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.

2026 Calendar

January 2026

January 6-11: Windjammers Winter Convention
Location:  Bradenton/Sarasota/Venice, Florida
Open to Windjammer Members Only. Non-members can join online at www.circusmusic.org
Host: Windjammers Unlimited, Inc.
For more information: https://www.mywju.org/contact-wju

February 2026

March 2026

March 8-12: Roy Ernst Music Institute Music Camp
Casino del Sol, Tucson, Arizona
Email Roy Ernst: [email protected] or see https://royernstmusic.com

March 28: 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/1170138568632439

April 2026

April 11: Three Rivers Community Band Festival
Location: Franklin Regional High School, Murrysville, Pennsylvania
Host: East Winds Symphonic Band
Guest Conductor: Dr. Christopher Marra
Registration form and payment online: http://ewsb.org/festival

April 15-19: ACB 2026 Convention
Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel, Towson, Maryland
ACB Partner Band: Hunt Valley Wind Ensemble
Convention Band Conductor: Dr. Alfred L. Watkins
Info and Registration: ACB2026.org

May 2026

May 28 - June 7: American Music Abroad Harmony Tour
Austria, Italy
Head Director: Lou DeBonzozo
https://americanmusicabroad.com/community-band-choir-and-orchestra/community1/

May 9-10: 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 2026

June 1-5: Roy Ernst Music Institute Adult Music Camp
Location: Charleston Southern University, North Charleston, South Carolina
Email Roy Ernst: [email protected] or see https://royernstmusic.com

June 6: National Community Band Festival
Location: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Host: Fairfax Wind Symphony
http://www.fairfaxwindsymphony.org and https://www.facebook.com/events/2268362490360594

June 7-13: Week 1- Band Camp For Adult Musicians
Location:  Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
Conductor: Col. (ret.) Michael Colburn  https://www.bcfam.org Contact: [email protected]

June 13: Boston Festival of Bands
Location: Faneuil Hall, Boston, MA
Host: MetWinds
https://www.metwinds.org/events/2026festival

June 13 - 23: American Music Abroad - New Horizons Music Camp
Location: Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary
Information and Brochure: https://newhorizonsmusic.org/Camps

June 14-20, 2026 - Week 2: Band Camp For Adult Musicians
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
Conductor: Col. (ret.) Timothy Holtan
 https://www.bcfam.org Contact: [email protected]

June 17-21 Music at the Summit - Jazz Band
Location: Breckenridge, Colorado
Host: Summit Concert Band
Conductor: Antonio Garcia
http://musicatthesummit.com

June 24-28: Music at the Summit - Concert Band
Location: Breckenridge, Colorado
Host: Summit Concert Band
Conductors: Col. (ret.) Tom Rotondi & Lt. Col. (ret.) Beth Steele 
http://musicatthesummit.com

June 24-29: Windjammers Summer Convention
https://www.mywju.org/2026-summer-convention-registration-page/

July 2026

July 9-12: John Philip Sousa Foundation’s National Community Band
Location: Bemidji, Minnesota
Administrator: Gerald Guilbeaux
Conductor: Col. (ret.) John Bourgeois
For information, email: [email protected]

July 11: Annual Iowa Municipal Band Festival
Location: Boone IA
Host: Boone Municipal Band
https://www.facebook.com/IowaMunicipalBandFestival/
Always the second Saturday of July

July 13-17: Roy Ernst Music Institute Adult Music Camp
Location: UNIFOR Family Education Center, Port Elgin, Ontario
Email Roy Ernst: [email protected] or see https://royernstmusic.com

July 18: Lake George Community Band Festival
Location: Shepard Park, Lake George Village, New York
Host: Lake George Community Band
http://www.lgcb.org/Festival.html and https://www.facebook.com/LGCBFestival

July 19 - 24: Lawrenceburg New Horizons Music Camp
Location: Lawrenceburg, Indiana
Includes Advanced and Intermediate Bands and Strings
Information and Brochure: https://newhorizonsmusic.org/Camps

July 22-25: Blue Lake Lifelong Arts Camp for Concert Bands
Location: Twin Lake, Michigan (Music Difficulty: Grades 3-4)
Conductors: Brian Olian & Gail Brechting
https://bluelake.org/lifelongartssessioninfo#concertband

July 24-25: ACB Regional Connections Event
Location: James Center for the Performing Arts, Sequim, Washington
Host: Sequim City Band
Reading Session Conductor: Dr. Brad McDavid
https://acb.memberclicks.net/rcewa

July 24 - August 3: American Music Abroad Independence Tour
Location: Netherlands, Belgium, France
Head Director: Keith Hodgson
https://americanmusicabroad.com/

July 24-25: 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

July 27 - August 2: Midsummer Musical Retreat
Location: Walla Walla, Washington
Host: Whitman College
https://musicalretreat.org/

 August 2026

August 12-15: Blue Lake Lifelong Arts Camp for Concert Bands
Location: Twin Lake, Michigan (Music Difficulty: Grades 4-5)
Conductor: Dr. Alfred L. Watkins
https://bluelake.org/

August 17-20: Blue Lake Lifelong Arts Big Band Camp
Location: Twin Lake, Michigan (Music Difficulty: Grades 3-4)
Conductor: Tom Allport
https://bluelake.org/

September 2026

September 2 - 6: French Woods Classic Band Festival
Location: Hancock, New York in the Catskills
Conductor: Dr. Cynthia Johnston Turner
https://www.fwbandfestival.com/

September 18-20: Harold J. Crosby Band Camp
Dexter, Maine
Host: Harold J. Crosby Community Band
Information: [email protected]
https://www.cuthbert-foundation.org/Band-Camp

October 2026

October 16-18: Liberty Classic Community Band Festival 
Location: Williamsport, PA
Host: Repasz Band
www.repaszband.org  

November 2026

November 20-22: Northeast Instrumental Music Festival - Great American Community Band 
Location: Lake George, NY
http://neimf.org/

December 2026

Future

May 19-23, 2027
ACB 2027 Convention
Denver Mariott West, Denver, Colorado
Host: Denver Concert Band
http://acb2027.org

Events from the past that are not yet scheduled for 2026

 March 8, 2025 Colorado Community Band Festival
Location: Metropolitan State University of Denver, King Center
Host Contact: Thorton Community Band
https://www.facebook.com/events/1625879198020790  

March 7, 2020:  Northwest Band Festival
Host: Beaverton Community Band
http://www.nwbandfest.org/

 July 19, 2026 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

August 3-5, 2023: Upper Peninsula Community Band Festival 
Host: Marquette City Band, Marquette, MI
https://marquettecityband.com/upper-peninsula-community-band-festival/

Last update  May 22, 2026