Elgar Festival 2026
Thank you to everyone who supported Elgar Festival 2026 – our audiences, patrons, performers, funders, volunteers and venues – you were all brilliant!!
We’re currently planning 2027 with dates to be confirmed soon. In the meantime we hope you enjoy our 2026 gallery of highlights here: elgarfestival.org/gallery-2026
Take Part!
Young Composers' Competition
We have launched the 2026 Elgar Festival Young Composers’ Competition, and we want your entries!
This is a fabulous opportunity for young composers to have their music played at next year’s festival in May; perfect for students studying GCSE or A Level music or for any young entrepreneurial composers out there!
Elgar Festival Chorus
Calling all singers! Would you like to join the 2026 Elgar Festival Chorus to perform Elgar’s symphony/cantata The Black Knight on Sat 30 May at the festival Gala concert in Worcester Cathedral?
For more information, rehearsal dates and details of how to apply click below.
Come and Play
Love to play Elgar? Following the success of our previous Come and Play events, we’re once more welcoming amateur musicians from all over the country on Sat 9 May for a day of rehearsals and an informal performance in Malvern. This year we turn to two of Elgar’s most loved and challenging overtures, ‘In The South’ and ‘Froissart’.
Young Strings Masterclass
This free public masterclass, held in the inspirational surroundings of Elgar’s Birthplace, offers 6 talented young string players the opportunity to work with Nick Trygstad (Head of Strings at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire), with focus on technique and interpretation.
© Michael Whitefoot
Past Festival Highlights
2023
2022