He is responsible for organising and conducting the annual open-air event Bridges to the Classics at the Handel Festival in Halle.

In Halle he was one of the founders of the Handel Festival.

To celebrate his music, Halle has staged a Handel Festival since 1922, annually in June since 1952.

At the Crystal Palace he also conducted the triennial Handel Festivals, from 1883.

In 1862 Santley appeared at the Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace.

It is also the main performance venue for the annual summer Handel Festival held in the city.

Her first concert tour in Britain, in 1934, was a great success and the following year she returned to play at the Handel Festival in Cambridge.

She has worked ten years at the Handel Festival in Goettingen, Germany.

She was a soloist at the Handel Festival conducted by Henry Wood at Alexandra Palace in 1939.

George Frederick Handel was a regular worshipper at St George's, which is now home to the annual Handel Festival.