Contact Thaxted Festival

Our office at 10a Watling Street, Thaxted CM6 2PE is normally staffed during the week, with specified opening hours around the Festival season for ticket sales in person. Email is monitored regularly.

Messages may be left on our office answerphone, but please bear in mind it may be a day or two before these can be responded to.

Telephone: 01371 831421

Email: music@thaxtedfestival.co.uk

Enquiries from agents and artists regarding performing at Thaxted Festival: programming@thaxtedfestival.co.uk

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Find Thaxted Festival

Thaxted Festival takes place in the beautiful Essex town of Thaxted, easily accessible from the M11 & Stansted Airport. Our venues include Thaxted Parish Church, CM6 2PE, and Thaxted United Reformed Church, Bolford Street, CM6 2PY.

The town’s main free car park is in Margaret Street, CM6 2QN. There is an additional free car park in Park Street CM6 2ND and overflow parking is at the Recreation Ground, Newbiggen Street CM6 2QT (about five minutes’ walk).

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Accessibility

We endeavour to make our seated events in Thaxted venues accessible to all those with special access needs, including wheelchairs and mobility aids.

Click here to view the accessibility details of our venues, together with details of how to book to take account of your requirements.

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“The whole Thaxted Festival Team are brilliant, making everyone feel welcome, and the whole atmosphere is light-hearted and enjoyable.”
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“Thaxted programming at the highest level: Nicky Spence and Dylan Perez’s My Father’s Son”
Colin Clarke, Seen and Heard international, Sunday 22 June 2025.
“It's always the variety and quality which keeps me coming back.”
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“Wild Arts seems to flourish on challenge; its Onegin counts as a notable success.”
Colin Clarke, Classical Explorer, Saturday 12 July 2025
“I think Gustav is smiling down to see how his memory and that of his best friend and colleague Ralph Vaughan Williams are honoured by the expertly played pieces they both composed.”
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“The performance was a joy … and the quartet brought out its sense of both structural and linear perfection.” Holst’s Phantasy Quartet Op 36 performed by the Tippett Quartet.
Colin Clarke, Classical Explorer
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