Convention

ASBDA believes in the intrinsic benefits of gathering high-caliber minds committed to solving professional issues of national significance. This last belief may be foremost in importance, for there is no clinic or class as valuable as a spirited discussion with someone in your profession whose ideas you value and respect. Our national conventions and regional conferences serve as platforms for performance and essential dialogue. Through these conventions, along with ongoing research and study programs, ASBDA can provide essential data of significant value to the development and shaping of our nation’s band programs in the years ahead.

National Conventions are held every other year, in even-numbered years.  Our Region Conferences are held in odd years.

WHY ASHEVILLE?

• AVL Airport- 400 Million Dollar Expansion in 2025. 30+ direct flights across the US by 2028. 197 cities direct to Charlotte if you need to connect. 

• Walkable restaurants, breweries, activities 

• Biltmore House, Gardens, and Winery- 1.5 million visitors per year. Largest private home in America. 

• “Beer City USA” #2 Most breweries per capita of any US city 

• Travel + Leisure and Google ranks #3 among top trending domestic travel destinations. 

• Travel + Leisure's Global "50 Best Places to Travel”

• Frommer's Top 5 “Best Places to Go" 

• “EatingWell's” #1 spot for Wellness towns, highlighting its farm-to-table food culture and mountain resorts.

• Restaurants: 4 prestigious James Beard Foundation awards and 15 establishments highlighted in the MICHELIN Guide American South- the most of any city in the South. ALL within walking distance of the Renaissance Hotel.

• Coffee Culture- While known for beer, Asheville has quietly amassed a huge number of downtown shops and roasters.