King's Lynn Festival
An arts & music Festival based in King's Lynn, West Norfolk. Founded in 1951 by Ruth, Lady Fermoy.
When
☀️Summer festival
Sun, 12 July 2026 — Sat, 25 July 2026
About
King’s Lynn Festival proudly announces its 75th Anniversary Festival, taking place over two weeks in July 2026 (12th–25th), marking three-quarters of a century of world-class music, arts and cultural celebration at the historic Hanseatic League port in the heart of West Norfolk. The Festival will once again fill the streets, churches and community spaces of King’s Lynn with a diverse programme of music, talks, exhibitions and events.
Festival highlights include Mark-Anthony Turnage as featured composer and artists including Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, Novo Quartet, baritone Roderick Williams, pianist Boris Giltburg, filial duo on cello and piano Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, flamenco dancer Nuria Garcia and the Academy of Ancient Music, plus a talk on taste by writer Christopher Frayling.
Past events
Medieval Women in Song
Voice
- Fri, 25 July 2025
All Saints Church, King's Lynn
6:00pm
£17.50 (£13 students & U25)
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Brecon Baroque and Rachel Podger (violin)
Brecon Baroque
- Sat, 19 July 2025
- St Nicholas' Chapel, King's Lynn
- 7:00pm
- £25 (£15 students & U25)
- King's Lynn Festival
From Halle to Hamburg
Ensemble Hesperi
- Fri, 18 July 2025
- All Saints Church, King’s Lynn
- 6:00pm
- £17.50, £13 student, u25
- King's Lynn Festival
Dr Burney’s Teatime Music
Steven Devine | Kate Semmens
- Sun, 6 October 2024
- All Saints Church, King's Lynn
- 3:00pm
- £18, £9
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Steven Devine and friends
Steven Devine
- Sat, 5 October 2024
- All Saints Church, King's Lynn
- 7:00pm
- £18, £9
- King's Lynn Festival
Burney's Brass
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) and Ian Legrice (organ)
- Fri, 4 October 2024
- All Saints Church, Kings Lynn
- 7:00pm
- £16, £8
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Charles Burney Festival
Consone Quartet
- Fri, 27 September 2024
- King's Lynn Town Hall
- 11:00am
- £16 (under 25's 50% off)
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European Union Chamber Orchestra
- Sat, 20 July 2024
- St Nicholas' Chapel, King's Lynn
- 7:00pm
- £22 / under 25's 50% off
- King's Lynn Festival
Organ Recital
Harvey Stansfield
- Sat, 20 July 2024
- St Nicholas' Chapel, King's Lynn
- 12:00pm
- £12 / under 25's 50% off
- King's Lynn Festival
Ear Worm
Tabea Debus
- Fri, 19 July 2024
- All Saint's Church, King's Lynn
- 6:00pm
- £16 / Under 25s 50% off
- King's Lynn Festival
Location
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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