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  • Come and Sing Fleetwood Mac!


    Everyone can sing, and everyone is welcome. Join us for an afternoon of anthems and bangers

    Saturday 29th June, 1:00pm (2024)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    Walking Tour: Delights of De Beauvoir


    A guided walk of Hackney's ‘Kingsland’ area

    Saturday 29th June, 10:00am (2024)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    Walking Tour: Treasure Island


    The Isle of Dogs' Hidden Gems

    Sunday 30th June, 1:00pm (2024)

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  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    Manchester Collective


    “The UK’s most innovative classical ensemble”
    - The Telegraph

    Sunday 30th June, 6:30pm (2024)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    The Gentle Author: Cries of London


    An early form of marketing jingle, London’s street traders have always had distinctive ‘cries’. The author of ‘Spitalfields Life’ blog tells us more…

    Tuesday 2nd July, 6:30pm (2024)

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  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    NMC Recordings at 35


    Happy Birthday NMC! A celebration of 35 years of award-winning recordings

    Wednesday 3rd July, 7:30pm (2024)

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  • London Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    Me Without You


    An unflinching, heartfelt and uplifting exploration of love, loss and survival

    Thursday 4th July, 7:00pm (2024)

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  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    Néfur: The Water, The Lover


    “A stunning voice that takes you to another dimension”
    - Eva Catalán, Islàndia - Rac 1

    Friday 5th July, 8:00pm (2024)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    Walking Tour: Memories of Old Poplar

    In Search of The Midwife, Dickens and a Few Sailors

    Saturday 6th July, 4:00pm (2024)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    Summer Serenade


    Stunning string music by the world-famous Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Saturday 6th July, 7:30pm (2024)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    Walking Tour: Brick Lane

    Where the World Comes to the East End

    Sunday 7th July, 11:00am (2024)

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  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    Autopsy of an Aberration


    Fantastical electronica from CHAINES and GBSR Duo

    Sunday 7th July, 4:00pm (2024)

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  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    Pierrot Lunaire


    The Hebrides Ensemble on playing the clown

    Tuesday 9th July, 7:30pm (2024)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    Sing Joyfully: Tudor and Jacobean Music for the Chapel Royal


    Step back in time to hear OG music in a Royal palace

    Wednesday 10th July, 7:00pm (2024)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2024

    27th June - 10th July (2024)

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  • Learning & Participation

    Trainee Music Leader Scheme

    September 2024 - July (2025)

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  • Protected: Come and Sing! – Download the score and listen to your part

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • 2024 Festival Programmes

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Learning & Participation

    Skills Lab Academy – Inclusive pedagogy and music technology


    Professional training for music leaders

    Wednesday 20th November, 10am-5pm (2024)

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  • Learning & Participation

    Skills Lab Academy – Repertoire as a Starting Point for Creative Music Making


    Professional training for music leaders

    Thursday 16th January 9:30am-4pm (2025)

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  • Creative Leadership

    Skills Lab: Exploring Co-creation with Streetwise Opera


    Develop your creative practice, learn new approaches and expand your network

    Thursday 28th May, 10am - 5pm

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  • Clare Taylor
    General Manager

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Michelle Hromin
    Fundraising Manager

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Performances

    A Ceremony of Carols


    Christmas at the Tower of London

    Saturday 7th December, 7pm (2024)

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  • Nick Addyman
    Chair of the Board

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Natalie Farrow

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Eleanor Clack

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Isabella Farrell

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Alissa Abena

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Pia Rose Scattergood

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Learning & Participation

    Unlock Your Potential
    with New Young Voice Collective x Spotlight


    Try out a session of NewYVC this February half term

    Tuesday 18th February, 3-4pm / 5-6pm (2025)

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  • Thank you for letting us know!

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Communities

    Transformative initiatives that empower communities

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  • London Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2025

    FitkinWall: Harpland


    The acclaimed harp and electronics show debuts in London

    Tuesday 8th July, 7pm (2025)

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  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2025

    Consone Quartet


    Musical lineages converge in a programme for String Quartet

    Friday 4th July, 7pm (2025)

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  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2025

    Ben Goldscheider: Cornucopia


    From classic to contemporary - a masterclass in horn music

    Thursday 3rd July, 7pm (2025)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2025

    The Primary Big Sing


    300 children come together in song

    Monday 7th July, 12pm (2025)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2025

    Royal Academy of Music Schools Tour


    Our Neighbourhood Schools receive visits from the Royal Academy of Music

    (2025)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2025, Walking Tours 2025

    Walking Tour: Charles Booth’s Victorian Whitechapel


    Step into a century-old vision of East London

    Saturday 5th July, 11am (2025)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2025

    The Choir of the Chapels Royal, HM Tower of London


    Messiaen and Palestrina's masses intertwine

    Wednesday 9th July, 7pm (2025)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2025

    Cover Her


    A fusion of artforms exploring female identity and emancipation

    Monday 7th July, 7pm (2025)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2025

    The Protecting Veil ft. Raphael Wallfisch


    A bold new production of Tavener's visionary work

    Sunday 6th July, 6pm (2025)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2025, Walking Tours 2025

    Walking Tour: Life in Lower Clapton


    Hear the tales of the characters that shaped this district of Hackney

    Sunday 6th July, 11am (2025)

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  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2025

