Hatfield House Music Festival

The Hatfield House Music Festival is a long weekend of concerts, curated by Artistic Director Guy Johnston, which takes place annually in September/October at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire. The setting, musicians and audiences make this a warm, friendly Festival with exceptionally high artistic standards. Since its inception in 2012, the Festival has grown into a much-anticipated event by both locals and also by those who make a special journey to attend the Festival. Over the past years the Festival has welcomed performers such as the Navarra Quartet, Tom Poster, Sir András Schiff, Kathryn Stott, Melvyn Tan, Nicholas Daniel, Alison Balsom, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Lucy Crowe, Rachel Podger, James Gilchrist, The Sixteen and the Aurora Orchestra – all to perform in the beautiful surroundings of Hatfield House. The Festival has a very strong Learning and Participation strand which runs alongside the main event and is committed to commissioning new works.

With the theme of The Gift of Music, Hatfield House Music Festival returns with its 14th edition in the magnificent family home of Lord and Lady Salisbury from 9 to 12 Oct 2025. This year’s line-up of world-class musicians includes pianists Imogen Cooper, Melvyn Tan and Mishka Rushdie Momen, baroque violinist Rachel Podger with Brecon Baroque, Ensemble 360, vocal ensemble Recordare, the Doric String Quartet, and the Britten Sinfonia. Concerts predominantly take place in the House’s striking Marble Hall, home to the famous Rainbow Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, and St Etheldreda’s Church.

President: The Marquess of Salisbury
Patron: HRH The Duchess of Kent
Artistic Director: Guy Johnston