You can view all early music events (Concerts, Courses, EMF Workshops, Festivals and Other Workshops) in the Google Calendar below. To view individual calendars, click on Select calendar on the right hand side. The Calendar is best viewed in landscape mode on phones and tablets.
You can also view listings by month in table format below.
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All calendar entries are accurate to the best of our knowledge, but please do check with the event organisers for further information. For UK-wide early music events, visit Early Music Diary and Continuo Connect. For links to other Early Music Fora, summer schools, festivals, performers and other resources, visit our Links page.
Please send details of all listings to our secretary, John Huthnance (jmh@noc.ac.uk). John actively researches workshops of contiguous EMFs (BMEMF, EMFScotland, MEMF, NEEMF), Benslow, Jackdaws, Lacock, Rondo & West Dean. He does not actively research concerts, relying on members or organisers to submit details for inclusion.
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May 2026
| 1-3 | Benslow Gregorian Chant: The Joy of Singing with John Rowlands-Pritchard, Benslow Music, Benslow Ln, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 1-3 | Benslow Baroque Solo Sonatas: Melody and Continuo with Naomi Burrell, Gavin Kibble, and Satoko Doi-Luck, Benslow Music, Benslow Ln, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 1-4 | Crickhowell Music Festival 2026 |
| 2 | MEMF Workshop for voices and instruments !A la Batalla! with a Victoria Mass, led by Greg Skidmore and Sue Addison, Swallowbeck Methodist Church, 472 Newark Rd, North Hykeham, Lincoln, LN6 8RZ |
| 3 | 9am Communion Service (CoE) Trabaci O sacrum convivium, Victoria Missa Alma redemptoris mater, & Missa O quam gloriosum St James Church, Stenner Ln, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2RQ |
| 3 | 11am Communion Service (RC) Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi munera, Lassus Jubilate Deo, MacMillan Serenity, Holy Name Church, 339 Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PG |
| 3-8 | Lacock Stirling Music Party 2026 with Rory McCleery Church of the Holy Rude, St John St, Stirling FK8 1ED, UK |
| 4 | NEEMF Performing Day at Richmond Mayfest |
| 8 | 7.30pm Gareth Davies-Jones A Troubadour Journey: Lindisfarne to Durham St Michael and All Angels Church, Middlewich, 28 Hightown, Middlewich CW10 9AN |
| 8 | 7.30pm Cantorelli Springtime Concert Motets by Bach, Byrd & Purcell, Songs by Pearsall, Moeran, Saint-Saens, Vaughan Williams & Britten Saint James the Great Church, 4 Church Lane, Hebden Bridge HX7 6DS |
| 8-10 | Bristol Early Music Festival |
| 8-10 | Country Choral Weekend with Rory Wainwright Johnston for upper voices (SSA/SSAA) limited to 18 singers, High Trenhouse – Residential Training & Retreat Centre, High Trenhouse, Malham Moor, Settle BD24 9PR |
| 8-10 | Halsway Manor Playford Assembly (Dance) National Centre for Folk Arts, Halsway Ln, Crowcombe, Taunton TA4 4BD |
| 8-10 | Hawkwood College Lute Songs from England, France and Germany Tutors: Emma Kirkby, Florian Franke & Sam Brown, Hawkwood, Painswick Old Rd, Stroud GL6 7QW |
| 9 | 9.30am-1pm Come and Sing with the Diocese of Manchester Choral Scholars, directed by Harry Mobbs Music by Haydn, Rutter, Greene and Demore Saint Ann’s Church, St Ann St, Manchester M2 7LF |
| 9 | 9.30am-6pm Come and Sing with Macclesfield Oriana Choir Vivald’s Gloria & Faure’s Requiem Macclesfield Methodist Church, Westminster Road, Macclesfield SK10 1BX |
