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Please join us for the 2016 Cardinal Marching Band Preview Performance on Friday, August 19, at 7:00 p.m. at Patrick Henry Hughes Practice Field. Bring a lawn chair and get a preview of our pre-game show and the halftime show for the first game. This event is the culmination of two weeks of intensive Band Camp for the Marching Cards! This event is FREE and open to the public!

The UofL Cardinal Marching Band is pleased to welcome Ms. Steffany Lien as the new Cardinal Girl Feature Twirler! Currently the Feature Twirler for the Lincoln Southwest High School Marching Band in Nebraska, Steffany is one of the most accomplished twirlers in the world. She was a member of the U.S. Twirling Team in 2009, 2012, and 2015 and won 6 gold world championship titles, including World Strut Champion, World Solo Champion, World 2-baton Champion, and World…

Another first for UofL Bands! Under the direction of Dr. Amy Acklin, the UofL Symphonic Band has been invited to perform at the 2016 College Band Directors National Association – Southern Regional Conference in Charleston, SC on February 18. The Symphonic Band will perform a preview concert on Sunday, February 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Comstock Hall at the School of Music. This concert is free and open to the public. The Symphonic Band will also perform…

CMB Bugler 2011-2013, Member of UofL Cardinal Marching Band 2009-2013 The CMB extends its greatest sympathy to the Ward family for the recent loss of Chad Ward. Chad was a recent alumnus of UofL, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science. He was a beloved member of the Cardinal Marching Band for 5 years and represented the trumpet section at the highest level. He was the first student to win the title of “CMB Bugler,” a…

Please join the 2014-15 Cardinal Marching Band for a special Community Preview Performance — Live and In Person — this Friday at 7:00 p.m. at the UofL Intramural Field – located across South Brook Street from the CMB Practice Field!