2025 Festival is Cancelled

Due to the dire economic circumstances in which we find ourselves as a society, AVMF has lost both our cornerstone grant as well as several of our sponsors and prize donors.

It is a difficult time for everyone and we understand that these individuals and organizations can no longer afford to support the festival.

We have no choice, with such a large shortfall in our budget, but to cancel our 2025 festival and spend the year trying to find grants, sponsors, and donors that can help us fund our 2026 festival.

If you/your business/ your community organization are interested in either being a sponsor, prize donor, or volunteer for our festival or our board of directors, please contact our General Manager at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Nestled in the beautiful Annapolis Valley, The Annapolis Valley Music Festival is an annual Music Festival that has been held annually in Wolfville, Nova Scotia since 1978. 

Annually, the Festival provides musical learning opportunities to over 3000 competitors of all ages from across the province. We provide four levels of competition (Junior, Intermediate, Senior and Open) to students studying piano, voice, string, guitar, woodwinds, brass, fiddle, bands, choirs, mixed ensembles and musical theatre. Additionally, we have added classes for Singer Song Writers and Harpsichord. ration arranges a Provincial Music Festival that provides three levels of live solo competitions for piano, voice, strings, guitar, woodwinds, brass and musical theatre. There are also competitions for small/chamber groups.

Competitions at the local level lead to competitions at the Provincial level which, in turn lead to a National Music Festival. We encourage the exploration of music of all types, including Canadian and Indigenous works.

Join us in celebrating the musical talent throughout Nova Scotia and beyond!