Manchester Jazz Festival and Forsyth Music Shop have joined forces once again for the mjf2025 piano trail competition: to find Manchester’s hidden talents across a trail of 16 street pianos at locations across Greater Manchester.
From 20 March – 31 May, the mjf piano trail competition encourages everyone to get creative and just have fun and for those who want to take part, there’s a chance to enter a competition to win a Yamaha digital piano and many more prizes!
The 16 piano locations are: Piccadilly Station, Manchester Arndale, Harvey Nichols, HOME, Victoria Station, MediaCityUK, Great Northern, Corn Exchange, Spinningfields, Royal Exchange Arcade, Central Library, Forsyth Music Shop, Aviva Studios, Trafford Palazzo, Grand Arcade (Wigan) and Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre (Oldham).
HOW TO ENTER THE COMPETITION
To be in with a chance of winning a prize, simply find one of the pianos in the trail, capture a short video of your tune, 5 minutes max, and post the video to your Instagram, Facebook or X account (*not as a story). The competition closes at midnight on 31 May 2025. Tag mjf @manchesterjazzfestival on Facebook or Instagram or @manjazzfest on X and use the hashtag #mjfpianotrail2025
There are no rules regarding who can apply, what kind of music you play or what your performance involves. Just have fun and get creative!
At the end of the piano trail, mjf and Forsyth’s will select all winners and the winning entries will be showcased on social media and YouTube.
PRIZES
The prizes up for grabs so far are:
👉 Visit https://manchesterjazz.com/mjf2025-piano-trail/ for further details.
In the meantime, come & play a tune on our piano in Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre near Next and Subway!
🎹 #mjfpianotrail2025