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Festival History
The festival began in the 1984 as the National Street Band Festival, featuring music groups as well as choirs. The festival was renamed to the National Street Music Festival in 1991. In 1997, the event became choirs only, and in 2006, changed its name to the National Street Choirs Festival. To reflect the UK-wide nature of the festival, the name was changed to Street Choirs Festival in 2013. The 2013 festival also saw the birth of the Campaign Choirs Network, a group of choirs with a shared interest in political and social campaigning.
1984 | Sheffield | National Street Band Festival | |
1985 (May) | Newcastle | National Street Band Festival | |
1985 (November) | Manchester | National Street Band Festival | |
1986 | Bradford | National Street Band Festival | |
1987 | Bristol | National Street Band Festival | |
1988 | Liverpool | National Street Band Festival | |
1989 | Leicester | National Street Band Festival | |
1990 | Newcastle | National Street Band Festival | |
1991 | London, Hackney | Big Red Band and Raised Voices | National Street Music Festival |
1992 | Sheffield | Sheffield Socialist Choir | National Street Music Festival |
1993 | Cardiff | Côr Cochion | National Street Music Festival |
1994 | Leeds | Leeds People’s Choir | National Street Music Festival |
1995 | Stroud | National Street Music Festival | |
1996 | Nottingham | Nottingham Clarion Choir | National Street Music Festival |
1997 | Morecambe | National Street Music Festival | |
1998 | Leicester | Red Leicester | National Street Music Festival |
1999 | Bradford | National Street Music Festival | |
2000 | Manchester | National Street Music Festival | |
2001 | Nottingham | Nottingham Clarion Choir | National Street Music Festival |
2002 | Hebden Bridge | Calder Valley Voices | National Street Music Festival |
2003 | Belper | The Rough Truffles | National Street Music Festival |
2004 | Leeds | Leeds People’s Choir | National Street Music Festival |
2005[13] | Saltaire/Shipley | Bradford Voices | National Street Music Festival |
2006 | Gateshead | Caedmon Choir and Heaton Voices | National Street Choirs Festival |
2007 | Manchester | Manchester Community Choir | National Street Choirs Festival |
2008 | Brighton | Hullabaloo Community Quire | National Street Choirs Festival |
2009 | Whitby | Whitby Community Choir | National Street Choirs Festival |
2010 | Sheffield | Out Aloud | National Street Choirs Festival |
2011 | Whitby | Whitby Community Choir | National Street Choirs Festival |
2012 | Bury | Bury Acapeelers Community Choir | National Street Choirs Festival |
2013 | Aberystwyth | Côr Gobaith | Street Choirs Festival |
2014 | Hebden Bridge | Calder Valley Voices | Street Choirs Festival |
2015 | Whitby | Whitby Community Choir | National Street Choirs Festival |
2016 | Leicester | Red Leicester | Street Choirs Festival |
2017 | Kendal | Lakeland Voices | Street Choirs Festival |
2018 | Brighton | Hullabaloo Community Quire | Street Choirs Festival |
2019 | Manchester | Manchester Community Choir | Street Choirs Festival |
2020 | Pocklington (Cancelled) | Cancelled | Street Choirs Festival |
2021 | Middlesbrough | No in person festival due to COVID19.Choirs invited to sing in their own locations. | Street Choirs Festival |
2022 | Whitby | Whitby Community Choir and Northern Chorus | Street Choirs Festival |