JUST ANNOUNCED: 2026 WGI Color Guard World Championships Prelims Schedule

The 2026 WGI Color Guard World Championships will take place on April 9-11 in Dayton, OH. Stream the whole event exclusively on FloMarching.

Mar 24, 2026 by Natalie Shelton

JUST ANNOUNCED: 2026 WGI Color Guard World Championships Prelims Schedule

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Hundreds of color guard programs from around the world are getting ready to pack up and head to Dayton for one of the biggest weekends for pageantry each year.

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Check out the comprehensive schedule below for the 2026 WGI Color Guard World Championship Prelims Competition in Dayton, OH, on April 9.

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University of Dayton Arena | Prelims, Thursday, April 9

Independent Open, Scholastic World, Independent World

* Note that all times are ET and subject to change

Time	Ensemble	Class
9:00am	FeniX Independent	IO - Round 2
9:09am	State of Art	IO - Round 2
9:18am	Paramount Open	IO - Round 2
9:27am	Allegiance	IO - Round 2
9:36am	ZEUS Independent	IO - Round 2
9:45am	Sensation Performance Ensemble	IO - Round 2
9:54am	Edge Independent Open	IO - Round 2
10:03am	Collage Winter Guard	IO - Round 2
10:12am	Revival	IO - Round 2
10:21am	Opus Winter Guard	IO - Round 2
10:30am	Break
10:40am	Cascadia Winterguard	IO - Round 4
10:49am	Salt Lake Independent	IO - Round 4
10:58am	Top Hats	IO - Round 4
11:07am	Aureus Winterguard	IO - Round 4
11:16am	i-Squared	IO - Round 4
11:25am	NOVA Independent Winterguard	IO - Round 4
11:34am	Purdue University	IO - Round 4
11:43am	First Flight	IO - Round 4
11:52am	George Mason University Winterguard	IO - Round 4
12:01pm	Main Line Independent	IO - Round 4
12:10pm	Vestige Winter Guard	IO - Round 4
12:19pm	Break
12:25pm	Shenendehowa HS	SW - Round 1
12:35pm	American Fork HS	SW - Round 1
12:45pm	Noblesville HS	SW - Round 1
