The Trinidad and Tobago Music Festival Association presents the 36th Biennial T&T Music Festival 2026.

From Past Rhythms to Future Anthems, celebrate local talent as rising students, instrumentalists and vocalists take the stage live at Queen’s Hall.

The Festival provides a national forum for musical talent to be cultivated and has become a rite of passage for generations of Trinidad and Tobagonians. Across its history, the Festival has helped nurture performers whose work has reached audiences locally, regionally and internationally.

About the Trinidad and Tobago Music Festival Association

The Trinidad and Tobago Music Festival Association grew out of the Trinidad and Tobago Biennial Music Festival. Established in 1946 by Helen May Johnson as a celebration of classical music, it is one of the oldest national music festivals in the English-speaking Caribbean. Starting largely as a choir festival featuring several school participants, the Music Festival blossomed into a showcase of more than 60 categories of music, featuring more than 800 competitors each year over a two-month period. The Festival provides a national forum for musical talent to be cultivated and has become almost a rite of passage for generations of Trinidad and Tobagonians. It has also welcomed participants from other countries, especially from the English-speaking Caribbean. Several participants have gone on to build international careers, reflecting the Festival’s enduring contribution to local and international arts and culture. A crowning national achievement of the Trinidad and Tobago Music Festival Association is the building of Queen’s Hall.