Music in Oil Country

The 2025 Music in Oil Country marching band festival will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday, September 6, at the Oil City High School athletic complex. The gates will open at 5 p.m. Admission is $5.

This year’s festival will feature 12 high school bands and one college band spanning eight counties. The festival will showcase the hours of practice the students have put into each of their shows.

High school bands scheduled to perform include the Titusville Rocket Marching Band, Oil City Oiler Marching Band, Franklin High School Black Knight Marching Band, Keystone Panther Marching Band, Lakeview High School Sailor Band, Cambridge Springs Marching Blue Devils, Warren Marching Dragons, Conneaut Area “Rock n’ Roll” Marching Band, Fort LeBoeuf Stampede of Sound Marching Band, Brockway Rover Marching Band, Mercer 5M Marching Band and Central Clarion Wildcats Marching Band.

The Westminster College Titan Marching Band will be the featured band of the night.

As in past years, the festival will again offer concessions, raffles, a bake sale, t-shirt sales, candy grams and air grams.

Proceeds from the festival will help fund the ongoing costs of the Oiler Marching Band.

In the event of inclement weather, the event will be held in the Oil City High School gymnasium.

Questions or requests for more information may be addressed to Daniel Cartwright, Oil City Band Director, at dcartwright@mail.ocasd.org.