Stour Music - Festival of Music in East Kent

STOUR

MUSIC

FESTIVAL of

EARLY MUSIC

in EAST KENT

20-29 June 2025

Founded in 1962 by counter-tenor Alfred Deller, the festival takes place over two

weekends in late June in the beautiful medieval church of All Saints' Boughton Aluph,

set in the heart of the Kent countryside overlooking the Stour valley.

Details of the 2025 Festival Programme will be available from early April 2025. If you would like to become a Friend and enjoy priority booking, click here.

‘A pilgrim destination for connoisseurs of early music.’ BBC Music Magazine

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STOUR MUSIC 2024

Stour Music is over for another year but it was a memorable one, from Flamenco to Apollo's lyre, crisp Haydn, gestured Orlando, The Lyons Mouth (that Ravel...) and the quite unforgettable Barokksolistene. We also had great weather, fireworks (musical and literal) and the Bar on the Piccola Marina...

Save the dates for next year’s festival:

Friday 20th June – Sunday 29th June 2025

A History by Mark Deller

Programme Archive

STOUR MUSIC

The Stour Music Festival is a festival of early music held in the Stour valley, Kent, England. It was founded by the countertenor Alfred Deller in 1962 and is now held over two consecutive weekends in June. The principal venue is a stunning medieval flint church, All Saints' Church, Boughton Aluph. The current Festival Director is Robert Hollingworth.

Watch 60th Anniversary Video

All Saints' Boughton Aluph — 2019

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