Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance offers scholarships to prospective students. This assistance is funded by generous donations from our community, and over 130 students have benefitted from this program since its inception.

Tuition Scholarships

The application period for 2025 tuition scholarship assistance opens with registration and closes on January 31, 2025.  Applicants may request between 50% – 100% of tuition be covered, depending on need.  All applicants (regardless of outcome) will be notified by email of their award status in February 2025.

Full Scholarships

In 2025 we are thrilled to announce the addition of two full scholarships that will cover tuition, meals, and a shared room on campus for the duration of the Festival.  The application period for these scholarships will open with registration and will close on December 1, 2024.  All applicants (regardless of outcome) will be notified by email of their award status in January, 2025. Applicants who are not awarded a full scholarship will be offered the opportunity to be considered for a tuition-only scholarship.  Full scholarships are based on need and we respectfully ask only those who would not be able to attend otherwise to apply.

Application Details

• Applicants must register for the festival and complete the scholarship questions on the registration form.
• All applicants will be required to pay a 25% tuition deposit at the time of application.
• Applicants who are offered an award will be asked to make payment of any remaining tuition balance no later than May 15, 2025. Awards for assistance may only be used to support attending the festival of that year; funds will not carry over.
• If you do not receive a scholarship, or you receive a full scholarship, and/or you opt not to attend (before the May 15 deadline according to our cancellation policy), your 25% deposit will be returned.
• Scholarships are available to students at any age and with any amount of experience in their discipline.

Donate

If you’re looking for information on supporting our Scholarship Program, please visit our Donate page, for more information.