Mark your calendar for the return of Jazz Fest at Western Iowa Tech on Monday, February 24 and Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Registration will open in January 2025 with online registration and payment.

Registration Deadlines

January 1 - February 14 - $250 per entry

Copyright Compliance

All schools participating in the Lewis and Clark Jazz Fest will need to complete the NFHS Copyright Compliance forms.

  • Go to https://nfhs.org
  • Select “Register” (or login if you are already in their system)
  • Once you are set up as a user, select the “Resources” dropdown and select “Copyright Compliance”.
  • Select “My Schools”
  • Select the “Manage Schools” button and then select “Create School” if your school name is not present.
  • Once your school has been created, select “Manage Ensembles” and then select “Add Ensemble”.
  • Once your ensemble is created then select “Manage Selections”
  • Select “Add Selection”, input the needed data and upload all verifications that are needed.
    • Verifications should be in .pdf format and should be organized before beginning this process.
    • Repeat this step until all selections being performed have been input.
  • Select “Back to Main Page” and then select “Search Events”
  • Select Iowa from the State dropdown and select year depending upon the calendar year your event falls in.
  • Select View/Attend for the event you are interested in participating.
  • If ensembles are attending multiple events they can simply select view/attend for those additional events as well.