Shine Festival 2025

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An inclusive choral festival at Middlesbrough Town Hall

We’re delighted that 2025 sees the return of the Shine Festival to Middlesbrough Town Hall. Shine Festival is an inclusive choral festival, providing an open stage and feedback for singing groups across the North East. Join us for an all day celebration of local music making!

This year’s Choir Festival will take place on Sunday 9th March 2025 and the Schools Festival will take place on Monday 10th March 2025.

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Choirs Festival: Sunday 9th March

The Shine Choirs Festival event is open to all singing groups from across the North East. We would love to see a wide variety of singing groups, of all genres and abilities, taking part in the festival!

Schedule

Across the day there will be 3 performance sessions featuring local choirs. The performance sessions will run as: 10.30am-12pm, 1pm – 2.30pm, and 3.30pm – 5pm. See each choir’s schedule below:

Session 1 Morning (10:30am-12pm)
Singing Sue’s Youth Choir
Choral Interlude
Singing Sue’s Boyz Choir
MTH Community Choir Session
Singing Sue’s Teachers’ Choir

Session 2 Afternoon (1pm – 2:30pm)
Billingham Choral Society
Singing Sue’s Ladies Choir
SYSTEMIC
Darlington SING Community Choir
Dalesmen Singers

Session 3 Afternoon (3:30pm-5pm)
Revival and Oakwood
Well-Versed Community Choir
One Voice Choir Middlesbrough
Steel Sisters

FAQs

For further information about the day, please refer to our Choirs Festival FAQs document.

Sign up

Sign ups are now closed.

Audience tickets

Tickets are £3 per session. Under 18s can access the festival for free, but booking is essential.

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Four school pupils in uniform singing

Schools Festival: Monday 10th March

We’re providing an open stage and feedback for school ensembles across the Tees Valley area.

Performers will be given a slot in either the morning session, 10.30am-12 noon, or afternoon session, 1.30pm-3pm.

FAQs

For further information about the day, please refer to our Schools Festival FAQs document.

Sign up

Please note slots are now full for the Schools Festival.

Schedule

Session 1 (10:30am-12pm)
St Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School
Linthorpe Community Primary School
Christ The King Primary School
Stokesley School Vocal Group
Sunnyside Academy Choir
Hemlington Hall Academy

Session 2 (1.30pm-3pm)
St Pius X
Beech Grove School Choir
Carlton and Faceby C of E Primary School
Whinney Banks Primary School
The Choir of Wilton and Pennyman Primary

Audience tickets:

We’d love for the young people’s families to join us and watch the performances. Audience tickets will be arranged directly through your school closer to the event.

Enquiries

For enquiries, please email ben_helm@middlesbrough.gov.uk.