Nevill Holt is proud to announce an exciting new chapter in its award-winning history as it becomes Nevill Holt Festival, welcoming a lineup of internationally renowned artists to Leicestershire next June. 

In order to make the festival more accessible to more people and to enjoy a sustainable future, Nevill Holt Opera’s Board commissioned an extensive survey inviting audiences to share their thoughts on the organisation’s future. 


Today they announce that Nevill Holt Festival 2024 will include not just opera (Mozart’s The Magic Flute featuring The Britten Sinfonia) but also concerts (Imogen Cooper & Sarah Connolly, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Benjamin Grosvenor, Max Richter’s Four Seasons) performances (Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence and Joseph Middleton in A Most Marvellous Party, Michael Morpurgo in Carnival of the Animals), jazz and contemporary music (Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra, Cécile McLorin Salvant & Dan Tepfer) and comedy (Mark Watson, Austentatious). Alongside these performances there will be a programme of conversations with leading novelists, historians, broadcasters and artists. 

The festival will take place in June in Nevill Holt’s award-winning theatre, medieval chapel and across the beautifully landscaped grounds of the 13th century Nevill Holt Estate, which is home to important works by Britain’s most acclaimed contemporary artists. The festival will also present a major retrospective of sculptures by Sir Anthony Caro, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.