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Take a look at our featured upcoming events listed below, or search all events by clicking here.

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Featured Events

There is Sweet Music

All Saints Church, East Meon

A selection of unaccompanied choral music for a summer's evening, performed by Winchester Cathedral Chamber Choir.

19th May 2019 Event Type: Festival

Kings & Scribes: The Birth of A Nation

OPEN FROM 21 MAY 2019

A permanent exhibition in the South Transept.

Kings and Scribes: The Birth of a Nation will unlock Winchester Cathedral's captivating stories and reveal some of the nation's greatest treasures.

Be one of the first to explore a spectacular three-level exhibition space in the South Transept which will take visitors on a journey through over 1,000 years of history, whilst offering awe-inspiring views of the Cathedral.

Organ Recital: Claudia Grinnell

Organ Recital with Claudia Grinnell

21st May 2019 Event Type: Concert

Bank Holiday Organ Recital – Phillip Scriven

Join us for our second May Bank Holiday Organ Recital featuring Phillip Scriven, the organist at Cranleigh School.

27th May 2019 Event Type: Concert

Half Term Family Activities

Pick up a trail from the Entrance Desk and discover all the weird and wonderful animals that can be found around the Cathedral, followed by clay animal craft activity.

Free on entry to the Cathedral. Admission is free for under 16s. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

29th May 2019 Event Type: Family

Tour and Tea – Walking on History

The famous tile pavements of Winchester Cathedral enable us to track the stories behind the Cathedrals history and the tales of the people who influenced its development.

1st Jun 2019 Event Type: Tour

Clarendon Way Walk – Winchester to Salisbury

Back for 2019, this popular charity walk raises vital funds for Naomi House & Jacksplace.

2nd Jun 2019 Event Type: Other

Lunchtime Recital: Joo Yeon Sir (Violin) Irina Adrievsky (Piano)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital with Joo Yeon Sir (Violin) and Irina Andrievsky (Piano)

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

4th Jun 2019 Event Type: Concert

PERFORM INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL GALA CONCERT

One of the finest choral educators of our time, Dr. Pearl Shangkuan, and ensembles from across the US, the UK and Germany will gather in historic Winchester, England to perform LUX: The Dawn From On High, Dr. Dan Forrest’s third major work for chorus and orchestra. As Guest Composer, Dr. Forrest will take part in the 5-day festival experience providing personal insights into his compositions and supporting Artistic Director Dr. Pearl Shangkuan in their interpretation, as well as performing at the gala concert with the choirs. Collaborating with an English Choir-in-Residence, this concert will challenge and engage the hearts and minds of every participant and will make for a memorable evening.

7th Jun 2019 Event Type: Concert

Thy Kingdom Come Beacon Service 2019

Join us for Thy Kingdom Come 2019, an ecumenical global wave of prayer encouraging Christians around the world to pray between Ascension and Pentecost (Thursday 30th May - Sunday 9th June) for more people to know Jesus Christ.

The Beacon service on Sunday 9th June brings Christians together of all ages and different churches across the region to worship the risen and ascended Jesus, to pray the prayer of Pentecost ‘Come Holy Spirit', and pray that others will come to know Jesus Christ. All Christian denominations welcome.

9th Jun 2019 Event Type: Faith

Lunchtime Recital: Archduke Trio

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital The Archduke Trio - Nick Salwey (Piano), John Kane (Violin) Nicola Heinrich (Cello).

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

11th Jun 2019 Event Type: Festival

Tour and Tea – Pestilence, Penitence & Putrefaction

For nearly 1400 years, those associated with the Cathedrals in Winchester have played an important part in the care of the sick and management of disease. This tour recounts the history of medicine in relation to the structure of the present Cathedral and the people commemorated within it.

15th Jun 2019 Event Type: Tour

Rotary The Tour of Legends

A true spectacle with between 80 and 100 iconic classic cars, travelling to five towns of interest in the Hampshire and Wiltshire area. There will also be Static displays at Winchester and Salisbury Cathedral.

