Public booking is now open for Buxton International Festival 2025!

This years festival features another impressive line-up of opera, music, book talks and jazz, with more than 160 events over 18 days, across six venues in our beautiful spa town of Buxton running from 10 – 27 July 2025.

You can find the full 2025 programme on our website here and you can also access a PDF of our printed brochure here.

Opera highlights include:

• Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet, conducted by Adrian Kelly with the Orchestra of Opera North
• A double bill of Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Taihiti and Francis Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine, a Buxton International Festival and Norwich Theatre production
• Opera Zuid production of Mozart’s The Impresario
• La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers, a Vache Baroque production
• Shorts – four brand new 20-minute operas by composers Jasper Dommett, Martin Green, Carmel Smickersgill and Thanda Gumede.

Festival highlights from the music series include Roderick Williams and Joseph Middleton, plus, Opera in the Cavern is back alongside Musicals in the Cavern.

Our Jazz series features Clare Teal performing with special guest Lizzie Ball.

The Book series includes Lord Sumption, BBC journalist Sarah Rainsford and James Rebanks.

SAVE THE DATE: BIF 2025 Launch – You’re Invited!

Join us for a special launch event for the 2025 Festival on Wednesday 28 May at 6pm, at the Pavilion Arts Centre.

Join us for an exclusive preview of this year’s Festival, including performances by our Young Artists from Hamlet and Shorts, featuring arias, duets, trios – and the rousing finale from Mozart’s Impresario.

Hear from Book Festival Director Victoria Dawson in a light-hearted chat about curating the programme, and enjoy jazz from Peak District singer-songwriter Hannah Brine, who’s making her BIF debut supporting Rumer at the Opera House on 20 July. Inspired by the Great American Songbook, Hannah’s voice has drawn comparisons to Carole King, Norah Jones, as well as Rumer.

 ℹ️ Book here