| 9 | 4.30pm St Peter’s Singers of Leeds Timeless Voices, Heavenly Echoes St John The Evangelist’s Church, New Briggate, 23 New Briggate, Leeds LS2 8JD |
| 9-10 | Dorset Bach Cantata Club (BWV 36: Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 45: Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist) |
| 10 | 11am Communion Service (RC) Carlos Patiño Missa In Devotione, J G de Padilla Deus in adiutorium meum intende, Byrd Non vos relinquam orphanos, Christoph Straus O sacrum convivium Holy Name Church, 339 Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PG |
| 10 | 2pm Vale of Clywd Singers Mostly Mozart St. Michaels Church, Caerwys, Mold CH7 5BH |
| 10 | 3pm Students of Chetham’s School of Music Music by Bach, Jim Parker, Maxwell-Davies, Grieg, Haydn, Mozart, Barber, Saint-Saens, Chopin St Michael, Bury and Rochdale Old Rd, Heywood OL10 4BB |
| 11-14 | Rondo Viol Academy (Upper Intermediate) with Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder Shepherds Dene Retreat House, Riding Mill, Northumberland NE44 6AF |
| 11-23 | Chipping Camden Musical Festival |
| 14-17 | Le Chant de Oyseaux Franco-Flemish Renaissance music for Holy Week directed by Franck Pellé-Rolland, Alix (Beaujolais), France |
| 15 | 7.30pm The Mancunium Consort A New Light based on their debut album with some of the finest Renaissance treasures (Silverdale Renaissance) St Johns Church, Silverdale, Carnforth LA5 0RN |
| 15-17 | Fairest Isle Festival – Early Music extravaganza on the Isle of Wight |
| 16 | NWEMF Workshop for Voices & Strings, etc Vivaldi’s Gloria led by Ben England, Wilmslow United Reform Church, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow SK9 1PR |
| 16 | 9.30am-4pm Tatton Singers’ Singing Day Highlights from JS Bach’s B Minor Mass St John’s Parish Church, Church Hill, Knutsford WA16 6DH |
| 16 | 1.45pm The Ignatius Singers Lunchtime Concert (part of the WACIDOM concert series) featuring works by Bruckner, Duruflé, Harris, Mendelssohn, Palestrina and more Holy Trinity C of E Church, Market Gate, Sankey St, Warrington WA1 1XG |
| 16 | 7.30pm Manchester Baroque and The Ebor Singers Handel’s Dixit Dominus York Minster, Deangate, York YO1 7HH |
| 16 | 7.30pm The Lyons Mouth Winged Voices St. Mary’s Church, Church St, Wooler NE71 6DA |
| 16 | 7.30pm Cappella Newcastle A Spring Garland of Loves, Losses & Laments – with works by Cornysh, Dowland, Farmer, Gesualdo, Hilton, Morley, Monteverdi, Palestrina, Vautor, Vecchi and Weelkes Jesmond United Reformed Church, Burdon Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3AE |
| 16 | 7.30pm Kendal South Choir Haydn: The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten) Holy Trinity Kendal Parish Church, Kirkland, Kendal LA9 5AF |
| 17-22 | Cambridge Woodwind Makers Recorder Making with Tim Cranmore 6 Lintech Ct, Linton, Cambridge CB21 4XN |
| 22-24 | Beverley Early Music Festival |
| 23 May-7 June | Purbeck Art Weeks Festival 2026 Dorset |
| 23 | NEEMF Workshop for Voices & Instruments La Fèsta de ƚa Sènsa: Venetian Music for Ascension led by Andrew Griffiths, Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York YO23 1BS |
| 23 | 3pm Edward Foster Renaissance Lute Concert Music of Dowland & da Milano St Edmund’s Church, Edmund St, Rochdale OL12 6QN |
| 23 | 7.30pm The Telling Purcell The Musical Hallé St Peter’s, 40 Blossom St, Ancoats, Manchester M4 6BF |
| 23 | 7.30pm The Tallis Scholars – Music by Gabrieli, Victoria, Tallis, Guerrero and Pärt Beverley Minster, 38 Highgate, Beverley HU17 0DN |
| 23 | 7.30pm Chester Music Society Favourite Sacred Choruses (with music by Handel, Bach, Purcell, Lotti, Vivaldi, Haydn, etc) Chester Cathedral, St Werburgh St, Chester CH1 2DY |
