This weekend, Bandtober action heads to the West Coast with the WBA RCC Big Orange Classic. Seventeen of the most well-known California band programs will converge in Riverside, California on October 15th to duke it out for supremacy. Here's everything you need to know about the competition:
RCC Big Orange Classic
- October 15th | Riverside, California
- Start Time: 4:00pm PT
- WATCH LIVE
The WBA RCC Big Orange Classic will take place on October 15th at Wheelock Stadium in Riverside, CA. The competition will begin at 4:00pm with the first performance of the evening from Bloomington High School, and will wrap up following Vista Murrieta High School's performance beginning at 8:45pm. There will be a special exhibition performance from Riverside City College at 9:00pm which will be followed by the awards ceremony, slated to begin at 9:30pm.
Audience members can look forward to performances from programs such as Mission Hills High School (5A), Valencia High School (3A), San Marino High School (2A), and many more.
Performance Schedule
| Performance Time | Ensemble | Classification |
| 3:55pm | Welcome & National Anthem | |
| 4:00pm | Bloomington High School | 1A |
| 4:15pm | El Segundo High School | 2A |
| 4:30pm | Chaffey High School | 2A |
| 4:45pm | Fontana High School | 2A |
| 5:00pm | San Marino High SChool | 2A |
| 5:15pm | Eisenhower High School | 2A |
| 5:30pm | Damien High School | 2A |
| 5:45pm | Break | |
| 6:00pm | Grand Terrace High School | 3A |
| 6:15pm | Los Alamitos High School | 3A |
| 6:30pm | Valencia High School | 3A |
| 6:45pm | Aliso Niguel High School | 3A |
| 7:00pm | Temescal Canyon High School | 3A |
| 7:15pm | Break | |
| 8:00pm | Ramona High School | 4A |
| 8:15pm | Martin Luther King High School | 5A |
| 8:30pm | Mission Hills High School | 5A |
| 8:45pm | Vista Murrieta High School | 5A |
| 9:00pm | Riverside City College | Exhibition |
| 9:20pm | Awards Prep | |
| 9:30pm | Awards Ceremony |