Since 2001, the Two Moors Festival has evolved into one of the most distinctive classical music festivals in the UK. We usually welcome over 6,000 people to our exciting range of events held in rural venues across Exmoor and Dartmoor. The Festival also nurtures young artists through its Young Musicians’ Competition and assists performers through its residency programmes.
The Festival is unique and has become an important part of the cultural diary in the South West. For the past twenty one years, in October, village halls, churches, indoor markets, museums, auction rooms, Nissen huts, country houses and even railway stations across Devon and Somerset, have sprung to life with inspirational recitals, concerts, operas, newly commissioned works, talks, exhibitions, school workshops, masterclasses and more.
In 2001, John and Penny Adie founded the Festival and ran it for nineteen years. In 2020, the internationally acclaimed violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen was appointed as the Festival’s Artistic Director. The Festival presents an artistic programme to rival many high-profile city-based events and has an national reputation for excellence way beyond its immediate physical reach.