The Highbridge Festival of the Arts

Latest news:

We are busy making plans for our 78th Festival taking place between the 9th and 21st March 2026. Venues have been secured and adjudicators booked. The syllabuses for Speech & Drama, Dance and Music are being prepared and will be published on the section pages towards the end of September.  For information about our 2026 venues and adjudicators, please visit the section pages.

We are very keen to encourage entries from children and adults to the Speech & Drama and Music Sections, please contact us the Sections Secretaries via the Contact Page for more information and guidance.

We aim to publish the syllabuses here by the end of September.

Online entries will open on Monday 3 November, giving you plenty of time to peruse the classes, check the regulations and plan your entries.

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.

Speech & Drama

Dates for 2026 are:

Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 March 2026

For reference the 2025 Syllabus is still available to view via the link on the Speech & Drama page

Dance

Dates for 2026 are:

Wednesday 11 - Sunday 15 March 2026

For reference the 2025 Syllabus is still available to view via the link on the Dance page