Perform • Educate • Inspire

Supporting festivals, adjudicators and accompanists in the performing arts for over 100 years.

About Us

For over 100 years, The British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech (BIFF) has been supporting amateur performing arts festivals to provide performance opportunities in their local communities.

Young Woman By Piano

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Our member festivals are supported almost entirely through the hard work and dedication of their volunteer teams. From the early stages of planning the festival programme right through to tidying up at end of the event, volunteers are the lifeblood of our festivals.

It was hard work but I didn't realise it would be so much fun too.

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