The 51st Annual New Philadelphia Field Competition will be held at Woody Hayes Quaker Stadium on October 24, 2026! Seventeen bands from across Ohio will be performing in OMEA competition beginning at 5:00pm, with awards at 10:10pm

Performance Schedule:

5:00pm- Coshocton High School Marching Band
5:15pm- Chippewa High School Marching Band
5:30pm- Claymont Marching Mustangs
5:45pm- Ridgewood Marching Band 6:00pm- Crestview High School Marching Band 6:15pm- Wellington Dukes

Dinner break to follow after Wellington HS performance

7:00pm- Marching Dukes of Marlington
7:15pm- Marietta High School "Wall of Sound"
7:30pm- River View Black Bear Marching Band 7:45pm- St. Clairsville HS 8:00pm- Highland High School

Judge’s Break to follow after Highland HS

8:40pm- Firestone Falcon Marching Band 8:55pm- Nordonia High School Marching Band
9:10pm- Westerville South High School 9:25pm- Hoover High School Marching Band
9:40pm-Grove City High School Marching Band
9:55pm -New Philadelphia High School Marching Quaker Band

10:10-AWARDS

Download the full OMEA Event Schedule for our competition here:

Gates Open: 4pm
Adults - $10
Students - $7
Preschool - Free

Cash and Credit will be available at the gates and concession stands!

Also available for purchase:
Competition T-shirts
Full Programs
Band Souvenirs
Concessions & Bake Goods/ Pie Tent

Maps of Quaker Stadium and Tuscora Park, the site of the New Philadelphia Field Competition: