Band Registration

Band Registration for the 2026 Festival is now CLOSED.

(Band and festival schedule will be announced closer to the festival.)

Qualifications

  • All band members younger than 22 (or enrolled in a minimum of 6 college credits)
  • The band performs in one or more of the styles described in the “Style Guide” (on the Traditional Jazz Educators Network Web site)
  • 4 to 9 musicians perform at a time (up to 12 for brass bands with a max of 7 horns)

$200 Band Registration Fee Includes:

  • All-events festival access for directors and individual band members
  • Adjudicated performances. (Piano, bass/guitar amps and drums/cymbals provided)
  • Recorded Feedback
  • Onstage Feedback clinic based on performance. (Piano, amps and drums provided)
  • Admission and pizza lunch for band directors and students to the noontime Jazz ‘n’ Pizza mentored jam
  • Closing Concert featuring Grammy Award-winning percussionist Danny Coots & the All-Star Clinicians Band
  • Showcase of Encore Performances and Awards
  • Group band photos available for purchase

Tune / Soloist Form

Please fill out this form no later than February 1st, 2026.

Tune / Soloist Form