The Chipping Norton Music Festival is held during March each year in the Oxfordshire market town of Chipping Norton. Situated near the borders of Warwickshire and Gloucestershire, the Festival has been promoting music-making in the north-east Cotswolds since 1904. One of the oldest festivals of its kind, the Festival celebrated its centenary in 2004.  Click here to see a message from our President, Anthony Williams.

The Festival is non-competitive and adjudicated by professionals; there are classes in music and drama for all ages, individuals and groups ranging from piano, voice, and composition through to verse-speaking. While the early years concentrated on choral singing, the Festival has evolved. Recent additions include drama and verse-speaking (2000) and folk (2003), and new for 2008 is the Hummer prize for Creative Writing, given in memory of George Hummer.

The participatory classes are accompanied by a series of professional concerts, and the culmination of the Festival is a concert presenting the highlights where various trophies are awarded for outstanding performances from musicians and performers of all ages.

There are also two Children's Concerts giving hundreds of children the opportunity to perform from local primary schools.

96th Festival: Friday 29th February - Saturday 15th March 2008