London Handel Festival

Founded all the way back in 1978, London’s annual festival celebrating the life, works and legacy of George Frideric Handel returns for its 45th anniversary this February with a varied programme of talks and recitals honouring the eighteenth-century maestro. From lunchtime recitals at St George’s Hanover Square and a supper club soundtracked by Handel-inspired violins to an evening celebrating English stage actress and muse Kitty Clive and a night of ‘glitchy beats and classical remixes’ at the Village Underground, you’ll find something to like among the twenty-plus events taking place across the four-week festival, whether you’re totally new to Handel’s work or have been listening to his Baroque bangers for years.