Festival Information
Date: Friday, March 14, 2025
Location: University of Illinois Chicago - Student Center East, 750 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
UPDATE 1/27/25: The only remaining available performance times after 4pm. We are sorry if these times do not work for your ensemble(s), please email us at uicbands@uic.edu and we will add you to a waitlist.
The UIC Band & Orchestra Festival is open to bands and orchestras of all grade and ability levels. Each participating ensemble will have a concert performance, receive feedback and a clinic from festival clinicians, and have the opportunity to hear other ensembles perform. Parents and members of the school community are welcome to attend and listen to ensemble performances.
Registration Information
All registered ensembles will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis as space allows. Directors will be notified as soon as possible in the unlikely event that we are not able to accommodate a registered ensemble.
Early Registration Deadline: February 1, 2025, Festival Fee $250
Registration Deadline: February 15, 2025, Festival Fee $275
The festival fee is $250 per ensemble when registering by the Early Registration deadline of Saturday, February 1, 2025. After this date, the festival fee is $275 per ensemble. The festival fee is due no later than check-in at the festival on Friday, March 14.
Credit card or check are acceptable forms of payments. Credit card payments are available as a part of this online registration portal. Checks should be made payable to the University of Illinois Chicago with "UIC Band and Orchestra Festival" on the memo line of the check, and mailed to:
Attn: Alayna Bell
School of Theatre and Music, University of Illinois Chicago
1040 W Harrison St, MC255
Chicago, IL 60607
All refund requests must submitted in writing by the festival date. We are unable to provide refunds after the festival date.