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.
York Early Music Christmas Festival
The Festival was created in 1997 to introduce audiences to the immense wealth of music associated with Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, from the Medieval to the Baroque, intertwined with the sagas, stories and tales of the north.
- ❄️Winter festival
Fri, 4 Dec 2026 — Sun, 13 Dec 2026
York
Colchester Early Music
- ❄️Winter series
- Next event: Sun, 15 Nov 2026
- St Andrew's Church, Marks Tey
Hastings Chamber Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- 22 Oct 2026 — 15 Nov 2026
- Next event: Sun, 15 Nov 2026
- Kino Teatr & Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saxon Shore Early Music Kenardington
Throughout the year- Next event: Sun, 15 Nov 2026
- Church of St Mary, Kenardington, Ashford
Baroquestock Festival
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Sun, 15 Nov 2026
- Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead
Bach at New College
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Mon, 16 Nov 2026
- The New Space, Oxford
JdP Concert Series
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Tue, 17 Nov 2026
- The Chapel, St Hilda's College
Barbican Centre & Milton Court
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Tue, 17 Nov 2026
- Barbican Centre, London
Royal College of Music
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Thu, 19 Nov 2026
- 60 Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London
St Martin-in-the-Fields
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Thu, 19 Nov 2026
- St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Wimbledon International Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Next event: Thu, 19 Nov 2026
- Wimbledon
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Fri, 20 Nov 2026
- Stoke Newington, London
Early Music at Kings Place
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Sun, 22 Nov 2026
- Kings Place, London
Early Music at Wigmore Hall
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Mon, 23 Nov 2026
- Wigmore Hall, London
Handel Hendrix House
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Tue, 24 Nov 2026
- Handel Hendrix House
Baroque at LSO St Luke's
- 🍂Autumn series
- Next event: Thu, 26 Nov 2026
- LSO St Luke's, Old Street, London
Smith Square Hall
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Thu, 26 Nov 2026
- Westminster, London
The Georgian Concert Society
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Sat, 28 Nov 2026
- Edinburgh New Town Church
Royal Academy of Music
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Sun, 29 Nov 2026
- Royal Academy of Music, London
Folkestone Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Sun, 29 Nov 2026
- The Grand Hotel, Folkestone
Plumstead Peculiars
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Sun, 29 Nov 2026
- The Ascension Church, Plumstead
Temple Music Foundation
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Thu, 3 Dec 2026
- Temple, London
York Early Music Christmas Festival
- ❄️Winter festival
- 4 Dec 2026 — 13 Dec 2026
- Next event: Fri, 4 Dec 2026
- York
Southbank Centre
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Fri, 4 Dec 2026
- Southbank, London
Stapleford Granary
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Tue, 8 Dec 2026
- Stapleford, Cambridge
Turner Sims
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Sun, 13 Dec 2026
- Turner Sims, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton
Cambridge Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Thu, 17 Dec 2026
- Cambridge
Mayfield Festival
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Sat, 19 Dec 2026
- Mayfield, East Sussex
Worcestershire Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Sun, 20 Dec 2026
- Old Bishop's Palace, Worcester
Leamington Music
- ❄️Winter series
- Next event: Tue, 12 Jan 2027
- St Mary's Church, Warwick
Hawkwood College
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Sat, 20 Feb 2027
- Painswick Old Road, Stroud GL6 7QW
Vermeer Chamber Concerts
- Throughout the year
- Next event: Thu, 25 Mar 2027
- London
Garsington Opera
- ☀️Summer festival
- Next event: Thu, 25 Mar 2027
- Wormsley, Buckinghamshire
Medieval London Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- 4 May 2027 — 8 May 2027
- Next event: TBA
- St Bartholomew the Great, London EC1A
London Handel Festival
- Throughout the year
- 18 Feb 2027 — 18 Apr 2027
- Next event: TBA
- St George's Hanover Square
Brighton Early Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Next event: TBA
- Brighton
London Festival of Baroque Music
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Next event: TBA
- Smith Square Hall, London
London Bach Society
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Next event: TBA
- City of London
Loki Music
- Throughout the year
- Next event: TBA
- Southwest London
Trinity Recitals
- Throughout the year
- Next event: TBA
- Trinity College, Oxford
Bach in Ipswich
- Throughout the year
- Next event: TBA
- Unitarian Meeting House, Ipswich
Buxton International Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- 7 Jul 2027 — 25 Jul 2027
- Next event: TBA
- Buxton
Salisbury Musick
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Next event: TBA
- Salisbury Medieval Hall + other locations
Early Music at the BBC Proms
- ☀️Summer festival
- Next event: TBA
- Royal Albert Hall, London
Music in the Round
- Throughout the year
- Next event: TBA
- Sheffield
Medieval Music in the Dales
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Next event: TBA
- Bolton Castle, North Yorkshire
Borders Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Next event: TBA
- Scottish Borders including Melrose, Galashiels and Peebles
Roman River Music
- Throughout the year
- Next event: TBA
- Colchester, Essex
Machynlleth Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Next event: TBA
- Machynlleth, Wales
Oxford Festival of the Arts
- ☀️Summer festival
- Next event: TBA
- Oxford
St Cecilia's Hall
- Throughout the year
- Next event: TBA
- Edinburgh, Scotland
The Music Summer School and Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Next event: TBA
- Gresham's School, Holt
London International Festival of Early Music
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Next event: TBA
- Blackheath, London
Lammermuir Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Next event: TBA
- Lammermuir, Scotland
Purbeck Art Weeks Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- 29 May 2027 — 13 Jun 2027
- Next event: TBA
- Various locations in the Purbecks, Dorset
Tetbury Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Next event: TBA
- St Marys' Church, Tetbury
Bach+ Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Next event: TBA
- Cambridge, UK
Cambridge Music Festival
- Throughout the year
- Next event: TBA
- Cambridge
Little Missenden Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Next event: TBA
- Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire
Five Churches Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Next event: TBA
- North Norfolk
The Glasgow Barons Early Music Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Next event: TBA
- Govan Old Parish Church, Govan & Linthouse Parish Church
Saffron Hall
- Throughout the year
- Next event: TBA
- Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
York Early Music Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Next event: TBA
- National Centre for Early Music, York
Lake District Music Summer Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Next event: TBA
- Cumbria
Dowland 400 Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Next event: TBA
- The Octagon Chapel, Norwich
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