July 2025

July 10-13: John Philip Sousa Foundation’s National Community Band
Muskegon, MIchigan
Administrator: Gerald Guilbeaux
Conductor: Retired Col. John Bourgeois
https://sousafoundation.net then "Honor Bands and Tours" or email [email protected] more information

July 12: Annual Iowa Municipal Band Festival
Location: Boone IA
Host: Boone Municipal Band
https://www.facebook.com/IowaMunicipalBandFestival/
Always the second Saturday of July

July 15-20: Windjammers Summer Meet
Gainesville, GA
Open to Windjammer Members Only
https://www.mywju.org

July 19: Maryland Community Band Day
Location: Oregon Ridge Park, 13401 Beaver Dam Road, Cockeysville, MD
Host: varies among the bands in Maryland, this year Williamsport, MD Community Band

July 19, 2025: Lake George Community Band Festival
Location: Shepard Park, Lake George Village, New York
Host: Lake George Community Band
http://www.lgcb.org/Festival.html

July 22- August 1: American Music Abroad
Community Band & Choir Tour of Europe
Director Keith Hoganson
https://www.americanmusicabroad.com

July 23-26: Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp for Concert Bands (Music difficulty: grade 3-4)
Twin Lake, Michigan
Conductors: Brian Olian and Gail Brechting
https://bluelake.org/lifelongartssessioninfo#concertband

July 25-26: Community Band By The Sea Performance
Byrne Plaza, Wildwood, New Jersey
Host: Art & Music Emporium
Conductor: Joshua E. Long
https://artmusicemporium.com/band-by-the-sea

August 2025

August 11-15: Music Camp by The Roy Ernst Music Institute
Port Elgin, Canada
http://royernstmusic.com

August 13-16: Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp for Concert Bands (Music difficulty: grade 4-5)
Twin Lake, Michigan
Conductors: Dr. Cynthia Johnson
https://bluelake.org/lifelongartssessioninfo#concertband

September 2025

September 20-22: Harold J. Crosby Band Camp
Dexter, Maine
Host: Harold J. Crosby Community Band
Information: [email protected]
https://www.cuthbert-foundation.org/Band-Camp