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Announcing our 2024-2025 season!

Folger Consort returns to its home on our historic Elizabethan stage this September! Our fall program celebrates the music of Venice and Florence in the 16th and 17th centuries while our annual holiday concerts feature Charpentier’s Messe de minuit pour Noël—along with two additional dynamic programs in February and May. Secure your seats and get ready to experience our award-winning ensemble in residence alongside the Folger’s brand new amenities, like Quill & Crumb Café and our exhibition halls. It’s a whole new Folger!

Thrillist promises, “there’s plenty to keep visitors coming back.”

Subscriptions are no longer available for the 2024-2025 season, but single tickets are on sale for our upcoming productions. Scroll down to learn more about the concerts in our season or contact the box office at (202) 544-7077 or folgerboxoffice@folger.edu for more information.

Explore the season

Tale of Two Cities

Tale of Two Cities

Both Florence and Venice were European power centers in the 16th and 17th centuries. Both also had exciting musical cultures. The Consort will offer pieces by important composers who worked in each city: Claudio Monteverdi and his colleagues who created at San Marco in Venice, and Florentine composer Francesca Caccini, among others.
Fri, Sep 13 – Sun, Sep 15, 2024
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A Mass for Christmas Eve

A Mass for Christmas Eve

For its annual holiday concert, Folger Consort presents Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit pour Noel, based on captivating, folksong-like noels steeped in the composer’s characteristic balance of irresistible dance rhythms and sophisticated harmonies.
Fri, Dec 6 – Sun, Dec 15, 2024
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The Love Birds

The Love Birds

Folger Consort intersperses readings from 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer’s A Parlement of Foules with medieval music and a world-premiere composition by acclaimed composer and Guggenheim Fellow Juri Seo, capturing the wit and charm of Chaucer's avian world through music.
Fri, Feb 14 – Sun, Feb 16, 2025
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Kings and Commonwealth

Kings and Commonwealth

The Folger Consort will perform political ballads of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot, along with instrumental music from the royal courts of James I and Charles I reflecting the political and religious upheavals in early 17th-century England.
Fri, May 2 – Sun, May 4, 2025
Dates & Tickets
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Subscriber benefits

  • The best seats locked in at the best price – up to 20% savings on single ticket prices
  • Free, no-fee ticket exchanges
  • Free access to the Early Music Seminar series hosted by Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein, offered online via Zoom
  • Ticket discounts to Folger Theatre performances, the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series, and other Folger events
  • Exclusive subscriber-only content and special offers

For more information, please contact our box office at (202) 544-7077 or email folgerboxoffice@folger.edu.