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The London International Festival of Early Music takes place 10-13th November 2021 in Blackheath, London.  From makers to performers, and recitals to competitions, come and revel in our four-day festival with a myriad of events designed to inspire, educate and entertain. 

Please see below the review of our 2020 festival, LIFEM: Digital or click here to view.

We kept a record of the comings and goings of the filming days to document our experiences of running a festival during a global pandemic. We endeavor to recreate the atmosphere of the live concerts as we s...

Your browser does not support the audio element. On Thursday 29 October, BBC Radio 4's Today programme featured prolific composer, producer and Led Zeppelin’s legendary multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jon...

World Premiere of The Tudor Pull, a new composition by John Paul Jones to be streamed at 7.00pm on Thursday 5th November from Marquee TV and the LIFEM website, www.lifem.org. In one of the more eye and...

The London International Festival of Early Music (LIFEM) has today announced a media partnership with leading online arts platform Marquee TV for its 5-11th November festival, LIFEM: Digital. LIFEM, in its 4...

This year, as we venture to overcome the restrictions of the global pandemic, we are delighted that the London International Festival of Early Music will be going ahead with a full programme of events.

The LIFEM team has made the positive decision to move its November 2020 festival to a virtual platform, thus creating LIFEM: Digital.

This year LIFEM has appointed its inaugural Artistic Director and we are delighted that experienced contemporary music publisher and creative producer, Gill Graham, has accepted the role.