Mayfield Festival

05/06/2026

08/05/2026

🎹✨ We are delighted to see Xu Peng featured as soloist in this exciting performance of Grieg’s Piano Concerto at the Mayfield Festival

Xu Peng was the Piano Section Winner and Overall Winner of the
Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition, and it is wonderful to see his musical career continuing to flourish following his outstanding success at

Audiences at the competition will remember his remarkable artistry, musical maturity and captivating performances throughout the Finals in 2024🎹

We wish Xu every success for what promises to be a magnificent concert 👏

30/04/2026

TONIGHT!! Thursday 30 April 2026, 7.30pm: THE OLD MAID & THE THIEF
*St. Dunstan's Church, High Street, Mayfield, East Sussex
*£17.50, £7.50, £5 (25 and under: £5 any seat)

Gian Carlo Menotti's sparkling one-act radio opera The Old Maid and The Thief forms the centrepiece of an evening of American music curated by musicians of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Written as the first opera specifically for radio in 1939, this witty tale of small-town intrigue, gossip and deception is paired with Barber's radiant Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Gershwin's Three Preludes for Piano and more to complete an evening of transatlantic mid-century elegance and charm.

The conductor for this performance, Tom Hawkey-Soar, is a musician with deep roots in Mayfield. He began his musical life aged seven as a chorister at St Dunstan's Church and was a long-time member of the Mayfield Band.

This concert is kindly sponsored by Tester & Jones of Crowborough.

Tickets on the door.

30/04/2026

Monday night's Shakespeare and Song event with Oz Clarke, generously sponsored by , saw the concert hall at filled with everyone enjoying wonderful music from .irving and whilst drinking beer. What a winning combination!

28/04/2026

Red Priest captivated a packed church last night with their sheer brilliance. What a gig! We hope they'll be back next time..

28/04/2026

The Mayfield Festival Choir with The Mayfield Baroque Orchestra, delivered an outstanding opening concert of Handel's Israel in Egypt last night, setting the tone for what promises to be an excellent two weeks ahead.

Many thanks to the wonderful soloists, Aneska Diament, Natalka Pasicznyk, Alexandria Moon, Francis Melville, Gabriel Tufail-Smith and Ed Birchinall. To the orchestra, brilliantly led by George Clifford and of course to Jeremy Summerly.

You can hear the Mayfield Festival Choir again in the closing concert on Sunday 10th May where they will be singing Hubert Parry's Blest Pair of Sirens. www.mayfieldfestival.co.uk

26/04/2026

The 2026 Mayfield Festival of Music & Arts opens TONIGHT in St Dunstan's Church with the Festival Choir performing Handel's Israel in Egypt. 7:30pm

It's a glitteringly wrought mosaic of short choruses: lyrical, spikey, triumphant and achingly beautiful. Do come!

Tickets can still be bought on the door and there is a good choice of seats. Doors and bar open at 6:45.

25/04/2026

The Mayfield Festival Choir had their final rehearsal today before the orchestra joins them tomorrow. If you haven't heard Israel in Egypt, or even if you have (!) come along!

Some tickets remaining. www.mayfieldfestival.co.uk

Sunday 26th April, 1930 St Dunstan's, Mayfield.