This is a list of national conventions of Kappa Kappa Psi (ΚΚΨ), National Honorary Band Fraternity, and Tau Beta Sigma (ΤΒΣ), National Honorary Band Sorority. 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 their own 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. The next several conventions were held in Oklahoma City, and beginning in 1939, conventions were held on college campuses around the country. Conventions were held on college campuses 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.
| Number | Location | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma A&M College (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | [1] [2] | ||
| Huckins Hotel (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | – | ||
| Huckins Hotel (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | – | ||
| Huckins Hotel (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | |||
| Huckins Hotel (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | – | ||
| Not held | |||
| Huckins Hotel (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) | – | ||
| Claypoole Hotel (Indianapolis, Indiana) | – | ||
| Cosmopolitan Hotel (Denver, Colorado) | – | ||
| University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) | |||
| Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) | – | ||
| Not held (World War II) | |||
| Not held (World War II) | |||
| Oklahoma A&M College (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | – | ||
| University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) | – | ||
| Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) | – | ||
| Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas) | – | ||
| Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) | – | ||
| University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) | – | ||
| Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida) | – | ||
| Wichita State University (Wichita, Kansas) | – | ||
| University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) | – | ||
| Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) | – | ||
| Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas) | – | ||
| Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | – | ||
| University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | – | ||
| University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut) | - [3] | ||
| University of Houston (Houston, Texas) | |||
| University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia) | |||
| University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) | |||
| Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas) | |||
| University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) | - [4] | ||
| University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | |||
| Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | |||
| University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) | - - [5] | ||
| Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) | – | ||
| Hilton Walt Disney World (Orlando, Florida) | – | ||
| Camelback Inn (Scottsdale, Arizona) | |||
| Renaissance Hotel (St. Louis, Missouri) | – | ||
| Omni Bayfront Hotel (Corpus Christi, Texas) | – | ||
| Norfolk Waterside Marriott (Norfolk, Virginia) | – | ||
| Lexington Center (Lexington, Kentucky) | – | ||
| Wyndham Hotel and Resort (Orlando, Florida) | – | ||
| Arizona Biltmore Hotel (Phoenix, Arizona) | – | ||
| Crowne Plaza Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colorado) | – | ||
| Marriott Springfield (Springfield, Massachusetts) | – | ||
| Hyatt Regency Lexington (Lexington, Kentucky) | – | ||
| 49 | Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista (Orlando, Florida) | July 18, 2017 – July 22, 2017[6] | |
| 50 | Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | July 16, 2019 – July 20, 2019 | |
| 51 | Amway Grand Plaza Hotel (Grand Rapids, Michigan) | July 13, 2021 - July 16, 2021[7] | |
| 52 | Caribe Royal Resort (Orlando, Florida) | July 11, 2023 - July 14, 2023[8] | |
| 53 | Central Bank Center (Lexington, Kentucky) | July 15, 2025 - July 18, 2025[9] |
The first national convention of Tau Beta Sigma was held in 1946 on the campus of Texas Tech, home of the Beta chapter. After this, each national convention of Tau Beta Sigma has been held concurrently with the national convention of Kappa Kappa Psi.
| Number | Location | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [10] | |||
| Oklahoma A&M College (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | – | ||
| University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) | – | ||
| Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) | – | ||
| Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas) | – | ||
| Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) | – | ||
| University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) | – | ||
| Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida) | – | ||
| Wichita State University (Wichita, Kansas) | – | ||
| University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) | – | ||
| Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) | – | ||
| Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas) | – | ||
| Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | – | ||
| University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | – | ||
| University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut) | - | ||
| University of Houston (Houston, Texas) | |||
| University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia) | |||
| University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) | |||
| Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas) | |||
| University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) | - | ||
| University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | |||
| Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | |||
| University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) | - - | ||
| Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) | – | ||
| Hilton Walt Disney World (Orlando, Florida) | – | ||
| Camelback Inn (Scottsdale, Arizona) | |||
| Renaissance Hotel (St. Louis, Missouri) | – | ||
| Omni Bayfront Hotel (Corpus Christi, Texas) | – | ||
| Norfolk Waterside Marriott (Norfolk, Virginia) | – | ||
| Lexington Center (Lexington, Kentucky) | – | ||
| Wyndham Hotel and Resort (Orlando, Florida) | – | ||
| Arizona Biltmore Hotel (Phoenix, Arizona) | – | ||
| Crowne Plaza Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colorado) | – | ||
| Marriott Springfield (Springfield, Massachusetts) | – | ||
| Hyatt Regency Lexington (Lexington, Kentucky) | – | ||
| Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista (Orlando, Florida) | – | ||
| Oklahoma State University- Stillwater (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | – | ||
| Amway Grand Plaza Hotel (Grand Rapids, Michigan) | July 13, 2021 - July 16, 2021[11] | ||
| Caribe Royal Resort (Orlando, Florida) | July 11, 2023 - July 14, 2023[12] | ||
| Central Bank Center (Lexington, Kentucky) | July 15, 2025 - July 18, 2025 |