The 2025 Festival Syllabus is now available here.

The 2024 Young Musician of the Festival is Alannah Saphir.

The 2024 Speech and Drama Champion is Isabella Withy.

  



The 2025 Festival is scheduled to run over the first three weekends of March, starting on Friday 7th March 2025. 

Please browse the Syllabus that is now available on this website.  A copy will soon be at the printers and will be available at Music House and libraries across North Yorkshire.

The entry system should be open later in September.

The venue for 2025 is the Harrogate High School

We will be at
Harrogate High School (HHS),
Ainsty Road, Harrogate,
HG1 4AP

7th-9th, 14th-16th and 21st-23rd March 2025 (www.harrogatehigh.co.uk).



We are very grateful for the strong support of the school staff and management in helping us host the Festival at HHS.

Future Dates

The start date is normally the first Friday in March unless Easter is early.

The expected first Friday start dates from 2025 onwards are as follows:

Year Start date
2025 Friday, 7 March 2025
2026 Friday, 6 March 2026
2027 Friday, 26 February 2027
2028 Friday, 3 March 2028
2029 Friday, 2 March 2029
2030 Friday, 8 March 2030
2031 Friday, 28 February 2031
2032 Friday, 27 February 2032
2033 Friday, 4 March 2033
2034 Friday, 3 March 2034
2035 Friday, 23 February 2035
2036 Friday, 29 February 2036
2037 Friday, 6 March 2037
2038 Friday, 12 March 2038
2039 Friday, 4 March 2039
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