2008 Heartland International Tattoo Cast
- Prarie Brass Band - Arlington Heights, IL
- Chicago Pipe Band – Chicago, IL
- 1st Battalion Chicago Highland Rifles – Chicago, IL
- Thistle & Heather Highland Dancers – Chicago, IL
- McNulty School of Irish Dance – Chicago, IL
- Boliviamanta Dance Ensemble – Chicago, IL
- U.S. Navy Band – Great Lakes, IL
- Columbia College Jazz Ensemble – Chicago, IL
- The Tebala Thunderbirds Air Squadron – Rockford, IL
- History of the American Flag Tribute – Chicago, IL
- Royal Airs Drum & Bugle Corps – Chicago, IL
- Bugle Across America – Chicago, IL
- NIU ROTC Honor Guard – DeKalb, IL
- Sycamore HS Color Guard – Sycamore, IL
2008 Heartland International Tattoo Theme
The 2008 Heartland International Tattoo will pay tribute to "Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines", a tribute to the United States and Canadian military air command units.
Heartland International Tattoo Tributes by year:
- 2008 - United States and Canadian Military Air Command Units
- 2007 - The Music and Military of the Civil War
- 2006 - U.S.S. Arizona Big Band, Lost At Pearl Harbor