A drum major leads the KU Marching Jayhawks band for the 68th annual KU Band Day parade Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, in downtown Lawrence.

While the football team’s away the bands will play.

The University of Kansas football team plays Saturday at the University of Oklahoma, and KU’s Memorial Stadium will instead be filled with high school bands from across Kansas and Missouri in town for the 25th annual Heart of America Marching Band Festival.

More than 20 high school bands, including Lawrence and Free State high schools, will play from 2 p.m. to 8:15 p.m., with experts evaluating their performances.

At 8:30 p.m. the KU Marching Jayhawks will cap the day with a repeat performance of their Space Show performed at halftime of the Oct. 8 KU football game.

The event is open to the public. Admission is $10 per adult, $5 for students and senior citizens, and free for children 5 and younger. For a detailed schedule, visit music.ku.edu or call the KU School of Music at 864-3436.