NOVEMBER 2026

PRESS RELEASE

Handel Hendrix House celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a special concert at Handel’s nearby church

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Handel Hendrix House - the Mayfair museum once home to composer G.F. Handel and rock legend Jimi Hendrix at 25 Brook Street is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a special concert at St George’s Church, Hanover Square on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, between 7-9pm.

For one night only, two celebrated ensembles - The Brook Street Band and The London Handel Players - will join forces to present a programme including Handel’s Sonata in A major (HWV361), Trio Sonata Op.2 No.1 (HWV386), transcriptions of arias from Handel’s operas and the cantata Mi palpita il cor (HWV132c), for which they will be joined by mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston.Tickets range from £25 for concert only to £100, which includes a pre-concert reception at Handel’s home from 5.30pm before making the short walk to St George’s Church for the concert.

Tickets can be purchased from https://handelhendrix.org/events/celebrating-25-year-of-handel-house

As Claire Davies, Deputy Director of Handel Hendrix House explains: “We are delighted to be celebrating 25 years since Handel’s London home first opened its doors to the public. This anniversary concert celebrates Handel, his music and the remarkable legacy of his life at 25 Brook Street.

Taking place in the church where Handel worshipped, this concert will showcase some of Handel’s most beloved music written and performed during his time living at Brook Street.”

EVENTS IN NOVEMBER

Hallelujah House: Inside Handel’s HQ - New exhibition offers fresh insights into the music that Handel composed and performed whilst calling 25 Brook Street home runs until Sunday, March 14, 2027.Ronnie Wood: The Jimi Hendrix Portraits featuring two new, unseen original portraits of Jimi Hendrix in his flat on Brook Street by Ronnie Wood alongside prints of much-loved paintings inspired by photographs of Jimi. will be on show until Sunday, April 11, 2027

New Exhibition Hendrix in London - Step into Jimi Hendrix’s London and discover the story behind the music in this exhibition at Handel Hendrix House. Drawing on a remarkable archive of previously unseen material, the display offers a rare glimpse into Hendrix’s life, work and the world that surrounded him during his time at 23 Brook Street.Entry to all these exhibitions is included in the admission price. .

Tuesday 3 November, 7-9pm
Handel and the New Society | London Handel Festival
https://www.london-handel-festival.com/whats-on/JR-handel-and-the-new-society/

Saturday 7 November
Guitar Saturday

Join resident guitarist Nigel Jones to learn the inside track on Hendrix’s legendary techniques and sounds. Bring your guitar along, or borrow one from the house, and jam in the place that Hendrix called home. £20 including general admission
https://handelhendrix.org/events/saturday-guitar-days

Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 November
Baroque & Roll Weekends – Live Music

Twice a month and included in general price
1-3pm – Baroque | 2-4pm – Roll

Enjoy live music in both the Handel and Hendrix spaces on the same day. Hear baroque music performed on historic instruments in Handel’s dining room, then step into the 1960s with blues and guitar music in Jimi Hendrix’s bedroom. A unique chance to experience music where it was once written, rehearsed, and played.

https://handelhendrix.org/events/live-music

Sunday 15 November
Wigs & Wiggles 
10.30am & 11.15am | £8 per adult and £4 per child

Musical adventures in Wigs and Wiggles, an interactive concert series for under 5s that brings the magic of Baroque music to life! Wigs and Wiggles invites children to sing, dance and move while exploring the vibrant world of Handel’s music.
https://handelhendrix.org/events/wigs-and-wiggles-an-interactive-childrens-concert-series

Wednesday 18 November, 18:30pm-19:30pm
Jimi Sessions with Greg Coulson

Tickets: £25

Singer-songwriter Greg Coulson blends soul, blues, funk and classic rock with expressive vocals, masterful musicianship and an electrifying live presence. Alongside his acclaimed solo career, he has performed with artists including Burt Bacharach, Morcheeba and Tom Grennan, earning a reputation as one of the UK's most versatile musicians.

https://handelhendrix.org/events/the-jimi-sessions-greg-coulson

Tuesday 24 November, 6.30pm
Jane Austen’s Mr Handell

Tickets: £25

Literary Music present a programme of music by Handel from the Jane Austen music collection, which would have been played in the Austen household, including extracts from Water Music, Judas Maccabeus as well as recitatives and arias from Handel’s most famous operas. This programme is performed in full Regency costume, with period music interspersed with readings from novels and entertaining descriptions of life in the Regency era. Literary Music are soprano, Rosie Lomas and harpsichordist, Katarzyna Kowalik.

https://handelhendrix.org/events/handels-salon-with-literary-music

Saturday 28 November, 11am-1pm
The Archive Experience

Included in general admission.

