Buxton International Festival brings the beautiful spa town alive each summer with a unique triptych of opera, music and books, and has been thrilling audiences for 40 years. It is one of Europe's most impressive opera and culture festivals, and the only one that takes place in the North of England.

BIF offers audiences once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to hear some of the world's most sublime yet rarely-performed operas, staging pieces which few established theatres dare to present. BIF believes in the power of opera's unique combination of music and drama to tell timeless stories that move and entertain.