Events
Battle of the Bands
🎸 DEF’s 2nd Annual Battle of the Bands 🎸
Get ready for a jam-packed, family-friendly afternoon where CSD school bands take the stage and compete for a music grant, trophy, and ultimate bragging rights—all decided by you, the crowd! The school with the biggest fan turnout takes the trophy, so bring your family and cheer loud.
Spread out a blanket for a picnic or grab delicious bites from local food vendors while the music plays. The event will be held on the front lawn of Legacy Park from 2 pm-8pm. Will Glennwood Elementary hold onto their title, or will a new champion emerge?
🎟 Grab your tickets here. Lineup to follow!
Celebration of Excellence
Every May, DEF awards college scholarships to Decatur High School seniors and City Schools of Decatur teachers at the Celebration of Excellence. This cherished evening celebrates our ambitious students and teachers as they embark on the next steps of their educational journeys and honors the lives of those for whom many of the memorial scholarships are named.
Only one donation or event registration form can be used on each page.
No Ordinary Joe
No Ordinary Joe! A coffeehouse music series benefiting DEF’s behavioral health initiative Joe’s Fund. Partnering with Waller’s Coffee Shop and DHS’s Music Lover’s Club, this annual live music event features some of our most talented high school students and connects the importance of self-expression through music to our collective behavioral health. Join us on April 30, 2025 for an evening of music by Decatur students and to support behavioral health in Decatur!