Penn hosts 2025 Carnival of Bands on Saturday, Sept. 27
Posted on September 24, 2025Penn High School’s Carnival of Bands will feature 20 of the top marching bands in northern Indiana on Saturday, Sept. 27, at Everwise Freed Field.
A schedule of band performances is posted below.
The showcase event will start at 2:40 p.m. on Saturday with the National Anthem.
Admission is $10. Children age six-and-younger are free. All sales will be made at the gate, either cash or card.
Penn High School’s Marching Kingsmen conclude the event with an exhibition performance at 9 p.m.
The awards ceremony for the competition is scheduled for 9:15 p.m.
The Marching Kingsmen will be performing “Mouths Wide Shut”
Musical Selections include:
- “Don’t Speak” by Gwen and Eric Stefani
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“Symphony no. 10” by Dmitri Shostakovich
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“Heart-Shaped Box” by Kurt Cobain
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“Pictures at an Exhibition” by Modest Mussorgsky
Following the Carnival of Bands, the Marching Kingsmen will compete at the C.G. Conn Invitational at Elkhart on Saturday, Oct. 4, and the ISSMA Regional at Lafayette on Saturday, Oct. 18.The ISSMA Semi-State is scheduled for Saturday, Nov 1, at Indianapolis Ben Davis, and the ISSMA State Finals are scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 8, in Indianapolis.
The Penn Marching Kingsmen have placed in the Indiana State Finals Contest 20 times and have been a Bands of America Regional Finalist five times. The band has also performed in the Orange Bowl Parade, the Fiesta Bowl Parade, the Hollywood Christmas Parade, the Tournament of Roses Parade, and the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade, which they will attend once again this November.
| National Anthem | 2:40 PM |
| LaVille High School | 2:45 PM |
| Bremen High School | 3:00 PM |
| Knox High School | 3:15 PM |
| Jimtown High School | 3:30 PM |
| NorthWood High School | 3:45 PM |
| Michigan City High School | 4:15 PM |
| New Prairie High School | 4:30 PM |
| South Bend Adams High School | 4:45 PM |
| Warsaw High School | 5:00 PM |
| La Porte High School | 5:15 PM |
| Portage High School | 5:30 PM |
| Wawasee High School | 5:45 PM |
| Northridge High School | 7:00 PM |
| Concord High School | 7:15 PM |
| Goshen High School | 7:30 PM |
| Munster High School | 7:45 PM |
| Fort Wayne Northrop High School | 8:15 PM |
| Chesterton High School | 8:30 PM |
| Carroll High School | 8:45 PM |
| Penn High School | 9:00 PM |
| Awards | 9:15 PM |
Last Modified September 24, 2025