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.
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival (SNEMF) was founded by Vanessa Coode as a community event, based in Stoke Newington, London, UK. It brings the finest early music performers to this historic area of London.
A fine array of international artists visits this historic corner of London to perform music from the 12th - 18th centuries.
Throughout the year
Stoke Newington
Coming Soon
JdP Concert Series
A special series of early music concerts in the JdP’s sister venue, St Giles' Chapel (St Hilda's College)
- Throughout the year
Tue 5 November 2024 — Tue 4 March 2025- The Chapel, St Hilda's College
St Martin-in-the-Fields
- Throughout the year
- Fri 24 January 2025
- St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Early Music at Wigmore Hall
- Fri 24 January 2025
- Wigmore Hall, London
Plumstead Peculiars
- Throughout the year
- Sun 26 January 2025
- The Ascension Church, Plumstead
Temple Music Foundation
- Throughout the year
- Thu 30 January 2025
- Temple, London
Coming Up Next
Worcestershire Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Sun 2 February 2025
- Angel Centre, Worcester
Cambridge Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Fri 7 February 2025
- Cambridge
Brighton Early Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Sun 9 February 2025
- Brighton
Handel Hendrix House
- Throughout the year
- Wed 12 February 2025
- Handel Hendrix House
Bath Bachfest
- ❄️Winter festival
- Wed 19 February 2025
- Bath
The Georgian Concert Society
- Throughout the year
- Sat 22 February 2025
- St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh
Keble Early Music Festival
- ❄️Winter festival
- Tue 25 February 2025
- Keble College Chapel, Oxford
Leamington Music
- ❄️Winter series
- Tue 25 February 2025
- St Mary's Church, Warwick
Barbican Centre & Milton Court
- Throughout the year
- Thu 6 March 2025
- Barbican Centre, London
London Handel Festival
- Throughout the year
- Fri 7 March 2025
- St George's, Hanover Square
The Ryedale Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Fri 28 March 2025
- Ryedale, North Yorkshire
Vermeer Chamber Concerts
- Throughout the year
- Sat 29 March 2025
- London
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
Tilford Bach Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Fri 6 June 2025
- All Saints Church, Tilford, Surrey
Buxton International Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Thu 10 July 2025
- Buxton
Banbury Early Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Sat 27 September 2025
- St Mary's Church, Banbury
Brecon Baroque Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Fri 17 October 2025
- Brecon
Mayfield Festival
- Throughout the year
- Sun 26 April 2026
- Mayfield, East Sussex
Coming Later A-Z
Baroquestock Festival
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead
Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- Beverley and East Riding, Yorkshire
Concerts at the National Musicians' Church
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Holy Sepulchre Church, Holborn Viaduct
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
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
King's Lynn Festival
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- King's Lynn, Norfolk
Lammermuir Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Lammermuir, Scotland
Lewes Baroquefest
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Lewes, East Sussex
Lichfield Festival
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Lichfield, Staffordshire
London Bach Society
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- London
London Festival of Baroque Music
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- St John's Smith Square, 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
Purbeck Art Weeks Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Various locations in the Purbecks, Dorset
Saffron Hall
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Sands Films Music Room
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Rotherhithe, London
St Cecilia's Hall
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Edinburgh, Scotland
St Clement Danes Sunday Recital Series
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- St Clement Danes Church, London
St George's Bristol Baroque Series
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- St George's Bristol
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 Music Summer School and Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Gresham's School, Holt
Wimbledon International Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Wimbledon
York Early Music Christmas Festival
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- York
York Early Music Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- National Centre for Early Music, York