Welcome to the Little Missenden Festival of Music and the Arts – still thriving in its 52nd anniversary year.  The 52nd Festival takes place from 7th to 16th October, 2011

The Little Missenden Festival has an unbroken tradition of high-quality music-making in a unique Buckinghamshire village setting. It has a very intimate and special feeling.

"England's best-kept secret festival" (composer David Matthews)

Most events take place in the ancient village church of St John the Baptist, a small Saxon-cum-Norman building enriched with 12th-17th century wall paintings, dominated by a famous St Christopher.  A concert here is a unique experience. This lovely building has a fine immediate acoustic, and music heard at this intimate range has real impact and presence. The small and unspoilt village is in beautiful Chiltern countryside – yet not far from London, just beyond Betjeman's Metroland.

The Festival features promising young talents as well as nationally and internationally famous artists and composers. The programme ranges from classic masterworks through less familiar (but not less intriguing) territory. It includes something for all – early, baroque, classical and contemporary music rub shoulders with jazz, folk music, art lectures, poetry and children's events.

The October 2011 Festival is now over, but this year for the first time the Festival is putting on a special Christmas event – the ebullient Joglaresa playing and singing Christmas music from the 12th to the 15th centuries.  This takes place on Friday 16th December 2011. Click here for information.

News about the Festival and its activities is posted from time to time. Click here for a link to the news pages.

Information about the 2012 Festival will be pasted as it becomes available.

For anyone who would like to know what happened in the 2011 Festival links to the programme and booking details are below.

Click here for a listing of the 2011 programme, with links to individual events. Click here for a brief summary.

The 2011 Festival starts booking by post from 5th September (29th August for Friends of the Festival).  Telephone bookings start from 19th September only.  Click here for full 2011 booking information. 

This year we had special events in memory of Richard Drakeford and John Buston, major contributors to the Festival’s success.  Click here for further news. Composer Richard was remembered in Event 4 and Event 6, and former chairman John in Event 12.

We look forward to seeing you at our Christmas show, or in 2012.