12:55pm	Kiski Area HS	SW - Round 1
1:05pm	Flanagan HS	SW - Round 1
1:15pm	Warren Central HS (IN)	SW - Round 1
1:25pm	Norwin HS	SW - Round 1
1:35pm	The Woodlands HS	SW - Round 1
1:45pm	Break
2:00pm	Milford HS (OH)	SW - Round 2
2:10pm	West Broward HS	SW - Round 2
2:20pm	Palm Desert HS	SW - Round 2
2:30pm	Centerville HS	SW - Round 2
2:40pm	Stoneman Douglas HS	SW - Round 2
2:50pm	Chino Hills HS	SW - Round 2
3:00pm	Carmel HS	SW - Round 2
3:10pm	Avon HS	SW - Round 2
3:20pm	Tarpon Springs HS	SW - Round 2
3:30pm	Break
3:45pm	Little Elm HS	SW - Round 3
3:55pm	Sunlake HS	SW - Round 3
4:05pm	Bellbrook HS	SW - Round 3
4:15pm	Fishers HS	SW - Round 3
4:25pm	Northview HS	SW - Round 3
4:35pm	El Dorado HS	SW - Round 3
4:45pm	Miamisburg HS	SW - Round 3
4:55pm	Arcadia HS	SW - Round 3
5:05pm	Center Grove HS	SW - Round 3
5:15pm	Break
5:20pm	Assembly Line SENIOR World	IW - Round 1
5:30pm	Light Brigade	IW - Round 1
5:40pm	FeniX Independent	IW - Round 1
5:50pm	Elevate (IN)	IW - Round 1
6:00pm	La Voute Performance Ensemble	IW - Round 1
6:10pm	Juxtaposition	IW - Round 1
6:20pm	ORIGINS	IW - Round 1
6:30pm	Alta Marea	IW - Round 1
6:40pm	Tampa Independent	IW - Round 1
6:50pm	FIU Pegasus World	IW - Round 1
7:00pm	Fantasia	IW - Round 1
7:10pm	Break
7:25pm	Oasis	IW - Round 2
7:35pm	Third Legend	IW - Round 2
7:45pm	Reverie	IW - Round 2
7:55pm	Georgia	IW - Round 2
8:05pm	The Pride of Missouri State	IW - Round 2
8:15pm	Etude	IW - Round 2
8:25pm	Vox Artium	IW - Round 2
8:35pm	Anesidora	IW - Round 2
8:45pm	Malachi	IW - Round 2
8:55pm	Mayflower	IW - Round 2
9:05pm	Fusion Winter Guard	IW - Round 2
9:15pm	Break
9:30pm	Icon Winter Guard	IW - Round 3
9:40pm	In Motion Performance Ensemble	IW - Round 3
9:50pm	Invictus	IW - Round 3
10:00pm	Eklipse	IW - Round 3
10:10pm	Black Watch	IW - Round 3
10:20pm	Phoenix Independent	IW - Round 3
10:30pm	Paramount	IW - Round 3
10:40pm	Blessed Sacrament	IW - Round 3
10:50pm	Lexis	IW - Round 3
11:00pm	Onyx	IW - Round 3
11:10pm	AMP Winter Guard

