Performance in the Park
Celebrate your hardworking marching band or performance group with a one-of-a-kind performance experience and a day filled with non-stop fun at Carowinds!
Our Performance in the Park program offers your talented students the chance to showcase their skills in a thrilling atmosphere, surrounded by thousands of eager spectators. The love for music in the park is palpable, so why not bring your students along to be a part of the excitement?
New in 2024: All groups must register online in advance based on timeslot availability. A $50 registration fee applies for each timeslot.
Accounts are shared with the Festival of Music adjudicated program. If you do not remember your account information, reset your password.
Registration Instructions
Performance in the Park is a non-adjudicated event where your students perform on one of our performance stages or midway in front of park guests.
PLEASE NOTE: You will select and register for a performance time. Payment for the $50 registration fee must be received within three weeks of registration or your timeslot will be released.
How Performance in the Park Works
Register Your Performance Group
Complete the online registration with a $50 registration fee per performing group, to reserve your performance time. The registration fee is non-refundable, non-transferable, and must be received prior to finalization of your scheduled performance time. The $50 fee is for registration purposes only and does not apply to your ticket purchase. lf paying by check, a copy of the invoice must be mailed with payment to ensure proper credit to the correct ensemble.
Order Your Tickets
Each person entering Carowinds will need to present an admission ticket or a season pass to gain access to the park for the performance. This includes students, directors, accompanists, chaperones, group members, family, and friends.
Ticket Prices
Performer: $40.00 per person
Observer/Chaperone: $37.00 per person
Season Passholder Performer: $8.00 per person
Meal Options
Carowinds makes it easy to take care of your group during your visit. The following meal and drink options are available:
- All-Day Drinks: Enjoy refreshing Coca-Cola beverages all day, with only a 15-minute interval between refills. $10.49/person
- Single Meal Deal: Includes one entree, side, and a regular drink at participating restaurants throughout the park. $16.99/person
- All-Day Dining: Enjoy an entree and one side item every 90 minutes at participating restaurants throughout the park. $27.99/person
- Premium All Day Dining: Enjoy an entrée and one side item, or a snack, every 90 minutes at participating restaurants throughout the park, plus, All-Day Drinks. $39.99/person
Perform and Have Fun at the Park
After your students have wowed the crowd with their music, they can let loose and savor all the amazing experiences Carowinds has to offer. From world-class rides like Fury 325 to amazing live entertainment, they'll create unforgettable memories with friends that will last a lifetime.
Frequently Asked Questions
We look forward to welcoming your group to the park! We value our guests and want to ensure we bring wholesome entertainment for the entire family to our stages. When choosing your performance selections, we ask that you remember that Carowinds is a family park, and all performances must be free of music with foul, inappropriate or sexually explicit language and there may not be any inappropriate or suggestive dance moves. Due to this, all dance groups are required to submit a video for approval within 3 weeks of your registration. Your registration fee secures the date and time of the performance, however, please do not submit the ticket order form or advise your group of your performance date without final approval of the video. You will be contacted once this video is reviewed and approved.
Performance groups must consist of 15 or more members. Groups will perform at a designated location within the park, which is determined based on music and sound needs, as well as the size and type of the group. After approval, you will then be able to submit your ticket request via order form or an online store link, which will be emailed to you. Ticket orders must be received in our office no later than three (3) weeks prior to your performance. Any music files required for your performance must be sent in a MP3 or higher format must also be received by this time. We are unable to accept any type of Google files or Google Docs.
Ticket orders that are not pre-paid at least three (3) weeks prior to your registered date and time are subject to cancelation. Due to the numerous performance groups in our park each day, these performances must be coordinated with entertainment to ensure the venue and needed equipment is available on the day of your performance. Our performance venues are in high demand, so if no tickets are purchased, we will have to release the reserved venue back to entertainment for their use.
The ticket price is $40 per person, with one (1) complimentary ticket for every 15 tickets purchased. This price applies to your group and any spectators that come with your group. All ticket orders (admission and meal, if applicable) must be pre-paid at least three weeks prior to your visit to secure the entertainment venue and allow sufficient time to process your order. Season passholders performers are $8.00 per person and do not count toward your group size.
Admission tickets, meal tickets, and bottomless soda wristbands are non-refundable.
One (1) complimentary chaperone admission ticket will be given for every 15 admission tickets purchased, unless otherwise noted. Complimentary chaperone tickets do not include picnic meals or bottomless soda wristbands. Please note that season passholders in your group do not count toward the total group number that would qualify for the complimentary tickets.
Bus parking is free. Bus drivers will receive a complimentary admission ticket by presenting their valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) at the Group Sales building, located at the North Gate Admission Services window. The complimentary bus driver ticket does not include the picnic meal or bottomless soda wristband.