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Advent and Christmas
Here you will find all our Advent and Christmas events and special services in 2026, including including reservations for our special services such as Nine Lessons and Carols and our Christmas Day Eucharist: live on BBC1.
As well as all the events below, various other services, events and classes continue as normal. See our full list for more details.
Sun 29 Nov
Experience the light and darkness of Advent with seasonal music sung by our renowned Cathedral Choir and short, reflective readings.
Wed 02 Dec
Benedicite, the Cathedral's youth choir, lead a service of Advent music, focusing of music honouring the Virgin Mary.
Wed 09 Dec
Featuring songs from Phantom of the Opera, Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz and more in the ultimate celebration of songs from stage and screen.
Sat 12 Dec
A fun, free singing morning for children aged P3-7, learning and singing popular Christmas carols.
Sat 12 Dec
This special festive concert features a sparkling programme of much-loved classical masterpieces, including selections from Tchaikovsky's enchanting Nutcracker Suite, and Rachmaninov's deeply romantic Piano Concerto No. 2.
Sun 13 Dec
Come and celebrate Christmas in the grandest way, with a concert of carols and hymns from the Cathedral Choir.
Sat 19 Dec
All welcome to come and celebrate Christmas with us, whatever age. Costumes strongly encouraged. We have some available too!
Sat 19 Dec
Do you have a favourite Christmas carol? This community event is a great chance to turn up and have a sing round the piano! Free, with refreshments of tea, coffee and mulled wine.
Tue 22 Dec
Our traditional service of Nine Lessons and Carols, with the telling of the Christmas story, carols from our choir, and hymns for all to join in with.
Thu 24 Dec
Our traditional late-night service of Midnight Mass, when we welcome in Christmas day with our Cathedral Choir.
Fri 25 Dec
Our traditional Christmas morning service to celebrate the birth of Christ will be broadcast live on BBC1.
The final entry for this service is 9:30am, i.e. 30 mins before the service begins.
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