2026 Baroque Music Festival
South Carolina's second Annual Baroque Music Festival, featuring six concerts over the weekend of May 15-17, 2026. The theme of this year's festival is Baroque Music Around the World, and will feature the music of Italy, the New World, and England. Performers and venues will be announced soon. The final performance of the weekend is Handel's Messiah. Don’t miss this incredible event weekend! Tickets available now.
Tickets Prices in USD
Schedule
May 15th, 2026
Richard deBondt with Northampton Wines will be curating a selection of seven wines from various regions of Italy, paired with cheeses to complement the tasting experience. Join our Artistic Director, David Rhyne, for this exclusive and intimate wine tasting in conjunction with our first day of the SC Baroque Music Festival, which celebrates the music of Italy.
After the wine tasting, come to the first concert of the festival, featuring the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra (located at St. Michael Lutheran Church, 2619 Augusta St., 29605).
Join the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra for their program titled, "Storm and Splendor," featuring the music of Italy! Hear works by Giuseppe Torelli, Tomaso Albinoni, Francesco Geminiani, and Arcangelo Corelli, all played on period instruments using Baroque tuning. You won't want to miss this exciting performance!
May 16th, 2026
Join us for an interactive concert experience to delight all ages! This event is most appropriate for children ages 5-12 and their families. More details coming soon!
Join organist David Furniss, a part-time resident of Oaxaca, Mexico, as he performs music that would have been played in Mexico during the Baroque era, as well as a sampling of the few extant works from Mexican Baroque composers.
This exciting concert features Música Ficta, an ensemble based in Colombia, South America. The program will feature the works of Sebastián Durón, exclusively found in Latin American Archives. Durón was brought up in a deeply-rooted and clearly distinguishable native tradition, within which he was highly respected and could develop his personal style, he witnessed the advent of the Italian influence, and succeeded in adopting and adapting its new forms with originality into his own music.
May 17th, 2026
Join us for an intimate concert at the Greenville County Museum of Art, featuring countertenor Charles Humphries and lutenist William Simms! The concert will feature the music of English Baroque composers. Admission is free and all are welcome.
The South Carolina Bach Choir and Soloists along with the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra will perform one of Handel's greatest masterworks in its entirety. There will be an intermission.
Additional Information
Join us for South Carolina's second Baroque Music Festival, produced by SC Bach, South Carolina's Bach Society. The festival is supported in part by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Foundation and the South Carolina Arts Commission!
Spend a weekend immersed in stunningly beautiful Baroque music while enjoying the gorgeous setting of downtown Greenville, SC. All events are located in or near downtown, providing you with access to Greenville's best restaurants, shops, and beautiful parks!
In addition to the three ticketed concerts, there are also three free festival concerts May 15-17 and a series of lectures on Handel's Messiah leading up to the festival. See the full schedule here: https://scbach.org/sc-baroque-music-festival.
Venues
- Trinity Church of Greenville, 100 Pete Hollis Blvd, Greenville, SC 29601, USA
- Greenville County Museum of Art, 420 College St, Greenville, SC 29601, USA
- Sigal Music Museum, 516 Buncombe St, Greenville, SC 29601, USA
- St. Paul's Anglican Church, 304 E Camperdown Way, Greenville, SC 29601, USA
- Northampton Wine + Dine, 211 E Broad St, Greenville, SC 29601, USA
- Christ Church Episcopal, 10 N Church St, Greenville, SC 29601, USA
- St Michael Lutheran Church, 2619 Augusta St, Greenville, SC 29605, USA