The Regent’s Park Music Festival was Founded in 2016 and has grown from one concert on the main park bandstand to a diverse celebration of the arts in the restorative nature of one of London’s most beautiful parks.
Announcing our 2025 Season
The Bandstand Series
21 June – 21 September
Saturdays, Sundays, and Bank Holidays
The Secret Garden Series
25 – 27 July
and additional dates to be confirmed
Welcome
In its 2024 season the festival grew in size and scope. The original Bandstand Series of free concerts on the weekends was supplemented with an ambitious and very successful Secret Garden Series of ticketed performances. This series, which took place in the St. John’s Lodge Secret Garden, included musical theatre, opera, Shakespeare, a performance of an original play for children, baroque music, and two evenings of classical music favourites. Total attendance during the season was over 22,000 and more than 1300 musicians, volunteer and professional, shared their talents, including many young professionals at the beginning of their careers.
Sponsors, individual donors, and donations made at free concerts fund the Bandstand Series. The Secret Garden Series benefits from additional sponsor support and is supplemented by ticket sales, priced below production cost to remain affordable for many. The all-volunteer administration team keeps operating costs very low so that all the funding goes to professionals – performers and other production experts.
Our vision is to continue to enlarge and diversify our festival, bringing music and theatre to more people at more times and in more locations throughout Regent’s Park, and to keep the performances available for no or low cost. Combining the arts with time spent in London’s haven of greenery in the centre of our great city is a gift we would like to share.
free concerts hosted on Regent’s Park bandstands in 2024
ticketed events in the St. John’s Lodge Secret Garden
people attended one or more performances
musicians, professional and volunteer, shared their talents
Make a Donation
Support our charitable fund’s vision of arts in Regent’s Park by donating whatever you can afford to our Gofundme campaign.
Become a Volunteer
The Music Festival is run by volunteers who are needed at each of the performances. Please click on the information tab above to learn how you might be part of the 2025 music festival.
Become a Sponsor
We are hugely grateful to all our sponsors who generously donated a total of £72,000 which covered costs of both festival series: The Bandstand Series and The Secret Garden series. Looking forward to 2025 our target is to raise £100,000 to pay for the next steps in building one of London’s great music festivals.