15th Jun 2019 Event Type: Festival

Tavener Festival Concert – The Protecting Veil

Join Matthew Barley and his ensemble, a carefully assembled collection of some of the most talented London string players, for an evening to explore The Protecting Veil by the late Sir John Tavener.

15th Jun 2019 Event Type: Festival

Lunchtime Recital: Salome String Quartet

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital from the Salome String Quartet.

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

18th Jun 2019 Event Type: Concert

Southampton Philharmonic – Verdi’s Requiem

Southampton Philharmonic Choir with Southampton University Philharmonic Choir performs Verdi's Requiem, a work unashamedly theatrical in style, in which moments of great tenderness and simplicity are juxtaposed with passages of the most powerful and thrilling intensity. Performing with them under the baton of David Gibson are the New London Sinfonia.

22nd Jun 2019 Event Type: Concert

Return of the Peregrine

Keith Betton, Chairman and County Recorder of the Hampshire Ornithological Society, is a birdwatcher, writer and broadcaster. He has studied Peregrines for almost ten years and leads a team of enthusiasts who have helped them to return to Winchester and the rest of Hampshire. In a beautifully illustrated talk, he will explain how the world's fastest bird lives and thrives alongside us, and how for many years their very existence in the UK was on a knife-edge. Afterwards, he and a team of volunteers will look for where the Peregrines are perched and will use high-powered optical equipment to show them to attendees.

23rd Jun 2019 Event Type: Lecture

Lunchtime Recital – Wells Cathedral School Music Scholars

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital by Wells Cathedral School Music Scholars.

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

25th Jun 2019 Event Type: Concert

Lunchtime Recital: Carolyn Craig (Organ)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital from organist, Carolyn Craig.

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

2nd Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Wednesday Tours: Jane Austen – Her Life and Times

Throughout July, August and September we have a number of free* specialist subject tours lead by our expert guides. These tours are perfect for those who want to dig deeper into the Cathedral’s thousand- year history.

For this tour, our expert guides take you through the life and times of Jane Austen and to see her final resting place in the North Nave Aisle of the Cathedral.

3rd Jul 2019 Event Type: Tour

Winchester Festival: Opening Concert

Winchester Cathedral Chamber Choir, making its debut at the Festival, presents a concert of Iberian-themed choral music. Featuring guitarist Joseph Ingle, the programme includes 20th Century Spanish composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Romancero Gitano, with its settings of poems by Lorca evoking the landscapes, people and culture of Andalucia. Alongside this will be masterpieces by composers from Spain and Portugal, and music that emerged from their New World colonies in the 16th and 17th Centuries, fusing the culmination of late Renaissance European music with indigenous and Creole influences.

5th Jul 2019 Event Type: Festival

Tour and Tea – Wood Glorious Wood

This tour explores the exceptional riches of the Cathedral's woodwork, ancient and modern. It considers the indispensable role of wood in the construction and preservation of the building and we discover wood furnishings and decoration as far back as the 12th century. The highlight of the tour is a look in some detail at one of the Cathedral's greatest treasures, the 14th century choirstalls, described as "the most beautiful in Northern Europe".

6th Jul 2019 Event Type: Tour

Winchester Festival: A Fruitful Season – Keats in Winchester

The premiere performance of A Fruitful Season

John Keats is one of England’s favourite poets. In these performances, 2TimeTheatre presents a play for voices by Cecily O’Neill, celebrating Keats’ visit to Winchester in 1819.

6th Jul 2019 Event Type: Festival

Winchester Festival: Charles Spencer

To Catch a King

In this talk, bestselling author and historian Earl Spencer recounts the true story of one of the greatest escapes in British history.

6th Jul 2019 Event Type: Festival

Winchester Festival: Hampshire County Youth String Orchestra

The Hampshire County Youth Orchestra presents a string event concentrating on the Concerto Grosso form. The performers will include young string players from all over Hampshire.

