The Festival includes a prelims/finals format for class 5A/6A and the 1st place band from the morning show as well as an indoor Color Guard/Drumline competition. Any band may enter at a larger classification. Finals selection process:

• High Score from the morning show [1A-4A]
   
• High Score 5A Band
   
• High Score 6A Band
   
• Next 6 highest scores from 5A/6A

The day competition will conclude around 5:00 p.m. with finals beginning around 6:30 p.m. under the lights.
 

• located right off of I-70, 15 miles east of Kansas City, the Blue Springs Invitational Marching Festival has been host to some of the finest high school marching bands in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois and Iowa.
   
• As has been tradition in Blue Springs, a highly competitive indoor Drumline and Color Guard festival is also run in conjunction with the Marching Band festival. Many schools participate in all three events.
   
• 4000 seat stadium with artificial field turf for the marching bands and a 2-level, 1000 seat gymnasium for Drumlines and Color Guard!

2010 Participating Schools (schedule coming soon):

• Blue Valley High School
• Blue Valley Southwest
• Blue Valley West H.S.
• Camdenton High School
• Center High School
• Francis Howell Central High School
• Grain Valley High School
• Harrisonville High School
• Jefferson City High School
• Lafayette High School
• Lee's Summit High School
• Lee's Summit North H.S.
• Lee's Summit West H.S.
• Lone Jack
• Mt. Pleasant High School [Iowa]
• Oak Grove High School
• Odessa High School
• Raymore-Peculiar
• Rock Bridge High School
• Savannah High School
• St. Charles High School
• Trenton High School
• Valley High School [Iowa]
• Warsaw High School
• Webb City
• Wentzville Holt High School