Banbury Early Music Festival 2027

Aim

To fund additional educational workshops, and performance opportunities for young and emerging musicians at our 2027 Festival.

Support the Banbury Early Music Festival 2027!

Help us inspire the next generation of early musicians! Your donation will support educational workshops, performance opportunities for young musicians and another ambitious programme of world-class concerts.

Established in 2023, the Banbury Early Music Festival has quickly become an exciting addition to the UK's early music scene, attracting internationally acclaimed performers, emerging musicians and audiences from across the country.

Run as a not-for-profit organisation by three local early music specialists, Alison Kinder, Heidi Fardell and Dylan McCaig, the Festival offers an exciting weekend of concerts, educational workshops, opportunities for emerging performers and a bustling Early Music Marketplace in the heart of Banbury, Oxfordshire.

Our Ambitions for 2027

Following the success of our previous festivals, we have once again planned an exceptionally ambitious programme, with a particular focus on expanding educational opportunities for young and emerging musicians! 

We hope to introduce additional workshops, develop our free Performers Platform and provide more opportunities for young and emerging musicians to learn from experienced professionals, develop their skills, and give them a funded platform to share their talents with new audiences! 

Alongside these initiatives, we aim to bring even more exceptional music to Banbury through an exciting programme of concerts featuring outstanding performers from across the UK and beyond.

To achieve these ambitions, we need your help!

Your donations will help cover artists' fees, venue and instrument hire, educational workshops and performance opportunities for young musicians. As a not-for-profit organisation, every contribution directly supports the Festival and its continued development.

Previous Crowdfunder campaigns have enabled us to expand our programme significantly, including an addition concerts and/or workshops,  However, with rising costs and several previous funding opportunities no longer available, your support is more important than ever.

International Recognition: REMA Awards 2026

We are incredibly proud that the Banbury Early Music Festival has been shortlisted for REMA's prestigious 'Audience Project of the Year' Award 2026!

REMA (the European Early Music Network) is an international organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting early music across Europe and beyond. Its biennial awards recognise outstanding achievements in performance, innovation, education and audience engagement.

Festival Directors Dylan McCaig and Heidi Fardell will represent Banbury at the REMA Early Music Summit in Bruges, Belgium, beginning on 24 November, ahead of the awards ceremony on 25th November, when we will discover whether the Festival has won this coveted international award.

This recognition is an extraordinary achievement for our young Festival and a testament to the generosity and dedication of everyone who has supported us.

Help Us Make It Happen!

We are already working hard behind the scenes and hope to reveal some of our exciting 2027 Festival programme by the conclusion of this Crowdfunder campaign!

Whether you can donate £5, £10, £25 or more, every contribution will help us deliver another exceptional Festival while investing in the next generation of early musicians.

Together, we can continue bringing world-class early music to Banbury while creating lasting educational opportunities for young performers.

Thank you for your generosity and continued support!

Alison Kinder, Heidi Fardell and Dylan McCaig

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 25th November 2026 at 11:59pm