Where to Sing, Play, Listen

Choirs, Concerts, Orchestras, Festivals, Venues

Whatever your taste in music you will surely find a a concert, choir, group or event that you like. Classical, jazz, contemporary music in a range of venues in the town of Lewes and for opera lovers Glyndebourne is just a few miles away.

Choirs

Whether you just love singing, or you are a professional singer, Lewes has a lot to offer. If you’d like us to write about you or your latest event get in touch with us at team@leweshub.org.uk

Here is a selection of what to look out for in Lewes and we’ll be writing regular blogs to keep you posted. Collectors of vinyl will also love to visit Union Music Store offers a wide eclectic range of new and pre-loved vinyl, CDs and books.

The Good Vibe Choir

The Good Vibe Choir in Lewes was formed in 2021 at The Con Club. After only a couple of years it became Lewes’s largest choir. The Good Vibe Choir prides it’s self in being an inclusive, fun and friendly, pop choir in the heart of Lewes 139 HIgh Street from 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm. Lewes Good Vibe Choir

Lewes Musical Theatre Choir

Experience the joy of singing show tunes together in beautiful harmony whilst improving your own voice. No audition needed, all levels welcome! The West End choir runs weekly, rehearsing termly on Wednesdays at Lewes Town Hall in Lewes High Street. Taster sessions for January may be fully booked but you can find out more on their website Lewes Taster Sessions

East Sussex Community Choir

To join this choir, you do not necessarily have to be able to read music, but singers are expected to be able to sing in tune and to blend well with the other voices in the choir. They meet on Monday evenings in Lewes during school term times, from 7.30 – 9.00 pm. Find out more Sing with the East Sussex Community Choir – Lewes

The Baroque Collective Singers – see The Baroque Collective below.

Choral Workshop

If you are you a keen choral singer you might like to join a choral workshop. You will enjoy learning new pieces, or getting re-acquainted with familiar ones, with the help and encouragement of experienced choral director Nick Houghton. Every year they run workshop days focusing either on a large-scale work that amateur choirs rarely get to perform, or smaller lesser-known pieces. Find out more at Choral Workshops

Orchestras and Ensembles

Lewes Concert Orchestra

Find out more about joining The Lewes Concert Orchestra or get dates in your diary for future concerts.

Musicians of All Saints

A Lewes-based chamber orchestra of professional musicians dedicated to the presentation of both new and unusual works together with a standard repertoire of better-known pieces. See Musicians of All Saints

The Workshop Series

Until 2023 almost all the concerts took place in the instrument-making workshop of Malcolm Rose and Karin Richter, in English’s Passage, Lewes. It was a unique, historic, characterful and much-loved performance space, that frequently allowed visiting artists to use of newly-restored original keyboards instruments, as well as expertly-constructed reproductions. Sadly, after the untimely death of Malcolm Rose in late 2022, it was no longer available for concerts, and more recently various churches in Lewes have been used. Find out more about the people behind The Workshop Series and future performances.

The Baroque Collective

The Baroque Collective is a professional period orchestra based in Lewes. The Baroque Collective Singers is a chamber choir, also based in Lewes. The Baroque Collective offers an enticing and flexible range of programmes from Locke and Purcell to Mozart and from trios to major works with chorus. Watch and listen

Annual Music Events

Lewes Music Festival

Now moving into it’s fourth year. With Support from the local community and all surrounding areas and further they support national and international artists as well as supporting many local up and coming bands/artists/DJ’s within the Sussex area.

Love Supreme Jazz Festival.

Music Venues

Lewes Con Club, situated at the top of Lewes High Street, is a mainly volunteer-run, not-for-profit social club and independent music venue, open every day to its members and non-members. They have a full programme of music events. See What’s On