# List of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma national conventions

Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternityis an honorary fraternity for college and university band members in the United States. Tau Beta Sigma Honorary Band Sorority is a co-educational recognition and service sorority for college and university band members. The two organizations hold joint national conventions every two years in odd-numbered years.
The national convention serves as the governing body of each respective organization. National conventions are called to order in joint sessions, then recessed to allow the two organizations to hold separate business sessions before returning to a final joint session to end the convention.
The first national convention of Kappa Kappa Psi was held in 1922, on the campus of Oklahoma A&M College in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The next several conventions were held in Oklahoma City. Beginning in 1939, conventions were held at various college campuses around the country until 1995 when the size of the delegations of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma were so large that the organizations were forced to move to convention centers and hotels.
The first national convention of Tau Beta Sigma was held in 1946 on the campus of Texas Tech University, home of the Beta chapter. Since that first convention, each national convention of Tau Beta Sigma has been held concurrently with Kappa Kappa Psi national conventions.

## Kappa Kappa Psi national conventions

Following is a list of the national conventions of Kappa Kappa Psi.
| Convention number | Dates | Location | References |
| 1 | Jan 2, 1922 | Oklahoma A&M College (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | $^{:6}$ |
| 2 | December 30, 1923 – December 31, 1923 | Huckins Hotel (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | $^{:9}$ |
| 3 | June 14, 1926 – June 16, 1926 | Huckins Hotel (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | $^{:10}$ |
| 4 | December 30, 1927 | Huckins Hotel (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | $^{:12}$ |
| 5 | December 30, 1929 – December 31, 1929 | Huckins Hotel (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | $^{:15}$ |
| 6 | 1931 | Not held | |
| 7 | July 15, 1932 – July 16, 1932 | Huckins Hotel (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | $^{:17}$ |
| 8 | July 6, 1935 – July 8, 1935 | Claypoole Hotel (Indianapolis, Indiana) | $^{:20}$ |
| 9 | July 27, 1937 – July 28, 1937 | Cosmopolitan Hotel (Denver, Colorado) | $^{:22}$ |
| 10 | August 1939 | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) | $^{:23}$ |
| 11 | August 26, 1941 – August 28, 1941 | Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) | $^{:28}$ |
| 12 | 1943 | Not held (World War II) | |
| 13 | 1945 | Not held (World War II) | |
| 14 | March 6, 1947 – March 8, 1947 | Oklahoma A&M College (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | $^{:35}$ |
| 15 | August 19, 1949 – August 22, 1949 | University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) | $^{:39}$ |
| 16 | July 26, 1951 – July 29, 1951 | Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) | $^{:46}$ |
| 17 | June 25, 1953 – June 28, 1953 | Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas) | $^{:50}$ |
| 18 | August 4, 1955 – August 7, 1955 | Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) | $^{:54}$ |
| 19 | August 20, 1957 – August 24, 1957 | University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) | $^{:60}$ |
| 20 | August 19, 1959 – August 22, 1959 | Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida) | $^{:66}$ |
| 21 | August 23, 1961 – August 24, 1961 | Wichita State University (Wichita, Kansas) | $^{:75}$ |
| 22 | August 28, 1963 – August 31, 1963 | University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) | $^{:80}$ |
| 23 | August 10, 1965 – August 14, 1965 | Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) | $^{:84}$ |
| 24 | August 27, 1967 – September 1, 1967 | Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas) | $^{:91}$ |
| 25 | August 17, 1969 – August 22, 1969 | Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | $^{:99}$ |
| 26 | August 22, 1971 – August 27, 1971 | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | $^{:105}$ |
| 27 | August 5, 1973–August 11, 1973 | University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut) | |
| 28 | 1975 | University of Houston (Houston, Texas) | |
| 29 | August 1977 | University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California) | |
| 30 | 1979 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia) | |
| 31 | 1981 | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) | |
| 32 | 1983 | Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas) | |
| 33 | July 27, 1985–August 3, 1985 | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) | |
| 34 | 1987 | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | |
| 35 | 1989 | Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | |
| 36 | July 31, 1991 | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) | |
| 37 | August 1, 1993 – August 8, 1993 | Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) | |
| 38 | August 1, 1995 – August 5, 1995 | Hilton Walt Disney World (Orlando, Florida) | |
| 39 | July 29, 1997 | Camelback Inn (Scottsdale, Arizona) | |
| 40 | July 28, 1999 – August 1, 1999 | Renaissance Hotel (St. Louis, Missouri) | |
| 41 | July 24, 2001 – July 29, 2001 | Omni Bayfront Hotel (Corpus Christi, Texas) | |
| 42 | July 22, 2003 – July 26, 2003 | Norfolk Waterside Marriott (Norfolk, Virginia) | |
| 43 | July 26, 2005 – July 31, 2005 | Lexington Center (Lexington, Kentucky) | |
| 44 | July 24, 2007 – July 29, 2007 | Wyndham Hotel and Resort (Orlando, Florida) | |
| 45 | July 21, 2009 – July 26, 2009 | Arizona Biltmore Hotel (Phoenix, Arizona) | |
| 46 | July 19, 2011 – July 24, 2011 | Crowne Plaza Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colorado) | |
| 47 | July 23, 2013 – July 28, 2013 | Marriott Springfield (Springfield, Massachusetts) | |
| 48 | July 28, 2015 – August 2, 2015 | Hyatt Regency Lexington (Lexington, Kentucky) | |
| 49 | July 18, 2017 – July 22, 2017 | Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista (Orlando, Florida) | |
| 50 | July 16, 2019 – July 20, 2019 | Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | |
| 51 | July 13, 2021 – July 16, 2021 | Amway Grand Plaza Hotel (Grand Rapids, Michigan) | |
| 52 | July 11, 2023 – July 14, 2023 | Caribe Royal Resort (Orlando, Florida) | |
| 53 | July 15, 2025 – July 18, 2025 | Central Bank Center (Lexington, Kentucky) | |

