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The 31st Annual North County Jazz & Modern Music Festival will be hosted at North County High School in Bonne Terre, MO on Saturday, April 18th, 2026. Our goal for this festival is to provide a positive, educational experience for students and directors. Each performing band will receive a clinic with one of the judges after their performance.
Note: With the growth of "Modern Bands" in public school programs, we would be happy to welcome any of those programs to join us as well for an educational experience with highly qualified clinicians!
Our festival is a non-ratings festival. We have decided to focus our attention more directly on providing a quality, educational experience. We will still be recognizing Individual Outstanding Musicianship Awards and are adding more opportunities for students, like multiple levels of jam sessions.
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Our evening concert is set to begin at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students.
You may purchase your tickets in advance here:
We are excited to INTRODUCE our guest artists / Clinicians for the 2026 jazz festivaL!
We are excited to INTRODUCE our guest artists / Clinicians for the 2026 jazz festivaL!
Dr. Joel Vanderheyden
Dr. Joel Vanderheyden
https://www.joelvanderheyden.com/
Lamar Harris
Lamar Harris
https://www.thelamarharris.com/musician
The evening concert will be opened by the North County Jazz Ensemble and the Mineral Area Kicks Band . The North County Jazz Ensemble (2017) and the Mineral Area Kicks Band (2014 & 2022) have both received the honor of performing at the MMEA state convention at Tan-Tar-a.
The evening concert will be opened by the North County Jazz Ensemble and the Mineral Area Kicks Band . The North County Jazz Ensemble (2017) and the Mineral Area Kicks Band (2014 & 2022) have both received the honor of performing at the MMEA state convention at Tan-Tar-a.
Registration is open for the 2026 North County Jazz Festival on
Registration is open for the 2026 North County Jazz Festival on
April 18th, 2026!
April 18th, 2026!
This year's panel of clinicians will be:
Clinician #1: Dr. Joel Vanderheyden
Clinician #2: Lamar Harris
Clinician #3: Aaron Lehde
Each band will receive adjudication from our panel of clinicians, followed by a clinic from one of the clinicians.
If you have any questions or concerns at this time, please don't hesitate to make contact.
Dobie Carroll
Director of Bands
North County High School
7151 Raider Rd.
Bonne Terre, MO 63628
tcarroll@ncsd.k12.mo.us
573-238-8824
www.northcountybands.com
North County Jazz Festival Guest Artist History
2025 - Ron Sikes, Cody Henry, Adam Hucke
2024 - Matt McKeever and Dawn Weber
2023 - Mike Vax and the Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra
2022 - University of Missouri - Dr. Sam Griffith
2021 - Canceled
2020 - Canceled
2019 - Jefferson College - Dr. Joel Vanderheyden, Travis Lewis, and Joe Pastor
2018 - Missouri State University - Randy Hamm and Kyle Aho
2017 - SIUe - Jason Swagler, Garrett Schmidt, Miles Vandiver
2016 - Dave Dickey
2015 - Kris Berg
2014 - Tim Aubuchon
2013 - Dr. Joel Vanderheyden
2012 - Serafin Aguilar
2011 - Phil Brown
2010 - Bill Watrous
2009 - Jim Widner, Gary Brandes
2008 - Bill Watrous
2007 - Reggie Thomas
2006 - Kim Park
2005 - Bill Watrous
2003 - Bill Watrous
2000 - Arturo Sandoval
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