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) is a community event, based in Stoke Newington, London. 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, London
Coming Soon
Unmeasured Chamber Concerts
A period-instrument chamber series in one of Norwich's most magical venues, hosted by Ensemble Unmeasured.
- Throughout the year
Fri, 9 January 2026- The Octagon Chapel, Norwich
Southbank Centre
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 10 January 2026
- Southbank, London
Folkestone Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 11 January 2026
- The Grand Hotel, Folkestone
Worcestershire Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 11 January 2026
- Old Bishop's Palace, Worcester
Early Music at Wigmore Hall
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 13 January 2026
- Wigmore Hall, London
Coming Up Next
St Martin-in-the-Fields
- Throughout the year
- Fri, 16 January 2026
- St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Colchester Early Music
- ❄️Winter series
- Sat, 17 January 2026
- St Andrew's Church, Marks Tey
Plumstead Peculiars
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 18 January 2026
- The Ascension Church, Plumstead
Shaftesbury Festival of Baroque
- ❄️Winter festival
- Tue, 20 January 2026
- Shaftesbury, Dorset
The Georgian Concert Society
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 24 January 2026
- St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh
Vermeer Chamber Concerts
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 25 January 2026
- London
Conway Hall
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 25 January 2026
- Conway Hall, London
Early Music at Kings Place
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 25 January 2026
- Kings Place, London
Temple Music Foundation
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 27 January 2026
- Temple, London
Royal College of Music
- Throughout the year
- Thu, 29 January 2026
- 60 Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London
Sands Films Music Room
- Throughout the year
- Thu, 29 January 2026
- Rotherhithe, London
Otley Baroque
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 1 February 2026
- All Saints’ Church, Otley
Handel Hendrix House
- Throughout the year
- Mon, 2 February 2026
- Handel Hendrix House
Music in the Round
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 3 February 2026
- Sheffield
JdP Concert Series
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 3 February 2026
- The Chapel, St Hilda's College
Leamington Music
- ❄️Winter series
- Tue, 3 February 2026
- St Mary's Church, Warwick
Baroque at LSO St Luke's
- 🍂Autumn series
- Thu, 5 February 2026
- LSO St Luke's, Old Street, London
Barbican Centre & Milton Court
- Throughout the year
- Thu, 12 February 2026
- Barbican Centre, London
London Handel Festival
- Throughout the year
- Wed, 18 February 2026
- St George's, Hanover Square
Bath Bachfest
- ❄️Winter festival
- Thu, 19 February 2026
- Bath
Barnes Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- Sat, 7 March 2026
- Barnes, London
Foundling Museum Exhibition Programme
- Throughout the year
- Thu, 12 March 2026
- Foundling Museum, London
Saffron Hall
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 28 March 2026
- Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Smith Square Hall
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 31 March 2026
- Westminster, London
Shakespeare in Music
- 🌱Spring festival
- Mon, 20 April 2026
- Stratford-upon-Avon
Mayfield Festival
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 26 April 2026
- Mayfield, East Sussex
Bristol Early Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- Fri, 8 May 2026
- All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol
Chipping Campden Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- Mon, 11 May 2026
- St James' Church, Chipping Campden
Longborough Festival Opera
- ☀️Summer festival
- Sat, 30 May 2026
- Longborough, Gloucestershire
English Haydn Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Wed, 10 June 2026
- St Mary Magdalene Church, Bridgnorth
Lichfield Festival
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 7 July 2026
- Lichfield, Staffordshire
Buxton International Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Thu, 9 July 2026
- Buxton
Brighton Early Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Fri, 9 October 2026
- Brighton
Brecon Baroque Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Fri, 16 October 2026
- Brecon, Wales
London International Festival of Early Music
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Wed, 11 November 2026
- Blackheath, London
Coming Later A-Z
Banbury Early Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- St Mary's Church, Banbury
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
Burghclere Baroque
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Church of the Ascension, Burghclere
Cambridge Early Music
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Cambridge
Concerts at the National Musicians' Church
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Holy Sepulchre Church, Holborn Viaduct
Concerts in the West
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Ilminster, Somerset
Dolmetsch Centenary at Haslemere Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- Haslemere
Early & Baroque Music at the BBC Proms
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Royal Albert Hall, London
Early Music at Wiltshire Music Centre
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Early Voices/Lleisiau Cynnar
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- St Illtud's Church, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Esher Gibbons-Fest
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Old St George’s Church, Esher
Fairest Isle Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- Isle of Wight - Newport, Ryde and Ventnor
Garsington Opera
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Wormsley, Buckinghamshire
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London
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
Hawkwood College
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Painswick Old Road, Stroud GL6 7QW
Iberian & Latin American Music Society
- 🍂Autumn series
- TBA
- Numerous venues - London & Manchester
Keble Early Music Festival
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- Keble College Chapel, Oxford
King's Lynn Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- King's Lynn, Norfolk
LIVE From London
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- Online
Lammermuir Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Lammermuir, Scotland
Lewes Baroquefest
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Lewes, East Sussex
Little Missenden Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire
Loki Music
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Southwest London
London Bach Society
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- City of London
London Festival of Baroque Music
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- St John's Smith Square, London
Machynlleth Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Machynlleth, Wales
Medieval Music in the Dales
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Bolton Castle, North Yorkshire
Music at Paxton
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Paxton House, Scottish Borders
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
Old Chapel Court Concerts
- ☀️Summer series
- TBA
- Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury
Oxford Early Music by Candlelight
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Oxford Festival of the Arts
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Oxford
Purbeck Art Weeks Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Various locations in the Purbecks, Dorset
Roman River Spring Concerts
- 🌱Spring series
- TBA
- Colchester, Essex
Salisbury Musick
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Salisbury Medieval Hall + other locations
Saxon Shore Early Music Kenardington
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Church of St Mary, Kenardington, Ashford
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 Glasgow Barons Early Music Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Govan Old Parish Church, Govan & Linthouse Parish Church
The Grange Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Northington, Hampshire
The Music Summer School and Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Gresham's School, Holt
The Ryedale Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Ryedale, North Yorkshire
Tilford Bach Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- All Saints Church, Tilford, Surrey
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
love:Handel
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Norwich