PHILOSOPHY

...to provide an opportunity for music and performing arts students to share their talents and skills with the community through performance and friendly competition, and to encourage them to continue to strive for excellence through learning from their peers and adjudicators. 

The Pacific Northwest Music Festival has been a major annual event in Terrace, BC for the last 54 years.

The 17 day festival is the largest annual event in the Terrace area, last year there were over 1400 entries in performing arts disciplines such as Dance, Speech Arts, Piano, Strings, Guitar, Band, and Choral. As an entry such as a duet or trio, or a band, choir, dance group, or elementary school choral speaking group is classed as a single entry but has multiple participants, the 1400 entries actually translate to about 4000 performers on stage. Participants range in age from under five years to retirees, and encompass the entire surrounding area, including Smithers and Houston, Prince Rupert, Kitimat and the Nass Valley, a radius of over 400KM.