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FOR OUR 2025-2026 PROGRAMME

Applications for our current programme
are now closed

ABOUT
THE CHALLENGE

​The Jack Petchey Glee Club Challenge is the largest youth Glee Club competition in the UK. 

It is a music and dance education programme aimed at young performers and is a flagship programme of the Jack Petchey Foundation.

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The programme is FREE to enter for schools, youth organisations, drama and dance groups, friends with a passion for performing, established groups or those just starting out.

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Groups must be based in London or Essex, have a minimum of 10 members and all members must be aged 11-25.​

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WHAT TO EXPECT

The Jack Petchey Glee Club Challenge provides:​

  • FREE entry

  • FREE workshops/bootcamps with theatre and music industry professionals

  • FREE participation in Semi-Finals at prestigious venues across London/Essex

  • FREE participation in the Grand Final at an exciting, high profile London venue

  • Celebrity judges at the Grand Final 

  • A chance to share in a £5000 prize money pot!

Grand Final Winners- Bosswells Group
Grand Finalists Clapping
Young People with Judge Abi Carter Simpson
Tiffin Group at the Grand Finals
Chelmer Valley Group at the Grand Finals
Freedom Group at the Grand Finals

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

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