Festival guide2025

All Proms will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3, many of them live; check schedules for details. For detailed ticket prices and booking fees, visit bbc.co.uk/promstickets Note: booking fee is not included

Your heads-up on this season’s must-see shows and events

Want to get your festival fix and relive the good old days? heat ’s nostalgic guide has you covered

If mud, music and merriment aren’t for you, don’t worry — there may be a festival here that’s right up your street…

On Friday 18 July, at the hands of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Sakari Oramo, the BBC Proms will be launched into life with Bliss’s Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood – two minu

Summer is here and there’s a lot to look forward to on the classic calendar; from brilliant racing events to the more traditional offerings, we’ve put 40 great days out packed with classics together that span the sunnier months