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The Aberdeen and North East of Scotland Music Festival Association, formed in 1909, is the oldest in the country. War years apart it has provided the City of Aberdeen with Festivals of Music, Speech, Drama and Dance for 95...
Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians (AFYM) is an annual event comprising of competitive and non-competitive classes in piano, strings, woodwind and ensemble sections. There are classes for all ages and abilities held over...
Abingdon Music Festival is an annual music festival which runs during Spring, usually in the months of April or May. The festival offers a wide range of different music classes.
Alderley Edge Festival is an annual music, speech and drama festival held in May.
The Festival provides a platform for amateur performances with an educational element provided by professional adjudicators.
The...
Aldershot and Farnborough Festival of Music and Art is an annual music and dance festival.
The festival is affiliated to the British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech, with the...
The All England Dance Competition, founded in July 1923, is the only one of its kind in the world. It is a Registered Charity, affiliated to the British and International Federation of Festivals, and is a competitive...
Dance Festival based in Ripley, Derbyshire - Solos, Duets, Trios & Groups.
Please contact us at avdancefestival@gmail.com.
Based in Nottingham, Aboretum Festival of Dance is an annual competitive amateur dance festival affiliated to the British and International Federation of Festivals. The festival is for children and young people up to the...
The Abroath and District Musical Competitive Festival is an annual festival open to pre-school, primary, secondary school and adult choirs, solo singing, percussion, brass, piano, woodwind, guitars, verse.
Armagh Festival of Speech and Drama is an annual music festival which runs during Spring, usually in April. The festival offers a wide range of different music and speech classes.
Arun Young Musicians has been providing public performance opportunities for young musicians (4 – 20 years) since 1981.
Arun Young Musicians (AYM) was formulated to promote and provide a platform in which young,...
The Ayrshire Music Festival aims to represent the range of performing arts locally, raise the quality of performance and create the performers and inform audiences of the future.
Ayrshire Music Festival is an annual...
Ballyclare is an annual music and dance festival which runs during March. The festival offers a wide range of different music and dance classes.
Ballymena Festival takes place during February and March in the new Braid Arts Centre.
The Festival provides a wide opportunity for performers at all stages of music, speech, drama and dance. There are two Gala...
Banbridge Festival is an annual speech & drama festival which runs during November. The festival offers a wide range of different speech and drama classes.
Set in the beautiful seaside town of Bangor, just 15 miles from Belfast, with easy access by sea and low cost air travel, this highly successful Festival offers classes in Youth, Mixed, Ladies and Male Voice Choirs, Ladies...
Bangor Speech Festival is an annual music festival which usually runs through March. The festival offers a wide range of speech classes.
Since 2005 The Festival has been independently organised by a voluntary Festival Committee and gained Charitable Status in November 2006 (Charity No. 1116983). Whilst the Committee has changed slightly over the years the...
Basildon and Canvey Island Festival of Dance is an annual dance festival which offers a wide range of classes to suit all.
Basingstoke Music and Arts Festival was established in 1963 and is organised annually by a small group of dedicated volunteers. Committee members and venues have changed over the years and sections have been added or deleted...
Bay Festival of Dance is an annual dance festival which runs during usually in September. The festival offers a wide range of dance classes.
Beckenham Festival is one of the largest amateur competitive performing arts festivals in the south-east of England. There are around 450 classes in Music, Dancing and Speech & Drama, with specialist adjudicators in all...
The Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama was founded in 1921 and provides a showcase for the wealth of talent in the amateur performing arts in Bedfordshire and the surrounding area. The Festival offers a wide...
Belfast Musical Festival is an annual music festival which usually runs in March each year. The festival offers a wide range of different music and speech classes.
Berkshire Music and Arts was established in 2013 and is a not for profit organisation committed to encouraging and nurturing the talent of young, local musicians, actors and writers.
The Festival is committed to...
The Festival was founded in 1945 just after the second world war. The first Festival was held in 1946, organised by Miss Margaret (Peggy) Callis, with a voluntary committee and the Public Halls supplied by the council under...
To date Blackheath Music Festival has provided a platform for over 17,500 performances, giving each performer a chance to develop his or her skills and confidence in a public arena. Everything that this festival does grows...
Blain Merrison is an annual festival which runs during Spring, usually in April. The festival offers a wide range of dance classes.
Bognor Regis is an annual dance festival which runs during February. The festival offers a wide range of different dance classes and offers an opportunity for all ages and abilities to come together and celebrate the Joy of...
Bournemouth Festival is an annual festival that usually takes place in May and June each year.
A feature of recent years has been the striving to reflect current trends in arts and culture as well as preserving the...
From small beginnings in 2013, Bowdon Festival has grown into a major arts event in Trafford and North Cheshire. We are a registered charity and are run entirely by volunteers.
Our principal activity is Bowdon Youth...
Bradley Youth Festival is an annual festival which runs during November each year. The festival offers a wide range of different music and speech classes.
Bristol Dance Eisteddfod is an annual dance festival which runs during Spring, usually in March and April. The festival offers a wide range of different classes to enter.
The Bristol Festival of Music Speech and Drama (Formerly known as The Bristol Eisteddfod) was founded in 1903 by Mr W Fowler. Its overall aim is to promote and encourage the development of artistic talent. (learn more about...
Sri Lanka Performers Platform is an annual music, dance and speech festival for amateur performers based in Sri Lanka. The festival is usually held in April, July & August.
Bromley Festival is an annual festival which runs during Spring, usually in March. The festival offers a wide range of different music and speech classes.
Bugle Dance is an annual festival which runs during Spring, usually in May. The festival offers a wide range of different dance classes.
Burnley Festival is an annual festival which runs during Spring, usually in March. The festival offers a wide range of different music, dance and speech classes to cover all three disciplines within performing arts.
Burton on Trent Festival is an annual music festival which runs during Spring, usually in March. The festival offers a wide range of different music classes.
We are a Festival celebrating amateur music and drama performing, with opportunities for children, young people and adults to perform in both a competitive and non-competitive supportive environment and benefit from...
Caithness Music Festival is an annual music festival which runs during the month of June. The festival offers a wide range of different music and speech classes.
Camborne Music Festival was founded in 1970, superseding the original Wesley Eisteddfod. It is a charity run by volunteers, giving local musicians from across Cornwall the opportunity to take part in a celebration of music,...
Canterbury Dance Festival is an annual dance festival which runs during the summer, usually held in the last week of July, the first week of the school summer holidays . The festival offers a wide range of different dance...
Canterbury Dance Festival is an annual dance festival which runs during the summer, usually held in the last week of July, the first week of the school summer holidays . The festival offers a wide range of different dance...
Carlisle and District Music and Drama Festival is a registered Charity (1035713). Established in 1896, it has organised an annual Festival in Carlisle ever since. Traditionally, the Festival takes place around the second...
Carrickfergus Music and Speech & Drama Festival is held annually to promote the study and cultivation of music and to encourage the art of speech and drama.
Amateur festivals have been active for over a century in...
A competitive festival for musicians, speakers and actors of all ages. The festival runs each year in November.
Chelmsford Festival of Performing Arts is an annual dance festival which runs during the month of May.