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Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/14/2023
8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Location
Memorial Stadium
Categories
The Illinois Marching Band Championships provides participating marching bands with feedback from the activity’s finest adjudicators, relevant and educational evaluation rubrics, and the thrill of performing in historic Memorial Stadium on the campus of the University of Illinois! Participation is open to the first 42 Illinois high school marching bands that are divided into six classifications based on IHSA school enrollment.
Local bands confirmed to participate in 2023 are Champaign Central, Monticello, Blue Ridge, Mattoon and Mahomet-Seymour.
2023 IMBC Schedule
CLASS 3A
8:00 AM – Metamora Township High School
8:15 AM – Mascoutah High School
8:30 AM – East Peoria High School
8:45 AM – Highland High School
9:00 AM – Mattoon High School
9:15 AM – Mahomet-Seymour High School
9:30 AM | BREAK
CLASS 1A
9:45 AM – Tri-Valley High School
10:00 AM – ROWVA High School
10:15 AM – Blue Ridge High School
10:30 AM – Watseka High School
10:45 AM | BREAK
CLASS 2A
11:00 AM – Paris High School
11:15 AM – University High School
11:30 AM – Illinois Valley Central High School
11:45 AM – Newton Community High School
12:00 PM – Macomb Senior High School
12:15 PM – Effingham High School
12:30 PM – Pontiac Township High School
12:45 PM – Kewanee High School
1:00 PM – Monticello High School
1:15 PM | EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE BY THE MARCHING ILLINI
1:30 PM | Class 1A-3A Awards
1:45 PM | BREAK
CLASS 6A
2:00 PM – Oak Park & River Forest High School
2:15 PM – Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
2:30 PM – O’Fallon Township High School
2:45 PM – Waubonsie Valley High School
3:00 PM – Normal High School
3:15 PM – Neuqua Valley High School
3:30 PM – William Fremd High School
3:45 PM – Carl Sandburg High School
4:00 PM | BREAK
CLASS 4A
4:15 PM – Triad High School
4:30 PM – Kaneland High School
4:45 PM – Bloomington High School
5:00 PM – Grayslake North High School
5:15 PM – Galesburg High School
5:30 PM – Champaign Central High School
5:45 PM – Washington Community High School
6:00 PM | BREAK
CLASS 5A
6:15 PM – McHenry High School
6:30 PM – DeKalb High School
6:45 PM – Yorkville High School
7:00 PM – Prospect High School
7:15 PM – Mundelein High School
7:30 PM – Buffalo Grove High School
7:45 PM – Plainfield North High School
8:00 PM – Rolling Meadows High School
8:15 PM – Granite City High School
8:30 PM | EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE BY THE MARCHING ILLINI
8:45 PM | Class 4A-6A Awards
9:00 PM | BANDS DISMISSED!
For more information, visit:
https://www.bands.illinois.edu/imbc