2025 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 Massachusetts, and the MICCA finals) and New England Scholastic Band Association (NESBA) (North Andover Massachusetts, Billerica Massachusetts and the NESBA Final Championship) as well as yearly performances in South Yarmouth at the Yarmouth Seaside Festival and Parade and at Salem High School in New Hampshire. Consult the show site for the most accurate information.


Fall 2025

  • Marlborough, Massachusetts Labor Day Parade, September 2
  • Convocation, UMass Lowell Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts - September 3
  • First rehearsal upon school start, Wednesday September 4
  • Schedule will be updated as dates are confirmed September - November (see below)
  • City of Lights Parade, Lowell Massachusetts, November 29

Marching Band Performances

PerformanceHost SiteLocationDate
Band ExhibitionMelrose High SchoolMelrose, MassachusettsSeptember 27
Band ExhibitionWestford AcademyWestford, MassachusettsOctober 4
Band ExhibitionNorth Andover High SchoolNorth Andover, MassachusettsOctober 11
Band ExhibitionSalem High SchoolSalem, New HampshireOctober 11
Band ExhibitionWakefield High SchoolWakefield, MassachusettsOctober 18
Band ExhibitionNorwood High SchoolNorwood, MassachusettsOctober 19
Band ExhibitionMICCA Finals
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Quincy, MassachusettsOctober 26
Band ExhibitionNESBA Finals,
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Lawrence, MassachusettsNovember 2

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.