Specialist tour operator Kirker has expanded its Cultural Tours & Music Holidays programme with new options in the UK and across Europe.
There are two new exclusive music festivals for 2025, featuring world-class jazz and chamber musicians.
The Kirker Jazz Festival in Malta, hosted by singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe, on the island of Malta, will feature concerts inspired by Cole Porter.
Based at the Hotel Corinthia Palace, clients will also be able to explore Malta and Gozo. Departing October 13, this five-night package costs from £3,998.
In Madeira, the Kleio Quartet will star in a Kirker Music Festival in November.
Staying at the historic Reid’s Palace, clients will attend exclusive concerts and explore the island. Departing November 24, this six-night holiday costs from £4,854.
A series of new music holidays for the summer include opera in Italy with The Puccini Opera Festival, near Lucca. The four-night holiday costs from £2,998.
A five-night holiday to experience the Rossini Festival in Pesaro in August costs from £3,397.
A new tour to the Verona Opera Festival showcases a trilogy of Verdi’s most popular and best-loved operas; Aida, Rigoletto and an optional performance of Nabucco.
Departing September 3, this four-night holiday costs from £3,546.
Art historian and opera expert Patrick Bade leads Kirker’s new Opera & Music in Budapest holiday in April, which costs from £3,173 for five nights.
A new five-night with Opera in Sweden tour includes a cruise through Stockholm’s archipelago of 20,000 islands. This five-night holiday costs from £2,869.
The new five-night Wexford Opera Festival in October costs from £2,475.
In England, Kirker introduces the Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk. Departing June 25, this five-night holiday costs from £2,198.
Other opera holidays include the Grange Festival in Hampshire and the International Opera Festival in Buxton.
New cultural and history tours include a four-night Paris of the Impressionists break, from £2,898; a Gallipoli & the Dardanelles tour, from £2,269; and the Science of the Waterways itinerary in northern England, from £1,872.
The festive range has a new five-night Christmas tour to Paris, while the programme for 2026 will have a Kirker Music Festival in Tenerife; a chef-led river cruise in Italy; and a new itinerary to Albania.
Pictured: Snape Maltings concert hall, where events take place for the Aldeburgh Festival. Editorial credit: David Calvert / Shutterstock.com