Taking place one spring afternoon, the festival kicks off with a gallery walk of student art. Guests are then invited into the Center for Community and the Arts (CCA) for a fashion show of garments designed by members of the Costume and Fashion Design class. They adjourn to the CCA Courtyard where students play music – both covers and original – while tacos are served.
Then the doors to the Center for Community and the Arts open and guests file back into the CCA for the Buckley Film Festival where student filmmakers aged 5 to 19 showcase their work in 3- to 10-minute shorts.
SXSB Festival Agenda
Gallery Walk
Displays of student art K-12 open across campus – in hallways, classrooms and lockers. Peruse works of drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, printmaking, metalwork, and sculpture.
Music in the Courtyard
Middle and Upper School performers blend fresh original songs and covers while guests enjoy tacos and refreshments in a lively community venue.
Doors open for Film Festival
An evening of short films begins, starting with films made by Lower and Middle School students. After a short intermission (with movie candy!), Upper School filmmaking students debut their final projects.
Schedule | 2026 SxSB
Thursday, April 30 - Day 1
- 4:00 p.m. | Art exhibitions open throughout the campus
- 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. | Reception & Performance from Annie in MUS Library / Student Center
- 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Screening of “The Wolves” in CCA
Friday, May 1 - Day 2
- 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Art exhibitions Open
- 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. | Senior thesis presentation in library
- 3:45 - 4:25 p.m. | Buckley city limits in CCA Courtyard
- 4:00 - 5:45 p.m. | Tacos in CCA Courtyard
- 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Fashion Show in CCA
- 5:00 - 5:45 p.m. | Buckley city limits in CCA Courtyard
- 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. | Film festival, Pt. 1 in CCA
- 6:45 - 7:00 p.m. | Intermission
- 7:00 - 8:00 | Film Festival, Pt. 2 in CCA
