07 – 23 June 2024
The Aldeburgh Festival has been a pilgrimage for lovers of classical music and culture since 1948. Every June it brings together new commissions, world-premieres and international stars on the stretch of Suffolk Coast which so bewitched its founder, the composer Benjamin Britten.
In 2024, thousands of visitors enjoyed two weeks filled with a wide variety of exquisite performances, ground-breaking art and community events.
Watch our Aldeburgh Festival 2024 film:
Curlew River
Tenebrae
Mystic Ritual
Sumidagawa
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An official history of the Aldeburgh Festival
Dr Nicholas Clark, Librarian at The Red House, looks back on the history of the Aldeburgh Festival...
The Aldeburgh Festival Spirit
What makes a festival so magical? How can we enrich our musical life with a touch of this special formula? Britten Pears Arts' CEO, Roger Wright,…
Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts: Book covers
Explore the history of the Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts books. The
Something in the Water: Aldeburgh Festival moments that made it famous
Towering silent sentinels afloat on the Alde. Projections on a nuclear power station. Night walks and alfresco piano recitals at dawn. Aldeburgh…
Archive Treasures: The first Aldeburgh Festival Executive Committee minute book
Britten, Pears and writer and producer Eric Crozier first discussed the idea of holding a festival in Aldeburgh in Summer 1947 while touring abroad…