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Performance tours to Europe

Concert tours for choirs, bands and orchestras, planned by people who travel with you

Custom itineraries with performance venues confirmed in writing before you sign, private coaches throughout, and a Hollis Ridge tour manager with your group from arrival to departure.

  • Owner-run in Asheville, North Carolina, since 2011
  • Venues confirmed before contract, prices listed line by line
  • One complimentary place per ten paying travelers
Hallstatt, Austria: a lakeside village beneath the Alps in autumn

Request a proposal

A first outline and price range within two business days. No obligation.

We reply from jordan.calloway@hollisridgetours.com. Your details are used only to prepare your proposal.

  • 2011Founded, owner-run ever since
  • 8 to 15Europe programs every year
  • 9Countries with confirmed venue partners
  • 100%Of groups escorted by our team
Sample itineraries

Popular performance tours

Every program is custom-built. These routes show what a Hollis Ridge tour looks like, with real venue types, day counts and a starting price.

All itineraries and prices
ChoirOrchestraBand

Central Europe Concert Tour

12 days, 10 nights. 3 to 4 performances. France, Switzerland, Austria.

Paris, Strasbourg, Lucerne, Salzburg, Vienna

Our most requested route for choirs and orchestras: three countries, four performances and the halls and chapels that shaped Mozart, Haydn and Schubert.

From $4,290 per personView itinerary

ChoirOrchestra

Britain: London to Edinburgh

10 days, 8 nights. 3 performances. England, Scotland.

London, Bath, Oxford, Edinburgh

An English-speaking tour that pairs the choral tradition of Britain with easy logistics for first-time travelers: a Wren church, a college chapel and Edinburgh's Old Town.

From $3,690 per personView itinerary

BandOrchestraChoir

Italy: Rome, Florence and Venice

9 days, 7 nights. 3 performances. Italy.

Rome, Florence, Venice

A compact tour built around three of Europe's most rewarding performance settings: a Roman basilica, a Renaissance church in Florence and a concert on the Venetian lagoon.

From $3,490 per personView itinerary

Per person, land only, based on 40 paying travelers and spring 2027 departures. Airfare quoted separately or included on request.

What you can count on

Three commitments on every tour

  • Planning

    One coordinator, start to finish

    Jordan Calloway builds your proposal, books every venue and hotel, and is the person you call. No hand-offs to a call center.

  • On the ground

    A tour manager travels with your group

    From the arrival gate to the flight home, a Hollis Ridge staff member rides the coach, runs the schedule and handles the unexpected.

  • Budget

    One price, listed line by line

    Your proposal price is per person and complete. Inclusions are written out, exclusions are named, and the price is held once you sign.

Destinations

Where your ensemble will be heard

Nine countries where we have venue partners, hotels that know school groups and coach operators we have used for years.

All destinations
How it works

How a tour comes together

The full process
  1. Month 0

    Inquiry

    Tell us about your ensemble, season and cities. First outline and price range within two business days.

  2. Month 1

    Proposal

    A written day-by-day proposal with venues, hotels, coach and a per-person price. Revised until it fits.

  3. Month 2

    Confirmation

    Venues confirmed in writing, hotels and coach held, deposit schedule aligned with your school calendar.

  4. Months 3 to 12

    Preparation

    Parent meeting, payment plan, passports, repertoire planning with each venue's music office.

  5. Tour

    On tour

    Your Hollis Ridge tour manager meets you at arrival and stays with the group until departure.

Performance venues

Stages we book, and fill

The venue types your proposal will name. Every venue is confirmed in writing with its music office before your contract is signed.

Carved wooden choir stalls in an English cathedral
Choir

Cathedral choir stalls

England, Ireland

Evensong visits and participation, lunchtime concerts, Sunday services.

The vaulted nave of a Gothic cathedral lit for evening
ChoirOrchestra

City churches and basilicas

Paris, Rome, Vienna, Prague

Evening concerts promoted through the parish, and sung Mass participation.

An empty concert hall seen from the conductor's podium
BandOrchestra

Concert halls and civic theaters

Munich, Madrid, Edinburgh

Fixed staging, lighting and percussion for larger ensembles and joint concerts.

Painted pipes of a historic church organ
ChoirBand

Abbeys and pilgrimage churches

Montserrat, Melk, Salzburg

Midday services, festival stages and open-air sets in the square outside.

Snow-capped Alps above a lake at first light
For directors

Written to be approved, budgeted and explained at a parent meeting

We have sat in your chair. Everything about a Hollis Ridge proposal is built for the person who has to sell it to parents and a principal.

  • One complimentary place per ten paying travelers; directors travel free on most programs
  • Payment plans aligned with your school year, with a fundraising guide included
  • Group travel insurance and a 24-hour emergency line on every tour
  • Instrument transport, storage and hire planned and priced in advance
  • Parent meeting deck, packing lists and passport timeline provided

Director resources

What directors say

From the podium

  • The venues were exactly what we were promised, and confirmed in writing months before we signed. Our students sang to a full church in Salzburg on a Tuesday night.

    Choral director, high school, North Carolina
  • Instrument logistics were handled before I asked. Timpani, a bass rig and 62 kids across three countries, and nothing went missing.

    Director of bands, high school, Georgia
  • Having a Hollis Ridge tour manager on the coach every day meant I could actually direct. Chaperones said it was the calmest trip they had done.

    Orchestra director, university, Virginia
Planning resources

Start here if this is your first tour

All resources
  • Rolling Tuscan hills

    The 18-month planning timeline

    What happens when, from the first inquiry to the departure gate, and which decisions cannot wait.

    Read the timeline
  • Oxford colleges from above

    Questions directors ask

    Group size, inclusions, instruments, Mass and evensong, insurance and payment schedules, answered plainly.

    Read the FAQ
  • The Royal Crescent in Bath

    Fundraising and payment plans

    How groups of 40 to 90 travelers fund a tour over a school year without a single large invoice.

    Fundraising guide