International Oratory Festival

Speak out in 2026

Live events and on Zoom in time zones around the world throughout 2026

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Registration for the 2026 Festival open sessions is now open!

Individuals can enter open online sessions in May, June, October and November.

For all of the festival details, please download the 2026 syllabus.

To enter, please visit our eventbrite page

Groups and schools

You can book in an online session or a bespoke Oratory Festival for your community now. Choose any date from now to 30 November 2026.

For all of the festival details, please download the 2026 syllabus

Email entries@oratoryfestival.com to get started.

Hold your own Oratory Festival in your school or community

This year, we’re excited to offer a new option for schools around the world. We can work with you to help you hold your own Oratory Festival!

Using our experience from our first few years of the International Oratory Festival, we can design a bespoke syllabus for your Festival. You can take your pick of our poetry, prose, acting, public speaking and news options. And we can deliver teacher training and pupil workshops to help you excel as orators.

Our expert adjudicators can help judge your Festival either via Zoom or (for schools in the UK) in person. Depending on when you want to hold your Festival, we can also explore options for linking you up with another school’s Festival elsewhere in the world.

All your students will receive a full adjudicator’s report and special certificate to celebrate their achievement and they will be eligible for international awards at the end of the year.

Contact Debbie, our International Oratory Festival organiser, at debbie@noisyclassroom.com to find out more!