6th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Winchester Festival: Royal Choral Society

The Festival is delighted to welcome one of London’s great choirs for a stirring programme featuring three giants of English music from the turn of the 20th Century. Choir and orchestra join forces for two works guaranteed to fill the Cathedral with thrilling sounds. A rare outing for the full-scale version of Parry’s coronation anthem is paired with Vaughan Williams’ choral symphony, while alongside sits Elgar’s ever-popular portrayal of some of his close friends.

6th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Winchester Festival: A Fruitful Season – Keats in Winchester

ohn Keats is one of England’s favourite poets. In these performances, 2TimeTheatre presents a play for voices by Cecily O’Neill, celebrating Keats’ visit to Winchester in 1819.

7th Jul 2019 Event Type: Festival

Winchester Festival: A Fruitful Season – Keats in Winchester

John Keats is one of England’s favourite poets. In these performances, 2TimeTheatre presents a play for voices by Cecily O’Neill, celebrating Keats’ visit to Winchester in 1819.

Based on Keats’ letters and poems, the script includes delightful descriptions of Winchester and of the writing of his most popular poem Ode to Autumn. It traces Keats’ obsessive love for his ‘Bright Star’ Fanny Brawne, his attempts to write a successful tragedy with his friend Charles Armitage Brown, and his increasing ill health. Performed by professional actors, and with original music, the play is introduced by Professor Christopher Mulvey.

7th Jul 2019 Event Type: Other

Winchester Festival: Festival Evensong

Preacher: The Rev’d Canon Jonathan Thomas Boardman Vicar of St Paul’s Church, Clapham

E W Naylor Canticles in A
Parry Lord, let me know mine end

Sung by the Girl Choristers and Lay Clerks of Winchester Cathedral Choir.

7th Jul 2019 Event Type: Faith

Winchester Festival: Max Hastings

Vietnam: An Epic History of a Tragic War

Max Hastings ambitiously re-tells the story of the Vietnamese war with the benefit of vivid personal memories: firstly reporting in 1967–68 from the United States, then through successive assignments in Indochina for newspapers and BBC TV.

7th Jul 2019 Event Type: Lecture

Winchester Festival: Wessex Sinfonietta

The Wessex Sinfonietta is one of Hampshire’s leading chamber orchestras. This evening’s concert includes Weber’s Horn Concertino, a virtuosic piece which includes four-part chords and explores the extremes of the instrument’s range.

The concert will open with the rich colours of Brahms’ St. Anthony Variations, a work performed too infrequently, and close with Beethoven’s Symphony No.7, one of his most exhilarating works, described by Wagner as ‘the apotheosis of the dance’.

7th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Open Chapter

Wessex Centre

An informal opportunity for members of the community roll to meet and talk with Chapter members.

Open Chapter dates 2019

Monday 8 July
Wednesday 23 October
Wednesday 4 December

8th Jul 2019 Event Type: Other

Winchester Festival: Lunchtime Recital

Matthew Crisp violin
Irina Lyakhovskaya piano

Janáček Violin Sonata
Schubert Rondo in B minor, D.895
Turnage Four Chants
Rebecca Clarke Midsummer Moon

Supported by The Friends of Music in Winchester

The piano for the lunchtime series is kindly loaned by Triangle Pianos Ltd. of Southampton.

8th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Winchester Festival: Nina Campbell

Nina Campbell in Conversation with Giles Kime

Nina Campbell is one of the foremost interior designers today and her work exemplifies the best of English interior design. Here she looks back on her almost fifty-year career with Giles Kime, Hampshire resident and Interiors Editor of Country Life.

8th Jul 2019 Event Type: Lecture

Winchester Festival: Frank Gardner

In this compelling talk, BBC Security Correspondent, Frank Gardner, recounts his own personal story of survival combined with his intimate knowledge of Middle Eastern history and politics.

8th Jul 2019 Event Type: Lecture

Winchester Festival: Jane and John visit Winchester

A walk with Jane Austen and John Keats

Winchester Tourist Guides present a walk through Regency Winchester to mark the 200th anniversary of the visit of John Keats to the city in 1819, and of Jane Austen’s death here in 1817, with quotes from their works and letters read by 'Georgian' players along the way.

