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2026 Large Ensemble Festival Registration

Large Group Festival Schedule 2026

Select the type of festival you’d like to register for:

Jazz Festivals Band/Orchestra Festivals Choral Festivals

Important information before registering: 

  1. Following the same plan as last year, each director will need to login and/or make an account on the CMEA Bay Section website to register for festival. This is a separate login from NAfME, specific only to Bay Section. While logged in, you will be able to register, view and pay your registration invoices, and make any changes to your entry information.
  2. Registration opens Sept. 1st for all genres, meaning you can register groups for Band, Orchestra, Jazz, and Choir festivals. Determine your ensemble classification via the Classification Information document.
  3. You’ll have the ability to register up to 5 groups at one time, per genre. If you need to register more than 5 groups in a genre, just perform the process as many times as needed, from the beginning. 
  4. Registrations will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis, with in-district (or feeder district) schools receiving top priority and in-area schools (North, South, East, West, Valley) receiving second priority. If you are an in-district (or feeder district) school and would like to be prioritized for your in-district festival, you must complete registration by Sept 19, 2025.
  5. All groups will be scheduled and invoiced by October 10, 2025. You will receive confirmation from our festival site coordinator, Greg Conway.
  6. Payment for all festivals is due by November 7, 2025 via check, Venmo, or PayPal.  Failure to provide payment by the due date can result in your ensemble being dropped from the festival site, or giving priority to those who are ready to move off the waitlist.

Any further site host questions should be directed to our Large Group Festival Coordinator Greg Conway.