Salisbury Musick is a three day festival, celebrating early music.  We are delighted to be running our second festival from 2nd to 4th October, 2026.   As in the eighteenth century, when three day festivals of music were held annually in Salisbury to great acclaim, Salisbury Musick brings together local musicians and visiting experts to provide a wonderful range of concerts, talks and educational opportunities. 

We are delighted this year that our Patron, Margaret Faultless, will be giving one of our talks and Salisbury Cathedral will be including early music in their services on Sunday 4th October.   We have our first 'Festival walk' exploring some of the locations that were important in the musical history of Salisbury in the eighteenth century and are working with the Rifleman's Table on Friday and Saturday nights to offer a special package of two concerts and a meal.  Our local musicians are providing a feast of concerts with free entry in a range of venues in and around Salisbury and we have five concerts given by visiting experts, including welcoming John Reid (a previous organ scholar at the cathedral).  Our educational work continues, with workshops for string teachers and players and work with Salisbury Area Young Musicians.  Our gala concert will conclude the festival with a performance of Handel's Messiah, - one of the most frequently performed works here in the eighteenth century - featuring the Farrant Singers and Salisbury Baroque.  Full details are on the 'What's On' pages.   Priority booking for Friends opens on May 14th and general booking opens on June 1st.  For those who prefer to book in person, this will be available from Salisbury Information Centre from June 1st.  

   

None of this would be possible without the generous support of several organisations and individuals, both practically and financially. 

In particular this year we would like to thank our Principal Sponsor, On Foot Holidays. 

Additionally we would like to thank:

  

 

 

 

For further details about becoming a Volunteer, Friend or Sponsor, please see the relevant pages on the website. 

We  had some lovely feedback last year about the festival including:

The concerts were great, very well organized but all in a very relaxed way. I very much appreciated my decision to become a friend and get really good seats without having to get there early. The final concert was an absolute triumph. Magnificent, moving and tremendous fun. It was so good to see the professionals playing with the amateurs and our hosts during the weekend playing and enjoying themselves and the whole festival coming together, as it were. (Malcolm)

I thoroughly enjoyed the three concerts that I attended, Baroque and Roll, Festival Minstrels and The Leipzig Connection.  It introduced me to Baroque music and I would love to hear more in the future in Salisbury. (Sarah)

So consider the recesses of our souls deeply touched and our whole selves renewed and revitalised by your music making.  (Val and Tim)

We look forward to welcoming you in 2026!

         

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