Winchester Festival: Castalian Quartet

In a world full of fine ensembles, the Castalian Quartet has been noted as ‘the new force to be reckoned with’. This is reflected in demand from festivals worldwide, and in the numerous awards the ensemble has won. They bring their special talent to the delightful ambience of St Cross Church in a programme focused on the early decades of the string quartet genre.

9th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Lunchtime Recital: Paul Turner (Piano)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital from Pianist, Paul Turner.

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

9th Jul 2019 Event Type: Festival

Winchester Festival: Lunchtime Recital

George Rowley

British pianist George Rowley is quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting young musicians in the country. Join him for an exciting programme of Beethoven and Chopin for his Lunchtime Recital at St Lawerence Church.

9th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Winchester Festival: Sir Chris Bonington

Sir Chris Bonington in conversation with Jim McNeil

9th Jul 2019 Event Type: Lecture

Winchester Festival: Lunchtime Recital

The lunchtime recital by students from the Hampshire Specialist Music Course is always eagerly anticipated; for the seventh year, students from the HSMC at Peter Symonds will bring chamber repertoire to the Festival, showcasing the outstanding talents of the young performers, accompanied by Samantha Carrasco, Head of Keyboard.

10th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Winchester Festival: Andrew Marr

The History of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr is one of the most familiar reporters, journalists, presenters and interviewers on television. He is the host of the weekly BBC1 programme The Andrew Marr Show as well as the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week. Previously, he was Political Editor at BBC News.

Join him at the Winchester Guildhall for his talk on the History of Modern Britain.

10th Jul 2019 Event Type: Lecture

Winchester Festival: Lunchtime Recital

Lisa Dafydd soprano

George Butler bass

Will Lithgow piano

Programme to include Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Fauré, Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Ivor Novello

11th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Winchester Festival: Ed Balls in Conversation with Alastair Stewart

11th Jul 2019 Event Type: Lecture

Winchester Festival: Tallis Scholars

Inspired by the Sistine Chapel

Including Palestrina, Campkin, Morales, Josquin des Prés and Allegri’s Miserere

Over four decades of performance, Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars have done more than any other group to ensure that sacred vocal music of the Renaissance has not fallen out of the repertoire of concerts across the world. This fine programme draws on the richness of music at the Sistine Chapel, which was not solely a treasure trove of visual art.

11th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Winchester Festival: Lunchtime Recital

Rachel Carver harp

Rachel is an award-winning harpist who was the second-placed harpist in The BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2014. Come and listen to her at St Lawerence Church for her Winchester Festival Recital.

12th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Winchester Festival: Simon Schama

Wordy: Sounding off on high art, low appetite and the power of memory

Sir Simon Schama has been at the forefront of the arts, political commentary, social analysis and historical study for over forty years.

As a teacher of Art History and an award-winning television presenter of iconic history-based programming, Sir Simon is equally a prolific bestselling writer and award- winning columnist for many of the world’s foremost publishers, broadsheet newspapers, periodicals and magazines.

Here he selects topics from 50 essays commissioned over the years on the arts, politics, food and life.

12th Jul 2019 Event Type: Lecture

Winchester Festival: Michael Palin

Erebus: The Story of a Ship

In September 2014 the wreck of a sailing vessel, HMS Erebus, was discovered at the bottom of the sea in the frozen wastes of the Canadian Arctic. Its whereabouts had been a mystery for 150 years. Now Michael Palin – former Monty Python stalwart, television globetrotter and bestselling author – brings this extraordinary ship back to life, following it from its launch in 1826 to the epic voyages of discovery that led to glory in the Antarctic and to ultimate catastrophe in the Arctic.

Photo: John Swannell

13th Jul 2019 Event Type: Lecture

Winchester Festival: Ashton Singers with Canzona

Fiftieth Anniversary Concert

Winchester-based chamber choir Ashton Singers, founder and conductor Julian Macey, celebrate their 50th anniversary in the beautiful setting of St Cross with music by Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Schütz, Schein, Buxtehude and others, together with the violins, cornetts and sackbuts of Canzona - one of England’s leading period instrument ensembles (directed by Theresa Caudle).

