The Highbridge Festival of the Arts

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There were over two thousand performances during the twelve days of our 78th Festival in 2026. We hope that everyone who entered enjoyed their time on stage and found the adjudicator’s feedback helpful. If you joined the audience, we trust that you were impressed by our very talented competitors and will spread the word to encourage more people to join the audience next year.

We would like to thank our adjudicators, Kim Gilbert (Speech & Drama), Carol Doyle (Dance) and Roy Robinson (Music) for embracing the friendly festival atmosphere and providing thoughtful and encouraging feedback to the competitors. Thank you to The Princess Theatre, Burnham-on-Sea, and St John’s Church, Highbridge, for hosting us, to festival members and volunteers who worked tirelessly during the twelve days to make sure that everything ran smoothly and to the many Friends of the Festival, The Rotary Club, Burnham-on-Sea, and Moose International Ladies Circle for their financial support this year. Finally, we would like to thank Aroma Café Bar, Burnham Portable Toilet Hire, ASDA Highbridge and Quicksign for supporting us this year.

Our 79th Festival will run between Monday 8 March and Saturday 20 March 2027.

Syllabuses will be published on this website at the end of September 2026, with entries opening at the end of October/beginning of November. Please keep an eye on the website and our Facebook Page for updates about these dates. We look forward to welcoming you to our 79th Festival, either as a competitor or member of the audience.

Thank you ………….

We are very grateful to The Arts Society Sedgemoor for their recent donation which will enable us to continue to promote participation in the Performing Arts over the coming years.