* Independent Open Class - Top 24 scores of all 4 rounds, regardless of round or site progress to semi-finals. / Scholastic World Class - Top 20 scores regardless of round progress to semi-finals. / Independent World Class - Top 24 scores regardless of round progress to semi-finals.

Wright State University's Nutter Center | Prelims, Thursday, April 9

Scholastic Open, Independent Open

* Note that all times are ET and subject to change

Time	Ensemble	Class
9:00am	Naperville Central HS	SO - Round 1
9:09am	Homestead HS (IN)	SO - Round 1
9:18am	Claudia Taylor Johnson HS	SO - Round 1
9:27am	Cy-Fair HS	SO - Round 1
9:36am	Bartram Trail HS	SO - Round 1
9:45am	Ronald Reagan HS	SO - Round 1
9:54am	Choctaw HS	SO - Round 1
10:03am	Holly Springs HS	SO - Round 1
10:12am	Break
10:25am	William R Boone HS	SO - Round 2
10:34am	Woodbridge HS	SO - Round 2
10:43am	Somerset Academy	SO - Round 2
10:52am	Clear Brook HS	SO - Round 2
11:01am	Arlington HS (NY)	SO - Round 2
11:10am	Dobyns-Bennett HS	SO - Round 2
11:19am	Amador Valley HS	SO - Round 2
11:28am	Southmoore HS	SO - Round 2
11:37am	Break
11:55am	Westfield HS (IN)	SO - Round 3
12:04pm	Desert Vista HS	SO - Round 3
12:13pm	McLean HS	SO - Round 3
12:22pm	Air Academy HS	SO - Round 3
12:31pm	Lockport Township HS	SO - Round 3
12:40pm	James Bowie HS (Austin)	SO - Round 3
12:49pm	Pope HS	SO - Round 3
12:58pm	River Bluff HS	SO - Round 3
1:07pm	Timber Creek HS (FL)	SO - Round 3
1:16pm	Break
2:10pm	Southlake Carroll HS	SO - Round 4
2:19pm	Greenfield-Central HS	SO - Round 4
2:28pm	Maryville HS	SO - Round 4
2:37pm	Roslyn HS	SO - Round 4
2:46pm	Franklin Central HS	SO - Round 4
2:55pm	Palm Desert Charter MS	SO - Round 4
3:04pm	Wylie HS	SO - Round 4
3:13pm	Creekview HS (GA)	SO - Round 4
3:22pm	Mason HS	SO - Round 4
3:31pm	Break
3:45pm	Williams Field HS Open	SO - Round 5
3:54pm	Marian Catholic HS	SO - Round 5
4:03pm	Lowndes HS	SO - Round 5
4:12pm	Hays HS	SO - Round 5
4:21pm	Kettering Fairmont HS	SO - Round 5
4:30pm	Cicero-North Syracuse HS	SO - Round 5
4:39pm	Brownsburg HS	SO - Round 5
4:48pm	Franklin HS (TN)	SO - Round 5
4:57pm	Westlake HS (TX)	SO - Round 5
5:06pm	Break
5:20pm	Belleville East HS	SO - Round 6
5:29pm	Penn HS	SO - Round 6
5:38pm	Del Norte HS	SO - Round 6
5:47pm	Hardin Valley Academy	SO - Round 6
5:56pm	Hamilton Southeastern HS	SO - Round 6
6:05pm	Melissa HS	SO - Round 6
6:14pm	Laguna Creek HS	SO - Round 6
6:23pm	Oviedo HS	SO - Round 6
6:32pm	Pearland HS	SO - Round 6
6:41pm	Break
7:00pm	The Brigadiers	IO - Round 1
7:09pm	National Avenue from Missouri State University	IO - Round 1
7:18pm	White & Gold Winterguard from Georgia Tech	IO - Round 1
7:27pm	JMU Nuance Open	IO - Round 1
7:36pm	Opulent Open	IO - Round 1
7:45pm	Blessed Sacrament	IO - Round 1
7:54pm	Connected Winterguard	IO - Round 1
8:03pm	Gates Chili Independent Open	IO - Round 1
8:12pm	Homage Independent	IO - Round 1
8:21pm	Undaunted	IO - Round 1
8:30pm	Break
8:45pm	Northern Academy	IO - Round 3
8:54pm	UCF Pegasus Open	IO - Round 3
9:03pm	University of South Florida	IO - Round 3
9:12pm	Mustang Independent	IO - Round 3
9:21pm	AMP	IO - Round 3
9:30pm	Pride of Utah Independent	IO - Round 3
9:39pm	Noir Independent	IO - Round 3
9:48pm	Tampa Independent Open	IO - Round 3
9:57pm	ORIGINS Open	IO - Round 3
10:06pm	Industry Independent	IO - Round 3

* Scholastic Open Class - Top 36 scores regardless of round progress to semi-finals. / Independent Open Class - Top 24 scores of all 4 rounds, regardless of round or site progress to semi-finals.

