In step with the Blue Band

Building
on the Legacy.

High Schoolers…

Experience Blue Band!

Forward March: The Blue Band Experience 2024

The Penn State Blue Band will host YOU and other high school band participants as a Penn State Blue Band recruit, giving you the chance to perform with the historic Penn State Blue Band inside Beaver Stadium during the annual Blue-White game.

Date: Saturday, April 13, 2024

Forward March Info + Registration

2024 Blue Band High School Summer Clinic

This is an opportunity for current high school marching band instrumentalists and band front members to learn the marching and music traditions of the Penn State Marching Blue Band and get a taste of what is like to be a student at Penn State!

Dates: Thursday–Saturday, June 27–29, 2024

Summer Clinic Info + Registration

Students...

Are you ready to step into the future with the Penn State Marching Blue Band?

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Submit 2024 Audition Application

Blue Band Silks marching in perfect rows in an on-street parade.

We Are!

For more than 100 years, the Blue Band has exemplified the spirit of Penn State through its trademark drills and soaring instrumentals.

The band’s reliable precision and unmistakable sound is indelible in the mind and heart of every Penn Stater, but the band’s ability to bring people together is what truly sets it apart.

Masked Blue Band performing in front of Beaver Stadium.

Penn State!

Located in 24 communities across Pennsylvania and globally online, Penn State’s world-class education reaches nearly 100,000 students annually with more than 130 countries represented in the student community.

The Blue Band has the unrivaled ability to bring students and more than 700,000 alumni together in celebration of shared values with a timeless reverence for ‘dear old state.’

Penn State!

The Blue Band has the unrivaled ability to bring students and more than 700,000 alumni together in celebration of shared values with a timeless reverence for ‘dear old state.’