An excellent, informative and fascinating concert! Definitely an ensemble I should engage again.
Ambrose Miller, Artistic Director King’s Lynn Festival
Coming Up
2026
February
14th
Cover Story
6.30pm Selly Oak Methodist Church
April
9th
Short & Sweet
Colchester Early Music
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
2.30pm
Past
2025
October
5th
Cover Story 2
Colchester Early Music
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
2.30pm
August
7th
Cover Story
Wind Works Festival
Iceland
July
13th
Cover Story
St Denys Church York
concert 3-5pm
12th
Cover Story
Otley Courthouse
workshop 2-5pm & concert 7.30-9.30pm
10th
Cover Story
Maldon Festival
workshop 2-4pm & concert 7-9pm
June
27th
Cover Story
Harwich Festival
St Nicholas’ Church Harwich
1-2pm
FREE; retiring collection
March
30th
Preview video
Medieval Music in the Dales online
12-12.30pm
February
25th
Cover Story
Colchester Early Music
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
2.30pm
2024
October
12th
Musical Meeting Places
Brighton Early Music Festival
workshop & concert 1pm
2023
November
11th
Tyed in Knots
Colchester Early Music
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
2.30pm
6th & 8th
Masque of the Swan
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
September
7th-10th
Owre Kynge Went Forth
Zephirus: his sweete breeth
Medieval Music in the Dales
2 Concerts & 3 workshops
August
20th
Owre Kynge Went Forth
Colchester Arts Centre
with Arngeir Hauksson & Anthony Taylor, actor
July
23rd
Malvern Winds
Workshop & concert
June
30th
Owre Kynge Went Forth
Maldon Festival
School workshop & concert
with Arngeir Hauksson & Anthony Taylor, actor
February
19th
Zephirus: his sweete breeth
Colchester Early Music
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
2.30pm
2019
September
1st
Of all the birds
Colchester Early Music
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
2.30pm
August
23rd
CANCELLED
Of all the birds
National Centre for Early Music York
7.30pm
June
27th
Of all the birds
Maldon Festival
St Mary’s Church Mundon
7.30pm
2nd
Of all the birds
St Lawrence Church, Lavernock
6pm
May
11th
Trollhättan Early Music Festival
January
11th
Bon jour, bon mois: On the Threshold of the Year
St Anne’s Music Society
St Mary-at-Hill Church London
1.05pm
FREE; retiring collection
6th
Bon jour, bon mois: On the Threshold of the Year
Colchester Early Music
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
2.30pm
4th
Bon jour, bon mois: On the Threshold of the Year
1.10 pm
St Cuthbert’s
FREE; retiring collection
2018
October
20th
Of arms and a woman
Kings Kynn Festival
St Nicholas Chapel King’s Lynn
2.30pm
11th
Of arms and a woman
St Pancras Church London
1.15pm
September
22nd
Owre Kynge went forth: A life of Henry V in Music
St Peter’s Belsize Park
7.30pm
August
29th
Of Arms and a woman
Colchester Arts Centre
7.30pm
26th & 27th 10am-5pm
Hedingham Castle with Jousting by Destrier
May
18th-20th
Blondel will take part in the 8th International Festival of Town Pipers in King’s Lynn
April
31st March-15th April
Blondel will be performing at Hampton Court Palace
28th
A History of Dance in Music
Worcester Early Music Society
March
13th
Of all the birds
Barnes Music Festival
Barnes Wetland Centre
7.30pm
February
16th
Of all the Birds
St Anne’s Music Society
St Mary-at-Hill Church London
1.05pm
FREE; retiring collection
1st
Owre Kynge went forth: A life of Henry V in Music
Wesley’s Chapel London
6.30pm
2017
November
19th
An evening at the palace: music for Ferdinand and Isabella
Colchester Early Music
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
2.30pm
18th
Workshop: Music for a medieval street band
The International Guild of Town Pipers
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
10th
An evening at the palace: music for Ferdinand and Isabella
Greenwich Early Music Festival
Performers Platform Recital
3pm
September
23rd
A History of Dance in Music – Strictly Medieval
Totnes Early Music
7.30pm
8th-10th An evening at the palace: music from the Spanish Court
Medieval Music in the Dales
