Key Information

The 2025 festival will be held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell from the 11th to the 15th August. The gala concerts will be held at 2pm and 6:30pm on Saturday 16th August.

1. Please ensure you have read and understood the festival rules.

2. This year’s entry fee is $220 excl. GST ($253 incl. GST) per group, and includes professional photographs made available to schools.

3. The three entry levels in the festival are:

   1. Competitive – you are eligible for awards by meeting basic instrumentation and player age requirements.

   2. Non Competitive – you would like to participate in the main festival and receive an adjudication sheet, but may not meet the competitive requirements.

   3. Non Competitive + Play-In – you would like to participate in the main festival and receive an adjudication sheet, but may not meet the competitive requirements, and you would like to participate in a group play-in at the end of your session. Groups in these sessions could also opt to include their own performance of the ‘play-in’ piece as part of their individual recital. Please note that in 2025 there will be one combined session for both orchestras and concert bands on Friday afternoon.

4. View a list of available session times here. We will update this as sessions become full.

5. Your preferred performance times serve as a guide to scheduling, we cannot guarantee your times as category sizes vary every year.

6. When you submit the following form you will get a copy by email. If you don’t, or if you notice an error, please contact Warwick Robinson.