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.
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.
Our core mission at the London Handel Festival is to enrich people’s lives through the performance of Handel’s music and to embody his spirit throughout all our work. Handel’s impact on the cultural life of London, the UK and the world can still be experienced today, and all of us at the LHF remain committed to celebrating the life, the music, and the continued legacy of this great cultural icon.
Throughout the year
Wed, 18 February 2026 — Sat, 28 March 2026
St George's Hanover Square
Coming Soon
Barbican Centre & Milton Court
A multi-artform venue in the City of London with outstanding early music events
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 3 March 2026
- Barbican Centre, London
Early Music at Wigmore Hall
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 3 March 2026
- Wigmore Hall, London
JdP Concert Series
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 3 March 2026
- The Chapel, St Hilda's College
Portsmouth Early Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- Thu, 5 March 2026
- Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral, Old Portsmouth
Royal College of Music
- Throughout the year
- Thu, 5 March 2026
- 60 Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London
Coming Up Next
Cambridge Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Fri, 6 March 2026
- Cambridge
Folkestone Early Music
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 7 March 2026
- The Grand Hotel, Folkestone
Barnes Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- Sat, 7 March 2026
- Barnes, London
Leamington Music
- ❄️Winter series
- Tue, 10 March 2026
- St Mary's Church, Warwick
St Martin-in-the-Fields
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 10 March 2026
- St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
The Georgian Concert Society
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 14 March 2026
- Edinburgh New Town Church
Baroquestock Festival
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 15 March 2026
- Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead
Foundling Museum Exhibition Programme
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 21 March 2026
- Foundling Museum, London
Plumstead Peculiars
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 22 March 2026
- The Ascension Church, Plumstead
Early Music at Kings Place
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 22 March 2026
- Kings Place, London
Saffron Hall
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 28 March 2026
- Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Southbank Centre
- Throughout the year
- Sun, 29 March 2026
- Southbank, London
Smith Square Hall
- Throughout the year
- Tue, 31 March 2026
- Westminster, London
Concerts in the West
- Throughout the year
- Fri, 10 April 2026
- Ilminster, Somerset
Handel Hendrix House
- Throughout the year
- Mon, 13 April 2026
- Handel Hendrix House
Baroque at LSO St Luke's
- 🍂Autumn series
- Thu, 16 April 2026
- LSO St Luke's, Old Street, London
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
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
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
Fairest Isle Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- Fri, 15 May 2026
- Isle of Wight - Newport, Ryde and Ventnor
Vermeer Chamber Concerts
- Throughout the year
- Sat, 16 May 2026
- 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
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
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
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
Buxton International Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Thu, 9 July 2026
- Buxton
The Ryedale Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- Fri, 10 July 2026
- Ryedale, North Yorkshire
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
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 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
Banbury Early Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- St Mary's Church, Banbury
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
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
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
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
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
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Stoke Newington, London
Surrey Bach Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- St Mary’s Church, Stoke D’Abernon
Temple Music Foundation
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Temple, London
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
Unmeasured Chamber Concerts
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- The Octagon Chapel, Norwich
Wimbledon International Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Wimbledon
York Early Music Christmas Festival
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- York
love:Handel
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Norwich