| 24-29 | Halsway Manor Voices, Viols & Recorders Association Halsway Manor – National Centre for Folk Arts, Halsway Ln, Crowcombe, Taunton TA4 4BD |
| 26 | 9am-4.30pm Choir of the Earth Come and Sing A Cappella Wonders (including Allegri’s Misereri, Tallis If ye love me) St Olave’s Church, Marygate, York YO30 7DR |
| 27-29 | Recorder Players’ Workshop II with Mary Tyers Parcevall Hall Gardens, Skyreholme, Skipton BD23 6DE |
| 28 | 9am-4.30pm Choir of the Earth Come and Sing A Cappella Wonders (including Allegri’s Misereri, Tallis If ye love me) The Church of the Ascension, Warren Ln, Woolston, Warrington WA1 4ES |
| 29 | 7pm Manchester Baroque and The 24 Fireworks & Majesty – Handel’s Coronation Anthems and Music for the Royal Fireworks Hallé St Peter’s, 40 Blossom Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 6BF |
| 29-31 | Saltaire Recorder Weekend 2026 (The Early Music Shop) Titus Salt School, Higher Coach Road, Baildon, Shipley BD17 5RH |
| 30 | BMEMF Workshop for Singers Faith as Treason – music by Byrd, Richard Dering, Philipe de Monte, John Dowland with Emma Gibbons, The Great House, Clytha, near Abergavenny NP7 9BW |
| 30 | SWEMF Workshop for voices and instruments led by Peter Wendland, Seavington Millennium Hall, near Ilminster, Somerset TA19 0QH |
| 31 | 4pm Edward Foster Renaissance Lute Concert Music from 16th and early 17th century Europe The Pavilion, Sawley Rd, Grindleton, Clitheroe BB7 4QS |
| 31 | 5pm Leeds Baroque Choir & Viol Consort For Voyces and Viols: Orlando Gibbons, John Dowland and their Contemporaries St. Andrew’s Church, Kirkgate, Kildwick, Keighley BD20 9BB |
| 31 | 6.30pm Liverpool Bach Collective Cantata 129: Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott Saint Philip Neri Church, 30 Catharine St, Liverpool L8 7NL |
| 31 May – 6 June | Lacock Monteconero Music Party 2026 directed by Rory Wainwright Johnston |
June 2026
| 1-4 | Benslow Renaissance Polyphony with Jeremy West, Gareth Wilson, Benslow Music, Benslow Ln, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 6 | NEEMF Workshop for Voices & Instruments Missa Laetatus Sum by Tomás Luis de Victoria led by Deborah Catterall, Calcutt & Forest Moor Village Hall, Calcutt, Knaresborough HG5 8JF |
| 6 | Come and Sing Vivaldi’s Gloria, with Preston Orpheus Choir St Leonards C Of E Church, Marshalls Brow, Penwortham, Preston PR1 9JA |
| 6 | The Clifford Consort (Part of the Lady Anne Clifford 350 Festival); Lady Anne 350 – A Musical Picture, a theatrical concert fusing dramatic scenes from Lady Anne’s life with music of the period. Abbot Hall, Kirkland, Kendal LA9 5AL |
| 6 | 7pm Lancaster Singers From Baroque to Bebop St Oswald’s Church, Church Stile, Grasmere, Ambleside LA22 9SW |
| 6 | 7.30pm Manchester Baroque Intimate Notes – solo and ensemble pieces for oboe, flute, violin, cello and harpsichord Saint Ann’s Church, St Ann St, Manchester M2 7LF |
| 6 | 7.30pm Voces Pulchrae Regnum Caelorum: Voices from the Medieval and Renaissance Church St Michael and All Angels Parish Church, St Michaels Ave, Bramhall, Stockport SK7 2PG |
| 6 | 7.30pm Manchester Chamber Choir Sounds of Heaven – Choral music including Charles Wood’s “Hail Gladdening Light”, Benjamin Britten’s cantata “Rejoice in the Lamb” in addition to works by Jonathan Dove, Hildegard von Bingen, C.V. Stanford, Guerrero, Lauridsen and others Bolton Parish Church, Silverwell St, Bolton BL1 1PS |
| 6-13 | Lacock Music at Monteconero 2026 directed by Eamonn Dougan |
| 7 | 3pm Lancaster Singers From Baroque to Bebop St Paul’s Church, Scotforth, Scotforth Rd, Lancaster LA1 4ST |
