A DIARY YOU CAN TRUST
What we know.
What we’re checking.
70 venues across London, Cambridge, Oxford, New York, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, Tokyo, Seoul. Free admission and dates are checked against official sources; programmes are never filled in by guesswork.
Keeping the diary current
An hourly background research task is enabled to look for changes to official listings and recital recordings. Checks are not live feeds and cannot guarantee complete coverage. Every listed concert has an organiser link and a verification date. Source checks look for new dates, cancellations and programme changes. An update is only published after the information has been verified; generic weekly recurrences are not treated as confirmed concerts.
Venue source access remains editorial: restricted pages are not bypassed. The recital archive is a checked selection of music performances from official channels, not a complete mirror of YouTube. Unknown programmes and unavailable recordings are labelled openly.
| Official source | Last check | Upcoming entries | Coverage note |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Bride’s Church ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 4 | Editorial source The complete accessible official recital calendar was reconciled through 3 November 2026 (checked 22 October). Recitals run from 13:15 to 13:55; admission is free, with an optional retiring collection. |
| St James’s Piccadilly ↗ | 2026-10-22 | 4 | Editorial source The complete accessible official free-concert calendar was reconciled through 4 November 2026 (checked 22 October). Admission is free; any stated donations are optional. |
| London Symphony Orchestra ↗ | 2026-09-08 | 9 | Editorial source Official source checked editorially. Scheduled research reconciles published listings; automated extraction remains disabled until source access policy is approved. |
| St Alfege Church ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 2 | Editorial source Official source checked editorially. Scheduled research reconciles published listings; automated extraction remains disabled until source access policy is approved. |
| Lauderdale House ↗ | 2026-09-07 | 3 | Editorial source Official source checked editorially. Scheduled research reconciles published listings; automated extraction remains disabled until source access policy is approved. |
| St Pancras Church ↗ | 2026-10-22 | 4 | Editorial source The church’s concert list shows lunchtime recitals an hour early (12.10pm) until the clocks change on 25 October; each individually dated event page gives 13:10–13:50, as does the church’s own header (“1.10pm Tues. and Thurs.”). Lunchtime concerts are not ticketed and have free entry with a suggested donation. |
| St Martin-in-the-Fields ↗ | 2026-09-08 | 0 | Editorial source The accessible official autumn listing now states that concert-only tickets cost £10. No current St Martin-in-the-Fields lunchtime dates qualify as genuinely free, so none are published in discovery. |
| Trinity Laban ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 23 | Editorial source Official source checked editorially. Scheduled research reconciles published listings; automated extraction remains disabled until source access policy is approved. |
| St Marylebone ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Access restricted The official listing returned an access challenge. No unverified events have been invented. Await an accessible official listing. |
| London School of Economics ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 8 | Editorial source Official source checked editorially. Scheduled research reconciles published listings; automated extraction remains disabled until source access policy is approved. |
| All Saints Kingston ↗ | 2026-09-08 | 6 | Editorial source Official source checked editorially. Scheduled research reconciles published listings; automated extraction remains disabled until source access policy is approved. |
| St Mary Islington ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 1 | Editorial source Official source checked editorially. Scheduled research reconciles published listings; automated extraction remains disabled until source access policy is approved. |
| St Mary-le-Bow ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 6 | Editorial source The church’s official concerts and lunchtime recitals page confirms the complete autumn 2026 schedule. Thursday recitals have free entry with a retiring collection. |
| Downing Place URC ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 2 | Editorial source Official source checked editorially. Scheduled research reconciles published listings; automated extraction remains disabled until source access policy is approved. |
| University Church Oxford ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 2 | Editorial source The complete accessible official calendar was reconciled through 17 September 2026. Both forthcoming Thursday piano recitals are individually dated and explicitly free. |
| Blackheath Conservatoire ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 3 | Editorial source Official source checked editorially. Scheduled research reconciles published listings; automated extraction remains disabled until source access policy is approved. |
| Berliner Philharmoniker lunch concerts ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 32 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| St. Marien-Friedrichswerder — organ and carillon concerts ↗ | 2026-09-08 | 3 | Editorial source Only individually dated, non-liturgical performances with explicit free admission are included. |
| Gotham Early Music Scene — Midtown Concerts ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 33 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| Grace Church — Bach at Noon ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| Saint Thomas — Sunday Recital Series ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 4 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| Saint-Merry concerts ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| AROSS — Saint-Sulpice organs ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| American Church in Paris — concerts ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| Jeunes Talents — free public concerts ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Editorial source Only explicitly free public events included. Standard season tickets at Yamaha and Foyer de l’Âme cost €14; hospital/private access concerts are not assumed publicly accessible. |
