Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 

Fairfax Academy’s annual Eisteddfod has been a hotly-contested fixture on the school calendar for decades.

Each year the school’s four houses of Coventry, Kenilworth, Stratford and Warwick compete in the week-long arts festival, which includes all kinds of disciplines from music and dance to art and poetry.

Two packed shows at Fairfax treat audiences to a huge variety of  entertainment, from ambitious dance routines, to instrumentals  and spoken word performances.

It was way back in 1961 that Fairfax held it’s first Eisteddfod – a two-day competition based on the traditional Welsh festivals that celebrate art, literature, music and performance.

More than 50 years later, Fairfax students care passionately about the annual contest, which is the biggest date on the school’s calendar and the highpoint of the inter-house competition.