Rock Band Festival

November 17, 2026

Snow College students singing and playing instruments on an outside stage with an audience watching

Are you a high school or middle school teacher with a rock band class, a pop group or a commercial music ensemble? Snow College’s Rock Band Festival is a premier opportunity for you and your students to demonstrate, collaborate and hone your popular music performance skills.
Groups will perform and receive feedback from music industry professional adjudicators. Students will break into classes to receive specific instruction on how to refine their craft on their instruments or with their performance and transcription skills. Students and Directors will also get the opportunity to interact and play with other directors and performers, Snow college students and industry professionals.
The festival emphasizes real-world performance techniques, stylistic authenticity, and artistic growth, making it an ideal setting for modern music groups to learn, collaborate, and elevate their artistry.

Entry fee is $150 per band

The Snow College Rock Band Festival is adjudicated by professional musicians with active careers in the United States and abroad.

Adjudicators

Ben Harris - Entertainment Industry Studies and Commercial Music
Professor at Snow College
Perry O'Neal - Keyboard/Vocalist for Liquid Blue

Sample Schedule

8:00 Arrive and Check in
8:15 Snow Rock Band Performance
8:30-11:30 Bands play and receive adjudicator feedback in 20 minute time slots
8:30-11:30 Clinics run by Snow students happen cycling through in 40 minute time slots.

Main classes focus on individual roles (Vocals, Drums, Bass, Guitar and Keyboards)
Additional classes may be added about various subjects (stage presence, reading and making charts, transcription, arranging for a rock band, stage talk, etc.)
Jam Session clinics may also occur in various rooms with smaller groups

11:30-12:30 Lunch
12:30-2:30 Band performance/feedback and clinics continue (based on number of groups involved)
2:30-3:00 Snow Rock Band Performance and Festival Close Out

Contact Information

Snow College Music
Prof. Ben Harris
150 College Ave.
Ephraim, UT 84627

ben.harris@snow.edu