workshops & concerts (see website)
Medieval Music in the Dales
4th
BBC Radio 3 In Tune
4.30-6.30pm
Live broadcast
1st
Charlton House Concerts
St Luke’s Church Charlton
concert: 1.00pm
August
27th & 28th 10am-5pm
Hedingham Castle with Jousting by Destrier
April
1st-4th April and 10th-13th April
Blondel will be performing at Hampton Court Palace
2016
November
20th
Owre Kynge went forth: A life of Henry V in Music
Colchester Early Music
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
2.30pm
18th
Owre Kynge went forth: A life of Henry V in Music
Music-at-Hill
1:05pm
FREE; retiring collection
12th
Owre Kynge went forth: A life of Henry V in Music
Royal Greenwich Inernational Early Music Festival and Exhibition
1:00 pm
September
3rd & 4th
Zephirus his swete breeth: a celebration of wind music of the late 14th & early 15th centuries
Medieval Music in the Dales
August
28th & 29th 10am-5pm
Hedingham Castle with Jousting by Destrier
July
16th
Cheltenham Music Festival
BBC Classical Introducing:
5pm – 6pm
2nd
A History of Dance in Music
Beaminster Festival
12.00pm
June
May
1st & 2nd 10am-5pm
Hedingham Castle
To celebrate its 800th anniversary, the Medieval Siege Society will be reconstructing the siege of Hedingham by King John, surrounding the Castle with armed men, archers and siege engines! Medieval Siege Society
March/April
25 March -3rd April and April 5th-10th
Blondel will be performing at Hampton Court Palace
January
1st-3rd
Blondel will be performing at Hampton Court Palace
2015
December
27th-31st
Blondel will be performing at Hampton Court Palace
November
24th
A History of Dance in Music
Wimbledon International Music Festival
Trinity Church Wimbledon
7.30pm
22nd
A History of Dance in Music
Colchester Early Music
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
3.00pm
8th
Zephirus: his sweete breeth CD launch
Colchester Early Music
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
2.30pm
July
21st
Agincourt600
Owre Kynge went forth
A concert and reading in commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt
All Hallows by the Tower
7.30pm
17th
England be Glad:
National Portrait Gallery
A programme of music for Tudor Monarchs performed in the gallery housing their portraits.
6.30pm
FREE
6th
Leeds International Medieval Congress
Zephirus his swete breeth: a celebration of wind music of the late 14th & early 15th centuries
Leeds Unviversities Catholic Chaplancy
8.30pm
May
2nd
In the Springtime of the Year
Lexden Arts Festival
St Leonard’s Church Lexden
7.30pm
3rd & 4th 10am-5pm
Hedingham Castle
Visit the Norman Castle, meet the Jester, dance round the maypole and watch the jousting knights. A great day out for the family
April
3rd – 6th
Members of Blondel will be performing at Hampton Court Palace both during normal public opening hours throughout the Easter weekend and at the 500 years in one evening parties on 3rd, 4th & 5th April
January
3rd
Bon jour, bon mois
Cambridge Early Music
Trinity College Chapel Cambridge
7.30pm
2014
November
16th
L’Homme Armé: Music from the Court of Charles the Bold
Colchester Early Music
St Andrew’s Church Marks Tey
2.30pm
6th
L’Homme Armé: Music from the Court of Charles the Bold
St Olave’s Church London
1.05pm
FREE; retiring collection
July
22nd
Eternal Summer
King’s Lynn Festival
All Saints Church King’s Lynn
7.30pm
June
18th
Lunchtime Recital
Eternal Summer
Holy Trinity Church Long Melford
1.10pm
FREE
14th
Music by the Commons Wimbledon
Eternal Summer
St. John’s Church Wimbledon
8pm
13th
Charlton House
Eternal Summer
1pm
FREE
May
4th & 5th 10am-5pm
Hedingham Castle
Visit the Norman Castle, meet the Jester, dance round the maypole and watch the jousting knights. A great day out for the family
2013
September
8th
Knole House
1pm and 2.30pm
FREE
Tudor and Jacobean songs and dance music performed in the stunning setting of the Great Hall at Knole House
1st
Canbury Bandstand
Canbury Gardens Kingston KT2 5AW
3 pm
FREE
Bring a picnic or nip into the adjacent pub for refreshments. Pull up a chair and relax by the river while the band plays Tudor and Jacobean dance music
May
