Schedule
Something Wicked Conference Schedule (as of October 17, 2025)
* Please note that all meeting rooms in the host hotel are on the first floor.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
- Arrivals Begin
- Manager’s Reception for hotel guests from 5-6:30 pm
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
- Continental Breakfast for hotel guests from 6-9 am
- Registration Open in Hotel Lobby from 3 pm-7 pm
- Manager’s Reception for hotel guests from 5-6:30 pm
- Early Bird Social at The Well at 8 pm
Thursday, October 23, 2025
- Continental Breakfast for hotel guests from 6 am-9 am
- Registration Open in Hotel Lobby from 9 am-4 pm
- Opening Keynote Session “Learning to Listen: The Jazz Journey of Gary Burton” in Salons A-D from 11 am-12 pm
- Boxed Lunch provided for conference registrants in Atrium from 12-1 pm
- Winifred (Orange) Band Rehearsal in Salons A-D from 1-2:30 pm
- Elphaba (Green) Band Rehearsal in Salons A-D from 2:45-4:15 pm
- Agatha (Purple) Band Rehearsal in Salons A-D from 4:30-6 pm
- Manager’s Reception for hotel guests from 5-6:30 pm
- 10th Annual POZ Social at 6pm (Offsite. Please contact Blake Velde at veldeb@gmail.com for details)
- Welcome Event at the Host Hotel in Terra Ballroom, Aqua Room, and Pool Deck beginning at 7 pm (Food, Cash Bar, South Florida Pride Steel Band Performance, and Dive-In Movie – Wicked 2024)
Friday, October 24, 2025 (Home Band T-Shirt Day)
- Continental Breakfast for hotel guests from 6-9 am
- Stretching for Musicians in Salon F from 8-9:30 am
- Workshops from 9-11 am in Gulf Stream A & B
- 9-10 am – Rose Parade presented by Honda: The Unfurling – Update #1 in Gulf Stream B
- 9-10 am – DEIAB Resources and Support in Gulf Stream A
- 10-11 am – Rose Parade presented by Honda: The Unfurling – Update #1 in Gulf Stream B
- 10-11 am – Membership Connections (Discord) in Gulf Stream A
- Elphaba (Green) Band Rehearsal in Salons A-D from 12-2 pm
- Agatha (Purple) Band Rehearsal in Salons A-D from 2:15-4:15 pm
- Winifred (Orange) Band Rehearsal in Salons A-D from 4:30-6:30 pm
- Manager’s Reception for hotel guests from 5-6:30 pm
- Friday Night on the Drive Kick Off at The West End Lounge at 7 pm
- Artistic Directors’, Band Presidents’, and Chairs’ Reception in Terra Ballroom at 7 pm
Saturday, October 25, 2025 (Color Wars: Orange versus Green versus Purple)
- Continental Breakfast for hotel guests from 7-10 am
- Stretching for Musicians in Salon F from 8-9:30 am
- Small Ensemble Rehearsals from 8am-9am
- Brass Choir in Gulf Stream B
- Clarinet Choir in Terra Ballroom
- Flute Choir in Salon E
- Jon Sims Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts Information Session in Gulf Stream A at 8:30 am
- Pride Band Alliance Town Hall in Salons A-D from 9 am-11 am
- BIPOC Photo for Conference Attendees in Atrium at 11 am
- Agatha (Purple) Band Rehearsal in Salons A-D from 12-2 pm
- Winifred (Orange) Band Rehearsal in Salons A-D from 2:15-4:15 pm
- Elphaba (Green) Band Rehearsal in Salons A-D from 4:30-6:30 pm
- Manager’s Reception for hotel guests from 5-6:30 pm
- Pride Bands Game Night in Terra Ballroom from 9:30-11:30 pm
Sunday, October 26, 2025 (Concert Black with Orange, Green, or Purple Flair)
- Continental Breakfast for hotel guests from 7-10 am
- Stretching for Musicians in Salon F from 8-9:30 am
- Pride Bands Alliance Board Meeting in Causeway 3 from 9 am-12 pm
- Church Services at MCC Sunshine Cathedral at 9 am and 10:30 am
- Church Services at First United Methodist Church of Fort Lauderdale at 10am
- Shuttle Buses between Host Hotel and the Parker from 12-10 pm (pick up and drop off through the south entrance of the hotel)
- Agatha (Purple) Band should leave hotel by 12:30pm
- Elphaba (Green) Band should leave hotel by 2pm
- Winifred (Orange) Band should leave hotel by 3:30pm
- Tech Rehearsal at the Parker (707 NE 8th Street, Fort Lauderdale, 33304) from 1-5:15 pm
- Agatha (Purple) Band from 1-2:15 pm
- Elphaba (Green) Band from 2:30-3:45 pm
- Winifred (Orange) Band from 4-5:15 pm
- Dinner provided for musicians at the Parker from 5-6 pm
- Manager’s Reception for hotel guests from 5-6:30 pm
- 10th Annual Presidents Circle Reception in the Haller Club at the Parker from 6-7 pm
- Something Wicked Concert at the Parker from 7-9 pm
- Post-Concert Social at Host Hotel in Salons E-F after 9 pm
Monday, October 27, 2025
- Continental Breakfast for hotel guests from 6-9 am
- Travel Home
12 Step and other Recovery Meetings
Lambda South (Las Olas Blvd) https://lambdasouth.com/
Gold Coast Area of NA https://goldcoastna.org/
Sunshine Cathedral: LGBTQ+ Friendly https://aabroward.org/locations/sunshine-cathedral/
Pride Center: LGBTQ+ https://aabroward.org/locations/pride-center/
There are several community events that will be occurring during the conference dates:
Slow Burn’s Catch Me If You Can from October 22-26 at the Amaturo (Broward Center for the Performing Arts)
https://www.browardcenter.org/events/detail/slow-burn-theatre-catch-me-if-you-can
Life of Pi from October 21-26 at the Au Rene (Broward Center for the Performing Arts)
https://www.browardcenter.org/events/detail/life-of-pi-2025
Tituss Burgess…I’m King of the World on October 24 at the Gray Box Theater
https://www.showpass.com/tituss-burgessim-king-of-the-world/
Golden Ghouls-Picture it: Halloween 2025 on October 25 at the MCC Sunshine Cathedral
https://events.sunshinecathedral.org/e/golden-ghouls-picture-it-halloween-2025