The Highbridge Festival of the Arts

Latest news:

Over 2000 pairs of feet took to the stage during this year’s 77th Festival.  Audiences were delighted by the varied performances, from poetry recitals by tiny tots to energetic dances performed by enthusiastic adults, not to mention instrumental and vocal musical performances and debut appearances of ocarinas and djembe drums.

We would like to thank our adjudicators, Janine Diamond, Maxine Percy and Donal McCrisken for embracing the friendly ethos of our Festival and providing positive, encouraging and insightful feedback to the entrants. We are very grateful to the staff of The Princess Theatre, Burnham-on-Sea, for their support and to the PCC of St John’s Church, Highbridge for allowing us to use the Church for the Music Section. The Festival wouldn’t run without the enthusiasm and hard work of our Committee and volunteer stewards – thank you for giving up so much of your time.

And, of course, thank you to all our entrants – we hope that you enjoyed your time with us as much as we enjoyed seeing and hearing you perform, and to see you again in 2026.  Plans are already well in hand!

Our 78th Festival next year should run from Monday 9 March until Saturday 21 March 2026

We aim to publish the Syllabuses on the website at the end of September with entries opening around the middle of October.

Thank you ………….

We are very grateful to The Rotary Club of Burnham-on-Sea and Moose International Ladies Circle for their support and generous donations which have got our plans for the 78th Highbridge Festival of the Arts off to a flying start.

Dates for 2026 are:

Monday 9 March & Tuesday 10 March 2025

For reference the 2025 Syllabus is still available to view

via the link on the Speech & Drama page