Halifax Area Bands

10/09/2026

IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR TONIGHT'S HOMECOMING GAME!

The Halifax Wildcat Marching Band will be performing AFTER the game, so stick around an extra few minutes for a great performance by our students!

10/04/2026

With a score of 75.9, the Halifax Wildcat Marching Band took 1st place at tonight's USBands competition at Mechanicsburg High School! They also took home the caption awards for Best Music.

Congratulations to our students on a fantastic performance this evening!

09/16/2026

Join us this Saturday for a great day of music and food!

Our Halifax band competition features performances by 13 local bands and several food trucks will be present for this awesome event!

🎺🖤💛 IT’S A BUSY WEEKEND FOR OUR WILDCATS! 💛🖤🎺

Our Halifax Wildcat Marching Band has a BIG weekend ahead, and we’d love to see our community out supporting these hardworking musicians every step of the way!

📣 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
🏈 Away Football Game vs. Steel-High
📍 Susquehanna High School (3500 Elmerton Ave. Harrisburg, PA 17109 - Halifax will be on the Scoreboard side.)

Come cheer on the Wildcats and hear the marching band rock their stand tunes from the bleachers! 🎶

🎡 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
📍 Gratz Fair
⏰ Performances begin at 12:30 PM

Come see our Wildcats perform their 2026 show, “Dreams & Nightmares,” along with other local Valley marching bands! It’s a great opportunity to see some fantastic local musicians and support music in our community.

🏆🎺 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 — COMPETITION DAY! 🎺🏆
📍 Halifax Area School District Stadium

The Halifax Wildcat Marching Invitational begins at 11:00 AM, and you’ll want to be there when our own Wildcats take the field!

🕛 Halifax performs at NOON!
🏆 Awards are approximately 2:45 PM

Come early, grab some food from one of our awesome food trucks, enjoy a full day of incredible marching band performances, and stay through awards to cheer on our Wildcats!

🎟️ Early Bird tickets: $12 online
🎟️ Tickets at the door: $15
💳 Cash, debit & credit accepted

🍔 Come hungry! We’ll have several food trucks, plus the Halifax Area Band Parents concession stand.

🍬 Candygrams are also available! Send a little love to your favorite performer and pick up your candygram at the concession stand.

This is going to be a BUSY weekend for our Wildcats, and these kids have been working incredibly hard. Whether you catch them at the football game, the Gratz Fair, or our competition—or, better yet, all three!—please come out, cheer loudly, and show them how proud our community is of them! 🖤💛

Let’s fill the stands and give our Wildcats the support they deserve!

🎺 LET'S GO BAND 🎺

09/06/2026

Today is the last day to get your 2026 Halifax Wildcat Marching Band merch!

We hope to see you rocking your gear at our home competition on Saturday, September 19th!

https://multiplyink.chipply.com/halifaxband/

09/05/2026

Friday night is for the bands!

We had a great time tonight watching Tri-Valley's halftime show and meeting their officers!

08/30/2026

We'd love to see you join in the stands at Homecoming on October 9th! Share and tag your fellow band alumni to save the date!

And don't forget to come out on September 19th starting at 11:00am to take advantage of our alumni tent at our Halifax competition!

08/22/2026

Celebrate the holidays by shopping local and supporting our 4-12th band program!

🎄✨VENDORS WANTED!✨🎄

Get ready to kick off the holiday season at the Halifax Holiday Market! 🎁❤️💚

🗓️ Saturday, November 14, 2026
⏰ 11 AM – 6 PM
📍 Halifax High School
3940 Peters Mountain Rd, Halifax

We’re looking for craft vendors, small businesses, makers, artists, food vendors, and more to join us for a festive day of holiday shopping! 🛍️🎅

💰 Vendor Fee: $35
🏠 Indoor Spaces: 10x10 area — bring your own table
➕ Limited tables available to rent for just $10
🚚 Outdoor Spaces: Room for food trucks/trailers

❤️ Even better — vendor fee proceeds support the Halifax Area Bands! Your participation helps our hardworking band students continue to perform, compete, and represent Halifax!

📲 Ready to join us? Scan the QR code on the flyer to register or email: [email protected].

⚠️ Vendor fees are non-refundable.

🎄 Come shop local, support small businesses, and support the Halifax Area Bands! 🎶🖤💛

👉 Tag a vendor, crafter, small business, or food truck that needs to see this!

08/06/2026

Today marked the end of the 2026 band camp for the Halifax Wildcat Marching Band! Over the past 40 hours, our students have worked tirelessly to build community, culture, friendship, and music. The level of focus and commitment to excellence that we saw in the students this week was on a completely different level, and they're beginning to take real ownership of our 2026 show, "Dreams & Nightmares".

This is our first ever run of the opener from start to finish from last night's rehearsal! One of our band dads, Troy Liddick, has been gracious enough to capture footage of the band over the past few days.

We spent today reviewing and cleaning our opener and had a great friends and family performance this afternoon to wrap up this year's camp. We hope to see you at a football game or our home competition on September 19th!

08/06/2026

07/31/2026

Calling all Halifax band alumni!

Join us at our home marching band show on Saturday, September 19th starting at 11:00am and help celebrate decades of building community and friendships, making music, and entertaining audiences.

We'll have an alumni pop-up tent available, and we'd love to see you there cheering on the 14 bands performing on the Halifax Athletic Field!

Scan the QR code for tickets and more details on concessions, food trucks, candy grams, and more!