The SCFPA
The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts (SCFPA) believes we can be a bastion of lifelong learning through the performing arts by supporting, growing, and promoting amateur performing artists of all ages and abilities on the Sunshine Coast. We do this by nurturing artistic excellence and providing opportunities to share and perform.
The planning for this year’s Festival is being inspired and guided by a newly drafted Strategic Plan and its three strategic priorities:
- Promoting inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA)
- Growing community engagement and awareness alongside performer participation
- Supporting and strengthening organizational and financial capacity
As a non-profit society with charitable status, and through the generous support of community, financial and otherwise, we are able to nurture artistic excellence for amateurs in the performing arts of all ages and abilities by:
- Providing opportunities to perform for appreciative audiences, receive expert adjudication, and participate in provincial and national festivals.
- Fostering an inclusive and supportive environment to improve skills and receive constructive evaluation through adjudications, performances, and workshops.
- Providing awards and scholarships annually to outstanding individuals and groups to encourage their ongoing development as performers, and to provide financial assistance for post-secondary education.
Founded in 1973, the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts (SCFPA) is the longest-running Festival on the Sunshine Coast. We celebrate 50 years for the Festival in 2024 (there was no Festival in 2020).