The cast and crew are descending on Buxton Opera House this week as we prepare for our stunning opera season at BIF 2025. Here's a sneak peek of the lighting team preparing for Hamlet! 12 16, 20, 22 July at Buxton Opera House Get your tickets here! buxtonfestival.co.uk/whats-on/ham...

📚 At BIF on 22 July, Helen Lewis will dive into her provocative new book, 'The Genius Myth: The Dangerous Allure of Rebels, Monsters and Rule‑Breakers' - 🧐 She asks, what makes a genius? The book boldly challenges our romanticised idea of genius: #buxton #bookfestival #peakdistrict

A lovely day of singing workshops, wonderfully led by Keelan Carew on 3,2,1, Blast Off by Samuel Kane which Year 5 students from three #Buxton Primary Schools have helped to create and will perform with #orchestra on Tuesday! @buxtonfestival.bsky.social 🪐 🚀

Delighted to be bringing @officialuom.bsky.social Chamber Choir to sing Neptune from the Planets at the @buxtonfestival.bsky.social Space Day next week! 🪐 🚀 #BIFSpaceDay #buxton #orchestra #choir

Great shout-out in today's Times from Matthew Parris, he's particularly looking forward to Shorts, our pioneering new series of 4 brand new 20 minute operas. buxtonfestival.co.uk/whats-on/sho... #opera #festival #buxton #peakdistrict

A brilliant write up of our incredible 2025 Jazz line-up this year, still time to get your tickets! ukjazznews.com/jazz-at-buxt... #jazz #festival #peakdistrict #buxton

There’s still time to get your entry in for the discounted fee of £77. After the end of March it’s the full price of £88, so get your skates on, we want to hear from you!

A dip into festival history with the return of Thomas' Hamlet, Mozart in lighter mode, four new operas, the new Buxton Festival Orchestra: @buxtonfestival.bsky.social Buxton International Festival 2025. My preview: www.planethugill.com/2025/03/a-di...

A superb review from the @theguardian.com - 'The North Pole: The History of an Obsession' by Erling Kagge: shorturl.at/w8sWd 🗓️ He will be joining us at BIF this summer on 16 July to discuss this fascinating new book. ℹ️ Priority Booking 18 March / Public Booking 15 April: shorturl.at/F9qg8

Thank you to everyone who attended our AGM today! 🙌 It was good to see so many BIF Friends and to catch up with so many of you! It was also great to be able hand out our 2025 brochure - which will be landing on doorsteps from next week and also available from local outlets 👏 📚 #buxton #opera

Happy #worldbookday ! We've just announced the full line-up for our Book series for BIF 2025 📚 Here's some of the book highlights to look out for, with some fascinating #books we look forward to hearing about this summer: #bookfestival #peakdistrict @buxtonfringe.bsky.social @theguardian.com

Wow, a great scoop for @buxtonfestival.bsky.social 🎶🎷 Her voice is amazing...🎟️ Tickets are now on early sale for Rumer. Public booking for the full Festival programme opens on 15th April at 10am. #buxton @rumersongs.bsky.social #jazzmusic #peakdistrict #musicfestival

Huge thank you to Isla Fine Art & Gifts for your on-going support as Festival Circle member. 🎭🎶 🌟 JOIN AS A FESTIVAL CIRCLE MEMBER: Are you a local business owner and interested in supporting the Festival? Membership offers a range of benefits to promote your business: shorturl.at/VEQCy #buxton

🎄🎁 A very #merrychristmas from everyone at BIF! Thank you to everyone who has supported us this year and enjoyed another fantastic Festival of #Opera, Music, #Jazz and #Books 🎭🎶 🎷📖 Our office is now closed for the festive break and our team will be back on Monday 6th January 2025. 🎄 #buxton

Congratulations Leah Broad ! She has interviewed for us at the Book festival, hopefully we will see her again next year 📚 bit.ly/3ZVTNug #books #reading