The following bands have been invited to the 2026 Iowa Jazz Championships:

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Class 1A

• Boyden-Hull

• Gehlen Catholic

• Griswold

• Highland

• IKM-Manning

• Janesville

• Kingsley-Pierson

• Madrid

• Moravia

• Newell-Fonda

• North Butler

• South O'Brien

• Tripoli

• Winfield-Mt. Union

• Woodbury Central

 

Class 2A

• Belmond-Klemme

• Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont

• Lisbon

• Mediapolis

• Monticello

• Ogden

• Okoboji

• Pleasantville

• Roland-Story

• South Central Calhoun

• Treynor

• Tri-Center

• Van Meter

• West Lyon

• Woodward-Granger

 

Class 3A

• Carlisle

• Clear Lake

• Denison

• Glenwood

• Harlan

• Humboldt

• Knoxville

• Marion

• Mid-Prairie

• MOC-Floyd Valley

• Sioux Center

• Waverly-Shell Rock

• Williamsburg

• Winterset

• Xavier

 

Class 4A

• Abraham Lincoln 

• City High

• Dallas Center-Grimes

• Davenport Central

• Fort Dodge

• Iowa City West

• Kennedy

• Lewis Central

• Linn-Mar

• Pella

• Prairie

• Sioux City East

• Sioux City North

• Valley

• Washington

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