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11.12.2024

FIVE REASONS WHY BUXTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL IS THE ‘GO-TO’ SUMMER FESTIVAL FOR 2025 (10-27 JULY

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The award-winning Buxton International Festival is an annual celebration of world-class opera, music, books and jazz with over 160 events to choose from every summer.  Here are five reasons to make Buxton your ‘go-to’ summer festival for 2025 (10-27 July).

  1. Buxton – the beautiful spa town sits in heart of Derbyshire’s Peak District, worth a visit in itself. All the festival’s events are within easy walking distance of each other.
  2. Operas Galore

    In 2024, Buxton staged five new operas in four days and was nominated for an International Opera Award.  2025 sees a yet more impressive plans:

  • 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 and Carmel Smickersgill

 

  1. Jazz Weekender Tickets
  • Jazz Weekender tickets for just £175 offering 12 world-class gigs varying from jazz, blues, funk and Latin, plus an Oscar Peterson extravaganza. Stand-out artists include Ineza, Graham Clark Quartet, Emily Masser Quartet, Trio JDM, Baiana, Alan Barnes with an all-star band, Dean Stockdale Quartet, Emma Rawicz Quartet and Xhosa Cole Quartet.

 

  1. Books

33 book talks including Diane Abbott MP, Baroness Lola Young, Petroc Trelawny, Ben Macintyre and Jonathan Sumption.

  1. Classical Music

World-class concerts every day from artists including Steven Hough, Imogen Cooper, Benjamin Grosvenor, Tallis Scholars, English Concert, Simon Keenlyside and Sarah Connolly.

 

Box Office – Tel 01298 2072190

 

Public booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 15 April 2025

Become a BIF Friend for Priority Booking, from just £36 per year.

Website buxtonfestival.co.uk

 

Assets 2025 General Buxton Images here.

 

2024 Highlights Film here.

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