About the City of Plymouth Festival

A brief outline

The City of Plymouth Festival of Music, Dance, Speech & Drama was founded in 1914 and is affiliated to the International Federation of Festivals. It is a registered charity run by volunteers who work hard to ensure children from across the city and neighbouring areas have an opportunity to take part in a celebration of music, dance and speech and drama.

The festival experience differs from other situations in that it offers participants the opportunity to dance, recite, sing and make music in front of an audience and receive a mark and feedback from a qualified adjudicator.

The adjudicator will therefore look for a complete performance which, where appropriate, includes: technique; presentation; musicality; costume; make up and entrances and exits.

Classes are competitive. All entrants are marked and, in each class the competitor achieving the highest mark is awarded a trophy which they keep until next year’s festival. Participants placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd are presented with a medal and all competitors receive a report highlighting personal strengths and offering advice for improvement.

The Plymouth Festival is a member of the British and International Federation of Festivals.
The City of Plymouth Festival has worked with BIFF and followed advice from them to implement their approach to safeguarding and have earned the right to display the Blue Safeguarding Flag awarded by the SafeNetwork and NSPCC.

Festival Bursary

To fall in line with other festivals in our area these will award to Dance students who live in Plymouth and the surrounding area. Please see below the postcode area that the applicant must live.

To apply you need to write to the committee telling us about your dance journey and how the money will help you further your career.

You must have performed in our Festival for at least 3 years and be performing in this years festival.

We ask that letters are handed in to the committee on the first day of the festival

Postcodes:
PL1, PL2, PL3, PL4, PL5, PL6, PL7, PL8, PL9, PL10, PL11, PL12, PL13, PL17, PL18, PL19, PL20

Festival Organisers

Sue Cook
General Secretary

Jill Straw
Treasurer

Simara Winter
Committee Member

Laura Cook
Committee Member

Linda Curtain
Committee Member

Co-Opted Committee Members

Carolyn Chamberlain
Dance cup secretary

Michelle Beer
Speech, Drama & Music cup secretary

Fran Easter

Patron: THE LORD MAYOR OF PLYMOUTH
Registered Charity No: 1040360

This Festival is affiliated to THE BRITISH and INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION of FESTIVALS for DANCE, MUSIC, SPEECH and DRAMA.