Join us in April 2027 for our next festival: three days of music, events and discussions in Ludlow, the gateway to the Shropshire Hills. Join our mailing list to stay in the loop with our upcoming events.

Welcome to the Ludlow English Song Weekend – one of the world’s most compact music festivals, and definitely, we like to think, the friendliest. I believe that in Ludlow we have found the dream location for a few days of top class music.
Concerts lie at the heart of what we do, but we have film, discussions and a masterclass too. This is a weekend of ideas. Some of our audience like total immersion in the whole weekend, while others pick and mix, happy to sit with a coffee between concerts and admire the view. Or you can go for something stronger after a long day’s listening, chatting to the performers in one of Ludlow’s historic pubs. So whatever your tipple, and whatever your musical enthusiasms, please come and join us. The warmest of welcomes is waiting for you in Shropshire.
Have a great Weekend,
Iain Burnside
Artistic Director
Visit Ludlow

Ludlow is a beautiful historic market town in South Shropshire. It sits near the middle of the border between England and Wales, on the edge of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape, an Area of Outstanding National Beauty.
If you’re joining us for the weekend, why not explore some of the town’s other highlights?