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Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival 2025

Festival 2025 runs from March 31st to May 12th. For individual section dates, see the calendar button below

registration guide

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Registration Dates

February 26 - School Dance Closes

Registrations for the following sections are now CLOSED

Brass
Choral
Classical Guitar
Composition
Fiddle
Piano
School Band

Speech
Strings
School Orchestra
Studio Dance (including Ethnic Dance)
Classical Voice
Musical Theatre
Woodwinds

Schedules are being finalized and will be posted to the website soon! We are unable to accept late registrations, but hope to see you next year!

Festival Calendar

Collaborative Piano Workshop With Robert Holliston

Click the button below to register!

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Become a GVPAF Board Member

We are 3 years out from our 100th anniversary and we are looking for 3 new board members! The time commitment is modest, but the rewards are substantial (those are emotional and spiritual rewards not financial as we are a non-profit ). This year is the year to say thank you to the performing arts community that does so much to make Greater Victoria the special place it is!

Learn more about becoming a board member

Become a GVPAF Section Head

We are currently seeking to appoint a volunteer co-section head for both the Musical Theatre and School Dance sections. If you have a passion for either discipline and would like to be involved, follow the link below for more information.

Learn more about becoming a section head

2025 Syllabus Changes

Please visit the Rules and Procedures page for a list of changes to GVPAF Rules and Procedures, as well as changes to the GVPAF, PABC, Canada West, and National Festival syllabi.

2025 Syllabus Changes