It’s back and it’s even bigger than ever! With more trees from charities, schools, businesses, community groups and others from across the region to enjoy. Our sparkling Christmas Tree Festival will be open to visit from Thursday 5 December 2024 until Monday 6 January 2025 (excluding Christmas Eve* and Christmas Day**), during normal visiting hours - 10am-5pm Monday to Saturday and 12.30-3pm on Sundays. *Open for visiting 10am-12pm on Christmas Eve. ** Cathedral open for services only, no visiting on Christmas Day. ‘All is Calm, All is Bright’ – Your Cathedral at Night Thursday 12 December, Monday 16 December and Thursday 19 December, 7.30pm to 9:30pm. After the sun has set the sparkle on our trees is that little bit more special. Come and spend your evening with us, a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie in hand, in your Cathedral at Night. Explore the building with members of our team providing a Christmas themed insight into its history, and enjoy an exclusive evening viewing of the Christmas Tree Festival too. Worcester Cathedral’s Christmas Tree Festival 2024 is generously sponsored by Haus Installations, Nicol & Co and Vandemoortele Worcester. *Well-behaved dogs on a short lead are welcome in the Cathedral during the Christmas period, including to the Christmas Tree Festival and Christmas Fayre. During particularly busy times we ask owners to be mindful of the limited space in the cloisters for the comfort of all of our visitors.
WORSHIP IN THE GARDEN: meeting with God in creation Starting in January, Worcester Cathedral will be launching a new, monthly service of worship. What makes it a little unusual is that it will not take place inside the cathedral. Instead, we will be outside, come rain or shine. SACRED GARDEN: engaging with God in creation through creativity Sacred Garden is a new monthly event that Worcester Cathedral is launching for people who feel God’s presence when they’re out in nature.
The Spring Series of lunchtime recitals will resume from 9 January 2025 onwards. Recitals take place on Thursdays at 12.15pm. Admission is free with donations welcomed at a retiring collection. All are warmly welcome. The performers for the spring series are as follows: January 9 Rebecca Hardwick (soprano) 16 Francois Cloete (organ) 23 Roger Judd (organ) 30 Anna Holmes (violin) February 6 Benjamin Nicholas (organ) 13 Ensembles from King's School, Worcester 20 Quattuor Artium (piano quartet) 27 Jonathan Hope (organ) March 6 Ahmed Dickinson (guitar) 13 Keith Hearnshaw (organ) 20 Angelina Kopyrina (piano) 27 Vocal students from Royal Grammar School, Worcester
Calling all Coldplay fans... you've been waiting for 'Something Just Like This'! The Music Of Coldplay By Candlelight is coming to Worcester Cathedral! Featuring a spectacular cast of world class vocalists and an epic live band, prepare for total 'Paradise', as you experience Coldplay's biggest hits, like never before! This incredible concert will take you on the 'Adventure Of A Lifetime', with not just a 'Sky Full Of Stars', but a room full of candlelight and spectacular live music, too! Get ready to hear all your favourites, from 'Viva La Vida' and 'Hymn For The Weekend', to 'Yellow', 'The Scientist' and many more, performed live in Worcester Cathedral, by candlelight. So, make sure you book your tickets, faster than the 'Speed Of Sound', and join us for this phenomenal live show, guaranteed to 'Fix You'.
For the first time ever, see The Drifters in the magical and remarkable setting of Worcester Cathedral, lit by a thousand candles! Join us on Friday 17th January 2025 to be part of this special event and experience the wonder of The Drifters by Candlelight as they perform all of their classic hits including - Saturday Night at the Movies, You’re More Than A Number, Come on Over to My Place, Under the Boardwalk and many more! The Drifters have been inducted the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, chosen to perform for the President of the United States and listed among the Greatest Artists of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine. Premium Tickets (£40.00*) - the first section of seating in front of the stage Band A Tickets (£35.00*) - the second block of seating in front of the stage Band B Tickets (£30.00*) - the third block of seating from the stage (this is some distance from the stage so the view is not as clear) No View (£10.00*) side aisle seats with NO VIEW of the stage.
A lecture-recital exploring the relationship between music and the brain, especially in relation to Mozart’s music. How and why is music so powerful? How is it possible that someone with memory loss might not remember a family member’s name but can sing or play along to a favourite song from their youth? What makes Mozart’s music so accessible to those with an injured or deteriorating brain? Grace has worked as a violinist with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the English Symphony Orchestra, the Gabrieli Consort & Players, and enjoys a varied freelance career with a multitude of other orchestras across the country. Alongside her professional work, Grace is completing a Master of Studies in Music at the University of Oxford. As well as performing, this enables her to do further research into the relationship between music and neurology, an area of particular interest. The event will take place in the Cathedral's Undercroft. Please use the entrance off College Green.
