Festival History

YearHost city or TownHost ChoirName of the Festival
1984SheffieldNational Street Band Festival
1985 (May)NewcastleNational Street Band Festival
1985 (November)ManchesterNational Street Band Festival
1986BradfordNational Street Band Festival
1987BristolNational Street Band Festival
1988LiverpoolNational Street Band Festival
1989LeicesterNational Street Band Festival
1990NewcastleNational Street Band Festival
1991London, HackneyBig Red Band and Raised VoicesNational Street Music Festival
1992SheffieldSheffield Socialist ChoirNational Street Music Festival
1993CardiffCôr CochionNational Street Music Festival
1994LeedsLeeds People’s ChoirNational Street Music Festival
1995StroudNational Street Music Festival
1996NottinghamNottingham Clarion ChoirNational Street Music Festival
1997MorecambeNational Street Music Festival
1998LeicesterRed LeicesterNational Street Music Festival
1999BradfordNational Street Music Festival
2000ManchesterNational Street Music Festival
2001NottinghamNottingham Clarion ChoirNational Street Music Festival
2002Hebden BridgeCalder Valley VoicesNational Street Music Festival
2003[13]BelperThe Rough TrufflesNational Street Music Festival
2004LeedsLeeds People’s ChoirNational Street Music Festival
2005[14]Saltaire/ShipleyBradford VoicesNational Street Music Festival
2006GatesheadCaedmon Choir and Heaton VoicesNational Street Choirs Festival
2007ManchesterManchester Community ChoirNational Street Choirs Festival
2008BrightonHullabaloo Community QuireNational Street Choirs Festival
2009WhitbyWhitby Community ChoirNational Street Choirs Festival
2010[7]SheffieldOut AloudNational Street Choirs Festival
2011WhitbyWhitby Community ChoirNational Street Choirs Festival
2012[15]BuryBury Acapeelers Community ChoirNational Street Choirs Festival
2013AberystwythCôr GobaithStreet Choirs Festival
2014Hebden BridgeCalder Valley VoicesStreet Choirs Festival
2015WhitbyWhitby Community ChoirNational Street Choirs Festival
2016LeicesterRed LeicesterStreet Choirs Festival
2017KendalLakeland VoicesStreet Choirs Festival
2018BrightonHullabaloo Community QuireStreet Choirs Festival
2019[16]ManchesterManchester Community ChoirStreet Choirs Festival
2020Pocklington (Cancelled)CancelledStreet Choirs Festival
2021MiddlesbroughNo in person festival due to COVID19. Choirs invited to sing in their own locations.Street Choirs Festival
2022WhitbyWhitby Community Choir and Northern ChorusStreet Choirs Festival
2023KendalLakeland VoicesStreet Choirs Festival
2024SheffieldCarfield Community Choir, Out Aloud and Sheffield Socialist ChoirStreet Choirs Festival
2025BradfordBradford VoicesStreet Choirs Festival
2026DumfriesCairn Chorus, SongWave and the CatStrand SingersStreet Choirs Festival
2027WhitbyWhitby Community ChoirStreet Choirs Festival