Welcome to Bangor International Choral Festival

23-25 April 2026 will see 33rd Bangor International Choral Festival take place!  We would be delighted to welcome your choir and although we can’t guarantee trophies, we can definitely guarantee a warm Irish Welcome – you might arrive as visitors but you will leave as friends!

Festivals 2025

FESTIVAL 2026 IS WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU!

What Are We?

BANGOR INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL 2026

Who Can Enter?

CHOIRS OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND BACKGROUNDS, FROM SCHOOL CHOIRS TO ADULT CHOIRS

WHEN?

23-25 April 2026

WHERE?

BANGOR NORTHERN IRELAND

HOW TO ENTER?

ENTRY FORM AND SYLLABUS READY TO DOWNLOAD NOW!
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Festival 25

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FESTIVAL TESTIMONIALS

“We were so pleased that we were able to come over and take part in such a lovely festival and sing for the lovely people of Northern Ireland. It has been a dream of ours for a long time and now a lovely memory. Thank you all for the wonderful support and hospitality and also inviting us to sing on the Friday evening show. I’m so pleased the shoppers enjoyed our little performance – we had a ball (and so did the Mayor!). It was a pleasure and privilege to meet you all and share our love of music with like-minded people and I’m sure we will return in the future.”

Peter Jones, MD, Tyneside A Capella

“Really enjoyed Gala Evening at Bangor International Choral Festival! Great choirs, great Adjudicators and it ran like clockwork! Thanks to all of the Festival Committee for the long hours of hard work and planning” 

Lady Sylvia Hermon, MP

“We are absolutely thrilled with the trophies we have won.   We had a wonderful day and are already planning to be back in 2017.  Thank you to everyone involved!”

Claire Hamilton, MD, Our Lady & St Patrick’s Grammar School

“We just want to say a great big thanks from every one of us at Lisburn Harmony Ladies Choir. We were just enthralled by the buzz there was about the festival and of course winning the Ladies class and the Rose Bowl was a huge achievement for us and with Harmony Too winning the Sacred class it’s safe to say we are on cloud nine!”

Lisburn Harmony, Lisburn, Northern Ireland

“Thank you also for welcoming us so warmly to the festival last week.  It’s not everywhere that you are welcomed with open arms, so we are grateful for your warmth and encouragement towards us. The adjudication from Greg was accurate and perceptive and I was glad to hear the things we can improve on”.

Claire Buchanan, MD, Bangor Grammar Chamber Choir – winners of Marine Court Shield for best overall Festival performance.

“I just wanted to say a big thank you to you and all members of the team for the hard work you all put into the festival. We thoroughly enjoyed our day on Saturday – it was a huge encouragement for the girls. I thought the adjudicators this year were really positive and encouraging to all the choirs, while at the same time giving us many useful points to reflect upon. I also think that it’s a really nice gesture to provide supper for us all at the end – I have to say that we were ready for it!”

Edwin Gray, Miskelly Chorale, Killinchy, Co Down.