Baldwin City ? More than 1,100 area high school musicians plan to attend the Baker University Class 1-5A Marching Festival, which will be Wednesday at Liston Stadium.

Bands and color guards participating will be from Spring Hill, Prairie View, Midway, Baldwin City, Osage City, Bonner Springs, Paola, Chanute, Perry-Lecompton, Atchison, Tonganoxie, Ottawa, Mill Valley, Gardner-Edgerton, Louisburg and De Soto.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m., and an awards ceremony is planned for 9:55 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public.