The Drum Corps International Summer Tour Schedule forms the backbone of countless memories for performers and fans alike.
Spanning six weeks of performances across the nation, the DCI Tour map is carefully crafted to balance the opportunities, needs, and preferences of DCI’s many stakeholders — from participating corps to dedicated members and supporters.
The 2026 tour will include more than 75 events across more than 30 states, all leading to the pinnacle of the season: the DCI World Championships, August 3-8.
NOTE: The current edition of the 2026 DCI Tour Schedule is subject to change. Venues and locations will be finalized throughout the coming months. As well, SoundSport ensembles — a category that expanded in 2024 to include mini corps, alumni corps, scholastic groups, and drum corps in the Open and All-Age Class evaluation process — who plan to perform at 2026 DCI Tour events will be added to the schedule as details are confirmed.
On sale now!
A new highlight of the 2026 season, tickets to a handful of marquee DCI Tour events are on sale now, in conjunction with DCI’s Tour Schedule reveal.
Fans can now purchase single-day tickets to the DCI Eastern Classic presented by Yokohama Tire (July 31 & Aug. 1), as well as individual DCI World Championship events (Aug. 6-8), and the DCI Southwestern Championship presented by Fred J. Miller, Inc. (July 18).
Early days
The 2026 tour’s opening weekend — the Road to Indianapolis driven by Yokohama Tire — will look quite similar to last year’s kickoff, with a Friday night exhibition event in Muncie, Indiana getting the season rolling.
Competitive action once again starts in the Rocky Mountains, with June 27’s Drums Along the Rockies featuring an exciting lineup of five World Class corps, including four 2025 finalists — Blue Devils, Phantom Regiment, Troopers, Blue Knights, and Genesis. For the fourth year in a row, the event will return to Fort Collins, Colorado. Regiment, which finished sixth place last season, will venture to Colorado for the first time since 2011.
That same night, an array of All-Age Class corps, accompanied by 7th Regiment, will get their seasons off and running in Bridgeport, Connecticut, at a longstanding event hosted by the Hurricanes.
The first weekend of events wrap up Sunday, June 30 in Ogden, Utah, before the tour begins its swings through the other parts of the United States.
Hitting the road
An annual highlight of the DCI schedule, the tour’s stretch through California begins July 2 in Oxnard with an exhibition event. Be on the lookout for the Bluecoats as part of this season’s West Coast lineups, the first time the Ohio corps has been out west since 2009.
Popular California performance locations such as Stanford (July 6) and Pasadena (July 11) will also return too, bookending a busy week of events. The Pasadena event will be part of one of the summer’s busiest days, featuring four separate events across the United States featuring performances from more than three dozen corps.
Back in the Lone Star State
DCI’s annual “Texas Tour” features six events over the span of five days, starting Thursday, July 16 with a pair of events.
As has become tradition, the DCI Southwestern Championship presented by Fred J. Miller, Inc. serves as the DCI Summer Tour’s all-in halfway point featuring all World Class corps — plus several Open Class competitors. Offered earlier than previous seasons, tickets to the Southwestern Championship are now on sale through Ticketmaster.
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Other confirmed Texas locations on the 2026 DCI Tour include Denton, McKinney, Dallas, Houston, and Central Texas.
Prior to kicking things off in the Lone Star State, a trio of July 14 events in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Hutchinson, Kansas; and Albuquerque, New Mexico; will help bridge World Class corps’ journeys to Texas.
Key stops
The end of July will look familiar to drum corps fans in how it mirror’s last year’s tour, with several of the same event locations on the slate.
The final full weekend of July features four major events — two in the midwest and two in the southeast, at locations including Atlanta and DeKalb, Illinois. On their way to those events, corps will make stops in St. Louis (July 21), Hattiesburg, Mississippi (July 22), and central Tennessee (July 25).
From there, corps will make their way toward the northeastern United States, with notable stops in Conway, South Carolina (July 28); Annapolis, Maryland (July 28); Huntington, West Virginia (July 29); and Lawrence, Massachusetts (July 30).
Down the stretch
Once the calendar turns toward August, all signs point toward the DCI World Championships.
However, the first few days of the eighth month are covered with loaded lineups across all competitive divisions at major event locations. As always, the DCI Eastern Classic presented by Yokohama Tire starts the month — and ends the prior month, with performances slated for July 31 and August 1 featuring every World Class corps.
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As corps make their way to Indianapolis, Monday, August 3, will serve as the final day of the “regular season” for World Class corps, with groups split across two locations — one to be determined, and one in northeast Ohio. All-Age corps will close their regular season the following day in Ohio.
World Championships Week
The 2026 DCI Tour wraps up, as always, with the highly-anticipated DCI World Championships; this year’s series is set for August 3-8.
Prior to events at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis will be two days of competition at the DCI Open Class World Championships. Due to a scheduling conflict with the recent annual host of the event in Marion, Indiana, this year’s event will take place at a new venue that is expected to be confirmed and announced in the coming weeks.
The 17th year of events at Lucas Oil Stadium get underway with the DCI World Championship Prelims on Thursday, August 6 — an event that is also expected to be broadcast live in movie theaters across the country — followed by the DCI All-Age Championship Prelims and World Championship Semifinals (both events included on a single ticket) on Friday, August 7.
The final day of World Championships Week excitement kicks off on Saturday, August 8, with the SoundSport International Music & Food Festival and the All-Age World Championship Finals, before 2026’s World Class gold medalist is crowned later that night as part of the DCI World Championship Finals.
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2026 DCI Tour Event Tickets on Sale Now
Buy tickets to the following events today:
DCI Southwestern Championship presented by Fred J. Miller, Inc.
San Antonio, TX | Alamodome | Saturday, July 18
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DCI Eastern Classic presented by Yokohoma Tire (Day 1)
Allentown, PA | J. Birney Crum Stadium | Friday, July 31
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DCI Eastern Classic presented by Yokohoma Tire (Day 2)
Allentown, PA | J. Birney Crum Stadium | Saturday, Aug. 1
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DCI World Championship Prelims
Indianapolis, IN | Lucas Oil Stadium | Thursday, Aug. 6
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DCI World Championship Semifinals &
DCI All-Age World Championshp Prelims
Indianapolis, IN | Lucas Oil Stadium | Friday, Aug. 7
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DCI World Championship Finals
Indianapolis, IN | Lucas Oil Stadium | Thursday, Aug. 8
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Mega Monday
Beyond event tickets currently available, Drum Corps International’s traditional “Mega Monday” will mark the first large “drop” of tickets for events across the 2026 DCI Summer Tour. Look for this event on Monday, February 2.