| 8 | 6pm Guy James of The Gesualdo Six Guy James details how The Gesualdo Six investigate interacting traditions across renaissance Europe in their programming, and how their new Emerging Ensembles scheme explores what it means today to be a ‘early musician’ in areas such as research, collaboration and vocal technique. Free to attend, book online. The National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, 88-96 Walmgate, York YO1 9TL |
| 12 | 1.30-6pm Come and Sing Ignatius Singers I was glad: a choral tapestry with works by Parry, Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Faure and Handel Holy Name Church, 339 Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PG (registration form here) |
| 13 | NWEMF Workshop for Voices & Instruments The Polychoral Music of Heinrich Schütz and his contemporaries led by Peter Wendland, St Martin’s Chapel, University of Cumbria, Bowerham Road, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 3JD |
| 13 | EMF Scotland Choral Workshop with David Allinson, Inverleith St Serf’s Parish Church, 280 Ferry Road, Edinburgh, EH5 3NP |
| 13 | 7.30pm Pro Nobis Singers with the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Director Gawain Glenton Treasures of the Spanish Renaissance (including Joan Cererols’ Missa de Batalla, Victoria’s Magnificent Sexti toni, and hymns and motets by Guerrero, Lobo, Vivanco and Esquivel The Parish Church of Saint George, Castle St, Kendal LA9 7AS |
| 13 | 7.30pm Liverpool Welsh Choral Society Gloria! (Vivaldi’s Gloria and music by Stainer, Parry, Handel and Pergolesi) St Andrews West Kirby, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 5DN |
| 13 | 7.30pm Trio Sonoro The Time Traveller’s Pilgrimage Deborah Catterall, Richard MacKenzie and Gareth Glyn Roberts perform music by Kassiani via Hildegard von Bingen to Dowland, Pilkington and Kapsperger, St Asaph Cathedral, 25 High St, Saint Asaph LL17 0RD Free charity concert to raise funds for St Asaph |
| 15-18 | Benslow Baroque Orchestra, with Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Claire Williams, Benslow Music, Benslow Ln, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 19-22 | Benslow Summer Viols (3 night option) with Ibi Aziz, Alison Kinder, Alison Crum and Peter Wendland, Benslow Lane, Benslow Lane, Hitchin SG4 |
| 19-28 | Stour Music – Festival Early Music in East Kent |
| 20 | MEMF Workshop for voices and instruments The Colossal Baroque with Dr Stephen Bullamore (A=440), St Mary Magdalene Church, Church Walk, Newark NG24 1JS |
| 20 | SWEMF Workshop for singers Vocal music by Edmund Hooper and his contemporaries led by Katy Silverman, St Cuthbert’s Church, Wells BA5 2AW |
| 20 | 11am-4pm Come and Sing – Haydn and Friends with Tim Knights St Lawrence’s Church, Boroughgate, Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6QN |
| 21 | 6.30pm Liverpool Bach Collective Cantata 30: Freue dich, erlöste Schar The Church of Our Lady & St Joseph, 1 West Street, Prescot, L34 1LE |
| 21 | 7.30pm Sale Choral Society A Selection of Choral Favourites St George’s Church, Church Walk, Altrincham WA14 4DB |
| 27 | 5 from 500 Choral Day Light Beyond the Veil (music by Taverner, Phillips, Lotti, Bruckner and McMillan) directed by Martin Lightowler, Wesley Hall, Crookes, Sheffield S10 1UD |
| 28 | 3pm Leeds Baroque Choir & Orchestra Masques and Triumphs -Music for the English Restoration Theatre The Old Woollen, Sunny Bank Mills LS28 5UJ |
July 2026
| 1-5 | Run by Singers The Glory of Venice – music by Adrianus Willaert with David Skinner, Venice |
| 3-11 | York Early Music Festival |
| 4-11 | Le Chant de Oyseaux Music in Spain during the Renaissance and today for female voices, directed by Franck Pellé-Rolland, Arradon, Brittany, France |