Cintas Center at Xavier | Prelims, Thursday, April 9

Scholastic A

* Note that all times are ET and subject to change

Time	Ensemble	Class
9:00am	Westlake HS (LA)	SA - Round 1
9:08am	Terre Haute South HS	SA - Round 1
9:16am	Central Square HS	SA - Round 1
9:24am	Decatur Central HS	SA - Round 1
9:32am	Greece HS	SA - Round 1
9:40am	Wakeland HS	SA - Round 1
9:48am	Francis Howell HS	SA - Round 1
9:56am	Elizabethtown HS	SA - Round 1
10:04am	Salem HS	SA - Round 1
10:12am	Lassiter HS	SA - Round 1
10:20am	Break
10:35am	Homestead HS Varsity (CA)	SA - Round 3
10:43am	Tomball HS	SA - Round 3
10:51am	Catawba Ridge HS Varsity	SA - Round 3
10:59am	South Forsyth HS	SA - Round 3
11:07am	Terre Haute North	SA - Round 3
11:15am	Ocean Lakes HS	SA - Round 3
11:23am	Milton HS (GA)	SA - Round 3
11:31am	Upper Moreland HS	SA - Round 3
11:39am	Southington HS	SA - Round 3
11:47am	Cambridge HS	SA - Round 3
11:55am	Break
12:40pm	St Clairsville HS	SA - Round 5
12:48pm	Naugatuck HS	SA - Round 5
12:56pm	Plymouth-Canton Educational Park	SA - Round 5
1:04pm	Walnut Grove HS	SA - Round 5
1:12pm	Fishers HS A	SA - Round 5
1:20pm	Downingtown HS West	SA - Round 5
1:28pm	Grand Oaks HS	SA - Round 5
1:36pm	West Shore School District	SA - Round 5
1:44pm	Unionville HS	SA - Round 5
1:52pm	Northwest Guilford HS	SA - Round 5
2:00pm	Break
2:15pm	Troy Athens HS	SA - Round 7
2:23pm	Buckhorn HS	SA - Round 7
2:31pm	Springboro HS	SA - Round 7
2:39pm	Irondale HS	SA - Round 7
2:47pm	Ravenwood HS	SA - Round 7
2:55pm	Bob Jones HS	SA - Round 7
3:03pm	Lyman HS	SA - Round 7
3:11pm	Canyon HS (CA)	SA - Round 7
3:19pm	Westwood HS	SA - Round 7
3:27pm	Friendswood HS	SA - Round 7
3:35pm	Break
3:50pm	Victor J Andrew HS	SA - Round 9
3:58pm	Millard North HS	SA - Round 9
4:06pm	Cedar Valley HS Varsity	SA - Round 9
4:14pm	Thomas Jefferson HS	SA - Round 9
4:22pm	Liverpool HS	SA - Round 9
4:30pm	Franklin HS (OH)	SA - Round 9
4:38pm	Jersey Village HS	SA - Round 9
4:46pm	Lanier HS	SA - Round 9
4:54pm	Batavia HS	SA - Round 9
5:02pm	Break
5:55pm	Oxford HS Varsity	SA - Round 11
6:03pm	Southgate Anderson HS	SA - Round 11
6:11pm	Murray HS	SA - Round 11
6:19pm	Fairfield Jr Sr HS (IN)	SA - Round 11
6:27pm	Edwardsville HS	SA - Round 11
6:35pm	Sprayberry HS	SA - Round 11
6:43pm	Clovis HS	SA - Round 11
6:51pm	Elizabeth HS	SA - Round 11
6:59pm	Daphne HS	SA - Round 11
7:07pm	Break
7:25pm	Lexington HS	SA - Round 13
7:33pm	ED White HS	SA - Round 13
7:41pm	Colony HS	SA - Round 13
7:49pm	Smithville HS	SA - Round 13
7:57pm	La Mirada HS	SA - Round 13
8:05pm	Worthington Kilbourne HS	SA - Round 13
8:13pm	Cooper City HS	SA - Round 13
8:21pm	Carroll HS (IN)	SA - Round 13
8:29pm	Mohonasen HS	SA - Round 13

* Top 28 regardless of round progresses to semi-finals.

