Music for All Affiliate Marching Band Event
Norwin Band Festival
September 20, 2025
North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
The Norwin Band Festival has been a regional celebration of music education for 63 years. Join us this fall for high-quality adjudication in a location that’s easy to reach from New York, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, and all of Pennsylvania.
Join us for the 63rd Annual Norwin Band Festival on Saturday, September 20, 2025! This is a Music for All Affiliate Marching Band Event, and will feature a prelims/finals format.
Parking will be available at Norwin High School, Norwin Middle School, and Hillcrest Intermediate School.
Wristband for all-day admission is $15 for adults; $10 for students and seniors
Gates open at 11:45 am.
The first performing band will take the field at 1:00 pm, with an intermission at 2:30 pm. The final preliminary band performance takes place at 4:15 pm. The prelims award ceremony will be at 4:30 pm.
The first finalist is scheduled to take the field at 6:45 pm. Finals awards, featuring a full retreat, will take place at 9:15 pm.
On the concourse:
50/50, basket raffles, candy grams, bake sale, tickets to our Purse/Cash Bash on November 22, and as always, a full concession stand (cash and credit cards are accepted at the concession stand).
Daily Schedule
| 1:00PM | Preliminary Performance Begins |
| 4:30PM | Preliminary Competition Ends |
| Prelims Awards (Drum Majors Only) | |
| 4:45PM | Stadium Cleared |
| 6:15PM | Stadium Opens for Finals |
| 6:30PM | Finals Competition Begins |
| 9:15PM | Finals Competition Ends |
| Finals Awards (Drum Majors Only) |
