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The Hounslow Festival of Music, Speech and Dance is a competitive festival with classes for all ages and all abilities.
The annual festival is affiliated to The British and International Federation of Festivals, and...
The Huddersfield Mrs Sunderland Festival, being one of the most prestigious in the North of England, attracts performers from all parts of the United Kingdom, eager to have their talent adjudicated and encouraged by...
Ibstock Novice Dance Festival was established in 2018. We at Shaw Festivals (who also run Coalville Choreography Festival) made the decision to introduce a brand-new opportunity for those dancers who are just starting out...
We’re really excited to welcome you to the third year of The International Oratory Festival; an online celebration of speech and drama. Do you love words? Do you like to meet new people from around the world? Do you like to...
Inverclyde Festival is a registered charity and run by a Committee of volunteers who are involved in preparation for the Festival throughout the year.
The annual Music Festival starts on the last week of January and...
The Isle of Man Festival of Choirs is run in October every two years with the next one taking place in October 2025. It runs over a weekend starting with a welcome evening on Friday where all choirs get together and sing...
There are currently two festivals held annually: the Festival of Creative Arts (FOCA), held in March and the Festival of Performing Arts (FOPA) held in November. Each attracts nearly 3,000 entries, and, via teachers,...
The Kent Festival is an annual music and speech festival.
The festival was initially set up by a group of musicians, mostly church organists, headed by Dr. Perrin (organist at Canterbury Cathedral). The first...
The object of the Festival is to encourage participation in Music through performance opportunities and feedback within classes that is educational and encouraging. The festival is run under the umbrella of Kimichi School;...
The Kingston-upon-Thames Festival of The Performing Arts provides opportunities to individuals of a range of ages and abilities to perform in various music, dance, and speech categories. The Festival was founded in 1932 as...
The Sri Lanka Festival of Music, Dance & Speech affiliated to the British & International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance & Speech UK is held annually during the months of May, June and July.
The...
A fun and friendly dance competition for children from 4 years to 21! Held at Easter every year in Leicestershire.
Leith Hill Musical Festival is a competitive choral festival for amateur choirs in the Surrey area, founded in 1905 by Lady Evangeline Farrer and Margaret Vaughan Williams, whose famous brother, the composer Ralph, was...
As in previous years our aim is to offer an opportunity for amateur musicians of all ages to gain experience, to perform before an audience of fellow singers and players and to benefit from the advice of adjudicators who are...
Limelight Summer Festival of Dance is held at The Civic, Stourport on Severn annually. It is an All England Nominated Festival, and offers all theatre dance techniques plus some creative sections.
Our belief is that...
Lincoln Music & Drama Festival has a reputation among adjudicators of being one of the best organised in the land with a warm atmosphere. Competition, although keen, is friendly. Also, central to our welcoming ethos, are...
Lincolnshire Dance Festival is an annual dance festival affiliated to the British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech. The Lincolnshire Dance Festival was newly formed in 2023, and...
The Longwell Green Eisteddfod is a competitive festival for amateur performers of all ages, we offer classes in Dance, Piano, Voice, Speech & Drama, plus other Instrumental classes.
The festival provides a wonderful showcase for encouraging young performers in music, dance and drama to perform in public and experience competition in a friendly and creative environment. The participants also have the...
Maidenhead is an annual music and dance festival which usually runs during October. The festival offers a wide range of classes to cover all three music disciplines and most dance disciplines.
Maidstone Music Festival is an adjudicative music festival, open to amateur performers of all ages and levels of ability.
It provides opportunities to perform individually to an audience, and to receive educative...
Manx Festival is an annual music festival which runs during Spring, usually in April & May. The festival offers a wide range of different music, speech and dance classes.
Mid Bucks Festival is an annual dance festival which runs during the weekends in June. The festival offers a wide range of different dance classes for amateur children and young adults.
Established in 1968, the Milton Keynes Festival of the Arts is an educational charity run on a self-funding basis by a small committee of unpaid volunteers, with the objective of providing a safe and constructive performance...
Traditionally an Eisteddfod is a festival of music, literature and performance. Our Eisteddfod is an opportunity for people of all ages to perform on stage whether they be singing, reciting, as a group or on their own. They...
Music for Youth is a national youth arts charity working to provide young people aged 21 and under across the UK with free, life-changing performance and progression opportunities, regardless of background or musical style...
In 2005 a group of four Nailsea residents decided to start such an event, to see if there was sufficient support for this to be run on an annual basis.
The first Festival was held on 16 November 2006 in Nailsea....
Since its modest beginnings in 1985, NCBF - National Concert Band Festival has developed and grown in size and prestige until now it is recognised as the largest, most active, enterprising Festival for wind instrument...
The National Eisteddfod of Wales is an annual festival which runs during August. The festival offers a wide range of classes to cover all three disciplines.
Nelson Dance Festival is an annual event which runs during Spring, usually in March. The festival offers a wide range of different dance classes.