SYRACUSE - The New York State Field Band Conference will hold its championship show on Sunday, October 26th at the JMA Dome in Syracuse.

This championship competition will bring together over 50 of the finest high school marching bands in the northeastern United States. The New York State Field Band Conference Championship show is the culmination of an eight week season which features nearly 60 bands in thirty-four regional competitions throughout the state. Band members, directors, staff members and boosters from each of the competing schools will have spent countless hours preparing for this prestigious event.

Bands are divided into six different classifications based on school size and past competitive experience. Each band in the championship show will perform a musical and visual show lasting about ten minutes for a panel of ten judges. The judges will score and rank each band within its class. Each band will receive a plaque and the highest scoring New York State band in each class will take home the coveted Governor’s Cup. The bands in the championship show will represent nearly every region of the state along one band from New Jersey.

The championship show will get underway at 8 AM with marching bands in the Small School 3 Class. Bands competing in this class include; Jordan Elbridge, Auburn, Nyack, Falconer-Frewsburg, Pioneer, LeRoy, Marcus Whitman, Midland Park, NJ and Union-Endicott. At 10AM bands in the Small School 2 Class will take the field. Competitors in this class will be Westmoreland, Norwich, Owego, Horseheads, Vestal, Mohonasen and Johnson City. The University of Albany will present an exhibition performance at 11:30 and the awards for Small School 3 and Small School 2 bands will follow at 11:50AM.

Bands in the Large School 3 Class will be up next starting at 12:30PM. The following bands are scheduled to compete in that class; Rochester, Walt Whitman, Hilton, Indian River, Syracuse City, Sewanhaka and Rome Free Academy. The next group of competing bands will be in the Large School 2 Class, beginning at 2:05PM. This class will include; Lancaster, Huntington, Greece, Brentwood, Copiague, Division Avenue, Orchard Park, West Seneca, Kingston, Sachem and Corning-Painted Post. Following that will be a special exhibition performance by the University of Buffalo Marching Ban at about 4:30PM. The awards for the Large School 3 and Large School 2 bands will be immediately after the UB Marching Band.

Starting at about 5:40PM will be the following competitors in Small School 1 Class;.Malverne, East Syracuse Minoa, New Hartford, Central Square, Mineola, Roslyn, East Irondequoit, Medina and Phoenix. Finishing off the day long competition will be the bands in the National Class. Starting at 7:40PM the competing bands will be from Baldwinsville, Webster, Victor, West Genesee, Liverpool, Hicksville, Arlington and Cicero-North Syracuse. The Syracuse University Marching Band will present an exhibition performance at about 9:25PM. Following that will be the awards for the Small School 1 and National Class bands. .

Presale tickets for the New York State Field Band Conference Championships may be purchased online via cuse.com/dome-NYSFBC Championship Show. Advanced tickets will be sold at $23.00 for adults and $16.00 for seniors (65 and older) and students (18 and under). Tickets may also be purchased on the day of the event at the JMA Dome and are priced $25.00 for adults and $18.00 for seniors and students. The tickets are good for the entire day of the competition.

Additional information about the New York State Field Band Conference Championship show, including exact performance times for each band, as well as results from the regular season contests and a history of the conference may be found by visiting their website at http://www.nysfbc.org.

New York State Field Band Conference 2025 Competition remainign schedule:

Saturday, October 25 Norwich.

Saturday, October 11 Victor.

Sunday, October 12 Arlington.

Saturday, October 18 Central Square, Mineola, Orchard Park, Phoenix & Greece.

Sunday, October 19 Kingston & Hickville.

Sunday, October 27 Championship show-JMA Dome, Syracuse, New York.

For additional information about each contest, such as starting times, performance order of the competing bands, please visit the New York State Field Band Conference website at http://www.nysfbc.org . The site also features a history of the NYSFBC as well as frequent updates on the results of each competition. The New York State Field Band Conference provides an excellent venue of fun, family oriented musical entertainment by many talented young musicians.

- Information from the New York State field band conference