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2012 FESTIVAL: 1–5 JUNE · click here for programme details · click here for the Box Office

BOOKING FOR THE 2012 FESTIVAL IS NOW OPEN. For the first time, booking for the 2012 Festival is run exclusively through the EMF; so please visit our Box Office for a full online booking service. A booking form is also available for download from this page, should you prefer to order your tickets by this method and to pay by cheque.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE that our sixth recording, works for violin and piano by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Henry Walford Davies and Gustav Holst, will not only be launched commercially but will also be available as a special Commemorative Recording to mark the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

This commemorative disc will be available at the 2012 Hay Festival, at which EM Records will have a stall just outside Hay Castle; and, to celebrate the launch of this commemorative disc, the EMF and EM Records will be holding a recital at St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, on Friday 8 June at 7.30pm. This will be given by regular EMF artists Rupert Marshall-Luck and Matthew Rickard, who will also appear on the recording. To purchase tickets for this concert in advance, please visit the Events page.

SATNAV POI FILES Our POI (Points of Interest) files contain the positions of each of the Festival venues (Dorchester Abbey, Radley College and All Saints’ Church, Sutton Courtenay) for installation on a SatNav device. These are available to download, free of charge, from the pages Reaching us or Facilities: Transport.

THIS WEBSITE NOW OFFERS ONLINE SALES. CDs on our label, EM Records, and subscriptions to ‘Spirited’, the EMF Gazette, can be purchased securely. Please also visit the EM Records subscriptions page for details of how you can support forthcoming releases.

‘Music in the Landscape’, the long-awaited book by Festival Director Em Marshall-Luck, is now available. To order your copy, please visit the Marketplace.