Ticket presales  for 2019 will begin in the fall on a date to be determined. Semifinals tickets (general admission) may be purchased on Saturday, October 26 at any of the semifinals sites. Finals tickets (reserved seat) may be purchased at Houchens Industries – L.T. Smith Stadium after 10 AM on Saturday, October 26. The Houchens Industries – L.T. Smith Stadium ticket booth will close between 4:00 and 5:00 PM that day.

Click HERE for Semifinals and Finals Ticket Sales

Quarterfinals—October 19, 2019

Semifinals and Finals—October 26, 2019

Lodging in Bowling Green (under construction)

Listed hotels offer guaranteed rates for SMBC bands and spectators. This list is provided as a service of the Bowling Green Convention and Visitors Bureau.

State Marching Band Championship Manager

Dr. John Stroube — (859) 626-5635 — john@kmea.org

Participation

Bands that attend two KMEA Sanctioned local contests are eligible to compete in the Regional Quarterfinals of the State Contest on Saturday, October 19, 2019. The top eight bands from each Regional Quarterfinals site will advance to State Semifinals on October 26, 2019. Semifinals will be held at five separate sites during a time window of 10:00 am to 3:30 pm. Four Finalist bands will be chosen from each classification. Finals will begin at 6:00 pm at Houchens Industries – L.T. Smith Stadium on the Western Kentucky University campus. Seating (see Seating below).

Group Photography

There will not be a Group Photographer at Regional Quarterfinals.

Finals Photos

Band Photographers are permitted to take pictures during the Semi-finals competitions, but may not photograph the finals competition. The SMBC Finals Official photographer is Custom Photo. All proceeds of event photo sales are donated to the Jim and Carolyn Fern Music Education Scholarship.

SMBC Finals Photos

Regional Quarterfinals Schedule

Semifinals and Finals

2019 Class A Semi-finals—To be determined

1A Semifinal Schedule (under construction)
Site Map (under construction)
Audience Directions to Houchens Industries – L.T. Smith Stadium (under construction)

2019 Class AA Semi-finals—To be determined

2A Semifinals Schedule (under construction)
Site Map (under construction)
Audience Directions to Houchens Industries – L.T. Smith Stadium (under construction)

2019 Class AAA Semi-finals—To be determined

3A Semifinals Schedule (under construction)
Site Map (under construction)
Audience Directions to Houchens Industries – L.T. Smith Stadium (under construction)

2019 Class AAAA Semi-finals—To be determined

4A Semifinals Schedule (under construction)
Site Map (under construction)
Audience Directions to Houchens Industries – L.T. Smith Stadium (under construction)

2019 Class AAAAA Semi-finals—To be determined

5A Semifinals Schedule (under construction)

2019 Finals—Houchens Industries – L.T. Smith Stadium

Finals Schedule Shell

Ticket Sales – (for tickets, please call xxx-xxx-xxxx, which is the only phone line for ticket sales. The KMEA office staff must use the regular office telephone lines to serve our members.)

Advance Public ticket sales will begin at a date to be determined. (phone, email, and fax only). A ticket agent will be available between 9:00 am and 4:50 pm eastern time, Monday through Friday. Advance phone ticket order will end Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 4:30 PM EDT.

2019 KMEA State Marching Band Ticket order form (under construction)

You may pay for tickets by one of the following means (DO NOT SEND AN IMAGE OF A CHECK) –

• In advance by including a check with the order form (mail only).
• In advance by including an image of a signed PO with the order form (mail, fax, or email).
• In advance by including credit card number, expiration date, and three-digit code on the order form (phone, mail, fax, or email).
• No tickets will be sold onsite at the KMEA State Office.
• If you are purchasing a block of tickets and the funding source is tax exempt please submit a signed Kentucky Tax Exempt Certificate with the order form.

Mail order form to: KMEA, P.O. Box 1058, Richmond, KY 40476-1058

Ticket order line: To be determined

Fax order: 859-626-1115

Email order: To be determined

Regional Quarterfinals tickets: $13.00, available onsite only.

Semi-Finals and Finals tickets

• General admission tickets to Semifinals are $13.00, available in advance or onsite.
• All Finals tickets are Reserved Seating, available in advance, or onsite at Houchens Industries – L.T. Smith Stadium starting at 10:00 am Saturday, October 26.

$15 — Finals Reserved (to be determined)
$20 — Finals Preferred (to be determined)
$25 — Finals Premium (to be determined)

• Children age six and under will be admitted free, but will not be given a ticket. For Finals (reserved seating) children who are admitted free may have to be held by adults.
  
• Gates open one hour prior to the first band’s performance.

Photo of Seating Area (under construction)

Ticket Availability Diagram (real-time graphic showing which seats have been sold) (under construction)

Handicap seating available upon request

Tickets at the site are available for cash only.

Video

Due to federal copyright law, videotaping or audio recording is prohibited. KMEA urges spectators to respect the composers and creators of the music you are hearing today by not recording or sharing these performances publicly or privately. Please help us insure a future for the marching bands by following these guidelines and not recording these performances. Spectators with video camera equipment will be turned away at the gates. Anyone who sets up to video record bands will be dismissed from the stadium with their equipment.

Box5 Media will produce a video of the Finals that will be offered for sale.

Concessions

This service is provided by the Band Boosters at the Semifinals host schools and is the one means through which we can reward them for the “extra mile” effort they are putting forth to host our State Contest. Please patronize the Concession stands. Contact Host director to arrange for group meals.

Admission/Passes:
Performing Band Members are admitted free. One chaperone per 10 performers, Band Bus and Truck Drivers, and Band Directors receive passes or badges. Please note: All Band Staff must be listed on the Application Form in order to receive a badge for admission. No further passes will be available on the day of the event. Equipment handlers will be admitted to the performance area only and during your performance time only. In order to enter the audience area they will need to purchase tickets.