| 4 | BMEMF Workshop for singers and instrumentalists Misery with David Hatcher, Bishopswood Village Hall, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5QT |
| 4 | 7.30pm The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage York Minster, Deangate, York YO1 7HH |
| 5-10 | Lacock Ludlow Summer School 2026 with Bill Carslake, St Laurence’s Church, 2 College St, Ludlow SY8 1AN |
| 6-12 | Chalemie Summer School Uppingham School, High St W, Uppingham, Oakham LE15 9QE |
| 10 | 6pm The Dunedin Consort Welcome to All the Pleasures: Music by Purcell, Blow, Croft & Hall All Saints’ Church, Helmsley, Church St, Helmsley, York YO62 5AD |
| 10 | 7pm Voci Choir with members of the Academy of Ancient Music Handel’s Dixit Dominus St Saeran’s Church, Llanynys, Ruthin LL16 4PA |
| 10-12 | Country Choral Weekend Early Music Workshop for SATB with Rory Wainwright Johnstone limited to 18 singers, High Trenhouse – Residential Training & Retreat Centre, High Trenhouse, Malham Moor, Settle BD24 9PR |
| 12-18 | Le Chant de Oyseaux Claudio Monteverdi Messa a quattro voci da Cappella for mixed choir, directed by Franck Pellé-Rolland, Arradon, Brittany, France |
| 14 | 3pm The Gesualdo Six Wishing Tree: A Choral Journey I St Lawrence Parish Church, York, New, Lawrence St, York YO10 3WP |
| 14 | 9.30pm The Gesualdo Six Nachtmusick: A Choral Journey II St Peters Church Norton, Langton Rd, Norton, Malton YO17 9AE |
| 15 | 3pm The Gesualdo Six English Motets: A Choral Journey III Bridlington Priory, Church, The Bolt, Bridlington YO16 7BN |
| 16 | 3pm The Gesualdo Six Radiant Dawn: A Choral Journey IV St Mary’s Church, Station Road, Richmond, DL10 7AQ |
| 17 | 2pm The Lyons Mouth Winged Spirit Bettws Penpont Church, Penpont, Brecon LD3 8EU |
| 18 | NEEMF Workshop for voices and instruments Praise and Prayer: Music by Palestrina, Hassler & Cipriano de Rore led by Ali Kinder, St Francis Church Hall, Newcastle NE7 7QH |
| 18 | SWEMF Workshop for voices and instruments Secular music by Tudor composers with Clare Griffel, Wembury Village Hall, 19 Barton Close, Wembury, Plymouth PL9 0L |
| 18 | Singers of Note 25th Annual Workshop Director: Martin Westhorpe, St. Bartholomew, Church St, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2BG |
| 18 | 11am Novo Quartet Haydn String Quartet in G & Nielsen String Quartet no.3 in E-flat All Saints’ Church : Slingsby, Church Ln, Slingsby, York YO62 4AD |
| 18 | 7.30pm Manchester Baroque ‘Musick’ in Manchester 1744/45 Hallé St Peter’s, 40 Blossom St, Ancoats, Manchester M4 6BF |
| 18 | 10pm Dowland’s Foundry Unquiet Thoughts I – The First Book of Songs (1597) St Gregory’s Minster : Kirkdale, Kirkdale, York YO62 7TZ |
| 19-24 | Beauchamp Early Music Summer School with David Allinson and David Hatcher, Malvern College, College Rd, Great Malvern, Malvern WR14 3DF |
| 19-26 | Cambridge Early Music Renaissance Summer School Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 20 | 11am Dowland’s Foundry Unquiet Thoughts II – The First Book of Songs (1597) All Saints’ Parish Church, High Street, Northallerton DL7 8DJ |
| 23-26 | Dowland 400 Festival, Norwich |
| 24 | 3pm In Echo with Gawain Glenton The Salt Road: Music by Bach, Buxtehude, Schütz and others Church of Christ the Consoler, Newby Hall, Skelton-on-Ure, Ripon HG4 5AE |
| 24-26 | Gesualdo Six Renaissance Music Weekend Featured composers include Tallis, Byrd, Aleotti, Casulana, and Gibbons (maximum 50 places) St Gabriel’s, Pimlico, Warwick Square, Pimlico, London SW1V 2AD |
