Thirteen ways to shine
Every discipline is adjudicated by professionals who nurture craft and courage — from a first piano piece to a champion choir on the final stage.
Keyboard Instruments
Piano, organ and keyboard — the classical foundation.
Klavier 02String Instruments
Violin, viola, cello and double bass — solo and ensembles.
Stryk 03Wind Instruments
Recorder, flute, clarinet, saxophone and more.
Houtblasers 04Brass Instruments
Trumpet, trombone, horn and tuba — bold and bright.
Koperblasers 05Guitar & Percussion
Classical guitar, drum kit and percussion ensembles.
Kitaar & slaginstrumente 06Orchestra
Youth and children's orchestras, in full voice.
Orkes 07Vocals, Singing Games & Choir
Solo song, duets, singing games and festival choirs.
Sang & koor 08Dance — All Genres
Ballet to hip-hop, contemporary to traditional.
Dans 09Drama, Poems, Speech & Prose
Monologues, poetry and public performance.
Drama & voordrag 10Creative Writing
Poetry and creative prose, in English and Afrikaans.
Skryfwerk 11Art, Ceramics & Sculpture
Exhibited works judged for vision and craft.
Kuns & keramiek 12Photography
The newest discipline — a lens on young perspectives.
Fotografie 13Xhosa Poems
isiXhosa poetry, spoken with pride.
Imibongo yesiXhosaA year, five movements
From a school's first affiliation to a champion's final bow — the rhythm of the eisteddfod year.
Affiliate
Schools and private organisations register with TIE. Affiliation includes a free e-syllabus and e-timetable.
Enter
Entry forms open on 2 February and close 18 March. Choose your divisions, add your entries, submit — an invoice follows automatically.
Prepare
The e-timetable lands in May. Learners rehearse; convenors and teachers shape the performances.
Perform
Adjudicated performances across all disciplines, plus art, ceramics and photography exhibitions.
Celebrate
Prestige concerts and the champions' final — the year's finest voices take the stage together.
Founded in 1947.
Rejoicing ever since.
Mr Japie Cloete established the eisteddfod in 1947 as the Tygerberg Northern Suburbs Eisteddfod. It became the Tygerberg Eisteddfod, then — in 1999 — the Tygerberg International Eisteddfod, open to the world.
In our 70th year, a naming competition gave the festival its heart-word: Jabulani — “rejoice” in isiZulu, coined by teacher Rut Prinsloo of Jan Kriel School. The emblem still speaks its purpose: the cultural development of the child, on the road to maturity.
Read the full story →The stage is set.
Schools, teachers and young artists — affiliate, enter and let the adjudicators hear what you've been practising.