Harry Wenger Marching Band Festival

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Harry Wenger Marching Band Festival Harry Wenger Marching Band Festival

We are very excited to have you join us for the Harry Wenger Marching Band Festival! This is a bands only parade.

We truly believe we can offer your students a fantastic educational experience here at our festival. We also know your parents and fans will enjoy the many assets and amenities Owatonna has to offer. Our committee is experienced in the Minnesota summer parade marching world and because of that we believe we have put this festival together with the things that YOU want and need to have a great experience for your students and staff. While you may choose to play on the route as often as you wish you will only be expected to play 3 times. The last time is for the judges! Each band will have ample room for your pre performance routine. There will be plenty of room for practice and warm up! We will provide you with your own personal host for the entire stay in Owatonna, to help you with anything you may need. After the parade, a meal will be offered to you, your staff, students, drivers, chaperones near the awards ceremony in our beautiful downtown Central Park. We believe the competitive parade activity is a very beneficial one to young people. We also know it takes a lot of hard work to prepare for the season. A season that is over in a few short weeks! We believe that as hard as the kids and staff work that they deserve an opportunity to perform. We are geographically located in a place that, if you choose, will more than allow you to do our parade and then continue on to one of the other fine events later that night. The Harry Wenger Marching Band Festival is teaming with The Lake Waconia Band Festival in Waconia to bring a new and exciting competitive aspect to the day's events. The Owat-onia Grand Champion of the Day will be awarded to the band with the highest combined point total from the two events. We look forward to seeing you here in Owatonna! Harry Wenger Marching Band Festival Board

No better way to start the summer than with a Marching Band Festival ✨🎶
06/22/2026

No better way to start the summer than with a Marching Band Festival ✨🎶

06/20/2026

2026 HWMBF Results

Class A
4th: St Peter
3rd: Lake City
2nd: Dover-Eyota
1st: Cotter

Best Winds: Cotter
Best Color Guard: Cotter
Best Percussion: Dover-Eyota
Best Drum Major: Cotter

Class AA
3rd: Richfield
2nd: Sauk Rapids-Rice Marching Storm
1st: Litchfield Dragons

Best Winds: Litchfield
Best Color Guard: Litchfield
Best Percussion: Sauk-Rapids
Best Drum Major: Sauk-Rapids

Class AAA
5th: Spirit of Worthington Marching Trojans
4th: St Michael Albertville
3rd: Bemidji
2nd: 728 Cadets
1st: Waconia

Best Wind: Waconia
Best Color Guard: 728 Cadets
Best Percussion: 728 Cadets
Best Drum Major: 728 Cadets

People’s Choice: Lake City
Wenger Award: Bemidji

06/20/2026

Good morning! It is a lovely day for a Festival ☀️🎶 Please enjoy the performances and don't forget forget to vote for your favorite show in our program:

http://www.owatonnabandfestival.com/program.pdf

Once again, thank you for coming and enjoy the show!

06/19/2026
📣 With only 13 days left until our Festival, we couldn't be more excited to announce our 13 participating bands! 🎷🎼Worth...
06/08/2026

📣 With only 13 days left until our Festival, we couldn't be more excited to announce our 13 participating bands! 🎷🎼

Worthington, Waconia, STMA, Dover Eyota, Cotter,
St. Peter Saints, Lake City, Bemidji, Sauk Rapids-Rice,
Richfield, Litchfield, 728 Cadets and Owatonna (performance only)

Good luck to all musicians!

To our patrons, sponsors and spectators,We are doing things a little differently this year. Due to possible construction...
06/03/2026

To our patrons, sponsors and spectators,

We are doing things a little differently this year. Due to possible construction on Main Street, our parade route has been adjusted to the following:

The bands will enter Lincoln on either 15th or 16th Street and then proceed down Lincoln to play in three play zones.

🥁 Play Zone 1 is on Lincoln in front of St. John Lutheran Church (bleachers will be set up in this play zone).
🎷 Play Zone 2 is on Lincoln between Murray and McIndoe Street.
🎸 Judges Zone is on Lincoln in front of Trinity between University and Phelps (bleachers will be set up in this zone).

Spectators will be able to park on the streets either side of Lincoln from 11th Street all the way to Prospect Street.

Please note: The City of Owatonna will place NO PARKING signs around the area 24 hours before the Festival Starts. The streets will be blocked from 7 am - 3 pm on June 20th.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we try a new parade route!

The 2026 HWMBF is almost here and we can't wait to see you there!🕙 June 20th, parade kick off at 11:00 am📍Judge's zone: ...
05/27/2026

The 2026 HWMBF is almost here and we can't wait to see you there!

🕙 June 20th, parade kick off at 11:00 am
📍Judge's zone: In front of Trinity Lutheran Church

✔️ Free Event
✔️ Live Music
✔️ Family Friendly

Band registration for our 2026 Festival is now live! Simply click the link below and fill out the form to get signed up ...
12/01/2025

Band registration for our 2026 Festival is now live! Simply click the link below and fill out the form to get signed up today!

We are going back to classes for this year's festival! We will continue to award the stipend to each band, but will give awards for each class. Stay tuned for more information to come.

06/15/2025

Results for the 2025 Festival:

Class A:
4th place Dover-Eyota
3rd place St Peter
2nd place Lake City
1st place Richfield
Captions Class A
Percussion: Dover-Eyota
Winds: Richfield
Color Guard: Richfield
Drum Major: Richfield

Class AA
3rd Place West Central Marching Arts
2nd Place Worthington
1st Place Cotter
Captions Class AA
Percussion: West Central
Winds: Cotter
Color Guard: Cotter
Drum Major: Cotter

Class AAA
4th Place Champlin
3rd Place St Michael Albertville
2nd Place Waconia
1st Place 728 Cadets
Captions Class AAA
Percussion: 728
Winds: 728
Color Guard: Waconia
Drum Major: 728

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Owatonna, MN
55060

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