What’s on in Malvern Priory

Welcome
to the Priory’s Events listing


For more info please follow the links or take a look on our Calendar

You’ll find info about regular services and Messy Church by clicking the links.

All events listed below take place in the
Priory Church,
Church Street,
Great Malvern,
WR14 2AY
unless otherwise stated

Lunchbox: 16 years of All About Malvern – How it all started and keeps going

Thursday 20th November 2025
12.30pm
A talk by by Sascha McDonald, All About Magazines. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a retiring collection.

Priory Christmas Super Saturday

Saturday 22nd November 2025
10am - 4pm
Free craft activities for all, free refreshments, music
Tower Tours to the ringing chamber hourly 11am - 3pm. £4 for adults, £2 for children 8-16. Sorry, children aged under 8 may not climb the tower
Tour Guides available
Arts and Crafts Market in the churchyard.

A Few of Our Favourite Things

Tuesday 2nd December 2025
7pm
Join Serenata for an evening of a cappella singing to bring joy to the festive season. The programme will include some toe-tapping group favourites as well as some of the most beautiful music in their repertoire. You will leave smiling. Serenata is pleased to be able to support London Marathon entrant, Dylan Farrier, who is raising money for SSAFA.
Admission £15 (under 18s free): Tickets available from Eventbrite or contact Lynn on 07906 232330 or Lynn@ForteyCottage.com

Lunchbox Concert

Thursday 4th December 2025
12.30pm
A concert by students from the Malvern Parish CofE Primary School. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a retiring collection.

Handel's Messiah Part 1 and Festive Favourites

Friday 5th December 2025
7pm
Eboracum Baroque are delighted to return to Great Malvern Priory to perform Part 1 of Handel's Messiah and other Baroque festive favourites.
Tickets: Adult £22.50, Student £10.50, children (under 18) free, available via this link

La Nativité Du Seigneur

Tuesday 9th December 2025
6:30pm
Michael Bacon (Great Malvern Priory) plays Messiaen’s meditations on the birth of the Saviour. Part of the 2025 Organ Recital series.
Free entry with retiring collection

Gloria in Excelsis

Saturday 13th December 2025
7pm
Malvern Festival Chorus with conductor Jonathan Brown invite you to a concert of Christmas Music featuring John Rutter's "Gloria", "A Winter's Night" by Cecilia McDowall and "Three Carols" by Carl Rutti, with brass ensemble and organ accompaniment. Drinks will be available in the interval. For more details about the concert visit malvernfestivalchorus.co.uk.
Tickets £18, £12 age 17-21, Free age 16 and under. Available from https://www.trybooking.com/uk/FHTL and on the door.

Christmas with the Jenny Lind Singers

Saturday 20th December 2025
3pm
The Jenny Lind Singers are delighted to return to Great Malvern Priory for their annual Christmas concert. Alongside Benjamin Britten's iconic Ceremony of Carols with harp accompaniment, the concert will feature carols from around Europe, including Sweden, Jenny Lind's home country where the festival of Santa Lucia forms an important part of Swedish culture. We shall also perform modern arrangements of traditional carols.
Admission to the concert is free; donations will be welcomed at the end.

Carols for All

Saturday 27th December 2025
3pm
Malvern Festival Chorus invites you to join them at their annual Carols for All concert in aid of a local Charity. You will be entertained with Christmas favourites and have the opportunity to join in. Retiring collection: this year we are supporting Maggs Day Centre, a charity supporting the homeless and vulnerably housed in Worcestershire, which celebrates 40 years this year. For more details visit malvernfestivalchorus.co.uk.
Tickets £4 on the door

Lunchbox: A Unique Undertaking

Thursday 8th January 2026
12.30pm
A talk by Heather Williamson on 'A Unique Undertaking, by Women, for Women. The story of the Barnleigh Housing Association’. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a retiring collection.

Lunchbox: Saving our traditional orchards

Thursday 22nd January 2026
12.30pm
A talk by Jilly Rosser on 'Saving our traditional orchards'. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a retiring collection.

Lunchbox Concert

Thursday 5th February 2026
12.30pm
A concert by students from Malvern College. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a retiring collection.

Lunchbox: A Life of Stories

Thursday 19th February 2026
12.30pm
A talk by Steve Boffy on how stories have influenced his life, and why storytelling is so important for everyone. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a retiring collection.

Lunchbox Concert

Thursday 5th March 2026
12.30pm
A concert by students from Malvern St James. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a retiring collection.

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 14th March 2026
10am - 4pm
Free children’s craft activities and free refreshments for everyone
Free Guided Tour at 11am

Lunchbox: The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry from 1907 to the Present

Thursday 19th March 2026
12.30pm
A talk by Commander Venla Freeman on 'The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry from 1907 to the Present'. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a retiring collection.

Inspired by Spielberg

Saturday 28th March 2026
7pm
The Film Orchestra perfom music from movies which Steven Spielberg has directed, produced and inspired.
Tickets £23/£20: Malvern Tourist Information Centre 01684 892289 or via www.thefilmorchestra.com

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 2nd May 2026
10am - 4pm
Free children’s craft activities and free refreshments for everyone
Free Guided Tour at 11am
Tower Tours hourly 11am - 3pm, weather permitting. £5 for adults, £2.50 for children 8-16. Sorry, children aged under 8 may not climb the tower
Arts and Crafts Market in the churchyard.

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 6th June 2026
10am - 4pm
Free children’s craft activities and free refreshments for everyone
Free Guided Tour at 11am
Tower Tours hourly 11am - 3pm, weather permitting. £5 for adults, £2.50 for children 8-16. Sorry, children aged under 8 may not climb the tower

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 18th July 2026
10am - 4pm
Free children’s craft activities and free refreshments for everyone
Free Guided Tour at 11am
Farmers Market in the churchyard

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 1st August 2026
10am - 4pm
Free children’s craft activities and free refreshments for everyone
Free Guided Tour at 11am
Tower Tours hourly 11am - 3pm, weather permitting. £5 for adults, £2.50 for children 8-16. Sorry, children aged under 8 may not climb the tower
Arts and Crafts Market in the churchyard.

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 15th August 2026
10am - 4pm
Free children’s craft activities and free refreshments for everyone
Free Guided Tour at 11am
Farmers Market in the churchyard

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 29th August 2026
10am - 4pm
Free children’s craft activities and free refreshments for everyone
Free Guided Tour at 11am

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 3rd October 2026
10am - 4pm
Free children’s craft activities and free refreshments for everyone
Free Guided Tour at 11am
Tower Tours hourly 11am - 3pm, weather permitting. £5 for adults, £2.50 for children 8-16. Sorry, children aged under 8 may not climb the tower
Arts and Crafts Market in the churchyard.

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 7th November 2026
10am - 4pm
Free children’s craft activities and free refreshments for everyone
Free Guided Tour at 11am
Tower Tours hourly 11am - 3pm, weather permitting. £5 for adults, £2.50 for children 8-16. Sorry, children aged under 8 may not climb the tower
Arts and Crafts Market in the churchyard.

Priory Christmas Super Saturday

Saturday 28th November 2026
10am - 4pm
Free craft activities for all, free refreshments, music
Tower Tours to the ringing chamber hourly 11am - 3pm. £4 for adults, £2 for children 8-16. Sorry, children aged under 8 may not climb the tower
Tour Guides available
Arts and Crafts Market in the churchyard.