We are now open for submissions for 2021! Please check the contest rules before entering. You can submit your song here. Submissions will close in August, when voting will take place to decide the finalists (dates TBC). So pick up your guitar, hurdy gurdy, omnichord – whatever you fancy – and get writing! Read More …
Thank you to everyone who tuned in and voted this evening, from around the Five Valleys, the UK and the world. We’re very touched that so many people have taken the contest into their hearts and shared our goal of promoting honest-to-goodness grass-roots music. A Read More …
We’ve totted up all the scores from the public and we now have our fifteen finalists, as revealed yesterday at the end of the Junior Final. Our finalists, ordered by song number, are: Song 11. Global Warming by 3.0L Capri AKA Phil JonesSong 16. Westward Read More …
Well done to 7 year old Cleo, whose beautiful song ‘We Used to be Besties’ claimed the title of Stroud Song Contest Junior Winner 2020 last night. You can watch Cleo’s beautiful ballad below. We hope Cleo will keep writing and performing in the future. Read More …
Oh my very goodness! We have reached our closing date and we have an incredible 49 songs going forward into the competition! We will update soon with details of how it’s going to work this year. But for now we just want to say a Read More …
The bank holiday weekend has been very fruitful and we’re now up to 18 songs! Head over to the entries 2020 page to listen to heartwarming reflections on local life; a tale of perestroika; a message from outer space; harmonious folk and driving rock. We Read More …
Welcome back to our town’s very own song contest. Last year’s contest was so much fun. We adored receiving song submissions and getting to know and love all of the songs. After a strange year so far, we’re sorely in need of another dose of Read More …