Welcome
The Thanet Music and Drama Festival was founded as a charity in 1921, and each year offers a platform for hundreds of amateur musicians, actors and dancers in and around the Thanet area to perform in front of an audience and gain expert critical advice.
The audience also benefits from hours of quality 'edutainment' for a very low cost (approximately 100 hours / 1500 performances for £10), combined with commentaries which help enhance their enjoyment of the arts.
The festival consists of five sections (Instrumental, Speech & Drama, Piano, Dance, Vocal & Choral) and is held in February to March every year.
Next Festival: February-March 2008
The dates and venues for the 2008 festival are as shown below (the 'map' links also offer directions for finding the shortest route to each venue):
| Instrumental | March 1st | Dane Court Grammar School, Broadstairs | map |
| Dance | March 2-16th | Birchington Village Centre | map |
| Speech & Drama | March 11-14th | Broadstairs Pavilion | map |
| Piano | March 8th | Canterbury Christ Church University | map |
| Vocal & Choral | February 28-29th, March 1st | St Philip's Church, Cliftonville | map |
| Prizegiving / Concert | March 18th (Tuesday) | Margate Winter Gardens | map |
A printed programme giving full details of all the events at this year's festival is now available from any committee member, price £3 (+p&p).
Erratum: in class I 45(a) (Flute Solo), entrant no. 3 should be Freya Rhodes, not Emily Lukas.
