Performance dates: Thu 12 and Fri 13 Nov 2026
Venue: TRECC Tamworth, Greg Norman Drive, Hillvue NSW 2340
Times: 6:30 pm each evening.

Please view the NSW Public Schools Poetry Slam page for more details.

Workshop dates: Monday 16 to Friday 20 November 2026

Start times: 9:30 am and 12:30 pm

Locations: Albury |  Narrandera |  Cootamundra |  Wagga Wagga

Venues: TBC

Please note: workshops will be physically active. Students must bring their own water bottles and wear comfortable clothing. School PE uniforms are ideal.

Nominations are open to students in Years 5 to 12 in 2027 who will be enrolled at a NSW public school.

The drama ensemble will work with a professional director to devise a piece for the arena, set to one of the pieces of music in the show. 

Students applying to be part of the drama ensemble should have some experience performing in drama projects with ensembles and working collaboratively with other students, both from within their school and from other schools. 

Please note, this category is only open to individual performers. Students selected as members of the drama ensemble will not be able to participate with their school group in an additional category.

Successful students will require the endorsement of their school principal to participate. Students are encouraged to discuss their nomination with a teacher at their school prior to submission.

Resource fee: $175 per student

View the drama ensembles page for more details.

Nominations are open to students in Years 5 to 12 in 2027 who will be enrolled at a NSW public school. 

The principal choir will provide the basis for the choral sound for the show.

Students applying to be part of the principal choir should be experienced at singing in ensembles and holding both basic and complex vocal parts within an ensemble setting. 

Please note, this category is only open to individual performers. Students selected as members of the principal choir will not be able to participate with their school group in massed choir.

Successful students will require the endorsement of their school principal to participate. Students are encouraged to discuss their nomination with a teacher at their school prior to submission.

This year all auditions for the principal choir will be live auditions. On the nomination form, you will be asked to preference which date you would like your audition to take place – either Saturday 11 or Sunday 12 October at The Arts Unit Lewisham. From this audition, the principal choir will be selected.

Resource fee: $240 per student

View the principal choir page for more details.

Nominations are open to students in Years 5 to 12 in 2027 who will be enrolled at a NSW public school.

Vocalists selected via the audition process will be formed into various combinations for items throughout the show.

Please note, this category is only open to individual performers.

Successful students will require the endorsement of their school principal to participate. Students are encouraged to discuss their nomination with a teacher at their school prior to submission.

This year all auditions for principal vocalists will be live auditions. Once you have completed the nomination form, you will be emailed a link to book a live audition slot. Live auditions will be held at The Arts Unit, Lewisham on Friday 9, Saturday 10 or Sunday 11 October and, from this audition, the final team of principal vocalists will be selected.

View the principal vocalist page for more details.

Resource fee: $240 per student

Auditions will be via video, which must be submitted with the nomination form.

To audition, students need to submit a video of themselves performing a 1 minute excerpt of their own choice of 2 contrasting pieces.

• These excerpts can be either accompanied or unaccompanied and should be chosen to best demonstrate the student’s ability on their instrument. 
• The Pulse Alive team will also accept audition videos created for other events/ensemble programs or for formal examinations in 2026.
• Students may audition on more than one instrument, but must submit a separate online application and audition video for each instrument they wish to be considered for.

Resource fee: $240 per student

Visit the showband page for more details.

Nominations are open to students in Years 5 to 12 in 2027 who will be enrolled at a NSW public school.

Students will be mentored during the process by a professional MC and supported through their involvement in the event.

Application is via video audition.

Please note, this category is only open to individual performers. Students selected as hosts will not be able to participate in the event in an additional category.

Successful students will require the endorsement of their school principal to participate. Students are encouraged to discuss their nomination with a teacher at their school prior to submission.

View the student host page for more details.

Resource fee: $175 per student

The Pulse Alive team are seeking talented dancers to be part of the Pulse Alive Dance Company (formerly known as principal dancers) for Pulse Alive 2027.

Nominations are open to students in Years 5 to 12 in 2027 who will be enrolled at a NSW public school.

Dancers selected via the audition process will be formed into various combinations for items throughout the show. 

Please note, this category is only open to individual performers. Students selected as principal dancers will not be able to participate with their school group in massed dance or First Nations dance ensemble.

Successful students will require the endorsement of their school principal to participate. Students are encouraged to discuss their nomination with a teacher at their school prior to submission.

All auditions for the Pulse Alive Dance Company will be live auditions. These will be held at The Arts Unit, Lewisham on Sunday 11 October and from this audition the Pulse Alive Dance Company will be selected.

Resource fee: $240 per student

Visit the Pulse Alive Dance Company page for more details.

Cost: $30/student

A Teams link will be provided after registration has been completed.

Students will be required to have access to iPads/Tablets and computers for this workshop. If this is an issue, please reach out to our Film By Officer, who can help make arrangements.

Festival date:  Tuesday 3 November at Performance Arts Culture Cessnock.

• Matinee: 10 am
• Evening: Red carpet from 6 pm and films showing at 6:30 pm.

Festival dates: Thu 24 and Fri 25 Sep 2026
Venue: Yandelora School

Email your submission to filmby@det.nsw.edu.au.

Cost: $60 per student

Schools are able to submit as many artworks as they wish; however, a participation form must be completed for each artwork submitted.

• Exhibition date:  Friday 16 October – Tuesday 3 November 2026
• Venue: Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre
• Cost: $175.00 excluding GST per school (not per artwork)

Screening date: Tue 20 Oct 2026

Please visit the Film By how to enter page for more details.

Schools are able to nominate up to 4 students from Years 3 and 4 that are gifted and/or demonstrate high potential in visual arts.

Cost: $40 per student