2024 Marching Band exhibition
Calling all high school marching bands! Join more than 60 Nebraska bands in participating in the 2024 Nebraska State Fair festivities. Band performance slots are available on select days from August 23rd-30th and are first come, first served. Please refer to the schedule of registered bands below.
Due to ongoing construction on the Fonner Park grounds, we have devised a new marching band route for the 2024 Nebraska State Fair (see map below).
Friday, August 23rd:
12:00 pm: Hastings High School
12:15 pm: Giltner Public School
12:30 pm:Â Grand Island Senior High
12:45 pm:Â Shelton High School
1:00 pm:Â Gibbon Public Schools
Saturday, August 24th:
10:30 am: Sandhills-Thedford School
10:45 am:Â Central City High School
11:00 am: Elkhorn Valley High School
11:15 am: Cedar Bluffs Public Schools
11:30 am: Kearney Catholic School
11:45 am:Â Brady Public Schools
12:00 pm: Northwest High School
12:15 pm: Verdigre Public School
12:30 pm:Â Lewiston Consolidated School
Monday, August 26th:
10:00 am: Fillmore Central High School
10:30 am: Boyd County Public School
10:45 am: Bergan Catholic High School
11:00 am: Plainview Public Schools
11:30 am: Bishop Neumann High School
Tuesday, August 27th:
10:00 am: Amherst Public School
10:15 am:Â Central Valley Public Schools
10:30 am: Neligh-Oakdale Public School
10:45 am:Â Deshler High School
11:00 am: Ainsworth Community Schools
11:30 am: Southwest Public Schools
Wednesday, August 28th:
10:00 am: McCool Junction Public School
10:15 am: Ord High School
10:30 am: Alma High School
10:45 am:Â Ravenna Public School
11:00 am: St. Edward Public School
11:15 am: St. Paul Public Schools
11:30 am: Fort Calhoun High School
11:45 am:Â Sutton High School
12:15 pm:Â Exeter-Milligan Public Schools
2:15 pm: Fort Calhoun High School
Thursday, August 29th:
10:15 am: Lincoln Christian School
11:00 am: Wood River Rural Schools
11:30 am: Chambers High School
Friday, August 30th:
12:30 pm:Â High Plains Community Schools
Registrations are due by July 19th, 2024. Please email your completed form to Olivia Koenig at okoenig@statefair.org or mail it to the address below:
P.O. Box 1387, Grand Island, NE 68802
24 Marching Bands Registration Form Fillable
Alternatively, you may fill out the online form by clicking the button below.Â
For more information, please contact Olivia Koenig at okoenig@statefair.org or (308) 382-1685.