The festival.

When the festival happens.

• Mid-January Entry deadline
• Late February to mid-March Festival window

[SOURCE NEEDED: specific dates for the current festival year.] See the registration cycle for the full annual rhythm from entries opening to the festival running.

Entry materials.

Syllabus and workshop documents for the festival will be posted here. Contact vpafestival@gmail.com to request the current files.

Where the festival happens.

The Gala Awards Night is held at Trinity United Church, Vernon. Other performance venues are confirmed each year and listed alongside addresses, parking, accessibility, and what to expect at each location.

Adjudication is part of the festival.

Adjudicator comments are not published publicly without explicit student and parent consent.

The Gala.

Held at Trinity United Church, Vernon.

[SOURCE NEEDED: Gala timing within the festival window.] [SOURCE NEEDED: how performers are selected for the Gala.]

A member festival.

VPAF is an official member festival of Performing Arts BC. The BC Provincial Festival is the provincial-level event of Performing Arts BC, open to performers between the ages of 10 and 24 who are recommended by their regional festival. The five-day event includes adjudication, master classes, lectures, coaching, workshops, and technique classes. Location rotates between BC member communities.

Each regional festival may send one competitor per category per age group, with allowances for additional competitors based on prior-year entry counts. Regional festivals may send any number of merited participants.