| 26 July-2 Aug | Cambridge Early Music Baroque Summer School Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 31 | 7.30pm Brecon Baroque with Rachel Podger The Four Seasons – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Bach’s Art of Fugue The Coro, County Square, Ulverston LA12 7LZ (part of the Lake District Music Summer Festival) |
August 2026
| 1-8 | NORVIS Early Music Summer School 2026 Barnard Castle School, Newgate, Barnard Castle DL12 8UN |
| 2-9 | Run by Singers Assisi Summer School with Patrick Craig |
| 3-10 | Recorder Summer School Bishop Burton College, York Rd, Bishop Burton, Beverley HU17 8QG |
| 6 | 11am Flutes & Frets @ Brentwood 1 Instrumental music from the English Renaissance Brantwood, Coniston LA21 8AD (part of the Lake District Music Summer Festival) |
| 6 | 2pm Flutes & Frets @ Brentwood 2 Instrumental Italian music by Piacenza, Milano, Palestrina, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Matteis, Rossini, Paganini and others Brantwood, Coniston LA21 8AD (part of the Lake District Music Summer Festival) |
| 7-10 | Benslow Baroque Buffet Tutors: Julia Bishop, Sophie Middleditch, David Pollock, Benslow Music, Benslow Ln, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 8-14 | Higham Hall Early Music Summer School Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth CA13 9SH |
| 8-15 | Le Chant de Oyseaux German Music from the 18th century – six motets by Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785), directed by Franck Pellé-Rolland, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 10-14 | Cambridge Woodwind Makers Recorder making with Jacqueline Sorel Cambridge Makers, 6 Lintech Ct, Linton, Cambridge CB21 4XN |
| 11-15 | Run by Singers Lincoln Summer Schools Directed by Rory McCleery and Matt Finch, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS |
| 15-22 | Irish Recorder & Viol Course An Grianán Termonfechin, County Louth |
| 16-23 | Baroque Week Northward Bound: A Musical Voyage around Northern Europe and the Baltics Queen Anne’s School, 6 Henley Rd, Reading RG4 6DX |
| 17-21 | HISS (Historically Informed Summer School) Bishop Burton College, York Rd, Bishop Burton, Beverley HU17 8QG |
| 30 Aug-5 Sept | Lacock Gourdon en Quercy Music Party 2026 Directed by Eamonn Dougan |
September 2026
| 8-13 | Cambridge Woodwind Makers Baroque Oboe Making with Paul van der Linden Cambridge Makers, 6 Lintech Ct, Linton, Cambridge CB21 4XN |
| 10-13 | Benslow Part Songs and Madrigals with Simon Gregory & James Oldfield Benslow Music, Benslow Ln, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 11-13 | Recorders at Rydal Intermediate (Upper & Lower) Rydal Hall Ltd, Rydal Hall, Rydal, Ambleside LA22 9LX |
| 11-13 | Country Choral Weekend for SATB with Rory Wainwright Johnston limited to 18 singers, High Trenhouse – Residential Training & Retreat Centre, High Trenhouse, Malham Moor, Settle BD24 9PR. |
| 12 | NWEMF Workshop for Voices & Instruments Renaissance ‘Back-to-School’ – Music for Learning & Scholarship led by Stephanie Dyer, All Saints Church Parish Centre, Vicarage Road, Hoole, Chester CH2 3HZ |
| 12 | MEMF Workshop for Voices & Instruments with Mark Wilson, Stafford (venue TBC) |
| 18-20 | Higham Hall Advanced Recorders one-to-a-part with tutor Annemarie Klein, Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth CA13 9SH |
| 20-23 | Rondo Viol Academy Intermediate & Upper Intermediate St. Katharine’s Retreat House, Parmoor, Parmoor Ln, Frieth, Henley-on-Thames RG9 6NN |
| 20-24 | Come & Sing Bach in Leipzig including Bach’s Cantata 140 Wachet auf, Cantata 147, Magnificat in D major Directed by Ben England, Choir of the Earth |
| 20-25 | Lacock Music of the Netherlands in Tenby 2026 Directed by Patrick Allies |
