Early Music Events in the South West
This list mainly comprises SWEMF events and local concerts, plus some local workshops by other organisers.
For a more complete list of national workshops, courses, festivals etc. (including those organised by SWEMF, other Early Music Fora, and other organisations) please see the Early Music Diary website.
From Cloister to Court, with Musicke in the Ayre
Music by women of earlier times, from Hildegard to Strozzi
St John the Baptist, Mildenhall, Marlborough SN8 2LU
BEMP - The Earthquake Mass
Antoine Brumel’s twelve-part Earthquake Mass "Et ecce terrae motus" alongside lovely works by selected C15/16 contemporaries including Praetorius, Gibbons and Lassus
Church of St John the Baptist, Wellington TA21 8QY
Bristol Early Music Festival
Bristol's Early Music Festival, with concerts, exhibits, workshops, and more...
All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol
Lute Songs with Emma Kirkby
Join Dame Emma Kirkby, Florian Franke and Sam Brown for an immersive exploration of lute songs from around 1600 in Northern Europe
Hawkwood, Painswick Old Road, Stroud, GL6 7QW
Dorset Bach Cantata Club
Non-residential study weekend directed by Philip Walsh
D’Urberville Centre, Wool BH20 6DL
Before the Guillotine
Dialogue Viols, Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Peter Wendland celebrating the music of pre-Revolutionary France with Lynda Sayce, theorbo and Ibi Aziz, viol
All Saints' Church, Culmstock EX153JD
I Fagiolini: We're not dead yet
I Fagiolini celebrates its 40th birthday with 'the best music it knows' from 16th century marvels to music written for them.
The Priory Church of Lady St Mary, 18 Church St, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4ND
Parnassus Ensemble: 3in1 – A Triadic Reflection
A collaboration between Parnassus and the artist Jérémie Queyras in a performance of three settings of Martin Luther’s hymn Christ Lag in Todes Banden by Pachelbel, Kuhnau and J.S. Bach with visual artistic responses.
The Priory Church of Lady St Mary, 18 Church St, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4ND
Workshop for voices and instruments, with Peter Wendland
Polychoral Music from Germany for voices and instruments
Seavington Millennium Hall, Seavington, Ilminster, Somerset. TA19 0QH
Fieri Consort: Freeing the Muse
A celebration of 16th-century Italian female creativity
The Priory Church of Lady St Mary, 18 Church St, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4ND
Toby Carr: Softest Thunder
lute recital and album launch
The Priory Church of Lady St Mary, 18 Church St, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4ND
The Whispering Dome
An immersive multimedia concert featuring medieval European to North and West African music
The Mowlem, Shore Rd, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 1DD
Bach: Music for Solo Violin
Join Dominika Fehér for an evening of virtuosic brilliance as she perform Bach's music for the Solo Violin.
Clifton Cathedral
Secret Bach by Moonlight
Join acclaimed organist, Richard Moore (Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford), as he explores the music of the North German school that inspired the young J. S. Bach.
Clifton Cathedral
The Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Exeter
A programme exploring majestic music from the Spanish Renaissance alongside spellbinding works from James MacMillan and Kerensa Briggs.
Exeter Cathedral
Stile Antico: Polyphonic Postcards
Join world renowned vocal ensemble, Stile Antico, for a journey across Renaissance Europe. Stunning polyphony from Rome, Paris, Lisbon, Seville and Munich and more...
Clifton Cathedral
The Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Truro
A programme exploring majestic music from the Spanish Renaissance alongside spellbinding works from James MacMillan and Kerensa Briggs.
Truro Cathedral
Heavenly Harmony
Bournemouth Bach Choir and Orchestra present ‘Heavenly Harmony’: sublime music by Handel including the Coronation Anthems
Romsey Abbey
Workshop for singers, with Katy Silverman
Vocal music by Edmund Hooper and John Sheppard
St Cuthbert’s Church, Wells BA5 2AW
Festa Veneziana! Cantores with His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Step into the splendour of Renaissance Venice with FESTA VENEZIANA!
St John the Baptist Church, 6 West Market Place, Cirencester, Glos GL7 2NH
Workshop for voices and instruments, with Clare Griffel
Secular music by Tudor composers
Wembury Village Hall, Plymouth. PL9 0LF
The Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Tewkesbury
A programme exploring majestic music from the Spanish Renaissance alongside spellbinding works from James MacMillan and Kerensa Briggs.
Tewkesbury Abbey, Church Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 5RZ
Workshop for voices and instruments, with Mark Wilson
Vocal and instrumental workshop
St John’s Church, Keynsham, BS31 2BL
Workshop for Voices and Instruments, with Andrea Brown
Vocal and instrumental workshop - tba
Hambridge Village Hall, TA10 0AZ
Workshop for Voices and Instruments with Huw Morgan
Tomás Luis de Victoria
St Mary's Church, Yatton, BS49 4HH