Glastonbury Abbey Medieval Fayre 26th & 27th April 2025

Music in the Abbot’s Kitchen

Experience live medieval music in the 14th-century Abbot’s Kitchen.

Saturday Schedule

11:00am & 3pm – Princes in the Tower

Princes In The Tower is a Tudor power-trio comprising Vocals, Lute/Cittern, drums and Renaissance Woodwind. Their Early Music repertoire ranges from Medieval, through Renaissance to early Hanoverian.

12pm & 4pm – A Merrie Noyse

A Merrie Noyse will be performing sections from their retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight amongst other medieval & renaissance tunes on historic instruments.

2pm & 5pm – de Mowbray’s Musicke

de Mowbray’s Musicke perform music, songs and dances of the late 15th century with a wide range of instruments: woodwind and strings, including bagpipes, shawms, recorders, 3 holed pipe and tabor, gemshorns, rebec, citole, gittern, harps and symphonie.

Sunday Schedule

11am & 3pm – Avalon Recorder Consort

The Avalon Recorder Consort have delighted audiences at various events with their eclectic mix of music which includes music from the Early Period, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th and 21st Centuries.

12pm & 4pm – de Mowbray’s Musicke

de Mowbray’s Musicke perform music, songs and dances of the late 15th century with a wide range of instruments: woodwind and strings, including bagpipes, shawms, recorders, 3 holed pipe and tabor, gemshorns, rebec, citole, gittern, harps and symphonie.

2pm & 5pm – A Merrie Noyse

A Merrie Noyse will be performing sections from their retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight amongst other medieval & renaissance tunes on historic instruments.