ENID, OK - It's time for the 91st Tri-State Music Festival running May 1-3 throughout Enid! The Grand Concert is Friday night at the High School Auditorium.
The marching parade is now in the fall during the Field Marching Contest.
Tri-State History
About eight or ten bands got together for the first Phillips Band Day in 1932. Band Day had drawn bands from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas for the first event so it was unanimously decided to call the new event Tri-State.
In 1933 Enid had its first real Tri-State Band Festival. What began as a one day affair, as first planned, turned into a four day affair.
In 1934, Tri-State drew 6,000 band members to Enid. The town was bulging with kids. It was thought this was about the largest crowd that could be drawn, but this was outdone in the years to follow.
