Launched in 2016, The UK Choir Festival has been hailed by American Express Essentials as “One of the most ‘Awe-Inspiring Choral Festivals of the World’. We have welcomed over 5000 attendees since its conception from over 250 choirs. from the UK and beyond including the US, India, Ireland, Iceland and Germany.  The festival aims to support, train and bring choirs together in a great setting where they can learn, develop and thrive.

The festival has been held across the UK including St Albans, Manchester, York, Chichester, Monmouth, and Exmouth. In 2025, the festival was hosted outside of the UK for the first time, at the world-famous Berlin Philharmonie, where singers from across the UK, Ireland and Germany came together for an incredible festival weekend. With more events planned both in the UK and across the world, the festival has become truly international.

Whether you are an adult or youth choir, the festival is designed for choirs of all abilities, ages and style, no matter whether you are a local community choir, a cappella choir, school or university choir, gospel choir, choral society or barbershop choir. If you sing….. you’re welcome!

Choirs love being part of this exciting and dynamic festival, where learning and making great music is at its heart. Choirs of all sizes attend from as small as a quartet to those with 100+ members, and individuals can also attend without their choirs if they choose do so.

The UK Choir Festival is produced to give choirs the opportunity to be taught by some of the best workshop leaders in the UK, in a supportive, informative, collaborative, non-competitive and inspiring conference-style setting. It involves practical and method teaching, and everyone is involved as we work on vocal technique, performance, stage craft, blend and balance, language, and work on new styles and genres of singing.

There’s lots of singing, lots of great music-making and a lot of fun to be had.
Attendees come away feeling uplifted, excited and ready to work on the what they have learned.

The festival is non-competitive, but very much ‘hands-on’ for everyone to watch and learn from each other. Choirs get the opportunity to perform (if they choose to) in front of each other and the panel of workshop leaders who give each choir written constructive critique
to help them leave with confidence, ambition and improved skills.

From Pop and Gospel to Classical, Vocal Technique and Performance,
there is something for everyone at the UK Choir Festival