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.
Fairest Isle Festival
Journey through 16th-18th century music on a magical Island with world-class musicians, sea shanty and barqoue workshops, talks and more.
Embark on a musical journey through time at the Fairest Isle Festival on the captivating Isle of Wight. Delight in the harmonious early music tunes of the 16th-18th century, brought to life by a stellar lineup of world-class artists on an island steeped in rich history, that sets the stage for an unforgettable celebration of music and culture.
The 2026 line-up features I Fagiolini (on their 40th anniversary) and the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble performing Monteverdi's Vespers, soprano Ruby Hughes and lutenist Sergio Bucheli in a programme of Dowland and Purcell, tenor Nicholas Mulroy and his band in a South American programme, TED Talk specialist Sarah Hyndman presenting Gin and the Senses, and Artistic Director Robert Hollingworth in ‘Come & Sing Monteverdi' – Plus other participatory events and heritage walks!
- 🌱Spring festival
Fri, 15 May 2026 — Sun, 17 May 2026
Isle of Wight - Cowes, Newport and Ryde
Coming Soon
London Handel Festival
The 2026 Festival, ‘From Heavenly Harmony’, is a five-week celebration of Handel’s music, enriching lives through his compositions and revealing his gift for touching every human emotion with each performance.
Throughout the year- Fri, 3 April 2026
- St George's Hanover Square
Smith Square Hall
- Throughout the year
- Fri, 3 April 2026
- Westminster, London
Unmeasured Chamber Concerts
- Throughout the year
- Fri, 3 April 2026
- The Octagon Chapel, Norwich
Early Music at Wigmore Hall
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 4 April 2026
- Wigmore Hall, London
Concerts in the West
- Throughout the year
- Fri, 10 April 2026
- Ilminster, Somerset
Coming Up Next
Handel Hendrix House
- Throughout the year
- Mon, 13 April 2026
- Handel Hendrix House
Barbican Centre & Milton Court
- Throughout the year
- Thu, 16 April 2026
- Barbican Centre, London
Baroque at LSO St Luke's
- 🍂Autumn series
- Thu, 16 April 2026
- LSO St Luke's, Old Street, London
Cambridge Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Thu, 16 April 2026
- Cambridge
Worcestershire Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 19 April 2026
- Old Bishop's Palace, Worcester
Colchester Early Music
- ❄️Winter series
- Sun, 19 April 2026
- St Andrew's Church, Marks Tey
Shakespeare in Music
- 🌱Spring festival
- Mon, 20 April 2026
- Stratford-upon-Avon
Southbank Centre
- Throughout the year
- Wed, 22 April 2026
- Southbank, London
Foundling Museum Exhibition Programme
- Throughout the year
- Thu, 23 April 2026
- Foundling Museum, London
Early Voices/Lleisiau Cynnar
- 🌱Spring festival
- Sat, 25 April 2026
- St Illtud's Church, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Saxon Shore Early Music Kenardington
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 26 April 2026
- Church of St Mary, Kenardington, Ashford
Oxford Festival of the Arts
- ☀️Summer festival
- Sun, 26 April 2026
- Oxford
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
Vermeer Chamber Concerts
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 16 May 2026
- London
Temple Music Foundation
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 19 May 2026
- Temple, London
Music in the Round
- Throughout the year
- Thu, 21 May 2026
- Sheffield
Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- Fri, 22 May 2026
- Beverley and East Riding, Yorkshire
Longborough Festival Opera
- ☀️Summer festival
- Sat, 30 May 2026
- Longborough, Gloucestershire
Early Music at Kings Place
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 31 May 2026
- Kings Place, London
Music in Country Churches
- ☀️Summer series
- Sun, 7 June 2026
- Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Norfolk, East Sussex, Devon, Suffolk
The Grange Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Sun, 7 June 2026
- Northington, Hampshire
English Haydn Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Wed, 10 June 2026
- St Mary Magdalene Church, Bridgnorth
Garsington Opera
- ☀️Summer festival
- Fri, 12 June 2026
- Wormsley, Buckinghamshire
St Martin-in-the-Fields
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 13 June 2026
- St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Tilford Bach Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Fri, 19 June 2026
- All Saints Church, Tilford, Surrey
Stour Music
- ☀️Summer festival
- Fri, 19 June 2026
- All Saints Church, Boughton Aluph
Oxford Early Music Weekend
- ☀️Summer festival
- Sat, 20 June 2026
- Magdalen College & New College, Oxford
Folkestone Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 28 June 2026
- The Grand Hotel, Folkestone
York Early Music Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Fri, 3 July 2026
- National Centre for Early Music, York
Lichfield Festival
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 7 July 2026
- Lichfield, Staffordshire
St Birinus Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Thu, 9 July 2026
- Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Buxton International Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Thu, 9 July 2026
- Buxton
The Ryedale Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Fri, 10 July 2026
- Ryedale, North Yorkshire
King's Lynn Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Sun, 12 July 2026
- King's Lynn, Norfolk
The Music Summer School and Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Sat, 1 August 2026
- Gresham's School, Holt
St Cecilia's Hall
- Throughout the year
- Mon, 31 August 2026
- Edinburgh, Scotland
Music@Malling
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Fri, 18 September 2026
- West Malling, Kent
Banbury Early Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Sat, 26 September 2026
- St Mary's Church, Banbury
Salisbury Musick
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Fri, 2 October 2026
- Salisbury Medieval Hall + other locations
Hatfield House Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Thu, 8 October 2026
- Hatfield House, Hatfield, Herts
Brighton Early Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Fri, 9 October 2026
- Brighton
Brecon Baroque Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Fri, 16 October 2026
- Brecon, Wales
London Bach Society
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Sat, 31 October 2026
- City of London
London International Festival of Early Music
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Wed, 11 November 2026
- Blackheath, London
Coming Later A-Z
Bach at New College
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- The New Space, Oxford
Barnes Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- Barnes, London
Baroquestock Festival
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead
Bath Bachfest
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- Bath
Burghclere Baroque
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Church of the Ascension, Burghclere
Concerts at the National Musicians' Church
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Holy Sepulchre Church, Holborn Viaduct
Conway Hall
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Conway Hall, London
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
Esher Gibbons-Fest
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Old St George’s Church, Esher
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
Hawkwood College
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Painswick Old Road, Stroud GL6 7QW
Iberian & Latin American Music Society
- 🍂Autumn series
- TBA
- Numerous venues - London & Manchester
JdP Concert Series
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- The Chapel, St Hilda's College
Keble Early Music Festival
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- Keble College Chapel, Oxford
LIVE From London
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- Online
Lammermuir Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Lammermuir, Scotland
Leamington Music
- ❄️Winter series
- TBA
- St Mary's Church, Warwick
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 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
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
Otley Baroque
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- All Saints’ Church, Otley
Oxford Early Music by Candlelight
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Portsmouth Early Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral, Old Portsmouth
Purbeck Art Weeks Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Various locations in the Purbecks, Dorset
Roman River Spring Concerts
- 🌱Spring series
- TBA
- Colchester, Essex
Royal College of Music
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- 60 Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London
Saffron Hall
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Sands Films Music Room
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Rotherhithe, London
Shaftesbury Festival of Baroque
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- Shaftesbury, Dorset
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
Surrey Bach Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- St Mary’s Church, Stoke D’Abernon
Tetbury Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- St Marys' Church, Tetbury
The Georgian Concert Society
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Edinburgh New Town Church
The Glasgow Barons Early Music Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Govan Old Parish Church, Govan & Linthouse Parish Church
Wimbledon International Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Wimbledon
York Early Music Christmas Festival
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- York
love:Handel
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Norwich