Important Dates (link to Festival Dates and Locations)
| Date | 2008-2009 School Year |
| Oct. 10, 2008 | Adjudicator Workshop, 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. |
| Oct. 14, 2008 | Adjudicator Workshop, 5:30 - 9 p.m. Tremper High School, Kenosha (registration form .pdf) |
| Oct. 18, 2008 | State Marching Band Festival Class and Championships Perkins Stadium on the UW-Whitewater Campus |
Oct. 20, 2008 |
Adjudicator Workshop, 5:30 - 9 p.m. Black Hawk High School, South Wayne (registration form .pdf) |
| Oct. 30, 2008 | 2008 WSMA State High School Honors Band and Orchestra Concert, 4:30 p.m. at Overture Center, Madison |
| Oct. 30, 2008 | 2008 WSMA State High School Honors Treble and Mixed Choir Concert, 8 p.m. at Overture Center, Madison |
| Oct. 31, 2008 | 2008 WSMA State High School Honors Jazz Ensemble Concert, 11:30 a.m. at Monona Terrace, Madison |
| Oct. 31, 2008 | 2008 WSMA Middle Level State Honors Registration and rehearsal, 9 a.m. at Waunakee High School |
| Nov. 1, 2008 | 2008 WSMA Middle Level State Honors Concert at Marriott-Madison West, 1 p.m. |
| Nov. 1, 2008 | Adjudicator Workshop, 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Wisconsin Center for Music Education, Waunakee (registration form .pdf) |
| Nov. 4, 2008 | Adjudicator Workshop, 5:30 - 9 p.m. Lena High School, Lena (registration form .pdf) |
| Nov. 8, 2008 | Adjudicator Workshop, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Westby High School, Westby (registration form .pdf) |
| Nov. 10, 2008 | WSMA Festival Managers Workshop, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Wausau (registration form .pdf) |
| Nov. 17, 2008 | WSMA Festival Managers Workshop, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Waunakee (registration form .pdf) |
| Dec. 5, 2008 | 2009 WSMA High School State Honors Audition Registration (Opens Nov. 1) Deadline |
| Jan. 24, 2009 | Adjudicator Workshop, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Wisconsin Center for Music Education, Waunakee (registration form .pdf) |
| Feb. 3, 2009 | 2009 WSMA Middle Level State Honors Audition Registration (Opens Dec. 9) Deadline |
| Feb. 7, 2009 | WSMA High School State Honors Auditions Eau Claire, Appleton, Waukesha |
| Feb. 14, 2009 | WSMA High School State Honors Auditions La Crosse, Middleton, Milwaukee, Stevens Point |
| Feb. 20, 2009 | Student Composition Projects Submission Deadline |
| March 20, 2009 | Launchpad Green Bay Regional Competition, Location TBA |
| Launchpad Madison Regional Competition, Stoughton High School | |
| April 3, 2009 | WSMA Middle Level State Honors Auditions La Crosse, Wausau |
| April 4, 2009 | WSMA Middle Level State Honors Auditions Appleton, Eau Claire, Kettle Moraine |
| April 17, 2009 | WSMA Middle Level State Honors Auditions Sun Prairie |
| April 24, 2009 | Launchpad Eau Claire Regional Competition, Chippewa Falls High School |
| April 25, 2009 | WSMA State Solo and Ensemble Festival at UW-Oshkosh, UW-Platteville, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Whitewater, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
| May 1, 2009 | WSMA State Jazz Festival at St. Norbert College - De Pere, 2 - 10 p.m. |
| May 2, 2009 | WSMA State Solo and Ensemble Festival at Cardinal Stritch University, UW-Eau Claire, UW-Green Bay, UW-La Crosse, UW-Parkside, UW-Stevens Point, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
| May 8, 2009 | Launchpad Milwaukee Regional Competition, Wauwatosa East High School |
| June 20, 2009 | Launchpad State Competition, Wisconsin Union Theater (UW-Madison Campus) |
| June 20-23, 2009 | WSMA High School State Honors Camp - UW-Green Bay Orchestra, Treble Choir, Jazz Ensemble |
| June 24-27, 2009 | WSMA High School State Honors Camp - UW-Green Bay Band, Mixed Choir |