Norfolk County Music Festival 2025
The 2025 festival will run from Monday 10 to Friday 21 March.
We are also delighted to be holding a musical celebration, featuring compositions from Special School pupils, on Monday 17 March called Crescendo!
The grand finale of our school choirs event this year will involve local schools coming together for a short workshop followed by a performance of the new festival song composed by Tony Bailey called The Founder. This will be at 2pm outside The Forum on Friday 21 March.
We would love to see you at Norwich Philharmonic’s Children’s Concert on Saturday 22 March, for Gaspard’s Foxtrot which will be narrated live by the book’s author, Zeb Soanes, with live illustrations by James Mayhew.
Our Gala Concert this year will be on Sunday 6 April at the Assembly House where you can enjoy a selection of some of the stand-out performances from this year’s festival.
We hope to see you there!
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“Thank goodness we have music… those of you reading this will be doing so as you will have some connection with the Norfolk Festival of which I have the honour of being President. That means music is part of your life. In these difficult times it is so important to wake up not to ‘yet another’ day but to a day where we can again experience the things in life that have the capacity to lift us… the beauty of colours, of the sky, of art and especially of music. So, don’t let a day go by without playing some tunes, working on some technique, and, if you can, playing with others”
– Paul Harris, NCMF President.
What’s On
From Jazz, Rock and Pop to choirs, piano, strings, woodwind, harp and solo singing. All ages can perform, all instruments and genres are welcome.
Heartfelt thanks to our supporters at Norwich Freemen’s Charity, The Ranworth Trust, Assembly House Trust, Norfolk Community Foundation’s Love Norfolk Fund, Michael Badminton Trust for Young Musicians, Anguishes Educational Foundation, The Lady Hind Trust, The John Jarrold Trust, The Geoffrey Watling Trust, The Educational Foundation of Alderman John Norman, Sheila Ann Day Fund, Postcode Places Trust and Chivers Trust. We couldn’t do what we do without you.
With special thanks as always to everyone involved, to the performers, teachers, adjudicators, supporters and of course the volunteers who make the event run so smoothly.