Welcome to St Mary’s Cathedral

Our Festival at St Mary's 2024 Programme is now available! Have a look at everything we have to offer at www.cathedral.net/festival. Or see below for our highlights.

Festival at St Mary's: Highlights

For for everything on during August, have a look at Festival. Or for a full list of events, including all our regular services, see our What's On page.

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Genesis
Thu, 01 Aug
01 Aug 2024, 09:00 – 18:00
01 Aug 2024, 09:00 – 18:00
A new series of paintings by Edinburgh artist Steven Hood, inspired by the Cathedral’s Paolozzi Window and scientific image-making technology such as the Hubble and James Webb telescopes as well as electromagnetic microscopes.
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Lunchtime Recital: Kla-vier Duo, piano duet
Thu, 01 Aug
01 Aug 2024, 13:00 – 13:50
01 Aug 2024, 13:00 – 13:50
A long-running and popular series of lunchtime recitals in one of Edinburgh's most beautiful concert spaces. Today, the Kla-vier Duo play music by Rachmaninoff and Debussy.
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Searching for the Sacred
Tue, 06 Aug
06 Aug 2024, 14:15 – 15:15
06 Aug 2024, 14:15 – 15:15
A guided walk towards the sacred in the cathedral: and also in our own hearts. A new promenade piece from writer and performer Jo Clifford.
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Song School Tours: the Traquair Murals
Thu, 08 Aug
08 Aug 2024, 11:00 – 11:30
08 Aug 2024, 11:00 – 11:30
See the amazing murals of Phoebe Traquair in the Cathedral's Song School. Edinburgh's best-kept secret!
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Sounds of the 60s
Fri, 16 Aug
16 Aug 2024, 19:30 – 21:30
16 Aug 2024, 19:30 – 21:30
Your favourite 60s pop classics as you’ve never heard them before, sung in Edinburgh’s most spectacular acoustic venue.
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Cathedral Choir: Classical and Romantic Music
Fri, 23 Aug
23 Aug 2024, 18:00 – 19:00
23 Aug 2024, 18:00 – 19:00
Come and hear our cathedral's internationally-renowned choir singing famous music by Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn and others in the beautiful St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral.
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St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral is one of the great buildings of worship in Scotland. Designed by George Gilbert Scott and dedicated in 1879, it is the seat of the Bishop of Edinburgh, and a landmark in the city's famous New Town.

St Mary's is also home to a thriving Christian community, with services every day, led six times a week by the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral. This goes alongside our commitment to Christian works within Edinburgh and beyond.

St Mary's Cathedral is a registered charity (SC014741).