Welcome again to Ames Field in beautiful LaPorte County for the 6th Annual Festival of Bands!! This year we celebrate the states bicentennial with Pomp and Circumstance! AND A WHOLE LOT OF BRASS! Military, University, and Show Bands from all over the country participating and selling their merchandise. This year the performances will be better, the bands bigger, and the crowds louder! Stay afterwards for the largest fireworks display, this side of the Mississippi!