The Plainfield Central High School Bands and the PCHS Band Boosters are excited to host the Plainfield Invitational Concert Band Festival (PICBF) on Friday, February 28th and Saturday, March 1st, 2025!
PICBF 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, PICBF 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) December for the festival in March.
New in 2025, we are piloting our first jazz band festival running simultaneously with our concert band festival. 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: $300 / ensemble
Additional Concert Band Registration: $250 / ensemble
1st Jazz Band Registration: $250 / ensemble
2nd Jazz Band Registration: $200 / ensemble
2025 Featured Ensemble
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
- Framed Certificate for every performing band
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
- Framed Certificate for every performing band
Participant Info
Participating Bands – Please use the resources below to ensure that you, your students, and their parents all have a great experience at PICBF!
Mailing Info
Plainfield Central Band Boosters
C/O: PICBF Registration
P.O. Box 561
Plainfield, IL 60544
Future Dates
February 28 – March 1, 2025
2025 Panel of Clinicians
Richard Saucedo
Director of Bands, Ret.
Carmel High School
Dr. Arris Golden
Assistant Director of Bands
Michigan State University
David Morrison
Director of Bands, Ret.
Prospect High School
TJ Mack
Assistant Director of Bands
Illinois State University
Dr. Mack Wood
Associate Director of Bands
Illinois State University
John Currey
Director of Bands
Champaign Central HS
Bob Hanerhoff
Director of Bands
Bolingbrook HS
Dr. Shawn Salmon
Director of Jazz Studies
St. Xavier University
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.