Performances

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 &amp 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

3rd-5th
Blondel will take part in the 7th International Festival of Town Pipers in s’-Hertogenbosch

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

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