Early music festivals

Early music festivals are a generic term for musical festivals focused on music before Beethoven, or including historically informed performance of later works. The increase in the number of music festivals specializing in early music is a reflection of the early music revival of the 1970s and 1980s. Many larger festivals, such as the Aix-en-Provence Festival, also include early music sections, as do, inevitably, festivals of sacred music, such as the Festival de Música Sacra do Baixo Alentejo, in Portugal. Although most early music festivals are centered on commercial performance, many also include workshops. This article includes an incomplete list of early music festivals, which may overlap with topics such as the list of Bach festivals, list of maritime music festivals, list of opera festivals, and in some cases, list of folk festivals.

List of festivals by country

Note that this list includes festivals that are annual unless otherwise listed. Festivals which were notable, producing radio-broadcasts and recordings, but now defunct, are listed with an indent at the end of each country listing; for example, Gottorfer Barockmusiktage, Germany.

Festival Opera Barocca

Australia

Brisbane Baroque - previously Hobart Baroque, ran until 2016

MIFOH Melbourne International Festival of Organ and Harpsichord, founded by Sergio di Pieri in 1971 and run by an entirely voluntary group until the last concert in 2007. A further series of annual concerts running on the same framework (of concerts, visiting distinguished overseas musicians, and masterclasses) was operated by Professor John Griffiths from 2007-2010, a long-time participant in MIFOH

Austria

Resonanzen Konzerthaus, Vienna.

Trigonale Festival der Alten Musik, Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia.