European Drum Corps Championships 2024

On Saturday September 28, the 2024 European Drum Corps Championships will once again be held in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. No less than fourteen corps/units will compete in three different classes!

The European Drum Corps Partners (Dutch Music Games, Drum Corps United Kingdom, Irish Marching Band Association, Rasteder Musiktage, German Open and the European DC Judges Association) joined forces in 2022 and brought the European Drum Corps Championships back to the field.

The FC Dordrecht stadium is a tried and trusted venue which was the home of the Dutch national Championships for many years, and will now serve as European Championships venue for the third year in a row.

A total of 16 corps/units have registered to participate in this year's European season finale. Countries represented are The Netherlands, Germany, England, Ireland and Belgium.

Corps will compete in Premier Class, Junior Class and Concert Class.
The DrumLine Battle event (in association with Drum Corps International) will be run at the conclusion of the afternoon's programme.

The European Drum Corps Championships 2024 will commence with Premier Class Prelims and Concert Class, followed by Junior Class Finals. The evening programme will be Concert Class and Premier Class Finals, followed by a full retreat. The Junior Class champion corps will perform their victory run in exbibition during the evening Finals.

The tentative performance schedule will be posted shortly. Check www.dceurope.org or one of the partners' Facebook pages.

Presale tickets are € 22,50 each . That is less than € 1 per performance! (Ticket price includes the Eventbrite service/ticket handling fee)

T ickets on the day of the event at the stadium are € 25 each.

Please note: Tickets to the European Championships 2024 will be General Admission, so tickets are NOT for allocated numbered seats. The earlier you arrive, the better choice of seat you will get!

Stadium rules DO NOT ALLOW spectators to bring any food or drinks from outside into the stadium premises. All bags are subject to search by the stadium stewards and/or event staff.

Food and drinks will be available from the bar and concession stand.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the European Drum Corps Championships 2024!

on behalf of the European Drum Corps Partners,

Hans Kloppert, European Drum Corps Championships 2024 event host

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IN COMPETITION (in alphabetical order):

• Beeches - Great Barr, Birmingham, England
• Blue Diamonds - Nienhagen, Germany
• Brass & Drum Corps Kriftel - Kriftel, Germany
• Diamond Cadets - Nienhagen, Germany
• DKV - Nieuwekerk aan de IJssel, The Netherlands
• Drum & Music Corps Blue Bandits - Hagenburg, Germany
• Inbhear Mor - Arklow, Ireland
• Jong Holland Junioren - Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands
• Jong Jubal - Dordrecht, the Netherlands
• Spirit of '52 - Rastede, Germany
• Starlight Performance Ensemble - Mortsel, Belgium
• WIK - Oostende, Belgium

• Youngstars - Rastede, Germany

IN EXHIBITION

• Jubal - Dordrecht, the Netherlands
• Beatrix' - Hilversum, The Netherlands
• Jong Beatrix - Hilversum, The Netherlands

DrumLineBattle

• to be announced