The 71st (2015) Festival dates are 2 to 7 March. The week-long annual drama festival, taking place at the Barn Theatre situated in Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City, attracts around 250 young people from Hertfordshire and its adjoining counties, competing for the cups awarded for junior and senior sections. Entries to the Youth Drama Festival are welcome from schools, drama clubs, in fact any group participating in youth drama.