Who Are We?

The Oxford Music Festival (est. 1974) is affiliated to the British & International Federation of Festivals and provides opportunities for amateur musicians of all ages and standards to perform to a sympathetic audience including their families and friends. A distinguished, specialist adjudicator is present to provide every player with a constructive report which reflects their achievement and provides valuable feedback on how to improve their performance for the future.

Who Participates?

Performers can decide whether to enter a competitive, or a non-competitive class. Many of the competitive classes have special awards for the winner and each year a Prize-winner’s Concert is held a couple of weeks after the Festival, at which a selection of the top prizewinners perform and awards are often presented by Oxford's Lord Mayor.

There are classes for all instruments to suit all ages and standards - from beginners through to conservatoire students - all are welcome to come together each year in our supportive and friendly performance spaces.

When?

The Festival is held in the last weekend of January and first weekend of February each year and a Syllabus detailing the various classes available for players to choose from as well as information about the invited adjudicators is published in print and on the Festival's website in the previous September. Festival entries can be made online via the website - www.oxfordmusicfestival.org. The closing date for entries is generally early November to allow the Festival organisers (all volunteers) to make all the arrangements to ensure the various entries are organised for the appropriate date, time, venue and adjudicator.

Tickets, including all these details, are then sent out to everyone who entered. Individuals can enter themselves, or their music teacher or school may do this for them.

Don't Forget Facebook & X

the Festival runs a Facebook page www.facebook.com/TheOxfordMusicFestival and X feed @OxfordFestival. The hash tag #OxfordMusicFestival can also be used to find posts and tweets. Please pay them a visit and share/like/retweet our posts. The News section also shows the feeds from the Facebook page and Twitter account.

Our Sponsors

The Festival is grateful for the support provided by the following businesses and organisations.