Chicagoland Marching Band Festival: Wheeling, IL - September 13, 2025

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Grand Champion: Prospect

Links: Recap

Field 1A:

61.250 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Music, Visual. GE, Percussion, Auxiliary)
48.100 William Howard Taft (DM)

Field 2A:

66.600 Lake Park (Music, Visual, GE, Auxiliary, DM)
64.350 Buffalo Grove (Percussion)
61.200 Rolling Meadows
56.200 Crystal Lake South
51.600 Leyden

Field 3A:

71.750 Prospect (Music, Visual, GE (tie), Percussion, Auxiliary, DM)
71.050 Greendale, WI (GE (tie))
68.800 Davenport Central, IA
68.200 John Hersey

Contact Information:

Michael Malek
Festival Website

Weather:

Details:

Established in 1966, and the longest running marching band festival of its kind, CMBF provides an educational marching band experience for bands of all class sizes and performance experience. Hosted by Wheeling High School on September 14, 2024. You don't want to miss out on one of northern Illinois' finest marching band traditions! Call Mike Malek at 847-899-6191.



Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZ6z5RmeSW6jJnEh3DSSVR-tr8ijrm4ovOLZisnq2cu7cMXw/viewform

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Festival Address: 900 S. Elmhurst Road, Wheeling, IL 60090

Performance Schedule:

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Field
Class 1A
6:30 PM: William Howard Taft
6:45 PM: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Class 2A
7:00 PM: Crystal Lake South
7:15 PM: Leyden
7:30 PM: Lake Park

7:45 PM: Break

Class 2A
8:00 PM: Buffalo Grove
8:15 PM: Rolling Meadows

8:30 PM: Break

Class 3A
8:45 PM: John Hersey
9:00 PM: Greendale, WI
9:15 PM: Prospect
9:30 PM: Davenport Central, IA

Exb
9:45 PM: Wheeling

10:00 PM: Awards

Last Updated On: 08-27-2025