Featuring an incredible cast of West End singers and epic live band, ‘Come Together’ for a ‘Magical Mystery Tour’, jam packed with over 40 Beatles hits, as you have never heard them before! This spectacular show features best loved songs including ‘Help!’, ‘Hey Jude’, ‘Let it Be’, ‘All You Need Is Love’, ‘Yesterday’ and many more, performed live at the beautiful Worcester Cathedral, by candlelight. So, after a ‘Hard Days Night’, grab your ‘Ticket to Ride’, and join us as we ‘Twist and Shout’ the night away at this euphoric sing-along spectacular!
Calling all U2 super fans... we’ve found exactly what you’re looking for! The Music Of U2 By Candlelight is finally here and it’s guaranteed to be an Unforgettable Fire! Featuring a spectacular cast of world-class vocalists and epic live band, this concert might be Even Better Than The Real Thing! Prepare for a City Of Blinding (Candle)Lights, as you experience U2s biggest hits like never before! Get ready to hear all your favourites, from ‘One’, ‘Bad’ and ‘Beautiful Day’ to ‘Pride’, ‘Vertigo’ and many more, all performed live by candlelight. This incredible concert is going ahead With Or Without You, so don’t wait Until The End Of The World, book your tickets now for the Sweetest Thing you’ll see all year!
We are delighted to bring you Bowie by Candlelight, featuring 'David Live' The David Bowie Tribute Show. An incredible night of Bowie anthems including 'Let's Dance', 'Starman', 'Life on Mars', 'Rebel Rebel' and more, performed at the beautiful Worcester Cathedral, by candlelight. The show starts at the beginning borrowing all the elements from Bowie’s live performances, taking you on a trip through the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and beyond, kicking off with revival of Ziggy’s Farewell Gig at Hammersmith Odeon 1973, and the band takes the same iconic look from the original “Spiders from Mars”, bringing back the true magic and amazing experience of Bowie Live. Throughout this simply mesmerising show “David Live” replicate the feeling and iconic looks of David Bowie’s live performances, looks from Isolar Tour in 1976, Serious Moon Light tour of 1983 with all the hits from the classic album “Let's Dance” this slick, professional David Bowie Tribute Show will keep you up on your feet and begging for more. With the band having had the present line-up for nearly 10 years, “David Live” is an honest and insightful musical tribute to David Bowie.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s inspirational 1727 oratorio St Matthew Passion is both a musical icon for the Christian world and an expression of feelings common to the whole of humanity. Known as the ‘Great Passion’, it presents a powerful setting of Jesus's final days, drawing on parts of St Matthew’s Gospel. From intimate grief to monumental crowd scenes, the work’s richly scored arias, chorales and choruses sculpt the story into a gripping drama, told with a vivid sense of theatre by double chorus, double orchestra and solo voices. Accompanying the 140 voices of the accomplished Worcester Festival Choral Society in this performance in magnificent Worcester Cathedral are six, acclaimed soloists and the superb Meridian Sinfonia orchestra. Worcester Cathedral’s director of music, Samuel Hudson, conducts. Soloists: SEBASTIAN HILL – tenor (Evangelist) DAVID SHIPLEY – bass (Christus) MIRIAM ALLAN – soprano TOM LILBURN – countertenor RUAIRI BOWEN – tenor RICHARD BANNAN – baritone
Pop-Soul Singer Tunde of Lighthouse Family will perform live inside the incredible Worcester Cathedral with a full band on Friday 28 March 2025! Tickets for this very special show are on sale from 20 December 2024. This is a seated concert. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Tunde will be performing a 75 minute set with support act (TBA).
Event description Calling all Princesses and Princes for a magical concert singing the enchanting songs from your favourite movies. General Info 25 April 2025 Entry from: 2.30pm Start time: 3pm End Time: 4.15pm The advised age for this event is 3+. Under 2s do not require a seat if sat on a parent or guardians lap throughout the show. Programme Enjoy an enchanting concert singing the magical themes from your favourite Princess movies including: Frozen, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Moana, Pocahontas, Beauty and the Beast, Wicked, Tangled, Aladdin, The Swan princess, Thumbelina, The Greatest Showman and more.