PITTSBURGH — WPXI Channel 11 will celebrate the music, pride and tradition of Western Pennsylvania’s marching bands with a new initiative, “WPXI’s Band Together,” as part of our Back To School 2026 coverage.
Each weekday during the weeks of Aug. 17 and Aug. 24, a local high school marching band will play us out of the 6 a.m. newscast to help brighten everyone’s morning. The full performance of each marching band will then live on the WPXI News App and WPXI.com.
Channel 11 News will feature marching bands from across the region as communities band together to navigate the return to school and the return to routine for the Fall. Marching bands currently participating include Allderdice, Bethel Park, Butler, Canon-McMillan, Moon, North Allegheny, North Hills, Norwin, Pine-Richland, Shaler, West Allegheny and Woodland Hills.
Please see the schedule below and join us on Channel 11 Morning News each morning as we celebrate the excitement of the back-to-school season through the talented marching bands that will create the soundtrack for Fall.
- Monday, Aug. 17: Pine-Richland High School Marching Band
- Tuesday, Aug.18: North Allegheny Tiger Marching Band
- Wednesday, Aug. 19: Moon Area Marching Band
- Thursday, Aug. 20: Canon-McMillan Big Mac Band
- Friday, Aug. 21: Shaler Area Titan Marching Band
- Monday, Aug. 24: Pittsburgh Allderdice High School Marching Band
- Tuesday, Aug. 25: North Hills High School Marching Band
- Wednesday, Aug. 26: Norwin Marching Band
- Thursday, Aug. 27: Butler Area School District Marching Band
- Friday, Aug. 28: Woodland Hills Marching Band
- Monday, Aug. 31: West Allegheny Marching Pride
- Tuesday, Sept. 1: Bethel Park Black Hawk Marching Band
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