2026 Season Schedule
Band Camp dates
Sunday, August 23: all BMB staff members report
Monday, August 24: Drumline and Color Guard members report
Tuesday, August 25: First-year horn line members report
Wednesday, August 26: Veteran horn line members report
Band Camp rehearsals will continue each day through Tuesday, September 1.
Regular season rehearsal schedule (M – F, 4:00 – 5:40 pm) begins on Wednesday, September 2.
More information, including exact report times, will be included in the Summer Mark Times Newsletter that is emailed to all enrolled BMB (MUS 1090) members in late July.
Performance schedule
Thursday, August 27: WMU Football Kick-off Luncheon (Tentative, location TBD, Kalamazoo Radisson)
Sunday, August 30: BMB Waldo Stadium Pre-Season Performance (Tentative, 7:30 p.m., Waldo Stadium)
Tuesday, September 1: WMU Bronco Bash (3 p.m., WMU Campus)
Saturday, September 12: WMU vs. Monmouth (TBD, Waldo Stadium)
Saturday, September 26: WMU vs. Boise St. Homecoming ( TBD, Waldo Stadium)
Saturday, October 10: WMU vs. Kent St Homecoming (TBD, Waldo Stadium)
Saturday, October 17: WMU vs. CMU (TBD, Kelly Shorts Stadium, Mt. Pleasant MI)
Saturday, October 31: WMU vs. BGSU (TBD, Waldo Stadium)
Tuesday, November 17: WMU vs. EMU (TBD, Waldo Stadium)
Saturday, November 21: Kalamazoo Holiday Parade (TBD, Downtown Kalamazoo)
Tuesday, November 24: WMU vs. Miami (OH) (TBD, Waldo Stadium)
Saturday, December 5: Potential MAC Championship Game (time TBD, Ford Field, Detroit, MI)
Sunday, December 6: Season-in-Review Concert (3 p.m., James W. Miller Auditorium)
Postseason Bowl Game: TBD