What's on | Aldeburgh Festival additions

This year’s Aldeburgh Festival is enhanced with a number of additional events including Allan Clayton’s sound installation at Iken Church, newly announced Red House Recitals, a new Sarah Lucas exhibition, and an organ recital at Orford Church.

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Exhibition

Sarah Lucas: Champagne Maradona

Sarah Lucas returns to Snape Maltings with Champagne Maradona.

Dovecote Studio, Snape Maltings

13 Jun – 29 Jun 2025

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Allan Clayton: Cycle for Declamation

An extraordinary pre-recorded sound installation of tenor Allan Clayton’s interpretation of Priaulx Rainier’s Cycle for Declamation: a solo song cycle with text by the metaphysical poet John Donne.

Iken Church

Friday 13 – Sunday 29 June

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Aldeburgh Festival: Visual Art Open Day

Discover this years Festival exhibitions by The Singh Twins, Francis Newton Souza, Julian Perry and newly announced Sarah Lucas.

Snape Maltings

Saturday 14 June | 2:00pm

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Music To Die For

Join Dr Hazel Harrison and Phillipa Anders, alongside pianist George Fu, for an intimate event exploring the deep connection between music and grief.

Library, The Red House, Aldeburgh

Saturday 14 June | 2:00pm

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Catherine Ennis Memorial Recital: Francesca Massey

Spectacular sounds on the splendid organ at Orford Church as top organist Francesca Massey gives a recital with music by Mozart, Bach, and Cecilia McDowall.

Orford Church

Tuesday 17 June | 11:00am

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Man with blond hair wearing a dark suit and holding a French horn, standing in a quaint city lane.

Red House Recital: Ben Goldscheider and Huw Watkins

A special chamber-music recital that combines a world premiere with classics by Schumann and Beethoven, in the company of one of the world’s finest exponents of the French horn.

Library, The Red House, Aldeburgh

Monday 23 June | 11:00am

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Stevie Wishart: The Foliate Bosses

The composer and hurdy-gurdy player Stevie Wishart gives a live performance of her new work, commissioned to accompany Julian Perry’s major exhibition, The Foliate Bosses.

Building 7, Snape Maltings

Monday 23 June

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dining table and chairs on terrace with sea view in the background.

Aldeburgh Festival Social

Reviving a Festival tradition, audiences, artists and staff alike are invited to come together at The Suffolk’s rooftop bar to have a drink, mingle and celebrate our Festival community.

The Suffolk, Aldeburgh