The Washington High School Band Boosters will host their annual Band Festival on Saturday, October 4, at Washington High School. There will be no parade this year.

Visitors must enter the grounds at East 14th and Blue Jay Drive on foot or by shuttle bus. There are no other entry points to the event. Shuttles will be in operation from 8 a.m. to close with visitors being picked up every 10 minutes from Mercy South (Patients First) parking lot and garage, First Baptist Church, New Life Church, and the 14th Street Commuter Lot. Visitors are urged to use the shuttles in order to significantly reduce traffic and pedestrian congestion. Please do not attempt to cross over Hwy 47 on foot.

Handicapped parking is available on the WHS campus and a valid handicapped placard or license plate is required for access. Festival participants may be picked up at pre-set times at Washington Middle School using the East 14th entrance. A valid pass, issued by the boosters, must be displayed for entry.

Because of congestion issues, any vehicle needing to enter the grounds must come up East 14th from Hwy 47 and make a right turn onto Blue Jay. Parent pick-up leaving the WMS parking lot will exit Blue Jay Drive and make a right turn onto East 14th. No left turn traffic will be allowed.

Drivers are urged to be patient, drive with caution and be mindful of where, and how, you park in the areas surrounding the festival.

Festival Area Restrictions

• All vehicles parked on any of the parking lots of the Washington Middle School and Washington High School campuses must be removed by 11 p.m. on Friday, October 3. 

• All vehicles parked on Blue Jay Drive between Hwy 47 and East 14th must be removed by 6 a.m. on Saturday, October 4.

• Blue Jay Drive between Hwy 47 and East 14th is closed to all traffic, except as noted above, from 6 a.m. to 11: 59 p.m. on Saturday, October 4.

• Sunnyside, between Blue Jay Drive and East 11^th, is closed to all traffic, with the exception of shuttle bus traffic, from 6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, October 4.

• Vehicles on Highway 47 will not be allowed to access Blue Jay Drive from 6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, October 4.

• Stopping on Highway 47 to drop off or pick up passengers is strictly prohibited. Parking on the shoulders of Highway 47 is also strictly prohibited and is in violation of city code.