Brighton Early Music Festival tickets selling fast for 2026

Tickets for 2026 Festival events are selling fast. <i>(Image: Robert Piwko)</i>
Tickets for 2026 Festival events are selling fast. (Image: Robert Piwko)
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Tickets are selling fast for the Brighton Early Music Festival.

The Fairy Queen with the London Handel Players on October 9 is proving particularly popular.

The festival, running from October 2 to 25, promises a mix of performances, workshops and unique experiences.

Tickets for the festival's events can be booked at bremf.org.uk. 

Starting on September 19, the festival will offer free Polyphony Crawl performances around Brighton.

Other notable events include a choral workshop on Renaissance polyphony, an instrumental workshop and two half-day baroque dance workshops.

The festival will feature an Early Music Open Mic session with Emily Baines on October 1.

The Monteverdi String Band, BREMF Consort of Voices and The Royal Sackbut Collective will perform City of Dreams, a Renaissance Florentine extravaganza, on October 2.

October 3 will see Spiritato leading a baroque orchestral journey through the solar system and the OAE TOTS will present morning family concerts.

On October 4, Dream Lab will present three experimental projects with audience feedback sessions.

The festival will conclude on October 25 with a Coffee Morning Discussion with philosopher Philipp Blom and a community SongPath walk in Stanmer Park.

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