Overview
- The 2026 Proms runs from 17 July to 12 September with 86 concerts and more than 70,000 £8 standing tickets available.
- The Met Orchestra plays the Proms for the first time and the Los Angeles Philharmonic returns after nearly 25 years.
- Wynton Marsalis’s new Concerto for Orchestra receives its world premiere and Jessie Montgomery’s new cello concerto gets its UK premiere through a BBC–Lincoln Center co-commission.
- The Last Night features Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto at the festival for the first time with Yuja Wang as soloist under Sakari Oramo.
- Every concert airs on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds with selected TV coverage, alongside a Bristol residency in August with six events and cross-genre nights that include a Graceland 40th tribute and a celebration of Marvin Gaye.