ANKENY BANDS PERFORMANCE & COMPETITION SCHEDULES
Ankeny Bands Schedule
- Oct 17: IHSMA State Marching Band Festival (Waukee)
- Oct 17: Mid-Iowa Band Championship (Exhibition Performance) – Co-Hosted with Ankeny Centennial HS (Ankeny Stadium)
- Oct 23: Halftime Performance at Football game
- Nov. 22-27: Orlando Trip
- Dec. 15: Band Concert
- Feb. 6: Jazz-O-Rama Clinics & Concert
- Feb. 23: Band Concert
- April 12-13: Jazz Artist Clinics & Concert
- May 8: IHSMA Large Group Festival
- May 11: Spring Awards Concert
Centennial Band Schedule
- Oct 17: IHSMA State Marching Band Festival (Waukee)
- Oct 17: Mid-Iowa Band Championship (Exhibition Performance) – Co-Hosted with Ankeny HS (Ankeny Stadium)
- Oct. 20: Marching Band performance at 8th grade concert
- Dec. 15: Winter Band Concert
- Jan. 23: Jazz-O-Rama Concert & Clinics
- March 2: Parade of Bands Concert
- March 9: Spring Jazz Concert
- April 9: Swing Dance
- May 8: IHSMA Large Group Festival
- May 10: Spring Awards Concert
| On Saturday, October 17, 2026, the Ankeny Hawks and Centennial Jaguars will co-host the annual Mid-Iowa Band Championship involving 21 Iowa high school bands. Thousands of music fans from neighboring communities and across the state will not only fill our stadium, but also businesses in our community | In the summer of 2027, the AIM Foundation and the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps will again be hosting Celebration in Brass. This marching arts competition showcases some of the most talented brass, percussion, dance and theatrical performers in the world. More than 3,000 spectators travel to Ankeny to support the hundreds of young performers in our community and around the country become their best. |