13th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Lunchtime Recital: Ruskin Trio

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital from the Ruskin Trio. Nicholas Bucknall (Clarinet), Kate Musker (Viola) and David Elwin (Piano).

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

16th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Southern Cathedral’s Festival 2019 Chichester Cathedral (Thursday 18th July)

The three Cathedrals of the Southern Cathedral's festival are delighted to invite you to Chichester Cathedral and other iconic venues in the city of Chichester for an exciting programme of events, performances and services.

See here the events happening on Thursday 18th July 2019.

18th Jul 2019 Event Type: Festival

Southern Cathedrals Festival

A celebration of sacred choral and organ music featuring the choirs of Winchester Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral and Chichester Cathedral. The choirs will be performing separately and together and will be complemented by visiting performers.

This year's festival will be hosted by Chichester Cathedral.

Southern Cathedral’s Festival 2019 Chichester Cathedral (Friday 19th July)

See here to events happening on Friday 19th July 2019.

19th Jul 2019 Event Type: Festival

Tour and Tea – The Victorian Story: Vision, Virtue & Infamy

The Cathedral was cold, dismal and colourless when Queen Victoria came to the throne. This tour traces its transformation and introduces colourful Victorian personalities associated with the Cathedral including Soapy Sam; the Bishop of Borneo; the anti muckabite Dean Garnier and the inspiration for one of Trollope’s characters.

20th Jul 2019 Event Type: Tour

Tour and Tea – Tudor Intrigue in Turbulent Times

The religious upheavals of the Reformation, the cultural revolution of the Renaissance and the powerful personalities of the Tudor monarchs have all left their mark on Winchester Cathedral. Come and see this fascinating period of history brought to life.

20th Jul 2019 Event Type: Tour

Southern Cathedral’s Festival 2019 Chichester Cathedral (Saturday 20th July)

See here the events happening on Saturday 20th July 2019.

20th Jul 2019 Event Type: Festival

Lunchtime Recital: William Balkwill (Tenor)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital from William Balkwill (Tenor).

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

23rd Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Lunchtime Recital: Lucy Humphris (Trumpet)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital from Lucy Humphris (Trumpet)

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

30th Jul 2019 Event Type: Concert

Lunchtime Recital: Nadine Benjamin (Soprano)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital from Nadine Benjamin (Soprano).

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

6th Aug 2019 Event Type: Concert

Lunchtime Recital: Camilla Jarnot (Organ)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital with organist Camilla Jarnot.

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

13th Aug 2019 Event Type: Concert

Lunchtime Recital: Daniel Lebhardt (Piano)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital from the pianist, Daniel Lebhardt.

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

20th Aug 2019 Event Type: Concert

Bank Holiday Organ Recital – Steven Grahl

Join us for our final Bank Holiday Organ Recital of 2019, featuring Steven Grahl, Organist at Christ Church, Oxford.

26th Aug 2019 Event Type: Concert

Lunchtime Recital: Joseph Ingle (Classical Guitar)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital with Joseph Ingle (Classical Guitar)

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

27th Aug 2019 Event Type: Concert

Lunchtime Recital: Timothy Easter (Organ)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital with organist, Timothy Easter.

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

3rd Sep 2019 Event Type: Concert

Tour and Tea – Face the Music

Face the music includes background musical history and examines aspects of music with in the Cathedral. There are three types of visual clues: firstly, images in stone, wood, glass and embroidery reflecting 'heavenly harmony'; secondly memorials and graffiti referring to specific musical personalities; and thirdly, places and objects with musical functions such as organ or the Treasure.

