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Ben Fox (left) standing with Jacob Snyder (right) outside of Ohio Stadium

After a competitive tryout at Lincoln Tower Park, which sits in the shadow of Ohio Stadium, The Ohio State University Marching Band has selected its drum majors for the 2026 season.

Four students wearing the new uniforms in the stadium

For the first time since 2006, The Ohio State University Marching Band has received a complete new set of uniforms, which debut for the 2025 season. While the new uniforms maintain the traditional…

Script Ohio

After five days of intense tryouts, the 148th edition of The Ohio State University Marching Band was officially selected on Monday, August 19. Nearly 400 hopeful candidates competed for just 228…

Ford and Speckman standing next to eachother

After a competitive tryout inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, The Ohio State University Marching Band has selected its drum majors for the 2025 season.

Joshua Ford, a…

ohio state marching band banner with 2026 st. patrick's festival logo

In March 2026, The Ohio State University Marching Band will embark on an exciting journey to Dublin, Ireland, to participate in the St. Patrick's Festival Parade. While the full itinerary is still…

Trombones playing

Following a five-day tryout process, the band’s 247 newest members heard their names read aloud in the rehearsal hall of the Steinbrenner Band Center. That total includes the band’s 228 music…

2024 i-dotters with Archie Griffin

Two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin will take his place in one of the most memorable traditions in college athletics as he dots the “i” in Script Ohio on Aug. 31 during halftime of the…

Clayton and Josh in front of Ohio Stadium

After a windy, competitive tryout in the shadows of Ohio Stadium at the Lincoln Tower Park practice field, The Ohio State University Marching Band has selected its drum majors for the 2024 season…

Elvis Dancing

Taking the field at halftime during this weekend’s home football game against the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, The Ohio State University Marching Band paid tribute to the king of rock …

"Thank You" with fireworks

At halftime during this weekend’s home football game against Michigan State University, The Ohio State University Marching Band honored veterans, highlighting each branch of the military during…

Climbing the stairway to heaven

At halftime during this weekend’s home football game against Penn State, The Ohio State University Marching Band paid tribute to Led Zeppelin.

The band performed “Kashmir,” “Rock and Roll,”…

Halftime

The Ohio State University Marching Band took listeners down the rabbit hole during this weekend’s home football game against the University of Maryland. The halftime show followed Brutus Buckeye’s…

Matador

The Ohio State University Marching Band celebrated classic jazz standards during halftime Saturday with some help from the Boston Brass quintet.

Since 1986, Boston Brass has established a…

Drum Major formation

Buckeyes returned to the ’Shoe Saturday for the first home football game, against Youngstown State University, as well as the first performance from The Ohio State University Marching Band of the…

Band member holding a trumpet

Following a five-day tryout process, the band’s 246 newest members heard their names read aloud in the rehearsal hall of the Steinbrenner Band Center. That total includes the band’s 228 music…

Clayton Callender and Josh Ford

For the 2018 season-opening football game against Oregon State, Clayton Callender came to Ohio Stadium to support his step-brother, Noah Thomas, in Thomas’ performances with The…

Script Ohio performed at Ohio Stadium

The Ohio State University Marching Band is going down to Georgia for the first time in its history, heading to the Peach Bowl to support the No. 4 Ohio State football team in its College Football…

Finis á la Buckeye closing image

The 2022 football regular season came to a close as The Ohio State University Marching Band performed its eighth unique halftime show of the season. TBDBITL's "Finis à la Buckeye" wrapped up the…

Band forming Rolling Stones logo

Bringing out a special stage for marching band students to rock Ohio Stadium, The Ohio State University Marching Band paid tribute to one of the greatest rock acts of all time with its "A Tribute…

Double Script Ohio at Penn State

For the first time in 17 years, The Ohio State University Marching Band traveled to Penn State for a game on Saturday.

The band performed at pregame and at halftime with an abbreviated…

Elton John logo

The Ohio State University Marching Band made some new friends on Saturday, joining forces with the Hawkeye Marching Band from the University of Iowa to perform their "A Tribute to Elton John"…

Members of The Ohio State Marching Band dressed as characters from Shrek

The Ohio State University Marching Band took fans in Ohio Stadium on a magical journey through the world of the Dreamworks Animation movie franchise "Shrek" on Saturday afternoon, playing songs…

Marching band students performing in the "Grease" halftime show as Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson

TBDBITL transported fans back to the 1950s with its "Grease at 50" halftime show on Saturday at the 'Shoe, paying homage to the classic 1971 musical and 1978 film about students at Rydell High.

Marching band forms a running back in a Heisman trophy pose

The Ohio State University Marching Band celebrated the 100th birthday of Ohio Stadium on Saturday with a rousing halftime show that featured the top 10 moments in Horseshoe history as part of a…

The Ohio State University Marching Band performs its Stadium Karaoke halftime show

It was audience participation day in Ohio Stadium on Saturday as The Ohio State University Marching Band performed its "Stadium Karaoke" show at halftime of the Buckeyes' game against Arkansas…

Marching Band spelling out "On Fire"

The Ohio State University Marching Band began the 2022 season with "Buckeye Jazz Café," a halftime show that immersed the Ohio Stadium crowd in the sounds of a jazz cafe. Six tables were rolled…

ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit meets sousaphone player Avery Voress

A sousaphone player from The Ohio State University Marching Band is featured in a season-long college football commercial that is now airing on ESPN.

Avery Voress, a fifth-year…