• Complete the Online Registration, with a $100 registration fee per performing group, to reserve your performance time. The registration fee is non-refundable/non-transferable and must be received prior to your scheduled performance time being finalized. The $100 fee is for registration purposes only and does not apply to your ticket purchase.

• Every person entering Kings Dominion will need to present an admission ticket or Season Pass to gain access to the Festival of Music and Kings Dominion. This includes all students, directors, accompanists, chaperones, group members, family, and friends.
• 2025 Music Festival Performer Tickets are $46.00 per person. Observer/Chaperone tickets are $40.00 per person. Season Passholder Performer tickets are $12.00.  Ticket orders must be pre-paid and received ten (10) days prior to performance.
• One complimentary admission ticket is issued with every 15 Festival of Music tickets purchased. Season Pass Holder tickets do not count toward the comp ticket minimum.
• Complimentary tickets will be issued on individual orders, not on a cumulative basis.
• Your performance must be scheduled the same day as your visit to Kings Dominion.
• No refunds or rain checks will be issued on pre-purchased admission tickets.
• If paying by check, please mail your detailed order with payment, a minimum of 10 days in advance, to Kings Dominion - PO BOX 931119, Atlanta, GA 31193-1119
• No purchase orders are accepted and payment must be made in advance.

• Bus parking is FREE & bus drivers receive complimentary admission tickets by showing their CDL at our Guest Services Window. Cars and vans must park in the main parking lot. Vans carrying equipment, or a designated school vehicle, may park in the bus parking lot.

• Directors must check-in at the Festival of Music registration table upon arrival or no later than 12:00 PM on the date of their visit.
• The instrumental registration table is located in front of the Kings Dominion Theater entrance and the choral registration table is located in front of the Kings Dominion Action Theater. At the time of check-in, you will need the following materials with you:
  • Three (3) sets of scores for each composition being performed with measures consecutively numbered for use by the adjudication panel. Photocopies are not allowed unless accompanied by documentation from the publisher(s) granting permission to copy the score(s).
• Please do not dismiss your students and chaperones until after check-in. Warm-up and performance times could change due to last minute cancellations. Performance dates and times are subject to change based on demand. Kings Dominion reserves the right to adjust your performance times if needed.

• Instrumental warm up time is 25 minutes prior to your performance time and Choral warm up time is 15 minutes prior to your performance time. Please arrive no later than 15 minutes prior to your performance.

• Instrumental groups will be performing on site at the Kings Dominion Theater.
• Kings Dominion will provide the following percussion equipment for the Festival of Music:
  • Yamaha 2.5 Octave Steel Bells (YB-1210S100)
  • Yamaha 3.5 Octave Acoustalon Xylophone (YX-500FC)
  • Yamaha 40 X 18 Bass Drum (CBT-640BCS7)
  • Yamaha 4 Copper Timpani (TP-6204C)
  • Yamaha Concert Toms (6-8-10-12) (CTS-6802)
  • Deagan 1.5 Octave Brass Chimes (DC-9150AC)
  • Yamaha Concert Toms (13-14-15-16) (CTS-3456)
  • Yamaha 3.0 Octave Vibraphone (YV-2700C)
  • Zildjian 34" Gong (Z34TG)
  • Yamaha CP4 Stage Piano
  • Yamaha Stage Custom Birch 5 Piece Drum Set (Z34TG)
  • Yamaha 4.3 Octave Acoustalon Marimba (YM-4300C)
  • Please be sure to bring any equipment not listed above.

• PLEASE NOTE: Due to building code and safety at the Kings Dominion Theater, we cannot provide instrument storage during your visit. Please plan accordingly.
• Kings Dominion does not provide extension cords or power strips.
• All Instrumental groups need to provide their own mallets/sticks, snare drum and cymbals.
• Kings Dominion is not responsible for instruments or equipment that are lost, stolen or damaged during your visit.
• While the music selection is at the discretion of the director, Kings Dominion highly encourages directors to select music of high artistic merit.
• Instrumental music must be selected from a state band festival list, or from the graded list of band music published by the National Band Association (Grade I through VI).
• All performances are in twenty-five (25) minute intervals including transition to the stage, performance and exit from the stage. The judging panel reserves the right to lower your rating should you exceed the time slot.

• Choral groups will perform on site at the Action Theater
• Kings Dominion will provide the following equipment during the Festival of Music:
  • A Yamaha CP4 Stage Piano or a speaker for a MP3 on a device for accompaniment (Kings Dominion does not provide an accompanist)
  • Wenger 4 Step Signature Risers, which with use of the floor, may accommodate approximately 120 students.
  • Yamaha acoustical shells
  • A CD player is NOT available for use for the competition.
• While the music selection is at the discretion of the director, Kings Dominion highly encourages directors to select music of high artistic merit. Ensembles must perform Grade I-VI music — it is suggested that directors select music from state lists, although this is not required.
• Each ensemble must perform the two (2) selections from memory.

• All selections of music will be adjudicated.
• Scores and packets should be picked up from the registration table approximately 30 minutes after your performance.
• Groups participating in the Festival Rating Performance Category who earn a Superior or Excellent Rating will receive plaques.
• ALL groups will receive a Certificate of Performance

• Comments Only Groups will receive Adjudication/Score sheets with only comments and suggestions regarding the performance from the adjudicators. There will be no numerical score or rating.

• Festival Rating Ensembles choosing this option will be eligible to receive an Excellent or Superior rating and will be given an award in honor of their achievement. Rating awards and packets will be available for pick up at the registration table approximately thirty (30) minutes after each group performs.

• Please contact our Festival of Music team at festivalofmusic@kingsdominion.com for any questions regarding your visit.   

Kings Dominion will refund the registration fee and any tickets purchased for our 2025 Festival of Music in the event that the school district cancels field trips that include the date of your group’s performance.

To obtain a refund, submit a copy of the documentation from the district office clearly outlining the cancelation of field trips and the dates included in the cancellation. This should be submitted to festivalofmusic@kingsdominion.com.

The refund will be processed to the original method of payment within 30 days of the submission of the documentation.