Event Information

 

VMBC and the Rock Ridge welcome you to the 2026 VMBC Freedom Showcase at Rock Ridge High School

 

Check-in/Registration: Please check in with the registration volunteer upon your arrival. This means before parking the buses. Check-in will be near equipment parking

 

Arrival: Your band should arrive at least 1 hour and 20 minutes prior to your scheduled performance time. You have scheduled arrival times, but all groups are welcome to come sooner.

 

Warm-Up Areas: There are 2 warm-up areas that are pre-assigned. If you arrive early you may do visual warm-ups in an open space on campus. Please do not play instruments outside of designated warm-up times. Please be respectful of other groups by entering and leaving your warm-up areas at the appropriate times.

 

Pit Parking: Pits will load and unload in the bus look, It is labeled on the site map. Please plan on moving trucks after your post-performance loading is complete off campus as soon as possible.

 

Bus Parking: You will have some one show you exactly where to park.

 

Gate Time: Your band must be at the band entrance gate 10 minutes prior to your scheduled performance.

 

Field Surface: Synthetic Turf

 

Concessions: Concessions will be available in the stadium during the event.

 

Tickets: Admission is $15. Youth ages 5-11 cost $10 and Seniors 60+ cost $5. Children 4 and under are free.

 

Feeding your Band: Due to local ordinances no tailgating or grilling of any kind is permitted on the campus or in the surrounding area.

 

Rain Plan: In the event of inclement weather the Event Coordinator will contact directors with delay, standstill, indoor performance or cancellation scenarios.

 

Staff/Adult Access into Stadium: You will receive a Band Director Badge and your instructors, pit crew, and chaperones (at a chaperone-to-student ratio of 10-1) will receive wristbands upon arrival for entrance into the stadium. All other adults must purchase a ticket to enter the stadium as a spectator. Example (80 students= 10 wrist bands plus director and staff, staff must be named in advance) County badges do not count. Remember this is a fundraiser for our programs.

 

Entry to the Stadium Following the Performance: Your band members and bus drivers are invited into the stadium after their performance free of charge. Entrance for band members in uniform, or in a group if out of uniform in school attire, is through the main gate with staff members vouching for the group of students. While in the stadium, the band members are to sit in groups, with appropriate supervision. Bands may be asked to move to the visitor bleachers if paying supporters cannot find home side seating.

 

Spectator Parking: Spectator Parking will be in the Rock Ridge High School parking lot. If band staff are driving separately, they may park in the spectator parking.Restrooms: Restrooms will be available through the main entrance of the stadium.Video: You are welcome to record your performance but the press box is for judges only. Please explain these guidelines to your staff, students, and supporters prior to the event.

 

We appreciate you!