2023 Performance Schedule

See the Marching Band Camp webpage for the camp schedule.

The UMass Lowell Marching Band performs regularly on campus at events such as Convocation, Fall Festival and at the Veterans Day Ceremony as well as other important ceremonies for the university.

Off-campus performances include regular exhibitions at the following high school band shows for Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association (MICCA) (Wakefield High in Mass., and the MICCA finals) and New England Scholastic Band Association (NESBA) (North Andover Mass., Billerica Mass. and the NESBA Final Championship) as well as yearly performances in South Yarmouth at the Yarmouth Seaside Festival & Parade and at Salem High School in New Hampshire. Consult the show site for the most accurate information.


Fall 2023

  • Marlborough, Massachusetts Labor Day Parade, September 4
  • Convocation, UMass Lowell Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts - September 5
  • First rehearsal upon school start, Wednesday September 6
  • Schedule will be updated as dates are confirmed September - November (see below)
  • City of Lights Parade, Lowell Massachusetts, November 25
  • UMass Lowell Festival of Bands, Lowell High School, December 9

Usual Marching Band Performances

  • Melrose High School NESBA Festival, Melrose, Massachusetts, September 26
  • Salem NH High School Band Show, Salem, New Hampshire - October
  • South Yarmouth, Seaside Festival Parade, Yarmouth Massachusetts - October
  • Fall Festival, UMass Lowell Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts - October
  • Wakefield High School MICCA Band Competition, Wakefield, Massachusetts - October
  • Fall Open House UMass Lowell Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts - October
  • MICCA FINALS, Veterans Memorial Stadium, Quincy, Massachusetts - October
  • NESBA Championship, hosted by Reading High School, Reading, Massachusetts - October
  • Veterans Day Ceremony, University Crossing, Lowell, Massachusetts - November

Please note: Dates and locations may change, be added or subtracted, and do not represent all performances. Students are provided up to date information at rehearsals throughout the fall semester.


Bands at UMass Lowell

For more information about all the different types of bands and ensembles we have to offer visit the UMass Lowell Bands webpage.