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
Spitalfields Music Festival 2026
The 50th anniversary Spitalfields Music Festival brings together national and international artists from a range of styles, traditions and art forms to perform in London’s vibrant East End. Expect cutting-edge contemporary music – including eighteen world, UK, and London premieres – thrilling opera, rarely performed classical works, and a display of the power of music to move, inspire, and reflect the world we live in.
Explore the Spitalfields Music Festival 2026 programme below.
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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 centurySaturday 27th June, 11am
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London premiereSpitalfields Music Festival 2026
In the Belly of the Beast
Carolyn Sampson stars in thrilling new adaptations of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre's operaSaturday 27th June, 4:30pm / 7:30pm
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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 BarnardoSunday 28th June, 11am
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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 cultureSunday 28th June, 2pm
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World premieresSpitalfields Music Festival 2026
No Man Is an Island
Four artists explore what it means to be European todayWednesday 1st July, 7pm
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UK PremieresSpitalfields Music Festival 2026
Seasonal Quartet: New European Ensemble ft. Ali Smith
Music inspired by the captivating novel seriesThursday 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 songFriday 3rd July, 12:15pm
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London PremieresSpitalfields Music Festival 2026
The Carice Singers: The Song Sung True
Innovative choral works from the 20th century to the presentFriday 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 MapsSaturday 4th July, 4pm
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World PremiereSpitalfields Music Festival 2026
Standard Issue
A bold contemporary programme including a world premiereSaturday 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 PremieresSpitalfields Music Festival 2026
Slide Action
Hear the trombone as you've never heard it beforeSunday 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 bestMonday 6th July, 1pm
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Spitalfields Music Festival 2026
Tom Hickox featuring New Young Voice Collective
Lush instrumentation and rich baritone vocals from a musical troubadourMonday 6th July, 7pm
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Spitalfields Music Festival 2026
Mercury Songs
The story of a suffragette, told through a folk music lensTuesday 7th July, 7pm
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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 landmarksWednesday 8th July, 7pm
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Neighbourhood Schools, Spitalfields Music Festival 2026
Schools Tour: Royal Academy of Music
Summer Term