The Plainfield Central High School Bands and the PCHS Band Boosters are excited to host the Plainfield Invitational Band Festival (PIBF) on Friday, February 26th and Saturday, February 27th, 2027!
PIBF is a non-competitive festival where the focus is on growth rather than competition and ranking. Every ensemble will receive recorded commentary from a panel of three evaluators (via CompetitionSuite) and a clinic with one of those three evaluators as well as a comment-free recording of their performance.
While we know you’ll want to bring many of your own percussion accessories to compliment your performance selections, PIBF provides a full complement of percussion equipment that you may use for the festival to minimize what needs to be packed and transported. Please plan to bring your own implements to play all percussion instruments, but we’ll have some equipment there for backup “just in case”.
As confirmation of your participation, you will receive an invoice at the provided email address to process payment with your school’s business office. Please do not send payment until you receive an invoice. Invoices will be sent in (approximately) January.
We’re excited to continue our jazz festival into 2027. This is an outstanding opportunity for directors to bring a jazz group in a low-stress environment that is the same format that we offer for our concert band festival. Plenty of time will be given between concert and jazz bands for students to rest up (morning concert band, afternoon jazz band, for example). We hope you’ll take this opportunity to bring your students for a great jazz festival experience with a growth and encouragement mindset!
First Concert Band Registration: $350 / ensemble
Additional Concert Band Registration: $300 / ensemble
1st Jazz Band Registration: $300 / ensemble
2nd Jazz Band Registration: $250 / ensemble
2027 Panel of Clinicians
Band Clinicians
Michael Pote – Carmel HS, Ret.
Dr. Mack Wood – Illinois State University
Dr. Shawn Vondran – Northwestern University
Jazz Clinicians
Dr. Roosevelt Griffin, III – Northern Illinois University
Rich Moore – Joliet Junior College
Bill Rank – Oak Prairie Junior High School
Concert Band Format
- Friday and Saturday Slots
- 30-minute warm up
- 20-minute performance
- 40-minute clinic
- All bands perform in Auditorium
- Recorded comments delivered digitally
- Comment-Free Recording of your performance
Jazz Band Format
- Saturday Only
- 30-minute warm up
- 20-minute performance
- 30-minute clinic
- All bands perform in Main Gym with shell and risers
- Drum Set, Vibraphone, Piano provided
- Amplifiers for Bass, Guitar, and Piano are provided, you’re welcome to bring your own
- Recorded comments delivered digitally
- Comment-Free Recording of your performance
Participant Info
Participating Bands – Please use the resources below to ensure that you, your students, and their parents all have a great experience at PIBF!
Mailing Info
Plainfield Central Band Boosters
C/O: PIBF Registration
P.O. Box 561
Plainfield, IL 60544
College (of Music) Fair
We’ll be featuring a College (of Music) Fair in the cafeteria and will list the colleges available here as information becomes available! If you’re interested in a booth at our college fair, please visit the College (of Music) Fair Page.