STATE JAZZ BAND, SHOW CHOIR, and JAZZ CHOIR FESTIVALS

Registration Deadline:     December 4, 2024
Penalty Deadline: December 11, 2024
Festival Date: January 27, 2025 (State Jazz Band, North – All Classes)
  February 1, 2025 (State Jazz Band, South – All Classes)
  February 3, 2025 (Show Choir, All Classes: in-person)
  February 10, 2025 (State Jazz Choir, All Classes)
Registration Fee:

Jazz Bands and Show Choirs: $175.00

Jazz Choirs: $150.00
Admission Fee: Adults – $12, Senior Citizens (62+) – $7, K-12 Students – $5

Information for the General Public

2025 STATE JAZZ SERIES SITE ASSIGNMENTS

Admission Fee: Adults – $12, Senior Citizens (62+) – $7, K-12 Students – $5

  • State Jazz Band Festival – Site Locations, Directions, and Performance Schedules (Performance schedules will be posted online one week prior to the performance date.)
    • January 27, 2025 (Northern Half of Iowa)
      • Denison-Schleswig: Schedule – Directions
      • Garner-Hayfield-Ventura: Schedule – Directions
      • Iowa Falls: Schedule – Directions
      • LeMars: Schedule – Directions 
      • MOC-Floyd Valley: Schedule – Directions
      • Mount Vernon: Schedule – Directions
      • North Fayette Valley: Schedule – Directions
      • Prairie, Cedar Rapids: Schedule – Directions
      • Spirit Lake: Schedule – Directions
    • February 1, 2025 (Southern Half of Iowa)
      • Atlantic: Schedule – Directions
      • Davenport, Central: Schedule – Directions
      • Norwalk: Schedule – Directions
  • State Show Choir Festival – Site Locations, Directions, and Performance Schedules (Performance schedules will be posted online one week prior to the performance date.)
    • February 3, 2025
      • Atlantic: Schedule – Directions
      • Emmetsburg: Schedule – Directions
      • Keota: Schedule – Directions
      • Norwalk, Alleman: Schedule – Directions
      • Spirit Lake: Schedule – Directions
      • West Delaware, Manchester: Schedule – Directions
  • State Jazz Choir Festival – Site Locations, Directions, and Performance Schedules (Performance schedules will be posted online one week prior to the performance date.)
    • February 10, 2025
      • Clear Lake: Schedule – Directions
      • Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson: Schedule – Directions
      • Dallas Center-Grimes: Schedule – Directions
      • Greene County: Schedule – Directions
      • Iowa Falls: Schedule – Directions
      • Mount Vernon: Schedule – Directions
      • North Scott: Schedule – Directions
      • OABCIG: Schedule – Directions
      • Sheldon: Schedule – Directions
      • Spencer: Schedule – Directions

2024 Festival Results

Information for Directors

DIRECTOR INFORMATION including General Rules and Regulations, Jazz Band Regulations, Show Choir Regulations, and Jazz Choir Regulations

Copyright Compliance: License Verification System

Registration Forms:

Sample Adjudication Forms:

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IHSMA Jazz Band Festival is set up with a north/south format:

  • Monday of Week 30 (Monday, January 27, 2025) is the date for the IHSMA Jazz Band Festival, North – all classes.
    The Monday festival will begin between 3:30 and 4:00 PM and conclude ~ 9:00 PM.
  • Saturday of Week 30 (Saturday, February 1, 2025) as the date for IHSMA Jazz Band Festival, South – all classes.
    The Saturday festival will begin at 8:00 AM and conclude ~ 5:00 PM.

Counties assigned to the north date include: Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clay, Clayton, Crawford, Delaware, Dickinson, Dubuque, Emmet, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Greene, Grundy , Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Jackson, Jones, Kossuth, Linn, Lyon, Marshall, Mitchell, Monona, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, Story, Tama, Webster, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Woodbury, Worth, and Wright.

Counties assigned to the south date include: Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Cedar, Clarke, Clinton, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison, Henry, Iowa, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Mills, Monroe, Montgomery, Muscatine, Page, Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Scott, Shelby, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, and Wayne.

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