Live Music

Battle Proms Concert at Burghley House

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Jul 12
12th July 2025

The 20th Annual Battle Proms Picnic Concert: A summer celebration with music, fireworks, spitfire, cannons and cavalry!

The Battle Proms at Burghley is held on an impressive elevated parkland position overlooking the grand Elizabethan architecture of the House – the perfect setting for an afternoon of sublime music and dramatic displays.

A firmly established favourite in the local calendar, this party in the park with a difference is attended by thousands of loyal fans every year, who are treated to an extraordinary afternoon and evening of unique entertainment.

The Longest-running picnic proms series in the uk

The extensive programme of entertainment also includes a toe-tapping warm-up act, thrilling historic cavalry displays, a meticulously choreographed aerial display from a WWII Spitfire, The Red Devils parachute display team, live firing cannons and, of course, spectacular fireworks.

The full 2-hour orchestral concert from the New English Concert Orchestra, led by Douglas Coombes MBE and compered by much-loved BBC presenter Pam Rhodes, will include modern pieces such as The Dam Busters MarchThe Downton Abbey Theme and Gerswhin's Summertime (performed by star soprano Denise Leigh), complemented by a host classical pieces you know and love such as Elgar's Nimrod and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, with the Battle Proms signature percussion of ground-shaking live cannon fire!

The evening concludes with a ‘last night of the proms’ flag-waving sing-along with favourites such as Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory and more under a sky of breath-taking fireworks.

The Battle Proms is still believed to be the only opportunity in the world to see the signature piece – Beethoven’s ‘Battle Symphony’ – performed as he composed it: with 193 live Napoleonic cannons providing a thunderous percussion!

opening times

Saturday 12th July 2025
16:30 - 22:30


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entry & prices

Adults
£48.50
Children (5-15 years)
£23.00
Children under 5 years
Free

more information

Burghley House

Stamford

PE9 3JY

Email: burghley@burghley.co.uk

Tel: 01780 752451

More About The Venue

Burghley House

Burghley House is one of the largest surviving Sixteenth century houses. Conceived by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth.