Shine Choirs Festival

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 with feedback from panelists for singing groups across the North East. Join us for an all day celebration of local music making!

How to get involved

We’re looking for a wide variety of singing groups, of all genres and abilities, to take part in the festival.
To sign up, you will need to complete a sign up form by the deadline of Friday 24th January 2025.
Please get in touch if you require this in an alternative format. There is an entry fee of £30 per choir/group.

Schedule

Across the day there will be 3 performance sessions featuring a number of local choirs in each session.
The performance sessions will run as: 10.30am – 12 noon, 1pm – 2.30pm, and 3.30pm – 5pm.

More information

To see full details plus FAQs, please visit https://musinc.org.uk/shine-festival/
For enquiries, please email [email protected]

Audience tickets

Please note tickets for audiences will be released closer to the event.
See also: Shine Schools Festival on Monday 10th March 2025

Access information

Toilets and facilities

For more details about our facilities and accessing the different spaces at Middlesbrough Town Hall please visit:

Pushchair policy

Due to Middlesbrough Town Hall’s fire regulation policies pushchairs, prams & car seats must be left in our dedicated ‘buggy parking’ zone on the carriageway and cannot be taken into any of the event spaces. Unfortunately, we cannot take responsibility for items left there, but we do our best to keep an eye on them.

Relaxed setting

Our events take place in a relaxed environment, and have the following features:

Our spaces have consistent lighting, with low level auditorium lights on throughout
Our musicians and facilitators have relaxed attitude to noise and moving around the space
A quiet, chill out space will be available should you need a break. A limited number of ear defenders are available from the Box Office – by the main entrance on Albert Road. See us as early as possible to secure a pair.