What's On

Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle. Conductor Antonio Pappano and director Barrie Kosky reunite to continue the mythical adventure that began with Das Rheingold in 2023.

A wonderful opportunity to hear the best international piano students drawn from all the major UK conservatoires - and to cast your vote for the audience prize!

All the world’s a stage, let’s protect it. Two-time Olivier Award-winning West End star Janie Dee confronts the climate crisis, and celebrates our beautiful world through song and spoken word.

Join us for a relaxing and sociable walk through the countryside to promote creative well-being.

Newbury Spring Festival is delighted to welcome the winner of the 2025 Sheepdrove Piano Competition to the Corn Exchange to perform a recital as part of the Festival’s Young Artists Lunchtime Series.

We are delighted to welcome back to The Vineyard Jamie Safir, one of the country’s leading jazz pianists who is joined this evening by renowned clarinet virtuoso Kenny Martyn making his festival debut.

We’re delighted to be joining with the Arts Society, Newbury again this year for this fascinating lecture looking at the influence of Opium on the lives and creations of many artists.

One of Britain’s leading groups, Metronomes are an innovative steel band and a unique community in London’s Ladbroke Grove.

Distinguished baritone James Newby is a former BBC New Generation Artist and Rising Star of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Daniel Shao is a British-Chinese flautist who studied at the Purcell School, Oxford University, and Royal Academy of Music with teachers including Samuel Coles, graduating from both universities with first class honours and a DipRAM.

The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? 

Leonard Bernstein was a titan of 20th Century music. His timeless compositions for choirs, soloists and orchestras remain essential parts of the musical canon along with the many great songs he wrote that have now become jazz standards.