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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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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,”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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"…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
With an unprecedented five new halftime shows in five weeks to begin the season, the 145th edition of The Ohio State University Marching Band will have its work cut out for it in 2022.
On…
For the first time since 2019, drum major tryouts returned to their usual location at Lincoln Tower Field. To go along with that familiar location, The Ohio State University Marching Band selected…
The Ohio State University Athletic Band made the Ohio Stadium crowd jump for joy on Saturday with its halftime performance dedicated to the music of Van Halen.
Dressed in red, Athletic Band…
The Ohio State University Marching Band has a fun week ahead in Southern California as it prepares to make a trip to the 108th Rose Bowl Game to support the Buckeye football team when it takes on…
The Ohio State University Marching Band gave fans a tour through musical history on Saturday when it performed its "Broadway Retrospective" halftime show featuring songs from six different…
The Ohio State University Marching Band put on a "Top Gun"-themed halftime show for the Ohio Stadium crowd on Saturday, performing songs from the 1986 movie starring Tom Cruise, Anthony Edwards,…
The Ohio State University Marching Band took fans back to their childhood on Saturday night with its performance of its Sesame Street-themed halftime show titled "Can You Tell Me How to Get...?"…
The Ohio State University Marching Band rocked Ohio Stadium on Saturday, paying tribute to one of history's great bands when it played Rush songs. Rush, a Canadian band who gained popularity in…
The Ohio State University Marching Band got out its boots and cowboy hats for a "Party Rock Country Extravaganza" during halftime of the football game against Akron on Sept. 25. The band, joined…
The Ohio State University Marching Band's second halftime show of the 2021 season took Ohio Stadium fans back in a time machine 100 years to the original "Roaring '20s."
The band began its…
The Ohio State University Marching Band opened its 2021 season on Saturday by honoring the heroes of Sept. 11, 2001 as well as military veterans across the country.
During its “Heroes of 9…
In 2016, Sarah Wood got a call from a wrong number.
It wound up changing her life.
When Wood answered, the military recruiter on the other end was looking…
Let the music begin.
The Ohio State University Marching Band named its full roster of 228 music-playing members on Monday night after a tryout process…
Following a tryout at Ohio Stadium earlier in the month, The Ohio State University Marching Band has announced its two new drum majors for the 2021 season.
Austin Bowman, a…
The Ohio State University Marching Band is proud to announce that five of its students will be performing virtually in the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA)…
The Ohio State University Marching Band's third performance of the 2020 season featured a show themed around the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which…
New members of The Ohio State University Marching Band are all given a rookie name, a nickname bestowed on them by their peers.
Some rookie names are silly. Some are serious. Some require…
Despite a year that has been anything but normal, The Ohio State University Marching Band still performed a version of its traditional pregame performance in Ohio Stadium in 2020.
The…
On with the show. The Ohio State University Marching Band will kick off gameday this weekend with an inventive approach to their pre-game and halftime performances.
With the return of Big…
After conducting its first-ever fully web-based music auditions, The Ohio State University Marching Band announced its members for 2020 on Saturday evening.
Rather than the standard in…
2020 Season Safety Plan Rationale
The health and safety of the students and staff of The Ohio State University Marching and Athletic Bands is our primary concern…
UPDATED AUGUST 12
With tryouts for the 143rd edition of The Ohio State University Marching Band fast approaching, we would like to update you on changes we are making to…
In a first-of-its-kind virtual tryout process that spanned Friday through Sunday, The Ohio State University Marching Band selected its drum majors for the 2020 season.
Brayden…
With Ohio State’s cancellation of all university events through at least July 6, The Ohio State University Marching Band will be conducting its annual drum major tryouts digitally May 1-2.
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UPDATED JUNE 15
The Ohio State University Marching and Athletic Bands places the highest priority on the safety of its community.
Many Ohio State events scheduled…
Twenty-six men and women just finished their fifth and final year with The Ohio State University Marching Band, wrapping up a tremendous half-decade experience that has taken them around the…
Johnstown, Ohio native Daniel Brinker was named TBDBITL’s 2019 Most Inspirational Bandsperson (MIB) during a ceremony at the Hometown Concert in November. The award is presented annually to…
The Ohio State University Marching Band will travel to Arizona to perform at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, on Dec. 28. Fans can follow along with the band's time in Phoenix…
With his head down and his eyes shut tight, Christopher Lewis received some of the best news of his life.
He would finally be a member of The Ohio State University Marching Band.
The…
The Ohio State University Marching Band went into hositle territory on Saturday, playing a pregame and halftime show at Michigan Stadium as the football team took on archrival Michigan. TBDBITL's…
Buckeye faithful up north will be able to see their favorite band this weekend as the football squad gets ready to take on its least-favorite opponent.
TBDBITL will be heading to Ann Arbor…
Playing for the final time in Ohio Stadium for 2019, The Ohio State University Marching Band put on quite the show Saturday with its "Classical Toons" performance. The show featured classical…
Like millions of Americans, Lindsay Hostetler starts her day early in the morning and goes to work at her full-time job.
Unlike those millions of Americans, Hostetler finishes her work day…
This Saturday, The Ohio State University Marching Band will be marching to the beat of some different drums.
As part of its “The Music of Santana” halftime show, TBDBITL will be joined by…
Ohio Stadium became Bikini Bottom on Saturday as The Ohio State University Marching Band performed its "SpongeBob: The Great Buckeye Chase" halftime show during the football team's game against…
The Ohio State University Marching Band put on a stellar show Saturday night, wowing the Ohio Stadium crowd with its "One Giant Leap" tribute to the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.