Banbury Early Music Festival

02/06/2026

Heidi Fardell Recorder Flute will be at Banbury Early Music Festival giving a recorder workshop - but until then you can hear her on BBC Radio 4

02/06/2026

Linarol Consort will be at Banbury Early Music Festival but until then you can hear them on BBC Radio 3 In tune!

11/05/2026

The Shawm Shop - early wind instruments is set to make a welcome return to the Banbury Early Music Festival on 26th–27th September, with reed maker and performer Lizzie Gutteridge once again bringing her expertly crafted selection of historical instrument reeds to Banbury!

I've a quiet week between gigs and have been taking my chance to start restocking the reed boxes. A mixed bag with tenor and bass crumhorn red at the back, bass curtal in the left, soprano shawm on the right and tenor and bass sordune in the jars at the front.
I'll be bringing the reeds along to some events this summer, in case anyone would like to try something before they buy, starting with the Bagpipe Society's Blowout at the end of this month and the International Festival of Town Pipers in York at the beginning of July.

02/05/2026

We’re delighted to mark the release of Linarol Consort’s beautiful new album, Epitaph for a Green Lover! Huge thanks to the Continuo Foundation for their generous support in bringing both this recording and the CD launch tour to life.

We’re also thrilled to welcome Linarol Consort as part of this year’s festival programme. To hear this extraordinary music performed live, join us at the Banbury Early Music Festival on Saturday 26th September 2026 at 7:30pm, Marlborough Road Methodist Church Banbury.