Welcome!

Welcome to the Berkeley Festival and Exhibition—or as we like to refer to it, BFX! Founded in 1990 and produced by the San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS), the Festival has become one of the world’s largest and most important early music conclaves, deemed “a remarkable institution on the American musical scene” by The New York Times.

Thank you for making BFX 2024 a tremendous success! BFX will return in 2026. Follow SFEMS for news and announcements.