Held annually, the NABBA Championship is the premiere competitive brass band event in North America.
2026 NABBC Official Rules (Band)
Small Ensembles Competition – Registration is Open
Instant Band Registration is open
2026 Draft Performance Schedule
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Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Embassy Theatre | Pearl Street Arts Center | Grand Wayne Convention Center
Date: April 10-11, 2026
Required Repertoire
Championship Section:
The Lost Circle – Jan van der Roost
First Section:
Journey Into Freedom – Eric Ball
Second Section:
Legacy – Tom Davoren
Third Section:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Philip Harper
Youth Championship Section:
Partita – Postcards from Home – Philip Wilby
Youth First Section:
I Daedalus – Andrea Price
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Individual Call-in Block; Please note the below on your website:
For Bands looking to make reservations for 10 or more guestrooms, please reach out directly to Whitney Makowski
The link for the reservations reflects the cutoff date: 3/18/2026 at 11:59 PM.
Reservation Link: https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/fwafhhf-nab-2e4b9ca6-fe9f-47a2-9e24-bb0904c56441/
Make a reservation over the phone by calling 1-800-HILTONS; reference the Group Code: NAB
If you are booking as a band with 10 or more rooms/night, please reach out to the Sales Office at 260-490-3629 ext. 2 or send your band information directly to hjohns@zmchotels.com to contract as a band.
If you are looking to book as an individual, please book using this link – Book your group rate for NABBA (Individual)
Please let the hotel know in advance (minimum 7 days prior) if you need to purchase and set up bus parking
If you are booking as a band with 10 or more rooms/night, please reach out to the Sales Office at 260-490-3629 ext. 2 or send your band information directly to hjohns@zmchotels.com to contract as a band.
If you are looking to book as an individual, please book using this link – https://group.hamptoninn.com/aw7vj9
Please let the hotel know in advance if you need to purchase and set up bus parking
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Albinus Variations — Etienne Crausaz
Afterlife — Stijn Aertgeerts
A Gabrieli Fantasty — Bert Appermont
Antiphonies on Themes by William Byrd — Philip Sparke
Arkansas — Jacob de Haan
Between the Two Rivers — Philip Sparke
Black Golde — Thierry Deleruyelle
California Legend — Bruce Broughton
Clydebuilt — Alan Fernie
Connotations for Brass Band — Edward Gregson
Cross Patonce — Goff Richards
Dark Side of the Moon — Paul Lovatt‑Cooper
Diversions on a Bass Theme — George Lloyd
Fanfare for a New Age — Goff Richards
Fearless — Andrew Wainwright
Fire in the Blood — Paul Lovatt‑Cooper
Frontier Vision — Stephen Bulla
Friendly Takeover — Oliver Waespi
Harmony Music — Philip Sparke
Hobbits from Symphony No. 1 “Lord of the Rings” — Johan de Meij
Images for Brass — Stephen Bulla
La Divina Commedia — Hendrik de Boer
Land of the Long White Cloud – Aotearoa — Philip Sparke
Metamorphosis on Finlandia — Andrew Wainwright
Metropolis 1927 — Peter Graham
Mirage — Jan de Haan
Music of the Spheres — Philip Sparke
Natalis — Martin Ellerby
New Beginnings — Fredrick Schjelderup
Odyssey’ Variations — Kevin Norbury
Of Distant Memories — Edward Gregson
On the Shoulders of Giants — Peter Graham
Orion — Paul Lovatt‑Cooper
Paganini Variations — Philip Wilby
Pharaoh of the Exodus — Lucas T. Hilcott
Purcell Variations — Kenneth Downie
Rococo Variations — Edward Gregson
Sinfonietta No. 3 — Etienne Crausaz
The Raid — Oliver Waespi
The Saga of Haakon the Good — Philip Sparke
Traversada — Oliver Waespi
Two Worlds — Philip Harper
Vengeance — Jared McCunnie
World Tour — Rodney Newton