York Early Music Festival

The York Early Music Festival is held every July in the English city of York, organised since 2000 by the National Centre for Early Music, based in the medieval church of St Margaret. Founded in 1977, the festival is dedicated to early music and makes use of York's many historic churches, guildhalls and houses as venues for historically informed performance. It has become the UK's leading early music festival, pairing the city's architectural heritage with period instrument playing.