BBC Sing! Important Information

BBC Sing! 2026 - Important Information

BBC Sing! 2026 will bring together singers and choirs from across Northern Ireland to take part in a series of musical events and programmes for BBC Radio Ulster, aiming to celebrate Northern Ireland’s vocal talents across the community through a musical theme. For 2026 our four choirs will be singing songs from the decades – the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s!

There will be one BBC community choir at each of the four locations – Ballymena, Newry, Omagh and Newtownabbey and each programme will feature four songs.

Here’s some important information for you to consider before applying to take part:

The window for expressions of interest closes on Monday 26th January at 5pm.

All participants must be available to take part late afternoon and evening of one of the recordings below:

Ballymena – 9th March

Newry – 16th March

Omagh – 18th March

Newtownabbey – 29th March

If we are oversubscribed in one area/date we may ask applicants to go to another location.

Dates of online and in-person rehearsals will be shared in advance. Everyone taking part will be expected to attend these rehearsals. These will be evenings and possibly a weekend session in the weeks running up to the recording. Reading music isn’t essential but preferable.

Rehearsal schedules will be sent once choirs/singers have been selected.

You will be provided with the songs to be performed, along with rehearsal backing track, score and lyrics.

Please note that all singers must be 16 or over on 1st February 2026.

Singers aged 16 or 17 must be part of a choir and the main point of contact must be 18 or older. A parental consent form will be required and we cannot accept expressions of interest from solo singers aged 16 or 17.