    Liebestraum Duo: Darkness


    Aisha Orazbayeva & Peiman Khosravi premiere
    Byron-inspired music for violin, voice & electronics

    Saturday 5th July, 8pm (2025)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2025, Walking Tours 2025

    Walking Tour: Shoreditch from the City – A Tale of Two Worlds


    Discover the hidden history of the City's historic boundaries

    Friday 4th July, 3pm (2025)

    see past event

  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2025

    Jonathan Dove: Late Night Music


    “Like ripples spreading from drops of water falling into a still pool"

    Thursday 3rd July, 9:15pm (2025)

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  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2025

    Scenes from Under Milk Wood


    Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade reimagines Dylan Thomas' iconic play for voices

    Wednesday 2nd July, 7:30pm (2025)

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  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2025

    The Carice Singers: A Celebration of the Voice


    A selection of astounding premieres of vocal music

    Tuesday 1st July, 7:30pm (2025)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2025, Walking Tours 2025

    Walking Tour: Twentieth Century Buildings in Hackney


    Brutalism, grandeur, and striking architecture

    Sunday 6th July, 3pm (2025)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2025, Walking Tours 2025

    Walking Tour: Spitalfields – Where the City Meets the East End


    Explore the interconnected histories of the area that birthed the festival

    Saturday 5th July, 4pm (2025)

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  • Come & Sing!

    Creative Leadership, Neighbourhood Schools

    New Young Voice Collective

    Tuesday evenings during term time, 5-7pm

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2025


    Browse the 2025 programme

    1st-9th July (2025)

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2025 Programmes

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Christmas at the Tower of London

    Saturday 13th December, 4:30pm / 6:30pm (2025)

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  • Creative Leadership

    Development opportunities for musicians and future leaders

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  • Concerts & Events

    World-class performances across East London

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  • Scarlet O’Shea

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Jorge Ramos

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Anna Harris

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Alice Sharp

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Music Facilitation Toolkit

    5th February 2025, 10am-5pm (2026)

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  • Leading Creative Instrumental Projects

    Thursday 12th March, 10am-5pm (2026)

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  • Inclusive Music Facilitation

    Thursday 26th March, 10am-5pm (2026)

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  • Creative Leadership Development Opportunities

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    Tom Hickox featuring New Young Voice Collective


    Lush instrumentation and rich baritone vocals from a musical troubadour

    Monday 6th July, 7pm

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    Mercury Songs


    The story of a suffragette, told through a folk music lens

    Tuesday 7th July, 7pm

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  • Apply to Become a Trustee

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • Donate to Spitalfields Music

    Thu 1 Jan 1970,

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  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    The Missing Piece…is Peace


    Music and poetry to contemplate peace in our modern world

    Friday 26th June, 7:30pm

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  • London premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    In the Belly of the Beast


    Carolyn Sampson stars in thrilling new adaptations of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre's opera

    Saturday 27th June, 4:30pm / 7:30pm

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    1976 and All That with Gillian Moore


    Discover what made our founding year such a pivotal time in culture

    Sunday 28th June, 2pm

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  • World premieres

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    No Man Is an Island


    Four artists explore what it means to be European today

    Wednesday 1st July, 7pm

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  • UK Premieres

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    Seasonal Quartet: New European Ensemble ft. Ali Smith


    Music inspired by the captivating novel series

    Thursday 2nd July, 7pm

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  • Neighbourhood Schools, Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    The Primary Big Sing


    Over 200 children from our Neighbourhood Schools come together in song

    Friday 3rd July, 12:15pm

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  • London Premieres

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    The Carice Singers: The Song Sung True


    Innovative choral works from the 20th century to the present

    Friday 3rd July, 7:30pm

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2026, Walking Tours

    Walking Tour: Charles Booth’s Victorian Whitechapel


    Explore the streets that made up Booth's 19th century Poverty Maps

    Saturday 4th July, 4pm

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  • World Premiere

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    Standard Issue


    A bold contemporary programme including a world premiere

    Saturday 4th July, 7pm

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2026, Walking Tours

    Walking Tour: Monica Ali’s Brick Lane


    Hear stories of Bengali Migration to the East End, interspersed with readings from Ali's novel 'Brick Lane'

    Sunday 5th July, 2pm

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  • World Premieres

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    Slide Action


    Hear the trombone as you've never heard it before

    Sunday 5th July, 6pm

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  • Neighbourhood Schools, Spitalfields Music Festival 2026, Walking Tours

    Walking Tour: Young People’s Takeover


    Young people from our Neighbourhood Schools delve into the social history of the areas they know the best

    Monday 6th July, 1pm

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    Missa Papae Marcelli at the Tower of London


    Masterful polyphony in one of London's most iconic landmarks

    Wednesday 8th July, 7pm

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2026, Walking Tours

    Walking Tour: Disorderly Women of Rag Fair, Bawdy Houses and the Docks


    Hear the stories of old-clothes sellers, sex workers, thieves, and sailors' wives of the 19th century

    Saturday 27th June, 11am

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  • Neighbourhood Schools, Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    Schools Tour: Royal Academy of Music

    Summer Term

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2026

    26th June - 8th July

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  • Spitalfields Music Festival 2026, Walking Tours

    Walking Tour: Dr Barnardo’s East End


    Discover the history of the East End that inspired Thomas Barnardo

    Sunday 28th June, 11am

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