| 20-25 | Halsway Manor Voices, Viols & Recorders Association Halsway Manor – National Centre for Folk Arts, Halsway Ln, Crowcombe, Taunton TA4 4BD |
| 20-27 | Run by Singers A week in Salamanca directed by Patrick Craig |
| 26 | BMEMF Workshop for singers Saints and Angels with music by Victoria, Sweelinck, Weelkes and Philips, led by Simon Harper, The Bishop’s Palace, Hereford HR4 9BL |
| 26 | SWEMF Workshop for voices and instruments Polychoral Pentecost – music by Tiburtino Massaiano, Guilio Romero and others led by Mark Wilson, St John’s Church, Keynsham, BS31 2BL |
| 26 | 11-4pm Medieval Faire Chetham’s Library, Long Millgate, Manchester M3 1SB |
| 27 | 3pm Leeds Baroque Choir & Orchestra Masques and Triumphs -Music for the English Restoration Theatre Temple Newsam Rd, Leeds LS15 0AE |
| 28 Sept-2 Oct | Early Music in the Marches Renaissance Viol & Recorder Course Tutors: David Hatcher and Alison Kinder, Holland House, Main St, Cropthorne, Pershore WR10 3NB |
October 2026
| 3 | 3pm Stile Antico Polyphonic Postcards Church of St Mary the Virgin, The Rock, Bury BL9 0AH |
| 9-11 | Benslow Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble Tutor: Jeremy West Benslow Music, Benslow Ln, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 9-11 | Jackdaws Singing Baroque: From Monteverdi to Bach Tutor: Jonathan Peter Kenny, Jackdaws Music Education Trust, Great Elm, Frome BA11 3NY |
| 9-25 | BRIGHTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL |
| 10 | 7.30pm Trio Sonoro The Time Traveller’s Pilgrimage Deborah Catterall, Richard MacKenzie and Gareth Glyn Roberts perform music by Kassiani via Hildegard von Bingen to Dowland, Pilkington and Kapsperger, Middlewich Community Centre, Community Centre, St Anns Walk, Middlewich CW10 9BE |
| 11-13 | MEDIEVAL MUSIC IN THE DALES 2026 |
| 16 | 7.30pm The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage Music from the Spanish Renaissance and others Hexham Abbey, 150 Beaumont St, Hexham NE46 3NB |
| 17 | 3pm The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage Music from the Spanish Renaissance and others Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, Edinburgh EH1 2QQ |
| 17 | NWEMF Workshop for Instruments Music from the Odhecaton led by Lizzie Gutteridge, Bolton Parish Church Hall, Churchgate, Bolton, BL1 1PS |
| 17 | TVEMF/EEMF Workshop for voices and instruments Large-scale music by Hassler led by Gawain Glenton, Waltham Abbey |
| 18 | The Sixteen – Choral Workshop for Wellbeing directed by Eamonn Dougan, Greyfriars Charteris Centre, 138-140 Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9RR |
| 18-23 | Lacock Ferrara Music Party 2026 Directed by Patrick Craig |
| 20-22 | Recorders at Rydal Hall – Advanced Rydal Hall Ltd, Rydal Hall, Rydal, Ambleside LA22 9LX |
| 23-26 | Benslow Baroque Trio Sonatas with ZAREKTrio Tutors: Rebecca Harris, Oliver John Ruthven, Jan Zahourek, ZAREKTrio, Benslow Ln, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 26-30 | Choir of the Earth – Come And Sing Bach In Leipzig 2 Directed by Ben England, St. Nicholas Church, Nikolaikirchhof 3, 04109 Leipzig, Germany |
| 24 | SWEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments led by Andrea Brown (topic TBC), Hambridge & Westport Village Hall, Hambridge, Langport TA10 0AZ |
| 26-30 | Cambridge Woodwind Makers Recorder making with Tim Cranmore Cambridge Makers, 6 Lintech Ct, Linton, Cambridge CB21 4XN |
| 29 Oct-1 Nov | Rondo Viol Academy Preformed Consorts Foxhill House and Woodlands, Tarvin Road, Frodsham WA6 6XB |
November 2026
| 2-6 | Halsway Manor Recorders for All Halsway Manor – National Centre for Folk Arts, Halsway Ln, Crowcombe, Taunton TA4 4BD |
