The 2025 Festival was completed on 23rd March 2025.

The Final Concert on Sunday the 23rd of March saw an excellent play-off and 5 other selected performances.

The 2025 Young Musician of the Festival is Thomas Heath, a percussionist.

The 2025 Speech and Drama Champion is Evy Reed, an actor.

Well done to both of them.

The 2026 Festival is scheduled to run over the first three weekends of March 2026, starting on Friday 6th March 2026. 

You can browse the 2025 Syllabus available on this website.  We will be working on the 2026 Syllabus over the next 5 to 6 month.

A copy will be at the printers sometime around September 2025 and will then be available at Music House and libraries across North Yorkshire.

The entry system should be open in September.

The venue for 2026 is the Harrogate High School

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

6th-8th, 13th-15th and 20th-22nd March 2026 (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 2026 onwards are as follows:

Year Start date
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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