Inverness Music Festival 2025
The 2025 festival will place at Inverness Methodist Church March 6th-9th March and 13th -16th March.
We look forward to welcoming our adjudicators – Willie Aristide Deighan, Keith Hamilton, Fiona Maclean-Buechel, Paul Anderson, Isbel Pendlebury, Iain Campbell, Ceitidh Campbell, Lisa Milne.
Welcome to Inverness Music Festival Website. For 2025 we have now entered FINAL entry phase.
Entries have been submitted and the timetable is under construction. There are a small number of school classes which are not due to close until 31st January. Check the live syllabus for details (Click the pigeon). However, if you forgot to enter, you can still email us on invernessmusicfestival@gmail.com, and we can check if there is space for you.
What to do Now:
If you need details of classes you have entered (how many tunes etc) click here to see the reference copy.
Watch out for our published timetable.
Make sure your SPAM filter does not block emails from Play and Perform- we will use this method to contact you.
If you have videos to upload, please try to do it by 10th February.
Please note we only need music uploaded for online classes. Otherwise please bring a copy of any published music on the day. (If we need music for our accompanist we will be in touch).
DATES
Thursday 6th March Evening Session : Vocal Classes 88,90,87,94 Brass Classes 1,2,3 Woodwind Classes 5,6,7,8
Friday 7th March Morning Session: Performed Song Classes 74,75,76 Choirs Class 79, Music Groups Class 110
Friday 7th March Afternoon Session: Speech.. Group Verse Class 104. Debating S1-S3 Class 107 Piano Grade 2 and 3 Class 22,23
Friday 7th March Evening Session: Strings Class 16,18,19 Piano – Open Recital Competition Class 29
Saturday 8th March Morning Session : Strings Class 13,14,15,10,11,38,41
Piano 21 (Grade 1) Class 34,35,36 (Themed) Class 31, 30 (Duets)
Saturday 8th March Afternoon Session Piano 24,25 (Grade 4, 5) Class 32,33 (Duets)
Saturday 8th March Evening Session Piano (Grade 6,7,8) , (Impro) Class 26,27,28,37
Sunday 9th March ; Release of Online Classes
Friday 14th March: Morning Session Vocal – Performed Song and Action Song Classes 77,78
Friday 14th March Afternoon Session Vocal – Choirs Class 80. Vocal 89,95 Speech 108, 105, 106 (Debating and Public Speaking.
Saturday 15th March Morning Session – Piping and Chanter Classes 57-64
Saturday 15th March Afternoon Session – Fiddle Classes 53–56 Clarsach Classes 48,49,51. Traditional Solo 44,46. Traditional Duo 69. Traditional Vocal Primary 65. Music making 116 Primary Trad Bands 70.
Festival Session with Paul Anderson – for everyone 3.30-430
Saturday 15th March Evening Session Traditional Vocal , 66, 68 + Choirs Traditional Performance Class 47 Secondary Trad Bands 71 Celtic Composition 117
Sunday 16th March : Afternoon Premier Competitions
(More information about specific times available soon- please email with any queries).
Calling all Primary age children – why not draw us a picture on the theme of MY HAPPY PLACE. Closing date for primary art is 31st January, with prizes for the best entries. If you are P4-7 or S1-3 you can also write us a poem. See our syllabus for details
Congratulations to all of the performers in our 2024 Premier Competition. The Winners were:
Elizabeth Davis Quaich for Traditional Music- Lily Robertson
Curtis Craig Trophy for Classical Music- Graeme Buist
Photo: Ian Sharp (judge) Emma Cameron (fiddle) Beth Hutchison (brass) Emlyn Jones (violin), Lily Robertson (Trad vocal) Graeme Buist (Classical vocal) Megan Fisher (woodwind), Claire McAdam (piano), Grace Kelman (pipes), Charlie McKerron (judge).
Please see here for Festival 2024 Class Winners.
Inverness Music Festival is a local showcase opportunity for all amateur performers. Everyone is welcome – all ages, all stages, no matter your background you are welcome to join us. We want to share a love of music and creative arts, and give everyone the opportunity to stand up and try out their performance skills in a supportive environment. Inverness festival has been welcoming groups and individuals for over 100 years.
PRIMARY ART COMPETITION.
The 2024 competition theme was ‘Nature in the Highlands’ and the winner was Fearchar Mackinnon. Please see here for our gallery of winning and commended entries.
Fearchar First Prize
A Big Thank you to Inverness Methodist Church for being our hosts again in 2025.
If you enjoy the festival, please remember that we cannot bring you these events without financial support and without help. If you have time or skills to offer, please get in touch. We ALWAYS need volunteers! No experience necessary, just enthusiasm.
Donations, however small can be made via the Total Giving tab at any time and are very much appreciated.
Zack Carroll. Winner Songs from Stage ad Screen Secondary and Adult Dramatic performance 2024