Everyone’s invited to take part in the UK’s largest youth music festival!
This year the Music for Youth Regional Festival will take place between February and April in over 30 locations nationwide. This is the first festival as part of our annual season, and we are planning to welcome 30,000 young musicians to take part in performances across the UK.
The Regional Festival is free to take part in and open to any type of group, style of music, and standard of playing. We only ask that you're a group of two or more musicians, aged 21 or under.
The Regional Festival is a fantastic chance for young musicians to perform and share their music, listen to performances from other groups, meet other musicians and gain expert advice from professional musicians and music educators: our Music Mentors.
If you attend a Regional Festival or submit a recording as part of the Regional Festival (please sign up to Mentor on Call if you wish to submit a recording rather than attend a live event), you will be invited to attend the 2023 National Festival – look out for more information soon.
See below list of festival events happening near you!
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Ealing and Harrow Regional Festival, Ealing Christian Centre 268 Northfield Avenue, Ealing, London W5 4UB, Wednesday 1st March 2023
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Cornwall Regional Festival, Truro Methodist Church, Friday 3rd March 2023
- Mentor on Call, Online, Friday 3rd March 2023
- Cornwall Regional Festival, Heartlands, Redruth, Saturday 4th March 2023
- Huddersfield Regional Festival, Colne Valley High School, Saturday 4th March 2023
- Huddersfield Regional Festival, Colne Valley High School, Sunday 5th March 2023
- Norfolk Regional Festival, Peter Hopkins Hall, Springwood High School, Kings Lynn, Sunday 5th March 2023
- London Regional Festival, Cecil Sharp House, Friday 10th March 2023
- Northampton Regional Festival, Northampton School for Girls, Spinney Hill Rd, Northampton, NN3 6DG - Saturday 11th March 2023, in partnership with NMPAT (Waiting List)
- Birmingham Regional Festival, CBSO Centre, Tuesday 14th March 2023
- Kingston upon Hull Regional Festival, Albemarle Music Centre, Hull, Thursday 16th March 2023
- Kingston upon Hull Regional Festival, Albemarle Music Centre, Hull, Friday 17th March 2023
- Kingston upon Hull Regional Festival, Albemarle Music Centre, Hull, Saturday 18th March 2023
- Sutton Regional Festival, St Andrew’s Church, Northey Avenue, Cheam, Saturday 18th March 2023
- Northampton Regional Festival, Northampton School for Boys, Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5RT - Saturday 18th March 2023, in partnership with NMPAT (Waiting List)
- Lincolnshire Regional Festival, Haven High Academy, Boston, Saturday 18th March 2023
- Northampton Regional Festival, Northampton School for Boys, Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5RT - Sunday 19th March 2023, in partnership with NMPAT (Waiting List)
- Cambridgeshire Regional Festival, Stephen Perse Foundation Senior School, Union Road, CB2 1HF, Thursday 23rd March 2023
- Oxfordshire Regional Festival, Centre for Music, Oxford, Saturday 25th March 2023
- Doncaster Regional Festival, Don Valley Academy, Jossey Lane Scawthorpe Doncaster DN5 9DD, Saturday 25th March 2023
- Doncaster Regional Festival, Don Valley Academy, Jossey Lane Scawthorpe Doncaster DN5 9DD, Sunday 26th March 2023
- South Wales Regional Festival, Grand Pavillion, Porthcawl, 29th March 2023
- Milton Keynes Regional Festival, Church of Christ the Cornerstone, 300 Saxon Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 2ES, Wednesday 29th March 2023
- South Wales Regional Festival, Grand Pavillion, Porthcawl, 30th March 2023
- Swindon Regional Festival, The Platform, Faringdon Road, Swindon SN1 5BN, Sunday 2nd April 2023
Regional Festival 2023 Downloadable Marketing Materials
Other Ways to Get Involved
Book a Mentor on Call Session
Our Music Mentors are the ‘eyes and ears’ of Music for Youth, feeding back on performance standards, making recommendations for progression opportunities within our programme, giving expert advice via our new ‘Mentor on Call’ scheme. Mentor on Call can take the form of private sessions with teachers, with teachers and their performance groups, or with individual students.
“The best part of the session was feeling like I was worth being invested in and just knowing that I could connect and vibe with someone who was a professional and so much more established and senior in the field!! It was really validating and so much fun as well!!”- Young Musician, Participant
