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Birmingham Festival Choral Society (BFCS) is a four part chorus of about 100 men and women, singing a wide variety of the world's best choral music. BFCS gives four concerts in and around Birmingham each year. In addition, a European tour is organised every three years, with recent destinations including Romania, France, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia and Estonia.

The 'Festival' in the name points to BFCS's interesting history, being formed as a chorus for the Birmingham Triennial Festivals. The chorus gave its first concert in 1845, which makes it Birmingham's longest established four part chorus.

Birmingham Triennial Musical Festival
The Birmingham Triennial Musical Festival, from which BFCS grew, first took place in 1984 as a means of raising money for a General Hospital