School Music Festivals Calendar

2026 - 2027 Music Events and Area Festivals

Unless noted all district events begin at 7:00 P.M.

Area Festivals Information

East Area

Date	Festival	Location	Other Details
October 27	Choir	SM East Gymnasium	Morning Rehearsal
April 28	Band	SM East Gymnasium	Morning Rehearsal
April 29	Orchestra	SM East Gymnasium	Morning Rehearsal

Area Schools Include: SM East, Indian Hills, Belinder, Briarwood, Corinth, Highlands, Prairie, Tomahawk, and Westwood View

North Area

Date	Festival	Location	Other Details
November 10	Choir	SM North Gymnasium	Morning Rehearsal
April 7	Band	SM North Gymnasium	Morning Rehearsal
April 27	Orchestra	SM North Gymnasium	Morning Rehearsal

Area Schools Include: SM North, Hocker Grove, Bluejacket Flint, Crestview, East Antioch, Merriam Park, Nieman, Roesland, Rushton, and Santa Fe Trail

Northwest Area

Date	Festival	Location	Other Details
November 10	Orchestra	SM Northwest Gymnasium	Morning Rehearsal
November 12	Choir	SM Northwest Gymnasium	Morning Rehearsal
January 21	Band	SM Northwest Gymnasium	Morning Rehearsal

Area Schools Include: SM Northwest, Trailridge, Benninghoven, Broken Arrow, Marsh, Mill Creek, Shawanoe, and Lenexa Hills

South Area

Date	Festival	Location	Other Details
October 27	Choir	SM South Gymnasium	Morning Rehearsal
April 13	Orchestra	SM South Gymnasium	Morning Rehearsal
April 27	Band	SM South Gymnasium	Morning Rehearsal

Area Schools Include: SM South, Indian Woods, Brookridge, Brookwood, Diemer, Oak Park Carpenter, Rosehill, Trailwood

West Area

Date	Festival	Location	Other Details
October 27	Choir	SM West Gymasium	Morning Rehearsal
April 28	Orchestra	SM West Gymasium	Morning Rehearsal
April 29	Band	SM West Gymasium	Morning Rehearsal

Area Schools Include: SM West, Westridge, Apache, Comanche, Lenexa Hills, McAuliffe, Overland Park, Pawnee, Rising Star, and Sunflower

High School Festivals

Date	Festival	Location	Other Details
September 28	Marching Band Concert	SM South Stadium	Rain Date: October 5
March 2	Choral Festival Concert	SM South Auditorium
March 29	Band Festival Concert	SM East Auditorium
March 30	Orchestra Festival Concert	SM West Auditorium
April 6	Second Band Festival Concert	SM Northwest Auditorium

Middle School Festivals

Date	Festival	Location	Other Details
February 6	Solo & Ensemble for Instruments	Indian Woods	8 am - 12 pm
March 3	Band Festival Concert	SM West Auditorium
March 4	Orchestra Festival Concert	SM North Auditorium
March 25	Choir Festival Concert	SM South Auditorium
April 13	Solo & Ensemble for Choir	Trailridge	5 - 8 pm

Other Events

6th Grade Honor Concerts

Date	Event	Location
March 10	Honor Orchestra Concert	SM South Auditorium
March 23	Honor Band Concert	SM Northwest Auditorium

KMEA

Date	Event	Location
November 7	East Central Auditions	Band and Choir at SM North
		Orchestra at SM South
December 4	East Central District High School Choir Festival	SM Northwest
January 9	State Instrumental live Auditions	Salina, KS
February 25 - 27	All State Music Conference	Wichita, KS

KSHSAA

Date	Event	Location	Time
April 10	Regional Solo & Small Ensemble Festival
April 14 & 15	State Festival for Large Ensembles
April 24	State Solo & Ensemble Festival

Students will get to dig deeper into their instruments learning concepts they don’t often get to spend time on during the school year. It is always fun to learn new music, make new friends, and experience music with a group that is highly motivated to learn more about the band.

The Summer Band Blast will be located at SM West High School from 9 am - 12 pm.

5th and 6th Graders will attend May 31 - June 4
7th and 8th Graders will attend June 7 - 11

Week-long Camp Fee: $70

Student's grade is determined by the grade they were in previous month.