## Tau Beta Sigma conventions

Following is a list of the national conventions of Tau Beta Sigma.
| Convention number | Location | Dates | References |
| 1 | Texas Tech University | May 4, 1946 | $^{:33}$ |
| 2 | Oklahoma A&M College (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | March 6, 1947 – March 8, 1947 | $^{:37}$ |
| 3 | University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) | August 19, 1949 – August 22, 1949 | $^{:39}$ |
| 4 | Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) | July 26, 1951 – July 29, 1951 | $^{:46}$ |
| 5 | Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas) | June 25, 1953 – June 28, 1953 | $^{:50}$ |
| 6 | Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) | August 4, 1955 – August 7, 1955 | $^{:54}$ |
| 7 | University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) | August 20, 1957 – August 24, 1957 | $^{:60}$ |
| 8 | Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida) | August 19, 1959 – August 22, 1959 | $^{:66}$ |
| 9 | Wichita State University (Wichita, Kansas) | August 23, 1961 – August 24, 1961 | $^{:75}$ |
| 10 | University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) | August 28, 1963 – August 31, 1963 | $^{:80}$ |
| 11 | Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) | August 10, 1965 – August 14, 1965 | $^{:84}$ |
| 12 | Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas) | August 27, 1967 – September 1, 1967 | $^{:91}$ |
| 13 | Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | August 17, 1969 – August 22, 1969 | $^{:99}$ |
| 14 | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | August 22, 1971 – August 27, 1971 | $^{:105}$ |
| 15 | University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut) | August 5, 1973–August 11, 1973 | |
| 16 | University of Houston (Houston, Texas) | 1975 | |
| 17 | University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California) | August 1977 | |
| 18 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia) | 1979 | |
| 19 | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) | 1981 | |
| 20 | Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas) | 1983 | |
| 21 | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) | July 27, 1985–August 3, 1985 | |
| 22 | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | 1987 | |
| 23 | Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | 1989 | |
| 24 | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) | July 31, 1991 | |
| 25 | Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) | August 1, 1993 – August 8, 1993 | |
| 26 | Hilton Walt Disney World (Orlando, Florida) | August 1, 1995 – August 5, 1995 | |
| 27 | Camelback Inn (Scottsdale, Arizona) | July 29, 1997 | |
| 28 | Renaissance Hotel (St. Louis, Missouri) | July 28, 1999 – August 1, 1999 | |
| 29 | Omni Bayfront Hotel (Corpus Christi, Texas) | July 24, 2001 – July 29, 2001 | |
| 30 | Norfolk Waterside Marriott (Norfolk, Virginia) | July 22, 2003 – July 26, 2003 | |
| 31 | Lexington Center (Lexington, Kentucky) | July 26, 2005 – July 31, 2005 | |
| 32 | Wyndham Hotel and Resort (Orlando, Florida) | July 24, 2007 – July 29, 2007 | |
| 33 | Arizona Biltmore Hotel (Phoenix, Arizona) | July 21, 2009 – July 26, 2009 | |
| 34 | Crowne Plaza Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colorado) | July 19, 2011 – July 24, 2011 | |
| 35 | Marriott Springfield (Springfield, Massachusetts) | July 23, 2013 – July 28, 2013 | |
| 36 | Hyatt Regency Lexington (Lexington, Kentucky) | July 28, 2015 – August 2, 2015 | |
| 37 | Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista (Orlando, Florida) | July 18, 2017 – July 22, 2017 | |
| 38 | Oklahoma State University- Stillwater (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | July 16, 2019 – July 20, 2019 | |
| 39 | Amway Grand Plaza Hotel (Grand Rapids, Michigan) | July 13, 2021 – July 16, 2021 | |
| 40 | Caribe Royal Resort (Orlando, Florida) | July 11, 2023 – July 14, 2023 | |
| 41 | Central Bank Center (Lexington, Kentucky) | July 15, 2025 – July 18, 2025 | |