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.

When
Throughout the year
TBA
About
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival (SNEMF) promotes music from medieval times to the 19th century performed on period instruments. Programmes occasionally include 20th and 21st century works, either new compositions specifically written for period instruments, or modern works which relate stylistically to early music.
The 2025 Festival will run from 18 June until 4 July, with main evening events on 18, 23, 27 June, and 2 July. Ensembles include Lux Musicae London, Intesa Duo, and Rune, with Kinga Gaborjani completing her cycle of Bach's cello suites begun in 2019.
The festival features performers whose careers have taken them all over the world. Past ensembles have included the Consone Quartet, Chelys Consort of Viols, Fretwork, Flauguissimo Duo, Irlandiani and Trobairitz.
Past events

Counting the Hours
Incantati
Thu, 13 March 2025
The Old Church, Stoke Newington
7:00pm
£18
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival

What Is Our Life?
Chelys Consort of Viols
Fri, 24 January 2025
The Old Church, Stoke Newington
7:30pm
£18 - £25
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival

The King's Flutes
Ensemble Phaedrus
Sat, 26 October 2024
The Old Church, Stoke Newington, London
7:30pm
£18-30
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival

Medieval and Traditional Lullabies
Clare Norburn
Fri, 5 July 2024
The Old Church, Stoke Newington
11:00am
£12 child + adult, £20 with 2 adults, £8 adult
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival

Tafelmusik
Istante Collective
Wed, 3 July 2024
The Old Church, Stoke Newington
1:00pm
£18 (£25 child accompanied by an adult)
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival

Love's Fire, Love's Ashes
Nick Mulroy and friends
Fri, 28 June 2024
The Old Church, Stoke Newington
7:30pm
£18 (£25 child accompanied by an adult)
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival

Trumpets, Horns, and Sackbuts
Students of Guildhall School
Thu, 27 June 2024
St Mary's Church, Stoke Newington
3:00pm
Free of charge
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival

Innocence and Devotion
Kinga Gáborjáni
Mon, 24 June 2024
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, London
7:30pm
£18 (£25 child accompanied by an adult)
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival

O Sweet Woods!
Pellingmans' Saraband
Thu, 20 June 2024
Abney Park Chapel, London
6:30pm
£18/£16 Adult, £25/£23 child with adult
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival

Pleasures of Youth
Trio Notturno
Wed, 19 June 2024
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, London
6:30pm
£18 (£25 child accompanied by adult)
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival
Full of the Highland Humours
Ensemble Hesperi
Sun, 21 January 2024
The Old Church, Stoke Newington
6:00pm
adult £17, school children £3
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival
Location
Stoke Newington