About

"We’ve Got Talent!"

We’ve Got Talent is a live performing arts competition created to celebrate local talent while supporting Gifford Academy for Performing Arts. From singers, dancers, and musicians to comedians, poets, magicians, and ensemble acts, this event brings the community together to spotlight creativity, confidence, and showmanship for a meaningful cause.

A Talent Showcase With Purpose.

We’ve Got Talent is more than a competition. Our goal is to create an exciting, family-friendly experience that highlights the arts, encourages participation, and supports the creativity and continued growth of performing arts opportunities in our community.

Who Can Participate

We welcome a wide variety of performers, including solo acts and ensemble groups. Singers, musicians, actors, dancers, comics, poets, jugglers, puppeteers, impressionists, magicians, quick-change artists, and many other performers are encouraged to apply. Children over age 5, students in 1st through 12th grade, and adults of all ages may participate. Group acts may include up to 16 participants.

What Makes We’ve Got Talent Special?

What Sets Us Apart

This event is built around entertainment, showmanship, and the ability to connect with a live audience. Each act is reviewed not only for talent, but for its overall performance value and audience appeal. Selected acts help create a dynamic and diverse show that is fun, uplifting, and welcoming for the entire community.

A Stage for Every Talent

We’ve Got Talent welcomes a wide variety of performers, from singers, dancers, and musicians to comedians, poets, magicians, and ensemble acts. The event is designed to give talented individuals of all ages an opportunity to be seen, celebrated, and remembered.

Built for Live Performance

Each act is selected for more than talent alone. We look for entertainment value, stage presence, showmanship, and the ability to connect with a live audience. The result is a dynamic event filled with energy, variety, and meaningful performances.

Supporting Local Performing Arts.

We’ve Got Talent is more than a competition. It is a community event that helps support Gifford Academy for Performing Arts while creating an unforgettable experience for performers, families, sponsors, and guests who believe in the power of the preformance.

Our Commitment to a Family-Friendly Event

All performances in We’ve Got Talent must be appropriate for a general audience. Acts are required to be “G” rated, and all creative material, costumes, gestures, and language must remain clean and family-friendly. We are committed to providing a positive, respectful, and safe environment for performers, families, and guests.

How the Competition Works

Participants register online, submit their required paperwork and non-refundable registration fee, and upload an audition tape for committee review. Audition submissions are reviewed during the summer, and selected finalists are invited to perform in the live auditions. From there, top acts advance to the live finals for an exciting showcase of talent.

2026 Audition Timeline

For the 2026 season, audition materials are submitted online during the application period of May 31 through July 31. Selected contestants will move forward to the live semifinal scheduled for October 3, 2026.

Selected finalists will compete on November 14 for the grand prizes.

Submit your online audition for We’ve Got Talent 2026 with $30 application fee, upload your audition video online and support Gifford Academy for Performing Arts talent competition image

Online Auditions

May 31 – July 31, 2026

Location: Online submissions only

Submit Application fee

video & headshot

Live Semifinals

October 3, 2026

Location: The Vero Beach Theatre Guild

Selected Contestants

Perform Live

For A Spot In The Finals

Live Finals

One Night. One Stage. Three Winners.

November 14, 2026

Location: The Waxlax Center for the Performing Arts

Finalists

On Stage Live.

One Winner Is Crowned

Dates & Deadlines

Supporting the Arts Through Community Participation

Every application, every audition, and every live performance helps build momentum around the arts and supports the mission of Gifford Academy for Performing Arts. We believe performing arts create confidence, discipline, expression, and opportunity, and We’ve Got Talent exists to celebrate those gifts while inviting the wider community to be part of something inspiring.

Celebrating Talent. Supporting the Arts. Bringing the Community Together.

“We’ve Got Talent shines a spotlight on extraordinary performers while helping support the future of performing arts through Gifford Academy for Performing Arts.”

We’ve Got Talent is a live community talent event created to honor creativity, entertain audiences, and benefit Gifford Academy for Performing Arts. Featuring a variety of family-friendly performances, the event welcomes singers, dancers, musicians, comedians, and other talented acts to the stage for a memorable and inspiring experience. It is a night where talent meets purpose, and where the community comes together to celebrate the power of the performing arts.