The world’s largest youth music festival takes place throughout February, March and April with entry opening from September each year with over 50,000 musicians and singers taking part. Regional Festivals provide a unique opportunity for groups to perform to new audiences, listen to other groups from their area and get valuable feedback from the team of MFY Music Mentors.
It’s free to get involved – enter online. Travel subsidies are available to help with transport costs. All groups need two or more members aged 21 and under. All types of groups and styles are welcome. Groups have 10 minutes to perform. Spaces are given on a first-come, first-served basis and we'll only include your first three entries (dependent on space available) unless there is room to include your other groups
If you can’t get to a Regional Festival you can still be involved by sending in a recording of your group. You'll receive feedback from a Music Mentor and will have the opportunity to get involved in other parts of the MFY Season.
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North East & Yorkshire
Gateshead Date tbc St Thomas More Catholic School Halifax Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 March Heath Training and Development Centre Harrogate Date tbc St Aidan's C of E High School Huddersfield Date tbc Colne Valley High School Hull Date tbc Albermarle Music Centre Leeds Date tbc Garforth Community College Stockton-on-Tees Date tbc Egglescliffe School
Wales
Aberystwyth Date tbc Penglais School Cardiff (Rock, Pop & Urban only) Date tbc The ATRiuM, University of Glamorgan Cwmbran Friday 11, Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 March Gwent County Hall Haverfordwest Date tbc Sir Thomas Picton School Wrexham Date tbc Rhosnesni High School
East Anglia
Cambridgeshire Date tbc St Ivo School King's Lynn Date tbc Springwood High School Norwich (Rock, Pop & Urban only) Date tbc OPEN
South East
Aldershot Date tbc The Connaught School Brighton Date tbc Venue tbc Portsmouth Sunday 2 April Admiral Lord Nelson School Southampton Date tbc Mountbatten School Southampton Date tbc Taunton's College Southampton (Rock, Pop & Urban only) Date tbc Talking Heads Surrey Date tbc University of Surrey Tenterden Date tbc Homewood School
North West
Grange-over-Sands Date tbc Cartmel Priory C of E School Liverpool Date tbc Formby High School Oldham Sunday 13 March Queen Elizabeth Hall Rochdale Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 March Rochdale Town Hall Wardle Date tbc Wardle High School Warrington Saturday 12 March Great Sankey High School
Central England
Aylesbury Date tbc Aylesbury Music Centre Bedford Date tbc Wootton Upper School Birmingham Saturday 26 February Birmingham Conservatoire Birmingham (Rock, Pop & Urban only) Date tbc South Birmingham College Dudley Date tbc Netherton Arts Centre Lincolnshire Date tbc Venue tbc Northampton Saturday 12 March Northampton School for Girls Northampton Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 March Northampton School for Boys Oxford Friday 25 & Saturday 26 March Oxfordshire Music Service at Bayards Hill School Oxford Saturday 26 March Oxfordshire Music Service at St Gregory the Great School Shrewsbury Date tbc Meole Brace School
London & Around
Brentwood Date tbc Brentwood Ursuline High School Enfield Sunday 20 March Enfield County Lower School High Wycombe Date tbc Royal Grammar School Kilburn (Rock, Pop & Urban only) Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 February The Luminaire / Institute of Contemporary Music Performance London, Camden Date tbc Venue tbc London, East Venue tbc London, Islington Event tbc London, South Bank Date tbc Southbank Centre Reading Sunday 27 & Monday 28 March Venue tbc Upminster Date tbc Coopers' Company & Coburn School
South West
Cheltenham Date tbc Pate's Grammar School Exeter Date tbc Venue tbc Taunton Date tbc The Castle School Trowbridge Date tbc Venue tbc Truro Date tbc Venue tbc
