The London Handel Festival is an annual celebration of the work of George Frideric Handel. Each year we present a critically acclaimed season of concerts, recitals, talks and walks, and everyone is welcome. Since the very beginning the Festival has been supported by those passionate about Handel’s music. A major aim of the Festival is to encourage and promote young talent.

We are pleased to announce the outer dates and theme for the 2020 Festival: “Handel and the Hanoverians” (5 March – 10 April), and to include highlights below.  We will publish full details on our website in due course; please sign up to receive e-mail updates from us.  Please note that priority booking for Susanna at the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House opens on 3 September for members of our Director’s Circle.  Booking for the main 2020 Festival will be from December onwards.  To find out more about becoming a supporter, please click here.

London Handel Festival 2020

Handel and the Hanoverians

Susanna – fully staged production, Royal Opera House

5, 7, 11, 12, 14 March

Parnasso in Festa, Wigmore Hall, Tuesday 10 March

Adrian Butterfield, London Handel Orchestra

Chamber music, Foundling Museum, Friday 13 March

Adrian Butterfield, London Handel Players

The Triumph of Time and Truth, St George’s, Hanover Sq., Tuesday 17 March

Laurence Cummings, London Handel Orchestra

Handel’s Heroines, Milton Court, Thursday 19 March

Laurence Cummings, Academy of Ancient Music

Mr Handel’s Scholars, St George’s, Hanover Square, Friday 20 March

Laurence Cummings, London Handel Orchestra

Serse, St John’s Smith Square, Wednesday 25 March

Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company

Handel Singing Competition Final, St George’s, Hanover Square, Thursday 26 March

Laurence Cummings, London Handel Orchestra

Fernando, St George’s, Hanover Square, Wednesday 1 April

Leo Duarte, Opera Settecento

Alfred (Arne) & Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day, St George’s, Thursday 2 April

John Andrews, Brook Street Band

St.Matthew Passion (Bach), St George’s, Hanover Square, Friday 10 April,

Laurence Cummings, London Handel Orchestra, Choir of St George’s