The Stables hosts over 400 concerts and around 250 education events a year including the National Youth Music Camps which take place over the summer.

The Stables has hosted internationally renowned performers including Dave Brubeck, Amy Winehouse, Joan Armatrading, Courtney Pine, Janis Ian, Craig David, Beverley Knight, 10cc, Uriah Heep, Jamie Cullum, Bill Wyman, Cerys Matthews, Gregory Porter, Nigel Kennedy, Nils Lofgren, Steve Hackett, Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, James Galway, Beth Neilsen Chapman and Curtis Stigers, Steve Harley (both with Cockney Rebel and his 2-5 piece acoustic sets).

The Stables commissioned the Harbour of Songs album, produced by Adrian McNally of The Unthanks and released on Proper Records in July 2012.

Alumni from the National Youth Music Camps, founded by Avril Dankworth, include Guy Chambers, Dominic Miller, Quentin Collins and Thom Yorke.

[3] The Stables is owned by Wavendon Allmusic Plan Ltd (WAP), a private company limited by guarantee and a registered charity (no 261645) which aims to engage the widest range of people with music in all its diversity.