Set in the beautiful seaside town of Bangor, just 15 miles from Belfast, with easy access by sea and low cost air travel, this highly successful Festival offers classes in Youth, Mixed, Ladies and Male Voice Choirs, Ladies and Mens' Barbershop, plus Madrigal, Sacred and Light Entertainment Sections, all of which offer substantial monetary prizes, with the Open Choral Competition offering a top prize of £1,000.
The Festival also offers a wonderful warm Irish welcome with participants arriving as guests and leaving as friends.
So, choose Bangor, Northern Ireland as your Festival for 2011- we know you won't forget it!
**NEWS** Santo Tomas Singers from Manila, Philippines who visited the Festival in April and won the Open Choral Competition, went on to win the prestigious Choir of the World Competition at Llangollen Eisteddfod July 2010. We are privileged that Bangor International Choral Festival was first on their list of Festivals!