Announcing

BLEMF 2025

May 25-31

Join us for the first ever early music festival dedicated to the music of the African Diaspora!

BLEMF 2025 offers a weeklong series of concerts & discussions, educational workshops for kids & adults, our second annual BLEMF Community Showcase, and more. Both live & online. Explore our program & mark your calendars!

Spring Soirée

Spring Soirée

Join us for Bloomington Early Music's Annual Spring Soirée on Saturday , March 15th, 7PM-9PM at the Far Center for Contemporary Arts!

Bloomington

early music

Connecting people to history & to each other through music

Revisit

BLEMF 2024
Early Music in Exile

Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors & Supporters!

Revisit

BLEMF 2023
Early Music Crossroads Arabia, Iberia & Latin America

Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors & Supporters!

Revisit BLEMF 2022

Celebrating Women in Early Music

VIEW PERFORMANCE RECORDINGS & PRE-CONCERT DISCUSSIONS, DOWNLOAD THE DIGITAL PROGRAM, NOTES & TRANSLATIONS, AND CONTINUE THE CELEBRATION!

May 22-27, 2022

9 CENTURIES OF MUSIC. 14 CONCERTS. 6 WORKSHOPS. ALL FREE.

Past Festivals

ENJOY CONCERT VIDEOS & PRE-CONCERT TALKS FROM THE BLEMF ARCHIVES!