Your guide to the 2026 Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts.

The Aldeburgh Festival Book is your ideal companion to the Festival, designed to inform and enrich your whole experience throughout the two weeks.

This year’s edition is, as ever, packed with informative and enlightening material, and beautifully illustrated. It includes detailed programme notes for every performance, in-depth interviews with Ryan Wigglesworth and James Baillieu, biographies of the Festival Academy artists, and additional articles by writers such as Rory Kinnear on Pelléas et Mélisande, Philippe Sands on Music and Law, and Calvin Winner on the Art of East Anglia. In 2026 we also mark the 50th anniversary of Britten’s death and Dr Lucy Walker’s fascinating exploration of his last Festival makes this year’s book the perfect memento from a very special year. 

Price: £15

Pre-order your Aldeburgh Festival book here.
 
Once ordered, your copy will be available for collection from 12 June onwards at our Box Office in Snape Maltings or at any Festival performance.

Any money raised from the sales of our Festival Book supports our charitable work. Any additional donations you would like to make would be warmly welcomed.