The last mainstream show choir competition season of the weekend is here, with North Carolina’s lone contest of 2026 and Oceanside boasting the only full California Big Three matchup of the season.

From Advanced Mixed 1 to Intermediate Treble Large and beyond, every division will be hotly contested at the end of the season.

A staggering 38 choirs across nine divisions will hit the stage, with everyone jockeying for late-season success.

The last of this year’s national competitions looms in Branson, and John Burroughs hosts a veritable slew of choirs in Burbank.

PHOTO: Derrick Knight | From caption splits in advanced to Los Alamitos sweeps in lower divisions, the final Western competition was cinema.

The California Big Three transitive circle is completed, America wins in Canada, and groups from Texas and Massachusetts take maiden wins.

PHOTO: Derrick Knight | From advanced to novice, everyone is trying to get one more great placement in at the end of the season.

Advanced, intermediate, and novice all feature lineups with five groups or more.

Troy Buchanan, Piqua, and Lincoln Southwest all crossed the quarter-century mark in vastly different scenarios.

With one competition in the Los Angeles area and one in San Diego, the western show choir scene will ease into competition this weekend.

Show choir leaves plenty of room for ideas when it comes to creating shows, but what happens when that creative freedom goes a bit too far?

With the conclusion of Oceanside Sound-Off, the show choir season for the major players is all done.

Oceanside will have a multitude of top choirs from the West in attendance. Who holds the power?

From the east coast to middle America to the west coast, champions of all kinds were crowned on Friday and Saturday!

This is the last big weekend for coast-to-coast show choir, so sit back and enjoy it all! FAME National Show Choir Finals (Branson, MO)...

In-depth coverage of the John Burroughs Music Showcase awaits!