Festivals and concert series
The early music festival scene in the UK is extraordinarily creative and adventurous. Emerging and established artists alike are bridging the gap between the past and the present with inspiring programmes at festivals and in concert series across the country.
Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival
The Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival celebrates the glorious county town’s historic association with musicians since medieval times.
Blessed by extraordinarily rich ecclesiastical buildings, and a wealth of musical carvings in stone & wood in both Beverley Minster and St Mary’s Church, Beverley is the perfect place for a festival of early music.
Run by the National Centre for Early Music, the festival draws in residents and visitors alike to its annual series of concerts, illustrated lectures and associated workshops.
- 🌱Spring festival
Fri, 23 May 2025 — Sun, 25 May 2025
Beverley and East Riding, Yorkshire
Coming Soon
Baroquestock Festival
Combo of early-ish music, good vibes and home-made focaccia at the interval.
Throughout the year- Mon, 24 March 2025
- Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead
Early Music at Wigmore Hall
- Throughout the year
- Mon, 24 March 2025
- Wigmore Hall, London
London Handel Festival
- Throughout the year
- Thu, 27 March 2025
- St George's, Hanover Square
The Ryedale Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Fri, 28 March 2025
- Ryedale, North Yorkshire
Roman River Spring Concerts
- 🌱Spring series
- Fri, 28 March 2025
- Colchester, Essex
Coming Up Next
St George's Bristol Baroque Series
- Throughout the year
- Fri, 28 March 2025
- St George's Bristol
Vermeer Chamber Concerts
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 29 March 2025
- London
Music in the Round
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 29 March 2025
- Sheffield
St Cecilia's Hall
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 1 April 2025
- Edinburgh, Scotland
Worcestershire Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 6 April 2025
- Angel Centre, Worcester
St Martin-in-the-Fields
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 12 April 2025
- St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Barbican Centre & Milton Court
- Throughout the year
- Fri, 18 April 2025
- Barbican Centre, London
Cambridge Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Thu, 24 April 2025
- Cambridge
Plumstead Peculiars
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 27 April 2025
- The Ascension Church, Plumstead
Shakespeare in Music
- 🌱Spring festival
- Fri, 2 May 2025
- Stratford-upon-Avon
Early Voices/Lleisiau Cynnar
- 🌱Spring festival
- Fri, 9 May 2025
- St Illtud's Church, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Bristol Early Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- Sat, 10 May 2025
- All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol
Chipping Campden Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- Mon, 12 May 2025
- St James' Church, Chipping Campden
Temple Music Foundation
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 20 May 2025
- Temple, London
Purbeck Art Weeks Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Sat, 24 May 2025
- Various locations in the Purbecks, Dorset
Tilford Bach Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Fri, 6 June 2025
- All Saints Church, Tilford, Surrey
York Early Music Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Fri, 4 July 2025
- National Centre for Early Music, York
Buxton International Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Thu, 10 July 2025
- Buxton
Lewes Baroquefest
- ☀️Summer festival
- Thu, 17 July 2025
- Lewes, East Sussex
Banbury Early Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Sat, 27 September 2025
- St Mary's Church, Banbury
Colchester Early Music
- ❄️Winter series
- Sun, 5 October 2025
- St Andrew's Church, Marks Tey
Brecon Baroque Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Fri, 17 October 2025
- Brecon
London Festival of Baroque Music
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Fri, 31 October 2025
- St John's Smith Square, London
Mayfield Festival
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 26 April 2026
- Mayfield, East Sussex
Coming Later A-Z
Bath Bachfest
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- Bath
Brighton Early Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Brighton
Burghclere Baroque
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Church of the Ascension, Burghclere
Concerts at the National Musicians' Church
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Holy Sepulchre Church, Holborn Viaduct
Concerts in the West
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Ilminster, Somerset
Early Music at the BBC Proms
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Royal Albert Hall, London
English Haydn Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- St Mary Magdalene Church, Bridgnorth
Fairest Isle Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- Isle of Wight - Newport, Ryde and Ventnor
Folkestone Early Music
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- The Grand Hotel, Folkestone
Handel Hendrix House
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Handel Hendrix House
Harpsichord en Fête
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- Saint Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh and King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen
Hatfield House Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Hatfield House, Hatfield, Herts
Iberian & Latin American Music Society
- 🍂Autumn series
- TBA
- Numerous venues - London & Manchester
JdP Concert Series
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- The Chapel, St Hilda's College
Keble Early Music Festival
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- Keble College Chapel, Oxford
King's Lynn Festival
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- King's Lynn, Norfolk
Lammermuir Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Lammermuir, Scotland
Leamington Music
- ❄️Winter series
- TBA
- St Mary's Church, Warwick
Lichfield Festival
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Lichfield, Staffordshire
London Bach Society
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- London
London International Festival of Early Music
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Blackheath, London
Medieval Music in the Dales
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Bolton Castle, North Yorkshire
Music in Country Churches
- ☀️Summer series
- TBA
- Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Norfolk, East Sussex, Devon, Suffolk
Music@Malling
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- West Malling, Kent
New College Early Music Series
- ☀️Summer series
- TBA
- The New Space, Oxford
Newbury Spring Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- Newbury, Berkshire
Ornaments of the Baroque
- 🍂Autumn series
- TBA
- LSO St Luke's, Old Street, London
Otley Baroque
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- All Saints’ Church, Otley
Saffron Hall
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Sands Films Music Room
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Rotherhithe, London
St Clement Danes Sunday Recital Series
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- St Clement Danes Church, London
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Stoke Newington
Stour Music
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- All Saints Church, Boughton Aluph
Surrey Bach Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- St Mary’s Church, Stoke D’Abernon
Tetbury Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- St Marys' Church, Tetbury
The Georgian Concert Society
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh
The Music Summer School and Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Gresham's School, Holt
Unmeasured Chamber Concerts
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- The Octagon Chapel, Norwich
Wimbledon International Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Wimbledon
York Early Music Christmas Festival
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- York
love:Handel
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Norwich