Boston Handbell Festival

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Hours:	7:30pm
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

On the third Tuesday of May, Old South Church plays host to the Boston Handbell Festival, an annual celebration of handbell musicianship co-sponsored by the Back Bay Ringers and Old South.

The Boston Handbell Festival is the continuation of a musical tradition of handbell performance at Old South Church that stretches back almost a century, and it has always been supported by the goodwill and generous financial gifts of others.

The Boston Handbell Festival brings together local community handbell ensembles–the Back Bay Ringers, Merrimack Valley Ringers, New England Ringers, and Old South Ringers–and an invited guest choir, for an evening of massed and solo ringing in Old South’s beautiful sanctuary.

The concert is free and open to the public.

A free-will donation will be collected at the event, the proceeds of which will go toward making sure that this tradition continues well into the future. Your gift will support the arts and education, helping to keep a low-cost, high quality, live musical experience a vital part of our city’s culture.

Many audience members at the BHF are seeing handbells for the first time!

They’ve been treated to an enormous variety of performances, including pieces that included choreography, singing, baseball hats, or pirate costumes, as well as a memorable massed piece involving five choirs and Old South’s stunning Skinner pipe organ.

COST

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Free. Donations are appreciated.

WEBSITE

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www.backbayringers.org/events/boston-handbell-festival/

LOCATION

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645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02116 map

Old South Church is located across from Copley Square and the main branch of the Boston Public Library. It is accessible by the Copley stop on the Green Line MBTA.

Old South Church
645 Boylston St. Boston, MA