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It is with sadness that we announce our Dance section will not be a part of the 2026 festival. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Lisa Frost and Annie Ruddle for all they have done for us these past two years.

Lisa and Annie’s hard work and dedication ensured that Dance was able to bring colour, vibrancy and flamboyancy to the festival for the last couple of years and we are very sorry to see it go. Both Lisa and Annie dedicate a lot of their support to other festivals, and at the same time, Lisa also runs her own, and with such intense pressure they are unable to dedicate the time required to put on such events. We have been hugely grateful for their expertise, dedication and commitment in running Dance, and the committee would like them both to know how much their valuable input has been appreciated.

We hope Dance will run again in the future as we know how popular a section it is. Do contact us if you are interested in helping volunteer.

Do give yourself good time to travel to the Festival this weekend. Directions can be found here and there is plenty of parking on site. Don’t forget we run an amazing cafe and spectator tickets and programmes can be purchased on the door. Doors open at 8am!

Good luck to everyone at the festival this weekend!

From the volunteer RWB Arts Festival Committee team

Don’t forget: music uploads deadline is 14th October. You can easily do this by going into the Play and Perform online entry system and from within your account there is a button that will take you to where you need to upload your music.

Many thanks,

The RWB Arts Festival Committee.

Don’t forget: festival entries close tomorrow! Dance is already full.

Many thanks, The RWB Arts Festival Committee.

Many thanks to all our entrants. Dance is now full!

Good luck at the Festival in November.

Our online entry payment issue has now been resolved by PayPal. We are accepting entries for all disciplines aside from Dance, while we consolidate numbers already received.

Thanks for your patience,

The RWB Arts Festival Volunteer Team.

04/09/25
We regret to inform you that we have had to close entries to the festival for a short period. We have a problem with PayPal & hope to re-open soon. Please bear with us. Those who have entries in baskets can be assured they will be submitted.

Apologies,
RWBAF Chairs & Committee

UPDATE 02/09/25:

We still have ongoing payment issues with our third-party payment provider (PayPal).

BUT:

Entries can now be submitted and paid for by bank transfer.

Thank you for your patience whilst we have organised this workaround,

The Festival Volunteer Team.

We will advertise the re-opening of the online entries system on our Latest News page, on X, and on Meta.

We are aware of payment issues and are working hard with our third-party payment provider (PayPal) so we ask that you kindly check her, FB, or twitter to find out when this issue has been resolved. We are not wanting to take BACS payments, so please bear with us.

Thank you for your patience,

The Volunteer Festival Team.

Click here to enter online

You can then directly choose your classes: whether they are Speech and Drama, Music, Dance, or Musical Theatre. You will find all the information you need on-line, and all the classes are listed too.

Any queries, do please contact us at RWBArtsFestival@gmail.com