| La Madeleine — free Sunday music ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| Peterskirche — organ programme ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| Französischer Dom — concerts ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 2 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| Austrian Cultural Forum Rome — concerts ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| Teatro dell’Opera di Roma — OperaCamion ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| Concerts at St Ignatius Loyola ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 1 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| Saint Thomas Sunday Recital Series ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Editorial source Individually announced dates and free admission verified from the official source. |
| Trinity Church NYC / Sandbox Percussion ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 1 | Editorial source Named participating ensemble confirms individually dated free Trinity Church concerts. Trinity's website currently returns 403 to direct retrieval. |
| Trinity Church NYC — Fall 2026 music season ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 10 | Editorial source Official individually dated event pages confirm free admission, local times, performers and programmes. Direct page opening remains access-restricted, so only facts exposed by the organiser's accessible search index are used. |
| Manhattan Borough President — public events ↗ | 2026-09-08 | 0 | Editorial source The official city event page confirms the date, local timing, address, performers and free public admission for Beethoven's Ninth: A Pathway Out of War. |
| Ville de Paris — cultural events ↗ | 2026-09-08 | 0 | Editorial source Only individually dated classical events with explicit public access and genuinely free admission are included. |
| Kirchengemeinde am Weinberg — Sophienkirche concerts ↗ | 2026-09-28 | 0 | Editorial source Only individually dated concerts with explicit free admission are included; services and cantata services are excluded. |
| Musashino Academia Musicae concert calendar ↗ | 2026-09-22 | 7 | Editorial source Complete visible dated calendar reviewed through March 2027. Only separately confirmed free Ekoda concerts are included; fees and conflicts are recorded in the September 2026 Asia report. |
| Seoul National University College of Music ↗ | 2026-09-22 | 3 | Editorial source Event pages 1–2 reviewed, including the dated autumn Tuesday Concerts announcement. Later works are not yet listed in that announcement; no recurrence or end time inferred. |
| Toho College of Music concerts (Tokyo campus) ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 1 | Editorial source Only concerts at the Bunkyo (Otsuka) campus with explicit free admission are included; the Kawagoe campus is outside Tokyo. |
| Tokyo University of the Arts concert calendar ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 7 | Editorial source The 2026 calendar was reviewed through March 2027. Paid concerts and events for Geidai members only are excluded; free events need advance application. |
| Music High School attached to Tokyo University of the Arts ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 2 | Editorial source Dated free concerts from the school's official concert page. |
| Tokyo College of Music concert calendar ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 3 | Editorial source October and November 2026 reviewed; only concerts with explicit free admission are included (several student concerts charge ¥1,000–2,000). |
| Kunitachi College of Music concerts ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 6 | Editorial source Tachikawa, western Tokyo. Only concerts with explicit free admission on the college's own pages are included. |
| Kita City Culture Foundation (Hokutopia) events ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 5 | Editorial source Free lobby and hall concerts at Hokutopia, each on its own dated page. |
| Sasakawa Music Foundation lunchtime concerts ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 11 | Editorial source Second and fourth Wednesdays, October 2026 to March 2027, from the foundation's official season flyer. |
| Tokyo Opera City concert calendar ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 6 | Editorial source All October 2026–March 2027 listings were scanned; the free Visual Organ Concerts are included. |
| Italian Cultural Institute Tokyo events ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 1 | Editorial source Free concerts; popular events use a free membership registration and seat lottery. |
| Rikkyo University chapel concerts ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 2 | Editorial source Free organ concerts with advance registration; the 2026 schedule is printed on the official flyer. |
| Meiji Gakuin organ concert ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 1 | Editorial source Annual free organ concert in the Shirokane chapel, with advance registration. |
| Korea National University of Arts performance calendar ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 0 | Editorial source Detail pages give time, hall and admission; only explicitly free public events are included. |
| Ewha Center for the Performing Arts ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 3 | Editorial source Only concerts whose official poster states free admission are included. |
| Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 5 | Editorial source Community and museum concerts whose official pages state the price as free; October 2026 to March 2027 checked. |
| National Museum of Korea performances ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 1 | Editorial source Free concerts in the museum's main auditorium; programmes are often published late. |
| KBS Symphony Orchestra ↗ | 2026-09-29 | 0 | Editorial source Only concerts with every seat class at 0 won are included. |
| Hofburgkapelle ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Editorial source Mixed programme. Only individually announced free concerts qualify; Mass and ticketed concerts excluded. |
| Augustinerkirche ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 0 | Editorial source Mixed programme. Only individually announced free concerts qualify; Mass and ticketed concerts excluded. |
| mdw — University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna ↗ | 2026-09-06 | 1 | Editorial source Multi-venue calendar. Only individually verified free concerts included; workshops, exhibitions and paid events excluded. |