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| Quincy Senior High School Octoberfest Parade and Field Show Competition (30th Annual) | |
| Quincy | |
| Location - State | Illinois |
| 10/17/2026 | |
| Adults - $10 Children - $5 Programs - $5 | Adults - $10 |
Quincy Octoberfest is a parade and field show competition. The parade marches west down historic Maine street. The streets are lined with band loving audience members and historic architecture. The Field show competition takes place at Flinn Memorial Stadium. Our stadium seats approximately 3,500 people, creating a fantastic atmosphere for marching band performances and a great vantage point for audience members. You may choose to compete in either events or both. Details: Registration Link: Closed - we have reached capacity! At the end of the night we have a full band retreat for the awards ceremony. Awards are given by school size, best from each state represented, caption awards, grand champion, and sweepstakes. Following the awards, a fireworks display is set off giving the students an opportunity to celebrate their hard work and achievements! | |
| Participating Bands/Schedule | Parade: Field Show: Parade Placement: 2A 3A 4A Overall Parade Champion: Pattonville Field Show Placement: 2A 3A 4A Overall Field Show Champion: Rock Island |
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Adjudicator Panel - Parade Adjudicator Panel - Field Show | |
| Contact Name: Matt Buhr | |
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About Midwest Marching
Midwest Marching is your resource for marching band information in the central Midwest.
The Midwest Marching website was conceived to provide band directors a listing of marching events they can review when scheduling their Fall marching season and that continues to be our primary purpose with a secondary purpose in providing general info to fans when we can as that info is submitted to us.
Based in Kansas City MO, Midwest Marching is operated by Belinda Johnson and Joe Bonello who are both respected and trusted members of the marching and winter guard communities for several years.
Marching event information is provided by the hosting director or organization of the event. Event directors/organizations can go to the Submit Event link along the top of our page or scroll down to How to Submit Your event further down this page for instructions.
Midwest Marching has no affiliation with any state high school activities association or any school music organizations.
Midwest Marching is not a governing or sanctioning body for marching band events or judging. All marching events are operated by the hosting director or hosting organization. Please contact your school’s band director with any concerns about a marching event.
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Please note the majority of info will be on our Facebook page as that is for us the easiest outlet to get info out quickly. We will try our best to post general info, photos, weather delay updates as we are notified from festival/contest directors.
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Marching Band Fans:
We try to provide as much info as we can but we rely on the hosting festival directors/organizations to update their pages with official info, schedules and results.
Fans, send us your photos from the stands to Midwest Marching via Facebook messenger. We review what we receive and may post your info on our social media. Be sure to tell us who you are and who you are cheering for! Or use #midwestmarching on your social media and we may share your post.
Fall 2026 Scheduling is Underway!
Directors may now choose to manage your page directly (although you can ALWAYS just email admin@midwestmarching.com just as you always have).
- The main MidwestMarching.com page is designed to provide a comprehensive look at every marching event that has been submitted. It it listed by ascending event date order but can be re-sorted by clicking on the column headers by Event Name, Location-City, or Location-State. Clicking on the Event Name or View Details will yield a standard text content page of the currently known event info.
- Upload Results – Your results can be available faster than ever before!. We encourage event directors/sponsors to log in to your event page at the end of your contest and upload your results in any of several formats – Recap or results pdf file, taking a picture of the recaps/results with your phone and uploading the image. Some have uploaded the announcer script that was read at the awards ceremony with all the results.
How to submit your event:
Already have a Midwest Marching login?
- Click here on Submit Event or click Submit Event along to top of the webpage and fill in the blanks on the form.
If you do not have a Midwest Marching login:
- Please send an email to admin@midwestmarching.com and we will respond with your user ID and a temporary password usually within 24-48 hours with instructions on how to submit your event.
How to edit your event:
You’ll see an edit link next to your event when you are logged in. You can then update event information such as:
- Admission and concession prices, address and parking information for event.
- Description of event (general info, registration info, link to registration, prelims/finals event, method of scoring, etc.)
- List of participating bands, schedule.
- Adjudicator names and bios.
- Recaps/results/scores/caption winners.
- Upload Attachments such as director packet info, bus and truck parking/unloading/prop storage/warmup/event flow maps, schedules, etc.
- Your contact info
- Upload event logo if you have one. (example your school logo, band logo, event logo)
Please remember to add/update info as your event gets closer (especially schedules and results!)
If you post about your marching event on your event or band social media, use hashtag #midwestmarching or tag us and we may share your post!
If you have questions or need assistance in adding or updating your event, send an email to admin@midwestmarching.com attention to Joe Bonello and you will get a response within 48 hours.
We welcome additional “wish list” suggestions as you think of them. Just drop an email to admin@midwestmarching.com
Midwest Marching Webpage Sponsorship:
PROVIDERS OF SERVICES/SPONSORING BUSINESSES: this is a great time to join the Midwest Marching Community as a sponsor! Send an email to admin@midwestmarching.com attention to Belinda Johnson for a specialized quote for YOUR business based on your particular needs and budget.
Good luck to all and have a great season!!!!!
