Important Dates
1 Mar: Live & Video Preliminary Registration Start 🏁
22 May: End of Peninsular & Borneo Live Preliminary Registration
📍 28 - 29 June: Peninsular Live Preliminary @Sunway University
📍 5 - 6 July: Borneo Live Preliminary @Sabah International Convention Centre
15 July: End of Video Preliminary Registration 📹
9 Aug: Video Preliminary Finalists Result Announcement
📍 30 Aug - 1 Sept: Live Finals Division ONE @DPAC, Damansara Performing Art Centre
📍 5 Sept - 7 Sept: Live Finals Division TWO @PJPAC, Petaling Jaya Performing Art Centre
📌 Notes:
Borneo Live Preliminary, Kota Kinabalu only certain categories available:
Drums, Contemporary Piano, Classical Piano and Vocals available. (Limited slots)
Live Finals Division ONE (Categories: Classical Piano, Contemporary Piano, Violin, Ukulele & Cutie Pies)
Live Finals Division TWO (Categories: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Drums & Band)
Rules and Regulations
Read RockFest Music Competition Rules & Regulations
to understand the competition process and criteria.
Competition Structure
The Preliminary Round offers participants a choice of competing on either the digital platform or the physical platform (or both).
The top 10 finalists from the Preliminary Round will advance to the Live Finals.
Competition Categories
Open Category - Categorized by age groups; Any 1 piece
Graded Category- Categorized by level of the piece; Any 1 piece from any recognised exam board.
Performance Requirement
Participant can only perform one piece. Medleys are not allowed.
For Open, Graded and Band category, overall performance
should not exceed 6 minutes.
For Cutie Pies category, overall performance
should not exceed 2 minutes.
Competition Fees
For participants residing in Malaysia
Competition Fees
For participants residing outside of Malaysia.
Marking Criteria
Preliminary Round Participation Prizes
Preliminary Rounds Participants Pack:
1. Digital “Certificate of Participation”
2. Online Marking Report (excluding Cutie Pies category)
3. Participation pack (1 participation medal, 1 T-shirt and goodies)
Preliminary Rounds High Scorers will receive
a printed Award Certificate:
- Meritorious Award Certificate - 70% and above
- Outstanding Award Certificate - 80% and above
Up to 10 finalists will be invited to join the Live Finals
(5 from Video Preliminary Round, 5 from Live Preliminary Rounds)
Live Finals Prizes
Winners – Trophy and printed Award Certificate
Gold Award
Silver Award
Bronze Award
Rock Award
Rock Award
For Cutie Pies Category only, the 5 winners will receive a printed certificate & a medal.
Teachers of Winners will receive a printed Certificate of Recognition.
Printed Excellence Award Certificate for 6th – 10th Place.
Competition Venue
For Live Preliminary Round and Live Finals
Updates & Reminders
Updates Video Preliminary Rules:
From 2025 onwards, videos with multi-angle switches will not be allowed. However, picture-in-picture (to show important parts such as bass kick or piano pedal) is still permitted.
Any video found to switch different angles will be disqualified without notice.
Updates on Categories:
Bass Guitar Open: This will be the only category for bass guitar and is open to all ages.
New Categories: We are introducing Acoustic Guitar Level 1 and Level 2.
Discontinued Categories: Ukulele Group Category and Ukulele Open 5 will be discontinued.
Reminder of Existing Rules:
All instruments, including vocals, must use only minus-one tracks without click sounds. Count-in with a click sound is allowed.
Click sounds are only permitted during silent sections or when no other instruments are giving tempo cues.
No video should be tampered with. Any rule violations will result in disqualification without notice.
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