Join our Archivist and Curator as they present highlights from the Trixie Sullivan Collection. The collection contains previously unseen documents from Anim, Hendrix’s management company, which were saved from destruction by employee Trixie Sullivan in the 1970s. Some are on display and part of our permanent Hendrix in London exhibition but there’s plentymore to see, offering a rare glimpse into the everyday working life behind Hendrix’s stratospheric fame.

https://handelhendrix.org/events/the-archive-experience

Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 November
Baroque & Roll Weekends – Live Music

Twice a month and included in general price
1-3pm – Baroque | 2-4pm – Roll

Enjoy live music in both the Handel and Hendrix spaces on the same day. Hear baroque music performed on historic instruments in Handel’s dining room, then step into the 1960s with blues and guitar music in Jimi Hendrix’s bedroom. A unique chance to experience music where it was once written, rehearsed, and played.

https://handelhendrix.org/events/live-music

Volunteer Tours on select Sundays

The tour will take place between 2-3pm and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no need to book in advance - simply sign up on arrival at no extra cost (maximum 10 people per tour).

Plus every Thursday at 2pm – Seasonal talks with a member of the Curatorial Team.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

The house is open Wednesday – Sunday 10.00 – 17.00 (last entry at 16:00). Tickets are £14.50 for adults, £10.50 for students and free for the under 12s. Tickets can be purchased in advance on the website www.handelhendrix.org but it is possible to buy

a ticket on the day at the museum. Nearest Tube: Bond Street

PRESS INFORMATION

Please contact Rachel Aked

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 07790 732448

The live music at Handel Hendrix House is generously supported by The Thistle Trust, The Garrick Charitable Trust, and Chapman Charitable Trust.

Handel Hendrix House cares for and presents to the public the homes of two of the greatest musicians ever to have lived in London. George Frideric Handel lived at 25 Brook Street from 1723 until his death in 1759. It was here that Handel wrote and rehearsed his greatest works, including Messiah and its ever popular ‘Hallelujah chorus’ – perhaps the most famous piece of classical music ever written. His stirring anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’, was also written in Brook Street and has accompanied the coronation of every British monarch since George II (for whom it was written in 1727), including HM King Charles III.

In 1968, Jimi Hendrix moved into an adjoining flat at number 23. Here, in the only place he said he felt truly at home, Hendrix entertained, inspired, and collaborated with other icons of British 60s rock music.

Handel Hendrix House has completed a £3million project to open all of Handel’s house to the public for the first time by restoring the basement and ground floor by faithfully recreated Handel’s basement kitchen with all its fixtures and fittings, carefully detailed on research and an inventory made shortly after the composer’s death.

Also

· Restored the ground floor parlours in which Handel would receive his guests and aristocratic patrons and in which his assistant, J.C. Smith, would sell tickets and subscriptions to new works.

· Restored the front façade of 25 Brook Street so that visitors can finally enter Handel’s home through his front door.

New things to see in Handel’s house include:

• Historic rooms presented as they might have been in the 1740s, when the composer was in a new burst of creative energy and commercial success writing dramatic oratorios.

• Recently acquired works of art, creating a collection representative of the more than 100 works of art Handel owned in Brook Street.

• New exhibitions about Handel’s music and the musicians he worked with and a mixed reality audio-visual display about the writing of Messiah in the very room in which it was composed.

In 2016, Jimi Hendrix’s flat in 23 Brook Street was brilliantly restored and opened to the public. To be enjoyed as a contrasting and complementary part to a visit to Handel’s home,

the Hendrix experience at Handel Hendrix House has been expanded as part of the Hallelujah Project:

• For the first time, visitors can walk up and down the stairs to his flat, where George Harrison famously had to step over one of Jimi’s other visitors who had passed out en route to the exit.

• A new exhibition features a film showing visitors exploring Hendrix’s legendary guitar technique and his influence on musicians and creatives, with high quality sound supported by Bang & Olufsen

• The film includes material uncovered by Handel Hendrix House through their national ‘Your Experience’ appeal for memories, images and stories of people’s encounters with Jimi Hendrix across the country.

A guide to Handel Hendrix House is now available on Bloomberg Connects, which can be translated into 12 different languages including French, German, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Italian, Russian, Korean, Hindi, Japanese and Chinese. Details of the house can be found https://guides.bloombergconnects.org/en-US/guide/handelHendrixHouse