11th Annual Boston Handbell Festival

The Boston Handbell Festival features five regional handbell ensembles playing both solo and en masse. This years attendees are Back Bay Ringers, Old South Ringers, Merrimack Valley Ringers, New England Ringers, and Penobscott Pay Ringers.

Please see the ticket link below to RSVP and let us know you are coming! While attendance is free, we encourage donations to support the Chime Donation Program and operating costs of future Festivals.

This event is endorsed by the Handbell Musicians of America and is generously supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

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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 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. 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.

To celebrate our 11th annual Boston Handbell Festival, the Back Bay Ringers will award a set of handchimes to a Boston-area school.

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