| 2-8 | Cambridge Woodwind Makers Chalumeau Making with Guy Cowley & Daniel Bangham, Cambridge Makers, 6 Lintech Ct, Linton, Cambridge CB21 4XN |
| 9-12 | Benslow Seventeenth-century Strings Tutor: Oliver Webber Benslow Music, Benslow Ln, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 11-14 | LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, SE3 9RQ |
| 15 | 3pm Leeds Baroque Choir & Orchestra Music for State Occasions: Locke, Blow, Purcell, Croft, Boyce and Handel Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Woodhouse, Leeds LS2 3AR |
| 15-17 | Higham Hall Viol Consort Playing with Elizabeth Dodd Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth CA13 9SH |
| 19-22 | Benslow Consorted Viols (2- and 3-night options) Benslow Music, Benslow Ln, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 21 | NWEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments 1535 – a year in the life of Pierre Attaingnant led by Peter Syrus, St Agnes & St Pancras Church, Toxteth Park, Ullet Road, Liverpool L17 3AS |
| 21 | SWEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments Tomás Luis de Victoria led by Huw Morgan, St Mary’s Church, Church Rd, Yatton, Bristol BS49 4HH |
| 23-25 | Benslow Recorder Festival Tutors: Caoimhe de Paor, Caroline Jones, Alyson Lewin Benslow Music, Benslow Ln, Hitchin SG4 9RB |
| 23-27 | Halsway Page to Performance: Medieval Music with Mary Mohan, Jude Rees and Leah Stuttard Halsway Manor – National Centre for Folk Arts, Halsway Ln, Crowcombe, Taunton TA4 4BD |
| 28 | EEMF Workshop for Voices Advent Music led by David Allinson (venue TBC) |
| 28 | 7.30pm Voces Pulchrae Autumn Concert St Michael and All Angels Parish Church, St Michaels Ave, Bramhall, Stockport SK7 2PG |
December 2026
| 3 | 1pm Clare Wilkinson & Jacob Heringman Lunchtime Concert sponsored by NWEMF, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, The University of Manchester, Bridgeford St, Manchester M13 9PL |
| 4-6 | Parcevall Hall Recorder Players Workshop with Mary Tyers Parcevall Hall, Skipton BD23 6DG |
February 2027
| 5-7 | Jackdaws The City Musick with William Lyons & Richard Thomas Jackdaws Music Education Trust, Great Elm, Frome BA11 3NY |
| 27-28 | NWEMF 50th Anniversary Weekend Workshop for Voices and Instruments with David Allinson and Gawain Glenton, National Centre for Early Music, St Margarets Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL |
March 2027
| 12 | 7.30pm The Lyons Mouth Winged Voices The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St, Manchester M2 3WS |
| 13 | NWEMF Workshop for Instruments and Dancers Playing for Dance – Dances Through the Ages with Peter Barnard & Kate Billmore of de Mowbray’s Musicke |
| 20 | NWEMF Workshop for Instruments and Dancers Baroque Dance with Elizabeth Dodd |
April 2027
| 9-11 | Jackdaws Viol Consorts with members of Fretwork Jackdaws Music Education Trust, Great Elm, Frome BA11 3NY |
| 24 | Joint NWEMF/BMEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments with PhilipThorby |
May 2027
| 22 | NWEMF Workshop for Voices Consumed with Sorrow – the development of compositional styles across Burgundy, the Low Countries, Spain, Italy and England from the 1450s to the 1550s, featuring Robert White’s Lamentations with Angus Smith |
June 2027
| 19 | Joint NWEMF/NEEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments with Eamonn Dougan |
September 2027
| 11 | Joint NWEMF/Salford Cathedral Workshop for Voices and Instruments with Rory McCleery |
October 2027
| 16 | NWEMF Workshop for Voices ‘Veni, dilecte mi’: Intertwining the secular and sacred in music from the Song of Songs with Greg Skidmore |
