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 |