The Ayrshire Music Festival aims to

• Represent the range of performing arts locally
• Raise the quality of performance
• Create the performers and informed audiences of the future


The object is not to gain a prize, or defeat a rival; but to pace one another on the road to excellence.
Sir Walford Davies


Latest News

100th Anniversary Celebrations
Celebrity Recital by Nicola Benedetti

Ayrshire Music Festival Celebrates 100 Years with a celebrity recital with Nicola Benedetti (violin) and Alexander Grynyuk (piano).

The recital will take place in Ayr Town Hall on Wednesday 15th February 2012 at 7.30pm.

The programme for the evening is:
JAMES MCMILLAN: From Ayrshire
RICHARD STRAUSS: Sonata
SERGE PROKOFIEV: Sonata No.1
MAURICE RAVEL: Tzigane

Tickets £15 (£10 under 18)
Click here to download the booking form.

2012 Festival Dates Announced

The 87th Ayrshire Music Festival will take place from Saturday 10th March – Friday 23rd March 2012.

Competition Dates Venues
Music 13th – 23rd March 2012 Ayr Town Hall
Dance 10th March 2012 Walker Hall, Troon
Speech & Drama 12th – 13th March 2012 Ayr Baptist Church Centre
Piping 10th March 2012 Newton Wallacetown Church Halls

2012 Festival Class Timetable (Music)

Click on the image below to view full-size timetable.

Syllabus Available Now

Click to view the Ayrshire Music Festival syllabus online.

James MacMillan CBE to Adjudicate Final Concert

The Ayrshire Music Festival is delighted to announce that one of today's most successful living composers, James MacMillan CBE, will be adjudicating the Final Concert of the 2012 Ayrshire Music Festival. James MacMillan was born in Kilwinning in 1959 and lived in Cumnock until 1977. As a pupil at Cumnock Academy, James MacMillan competed in the Ayrshire Music Festival in 1973.

New Classes for 2012

There are lots of new classes for 2012 – click here to find out more!

Ayrshire Music Festival on Facebook

The Ayrshire Music Festival is now on Facebook! "Like" our page to keep up to date with the latest news, including details of the 100th anniversary celebrations. If you're already on facebook, click on the like button below, if not, you can simply click here to view the AMF Facebook Page.