Supporting festivals, adjudicators and accompanists in the performing arts for over 100 years.
Adjudicators and Accompanists
Our Festivals
Memberships
23 November 2026 - 27 November 2026
Banbridge Performing Arts Festival (Speech and Drama)
Banbridge Festival is an annual speech & drama festival which runs during November. The festival offers a wide range of different speech and drama classes.
29 January 2027 - 14 March 2027
Chichester Festival for Music Dance & Speech
The Chichester Festival for Music, Dance and Speech was founded in 1955 to encourage and promote the performing arts for all age groups, and especially for the young. The festival takes place annually in February/March.
13 February 2027 - 19 February 2027
Dover Stage Festival
Our aim is to bring a brand new and exciting dance festival to Dover, Kent which will launch in 2025. We want to create a friendly and welcoming festival where we can celebrate the art of dance and performance by giving young people the opportunity to perform in front of an audience and experienced judging professionals, build confidence, make…
17 February 2027 - 26 February 2027
Portadown Festival
Portadown Music Festival Association as it began in 1922 is a movement which has been proudly preserved through the last 100 years. From a Festival of forty-one classes in the Music section initiated by Dr Winifred E Hadden in 1922 it has grown to a total of 510 classes devoted to the present five different sections namely; Music, Speech,…
22 February 2027 - 20 March 2027
Hastings Musical Festival
Hastings Musical Festival is an annual festival which runs usually during February and March. The festival offers a wide range of classes to cover all disciplines.
About Us
For over 100 years, The British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech (BIFF) has been supporting amateur performing arts festivals to provide performance opportunities in their local communities.
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Our member festivals are supported almost entirely through the hard work and dedication of their volunteer teams. From the early stages of planning the festival programme right through to tidying up at end of the event, volunteers are the lifeblood of our festivals.
It was hard work but I didn't realise it would be so much fun too.
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BIFF President 2026
Steven Roberts, Music Adjudicator and former Chair of the Board of Trustees has accepted the role as the new BIFF President. -
An update on the Chair of our Board of Trustees
Rebecca Vines voted in as new Chair of the Board of Trustees.
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