Truist Arena at Northern Kentucky University | Prelims, Thursday, April 9

Scholastic A

* Note that all times are ET and subject to change

Time	Ensemble	Class
9:00am	Joshua HS	SA - Round 2
9:08am	Lake Orion HS	SA - Round 2
9:16am	Southlake Carroll HS A	SA - Round 2
9:24am	Orchard Park HS	SA - Round 2
9:32am	Gulf Breeze HS	SA - Round 2
9:40am	Hoover HS (AL) Varsity	SA - Round 2
9:48am	Lakota East HS	SA - Round 2
9:56am	Lancaster HS	SA - Round 2
10:04am	Elizabethton HS (TN)	SA - Round 2
10:12am	Hamilton HS (OH)	SA - Round 2
10:20am	Break
10:35am	Jamestown HS	SA - Round 4
10:43am	Mustang HS Varsity	SA - Round 4
10:51am	University HS (Orange City, FL)	SA - Round 4
10:59am	Hudsonville HS	SA - Round 4
11:07am	South Oldham HS	SA - Round 4
11:15am	Middletown HS	SA - Round 4
11:23am	West Milford HS	SA - Round 4
11:31am	Diamond Bar HS	SA - Round 4
11:39am	Lafayette HS (MO)	SA - Round 4
11:47am	Break
12:35pm	Azusa HS	SA - Round 6
12:43pm	Pattonville HS	SA - Round 6
12:51pm	Tupelo HS	SA - Round 6
12:59pm	Gulfport HS	SA - Round 6
1:07pm	Plainfield HS (IN)	SA - Round 6
1:15pm	Rancho Cucamonga HS	SA - Round 6
1:23pm	Hernando HS	SA - Round 6
1:31pm	Nation Ford HS	SA - Round 6
1:39pm	Corona Del Sol HS	SA - Round 6
1:47pm	Dorman HS	SA - Round 6
1:55pm	Break
2:10pm	Beavercreek HS	SA - Round 8
2:18pm	Fairfield HS	SA - Round 8
2:26pm	Pace HS	SA - Round 8
2:34pm	Hays HS	SA - Round 8
2:42pm	Cumberland Valley HS	SA - Round 8
2:50pm	Adlai E Stevenson HS	SA - Round 8
2:58pm	Green Level HS	SA - Round 8
3:06pm	Mt Juliet HS	SA - Round 8
3:14pm	Chisholm Trail HS	SA - Round 8
3:22pm	Foothill HS (NV)	SA - Round 8
3:30pm	Break
3:45pm	New Palestine HS	SA - Round 10
3:53pm	Kings HS	SA - Round 10
4:01pm	Northmont HS	SA - Round 10
4:09pm	Flagler Palm Coast HS	SA - Round 10
4:17pm	Fleming Island HS	SA - Round 10
4:25pm	Choctaw HS JV	SA - Round 10
4:33pm	Rock Hill HS	SA - Round 10
4:41pm	White Knoll HS	SA - Round 10
4:49pm	Windermere HS	SA - Round 10
4:57pm	Madison Central HS (KY)	SA - Round 10
5:05pm	Break
5:55pm	Rockford HS	SA - Round 12
6:03pm	East Lincoln HS A	SA - Round 12
6:11pm	Doral Academy Preparatory	SA - Round 12
6:19pm	Lake Central HS	SA - Round 12
6:27pm	Westlake HS (UT)	SA - Round 12
6:35pm	George Ranch HS	SA - Round 12
6:43pm	Independence HS (VA)	SA - Round 12
6:51pm	Larry A Ryle HS	SA - Round 12
6:59pm	Campbell COunty HS	SA - Round 12
7:07pm	Reeths-Puffer HS	SA - Round 12
7:15pm	Break
7:30pm	Crescent HS Varsity	SA - Round 14
7:38pm	Central Crossing HS	SA - Round 14
7:46pm	Decatur HS	SA - Round 14
7:54pm	Mesa Ridge HS	SA - Round 14
8:02pm	Cascade HS Varsity	SA - Round 14
8:10pm	Hempfield HS	SA - Round 14
8:18pm	Union HS (OK)	SA - Round 14
8:26pm	Weeki Wachee HS	SA - Round 14
8:34pm	John C Birdlebough HS	SA - Round 14
8:42pm	Jenison HS	SA - Round 14

* Top 28 scores regardless of round progress to semi-finals.

