Your ultimate guide to Baroque & Early Music

Live concerts across the UK, plus festivals, artist profiles, news, features, playlists and more.

Featured Playlist: The Continuo Collection

12 outstanding Early Music album releases from 2025 supported by Continuo Foundation.

Mary Bevan: Giving voice to a family legacy

The fascinating past and present of the Bevan Family Consort, a much-loved musical dynasty.

Continuo Foundation opens 11th funding round

Applications are now open, making £100,000 available to support Early Music projects across the UK.

What's On

Explore period-instrument performances of medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, classical and new music, and choral & vocal repertoire.

Gary Cooper | Kate Bennett Wadsworth | Sabine Cooper

Fri, 9 January 2026
The Octagon Chapel, Norwich
7:00pm
£20 (u18s free)
Unmeasured Chamber Concerts

Sperger, Mozart & Haydn - a New Years' Celebration

The Hanover Band

Sat, 10 January 2026
St Nicholas Church, Arundel
7:00pm
£15 - £45

Sean Shibe

Sat, 10 January 2026
Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
8:00pm
£27-£31 + £3.50 booking fee
Southbank Centre

Folkestone Baroque Ensemble

Sun, 11 January 2026
The Green Room at The Grand, Folkestone
3:00pm
£20, children and students free
Folkestone Early Music

Festivals and Concert Series

Established and emerging artists are presenting inspiring programmes in festivals and concert series across the UK.

London Handel Festival

The 2026 Festival, ‘From Heavenly Harmony’, is a five-week celebration of Handel’s music, enriching lives through his compositions. The programme channels heavenly harmony, revealing his gift for touching every human emotion with each performance.

Stoke Newington Early Music Festival

Stoke Newington Early Music Festival (SNEMF) is a community event, based in Stoke Newington, London. It brings the finest early music performers to this historic area of London.

Handpicked news stories from the world of Baroque & Early Music.

New faces among the regular team at Florilegium: l-r, Steve Devine, Magdalena Loth-Hill, Carina Cosgrave, Ashley Solomon, Reiko Ichise, Jennifer Morsches and Gabi Jones — News

Florilegium unveils new artistic line-up

Florilegium Ensemble announces changes to its artistic line-up, heralding a new chapter for the acclaimed period instrument group.

Continuo Foundation opens its 11th round of funding for Early Music projects

A total of £100,000 is available to support Early Music projects across the UK, plus an additional £6,000 grant in partnership with The Purcell Society.