Glastonbury Festival has announced details of its 2025 emerging talent competition.
The competition gives new UK and Ireland-based acts of any musical genre the chance to compete for a slot on one of the main stages at this year’s Festival.
The winners of the free-to-enter competition will also be awarded a £5,000 talent development prize from PRS Foundation to help take their songwriting and performing to the next level. Two runners-up will also each be awarded a £2,500 PRS Foundation Talent Development prize.
Once the entries are in, a panel of 30 of the UK’s best music writers will help compile a longlist of 90 acts. The longlist will then be narrowed down to a shortlist of eight artists by judges including Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis, before the live finals in Pilton decide the winning act.
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Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis said: “We know how hard it is for new acts to take their first steps towards a career in music - particularly with the challenges facing small venues in this country - so the Emerging Talent Competition is a hugely important part of Glastonbury's annual calendar. I can't wait to hear the entries from across all the musical genres. And it's free to enter, so you've nothing to lose.”
Acts from any musical genre can enter the 2025 competition ‘for one week use only’ using the form at glastonburyfestivals.co.uk from 9am Monday, January 27, until 5pm Monday, February 3. The festival is committed to diversity and inclusivity and it welcomea entries from disabled artists, who will be supported to ensure they are not disadvantaged by the process.
Crispin Hunt, president of the PRS Members' Council, said: “For more than 20 years the Emerging Talent Competition has discovered and nurtured new voices, created a global platform and offered musicians the opportunity to gain exposure in front of large audiences.
“Playing Glastonbury was one of the most amazing experiences of my career and I’d encourage all music creators to submit a song for a chance to perform at the world’s largest greenfield music and performing arts festival. “
Becci Scotcher, senior grants and programmes manager at PRS Foundation, said: “Each year the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition sees applications from the huge array of talent that are at the beginnings of their music career and from all over the UK.”
The competition is once again supported by PRS for Music and PRS Foundation.