The Next AITA/IATA World Festival for Children and Youth

Deadline for the receipt of applications has been extended to 31 October 2025.

Applications are now open for groups to perform at this festival in 2026.  The festival motto is Louder Together. 

The festival website is HERE. Each participating group can be made up of participants aged 8 – 20 years and may include up to to 12 children accompanied by up to 2 adults. A key requirement is that all groups must arrive in Antwerp by 21 August and stay for entire duration of the festival.   

There are three elements to this event:

•  The Call for Proposals to take part in the World Children’s and Youth Performing Arts Festival see HERE
•  The Call for Proposals to take part or contribute to the International Teaching Artist Conference (ITAC8) see HERE
•  The Call for Proposals for the ‘Congrestival Louder Together’ to take part in both the Festival and the Conference (ITAC8) see HERE

The deadline for the receipt of applications has been extended to 31 October 2025. Please contact Joke Berton, the project co-ordinator for Louder together at joke.berton@opendoek.be  Tel +32 320 675 87