Syllabus

Click here to download the 2026 syllabus.

2025 Festival Timetable

Entries to the 2025 Festival are now closed

Woking Music Festival Centenary

To celebrate 100 years of our festival, we are pleased to announce the introduction of the

Woking Music Festival Centenary Award

One of these awards will be presented to an entrant aged 14 years or over and the other to one aged under 14 years who has demonstrated excellence and commitment in their performances in two or more festival sections.

The recipients will be selected by the committee in consultation with the adjudicators and the presentation will take place at the Young Musician evening in February.

Provisional Timetable

Vocal & Choral

10th November              4.30-10.00pm (incl choirs)         Woking High School

13th November              4.00-10.00pm                              St John’s Church, Woking         

17th November              4.00-10.00pm                              St John’s Church, Woking

20th November              4.00-10.00pm                              St John’s Church, Woking

Instrumental (incl composition)

11th November              4.00-10.00pm                              St John’s Church, Woking

12th November              4.00-10.00pm                              St John’s Church, Woking

19th November              4.00-10.00pm                              St John’s Church, Woking

Piano

6th November               4.00-10.00pm                               St John’s Church, Woking

7th November               9.30am-6.30pm                            St John’s Church, Woking

16th November             4.00-10.00pm                               St John’s Church, Woking

18th November              4.00-10.00pm                              St John’s Church, Woking

21st November              9.30am-6.30pm                           St John’s Church, Woking

24th November*            4.00-10.00pm                              St John’s Church, Woking

Speech and Drama

14th November                9.30am-7.15pm                         St John’s Church, Woking

22nd November               9.30am-7.15pm                         Halstead St Andrew’s School

29th November                9.30am-7.15pm                         Halstead St Andrew’s School

* This date will only be used if more entries are received than can be scheduled on the other days.

The schedule for individual classes is only drawn up when all entries have been received. Until that process has been completed, we can’t know when any given class will be held, other than that choral classes will be on 10th November.

Venues

St John’s Church, Church Rd, St John’s, Woking. GU21 7QN

Halstead St Andrew’s School, Church Hill House, Wilson Way, Woking. GU21 4QW

Woking High School, Morton Rd, Woking. GU21 4TJ (Access is from Horsell Rise. Satnav: GU21 4BD)

How to enter
Entries open on 1st September, 2026 and the deadline for completing entries is 6.00pm, 4th October.

Click here to download the Music Publishers’ Association’s code of practice document for more information about the Woking Music Festival’s policy on using photocopied scores/scripts.

Click here to read the Festival’s general guidance and regulations.

Entry form - solos

Click here to download the entry form for solos. This form should also be used for small groups where are to be named individually.

Entry form - ensembles

Click here to download the entry form for groups and ensembles (with a collective names).

2025 Syllabus

Click here to download the syllabus in PDF format