Bristol Early Music Festival
A weekend of concerts, workshops and other events exploring music from the Medieval to early Baroque.
When
🌱Spring festival
TBA
About
The Bristol Early Music Festival first took place in 2019 and aims to provide opportunities for exploring music from Medieval to early Baroque and for contemporary audiences to hear it performed.
The biennial three-day festival features internationally renowned performers, with the chance for local singers and players to participate in workshops led by experts in their field. Concerts take place in the beautiful setting of All Saints Church in Clifton. Young musicians are particularly welcome, and accompanied under-16s enjoy free entry to all concerts and workshops.
Past events
A Feast of French Baroque
South West Baroque Orchestra & Andrea Brown
- Sun, 10 May 2026
All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton
5:00pm
£15 (accompanied under-16s free)
Bristol Early Music Festival
Baroque Dance Workshop
Philippa Waite
- Sun, 10 May 2026
- All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton
- 2:00pm
- £15 (accompanied under-16s free)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
A Musical Menagerie
Chelys Consort of Viols
- Sat, 9 May 2026
- All Saints Church, Clifton
- 7:30pm
- £20 (free for U16s)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
Workshop for Instruments and Voices – the Serpent and the Dragon
Alison Kinder
- Sat, 9 May 2026
- All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton
- 2:00pm
- £15 (accompanied under-16s free)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
Loud Winds Bash
Ellen O’Gorman
- Sat, 9 May 2026
- All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton
- 10:00am
- £12 (free for U16s)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
Elementary Recorder Ensemble Workshop with Annabel Knight
Bristol Early Music Festival
- Sat, 9 May 2026
- All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton
- 10:00am
- £10 (accompanied under-16s free)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
Across the Sea: Iberian and Italian Gems of the Renaissance
English Wind Consort
- Fri, 8 May 2026
- All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton
- 7:30pm
- £20 (accompanied under-16s free)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
Colossal Baroque Workshop
Bristol Early Music Festival
- Sun, 11 May 2025
- All Saints Church, Clifton
- 1:00pm
- £22 (£11 students)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
Britain's Orpheus
The Fitzhardinge Consort
- Sun, 12 May 2024
- All Saints Church, Clifton
- 5:00pm
- £5 (under-16s free)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
Meet the Harpsichord
Julian Perkins
- Sun, 12 May 2024
- All Saints Church, Clifton
- 1:30pm
- £5 - £15 (under-16s free)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
Songs From a Divine Pen
Rose Consort of Viols
- Sat, 11 May 2024
- All Saints Church, Clifton
- 7:30pm
- £20 in advance, £22 on the door (under-16s free)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
Renaissance Recycling
Alison Kinder
- Sat, 11 May 2024
- All Saints Church, Clifton
- 1:45pm
- £12 (under-16s free)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
The Waites
Bristol Early Music Festival
- Sat, 11 May 2024
- All Saints Church, Clifton
- 12:30pm
- Free
- Bristol Early Music Festival
Songs from the Middle Ages
Leah Stuttard
- Sat, 11 May 2024
- All Saints Church, Clifton
- 10:00am
- £5 (under-16s free)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
Queen of Hearts
The Gesualdo Six
- Fri, 10 May 2024
- All Saints Church, Clifton
- 7:30pm
- £20 in advance, £22 on the door (under-16s free)
- Bristol Early Music Festival
Location
All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol
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