Dayton Convention Center | Prelims, Thursday, April 9

Independent A

* Note that all times are ET and subject to change

Time	Ensemble	Class
9:00am	Ventures A	IA - Round 1
9:08am	Revolutionary WinterGuard	IA - Round 1
9:16am	Awake Independent	IA - Round 1
9:24am	Winter Star	IA - Round 1
9:32am	Evergreen Independent	IA - Round 1
9:40am	Redemption Guard	IA - Round 1
9:48am	Rangerettes	IA - Round 1
9:56am	RGV Winter Guard	IA - Round 1
10:04am	Northern Valley Winter Guard	IA - Round 1
10:12am	Anesidora A	IA - Round 1
10:20am	Break
10:35am	Lyra Winterguard	IA - Round 2
10:43am	DTX Independent	IA - Round 2
10:51am	ICT Independent	IA - Round 2
10:59am	Viridian Winter Guard	IA - Round 2
11:07am	Farmington Lakeville Area Guard A	IA - Round 2
11:15am	Montage	IA - Round 2
11:23am	Avant Guard from the University of Arkansas	IA - Round 2
11:31am	JMU Nuance A	IA - Round 2
11:39am	Revival Winter Guard	IA - Round 2
11:47am	Glencoe HS	IA - Round 2
11:55am	Break
12:40pm	High Voltage of Haddon Heights	IA - Round 3
12:48pm	One Light	IA - Round 3
12:56pm	Pegasus Independent (NJ)	IA - Round 3
1:04pm	Allegiance A	IA - Round 3
1:12pm	Las Palmas Winter Guard	IA - Round 3
1:20pm	Meridian Independent	IA - Round 3
1:28pm	Old Line Independent Color Guard	IA - Round 3
1:36pm	Maharlika	IA - Round 3
1:44pm	River City Rhythm Winter Guard	IA - Round 3
1:52pm	Opulence	IA - Round 3
2:00pm	Break
2:15pm	901 Performance Ensemble from Missouri State	IA - Round 4
2:23pm	FIG Independent	IA - Round 4
2:31pm	Benchamarcharungsarit School	IA - Round 4
2:39pm	Plainfield Winter Guard	IA - Round 4
2:47pm	EPIC A	IA - Round 4
2:55pm	Orlando Visual	IA - Round 4
3:03pm	Onyx A	IA - Round 4
3:11pm	Les Eclipses	IA - Round 4
3:19pm	FIU GOLD	IA - Round 4
3:27pm	Rhapsody	IA - Round 4
3:35pm	Break
3:50pm	Crossroads	IA - Round 5
3:58pm	Elevate A	IA - Round 5
4:06pm	Forest Hills	IA - Round 5
4:14pm	South Orlando Independent	IA - Round 5
4:22pm	Ember Independent	IA - Round 5
4:30pm	Sonnor	IA - Round 5
4:38pm	Carolina Visual Production	IA - Round 5
4:46pm	Third Legend A	IA - Round 5
4:54pm	Impulse Winterguard	IA - Round 5
5:02pm	Crescent City Color Guard	IA - Round 5
5:10pm	Break
6:00pm	Slippery Rock Independent	IA - Round 6
6:08pm	Grace Christian Independent Fierce	IA - Round 6
6:16pm	South Winter Guard	IA - Round 6
6:24pm	Andesine of Central Missouri	IA - Round 6
6:32pm	University of Nebraska Omaha	IA - Round 6
6:40pm	Seven Lakes	IA - Round 6
6:48pm	Caledonia Independent	IA - Round 6
6:56pm	Beau Monde Independent	IA - Round 6
7:04pm	Field of View	IA - Round 6
7:12pm	San Diego State University Aztec Winter Guard	IA - Round 6
7:20pm	Gates Chili Independent A	IA - Round 6
7:28pm	Break
7:45pm	Eagle Mountain Independent	IA - Round 7
7:53pm	NC State Winterguard	IA - Round 7
8:01pm	Westshorement	IA - Round 7
8:09pm	Renaissance Winterguard	IA - Round 7
8:17pm	Allure Independent (TX)	IA - Round 7
8:25pm	Georgia State University Winterguard	IA - Round 7
8:33pm	Remedy Independent	IA - Round 7
8:41pm	Vox Artium A	IA - Round 7
8:49pm	University of Missouri's Ionic Winterguard	IA - Round 7
8:57pm	Oasis	IA - Round 7
9:05pm	Relentless	IA - Round 7

* Top 36 scores regardless of round progress to semi-finals.