Salisbury Musick

Salisbury Musick is a three-day festival, celebrating early music. Our second festival will be held from October 2nd to 4th, 2026. In the eighteenth century, three-day festivals of music were held annually in Salisbury to great acclaim. Like the 18th-century festivals, Salisbury Musick brings together local musicians and visiting Baroque experts to provide a wonderful range of concerts, talks and educational opportunities for all ages. The festival takes its name from the list of subscribers to John Walsh’s 1739 first edition of Handel’s Opus 6.

James Harris, in 1744, wrote, ‘And hence the genuine Charm of Music, and the Wonders which it works... it is a Force irresistible, and penetrates into the deepest Recesses of the Soul.’ This is exactly what we hope Salisbury Musick in the 21st century will bring.