The Society organises national festivals annually, incorporating ensemble and massed playing competitions lectures music and instrument shops.
Branches take it in turns to present a festival, which moves around the country.
The 2002 National Recorder Festival will be on April 6th 2002, in Guildford, organised by the Guildford branch. There is also an annual Scottish Recorder Festival , except when the National Festival is in Scotland. It is held in Alva, Clackmannanshire near Stirling.