7th Sep 2019 Event Type: Tour

Lunchtime Recital: George Cooke (Cello) & Tom Jesty (Piano)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital with George Cooke (Cello) & Tom Jesty (Piano)

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

10th Sep 2019 Event Type: Concert

The Sixteen: Choral Pilgrimage 2019

The Sixteen return to Winchester Cathedral as part of their 2019 Choral Pilgrimage. The Pilgrimage brings together music past and present, highlighting The Sixteen's Choral journey over the last 40 years. Their close relationship with Sir James MacMillan continues with a new commission O virgo prudentissima, contrasted with music by Fayrfax performed on their very first recording, alongside music by Wylkynson and Sheppard. These fine examples of English polyphony are juxtaposed with stunning music by Tavener and Eric Whitacre in the Sixteen's 40th anniversary year.

13th Sep 2019 Event Type: Concert

Lunchtime Recital: Simone Tavoni (Piano)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital from Simone Tavoni (Piano)

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

17th Sep 2019 Event Type: Concert

Tour and Tea – Ins and Outs of Europe

Co-operation and conflict between Britain and Europe as reflected in Winchester Cathedral During this tour we will review how England and Britain’s fluctuating relationships with Europe during the last 1000 years has brought benefits to art and architecture in Winchester Cathedral and is reflected in the lives of Saints, Bishops, Royalty and citizens connected with the Cathedral.

21st Sep 2019 Event Type: Tour

Lunchtime Recital: Organ fun with the Cathedral Organists

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital from the Cathedral Organists, Andrew Lumsden, George Castle and Claudia Grinnell. The recital is entitled Organ fun with a programme full of light-hearted and well known musical favourites.

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

24th Sep 2019 Event Type: Concert

Lunchtime Recital: Oliver Nelson (Violin) & Vaslisi Rakitzis (Piano)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital with Oliver Nelson (Violin) & Vaslisi Rakitzis (Piano).

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

1st Oct 2019 Event Type: Concert

Tour and Tea – Our Royal Heritage

An insight into the Cathedrals many royal connections from the Norman conquest to the present day.

5th Oct 2019 Event Type: Festival

Lunchtime Recital: Winchester College Music Scholars

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital by the Winchester College Music Scholars.

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

8th Oct 2019 Event Type: Concert

Voices for Hospices Choir Massed Come and Sing ‘Elijah’

Voices for Hospices Choir are passionate about enabling singers to join together and raise their voices to help those with end of life and life limiting illnesses. Join them for a concert at Winchester Cathedral in 2019!

12th Oct 2019 Event Type: Concert

Lunchtime Recital: Ben Sheen

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital from organist, Ben Sheen.

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

22nd Oct 2019 Event Type: Concert

Open Chapter

Wessex Centre

An informal opportunity for members of the community roll to meet and talk with Chapter members.

Open Chapter dates 2019
Wednesday 23 October
Wednesday 4 December

23rd Oct 2019 Event Type: Other

Lunchtime Recital: Michael Christian Durrant and Samuel Moore (Classical Guitar)

Join us in the wonderful setting of the Quire for a recital with Michael Christian Durrant and Samuel Moore (Classical Guitar)

Lunchtime recitals are free to attend. A retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.

29th Oct 2019 Event Type: Concert

Winchester Cathedral Ice Rink 2019

Winchester Cathedral Ice Rink is spectacularly situated in the centre of the Cathedral's historic Inner Close and until 22 December it is surrounded by the Christmas Market. The clear roof guarantees a rain-free skate whatever the weather and fun skate aids make it an ideal rink for adults and children alike. Our giant Christmas tree brings festive cheer to all our skaters.

Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market 2019

Winchester Cathedral’s Christmas Market is recognised as one of the best Christmas Markets in Europe because of its unique location, high-quality exhibitors and bustling atmosphere. Wonderful Christmas gifts, decorations and festive foods can be found in abundance, with a delightful Food Court, British Crafts Village, and over 100 chalets to explore.

Open Chapter

Wessex Centre

An informal opportunity for members of the community roll to meet and talk with Chapter members.

The final Open Chapter this year will be on Wednesday 4 December.

4th Dec 2019 Event Type: Other

The Snowman featuring The Donkey’s Tale 2019

The world’s most prolific performers of The Snowman film with live orchestra, Carrot Productions are delighted to be bringing their enchanting Christmas show to Winchester Cathedral.

14th Dec 2019 Event Type: Concert

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