BAFTA game concert goes on tour
BAFTA’s Games in Concert — which premiered in London — is expanding into a UK tour that will play music from more than two decades of BAFTA‑recognized game scores ( ). Organizers announced final launch details on April 14, 2026, and the tour will visit six dates across May and June ( ). The program pulls nominees and winners from BAFTA’s Music category into a live format aimed at broad audiences (gonintendo.com).
BAFTA is taking its video game music concert on the road, with six United Kingdom dates set for May and June 2026 after the show’s London premiere. (bafta.org; ticketmaster.co.uk) Organizers published final launch details on April 14, 2026 for stops in Gateshead on May 23, Bristol on May 31, Edinburgh on June 4, Glasgow on June 5, Birmingham on June 6, and Manchester on June 7. (gonintendo.com; ticketmaster.co.uk) The touring version keeps the same core format as the London show: a 65-piece orchestra, choir, on-screen visuals and gameplay, and music drawn from 20 years of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Games Awards music nominees and winners. (liveconcert.games; bafta.org) That means the program treats game scores like film scores, with orchestral suites built for the concert hall rather than a convention stage or a fan event. BAFTA said the show is its first public live event of this kind. (gonintendo.com; bafta.org) The timing follows a broader push to present games as part of Britain’s screen and music culture, not only as software releases. BAFTA announced the concert in September 2025 and staged the world premiere at Royal Festival Hall in London on January 31, 2026. (bafta.org; ticketmaster.co.uk) The repertoire mixes large franchises and smaller titles, including music from *Baldur’s Gate 3*, *Journey*, *Cuphead*, *Disco Elysium*, *Fallout 4*, *Helldivers 2*, *Returnal* and *Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture*. BAFTA said the arrangements were created and endorsed by the original composers. (liveconcert.games; gonintendo.com) The London premiere used the British Broadcasting Corporation Concert Orchestra under composer Austin Wintory, and the tour shifts to regional ensembles including Royal Northern Sinfonia, Welsh National Opera Orchestra and the British Broadcasting Corporation Philharmonic, with Adrian Ronda Sampayo conducting the announced United Kingdom dates. (bafta.org; gonintendo.com) BAFTA also said international presentations are available for future booking, so the six-date run looks like the first expansion of a format it introduced in London rather than the end of it. For now, the immediate next step is simple: the roadshow starts in Gateshead on May 23. (liveconcert.games; ticketmaster.co.uk)
