Annual Festival of the Performing Arts
This event is run by the Te Awamutu Competitions Society Inc. The Arts Festival is an annual event of Te Awamutu, held near the end of September. It has been part of our community for more than 50 years with over 2000 young competitors, beginners through to University students, coming from throughout NZ to take part in the various Art disciplines. These include Ballet, Modern Jazz, Tap, Vocal, Pianoforte, Instrumental, Speech & Drama, Highland. From this Festival we are able to nominate competitors for the 'Young Performer of the Year' Award.