Marching Band, MUC 190, earns one credit per fall semester, which may be used as an elective in any degree program.

By the end of Early Week, all members have learned their music and drill for Pre-game and the first Halftime performance.

In the evenings, there are activities sponsored by Kappa Kappa Psi Theta Epsilon and Tau Beta Sigma Eta Zeta, recent activities have included kickball, an awesome volleyball tourney at Jacobson Park, Band Olympics, and the Annual Pie in the Face competition.

The band provides three meals each day, and students living in residence halls are allowed to move in early.

The Wildcat Marching Band has recently traveled to Georgia, Indiana, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Tennessee, LSU, Tulane, Auburn, Alabama, and Florida and has participated in bowl games, a BOA Regional Championship, a Presidential Inauguration, a World Series and professional football games.

The first recorded marching band at UK was an unofficial "Cadet Band" led by Herman Trost, who had been a bandleader in Sherman's Army in the Civil War and a close friend of John Philip Sousa and was part of a group of immigrants from Germany and Prussia call the Forty-Eighters.

The UK Band was honored during this time to perform at the 1969 Presidential Inauguration of Richard M. Nixon.

The WMB has participated in bowl games, a World Series, and performed for the Cincinnati Bengals on several occasions.

Several years ago the WMB was declared one of the "Top Bands in the South" by Southern Living.