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Welcome

Welcome our Website for our 2025 Festival

We are very sorry to announce the sudden death on 25th February 2025 of our Chairman and Treasurer, Peter Macklin.

Peter was born and brought up in Devizes

After he came to Devon, he became involved with a number of voluntary organizations:

  • Devon branch of the Society of Recorder Players
  • Shaftsbury Theatre in Dawlish
  • Devon Performing Arts Festival
  • Exeter Cathedral Music Foundation

In all his activities, he willingly gave his time and skills as an accountant and organizer.

Peter was also a life-long recorder player and played in the Exeter Recorder Orchestra and a smaller group, Pinwood Pipes (who participated regularly in the Festival). He would play any part in a group with skill and enthusiasm.

Peter’s sound judgement, cheerful disposition and hearty laugh made him a wonderful person to be with, and made any tricky situation so much easier to negotiate. His input to the Festival has been invaluable.

The details below are for the 2025 Festival

Monday 3rd March 2025 – Wednesday 12th March 2025

Closing date for all entries: Saturday 1st February 2025

Speech & Drama: Monday 3rd March – Wednesday 5th March
Singing: Thursday 6th March – Saturday 8th March (Adult Choirs)
Instrumental Music: Monday 10th March – Tuesday 11th March
Keyboard Music: Tuesday 11th March – Wednesday 12th March

Gala Concert: To be decided

 

Please note that we will be introducing a modified marking scheme, in accordance with the recommendations of the The British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech, of which we are a member. Details of the scheme can be found here.

SOUTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, EXETER

 

We hope you will find this website easy to use – if you experience any problems, do contact our Web Editor  (webeditatdpafdotorgdotuk)  .

We welcome participants of all ages !

Like other festivals who are members of BIFFMDS, we provide the opportunity to perform your chosen performing art before an audience and a highly skilled and experienced Adjudicator. Most classes may be entered competitively, but non-competitive entries are welcomed too. Many classes have trophies for the winners.

More details of the festival are available under About on the menu above.

The dates of future festivals are here

You will find full details of the festival on this web site, which we hope you will find easy to use. Pages all have a Printer Friendly version which will just provide the information in the centre of the page, for printing.

You can enter online by finding a class (either from the pages linked from the menu on the left), or by using the search facility – see the menu above – then pressing the  button. There is also a multiple-entry form. Further information about entering is available here.

Location
Our Festival is held in Exeter: South Street Baptist Church – for more information see Our Venues.

Syllabus
Our primary source of information is this web site, where entries may also be submitted, but if you wish, printed versions of our syllabus and an entry form are available, and you can submit entries on paper, by post with a cheque if you prefer. Details are here.

For Contact Details, please see the menu below, or you can contact our Administrator: by Email  (adminatdevonpafdotorgdotuk)  , Post (37 Pinwood Meadow Drive EXETER EX4 9LA), or by Phone (01392 462655).