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 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.

Full Peal of Bells

Saturday 7th February 2026
10am
Starting at 10am a group of bellringers (local and visiting) will attempt a full peal of bells; they will ring Cambridge Surprise Royal (a complicated method in which all ten bells change places at every stroke - over 5000 times!)

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.

Organ Recital

Saturday 21st February 2026
12 noon
Ben Bloor, Brompton Oratory, London. Part of the 2026 Organ Recital Series.
Free entry with 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.

Women’s Breakfast

Saturday 7th March 2026
10am
An annual event for women in the Malvern area to get together and have a lovely breakfast and get to know each other. Our speaker this year is Priscilla Smith who will be talking about 'The Big Green Heart' which helps people to explore how and what to forgive, working in schools and with groups and individuals. This event will take place in the Lyttelton Rooms.
Tickets £7 available from the Friends Shop or online

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.

Organ Recital

Saturday 21st March 2026
12 noon
Piers Maxim, Great Malvern Priory. Part of the 2026 Organ Recital Series.
Free entry with 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

Passia

Monday 30th March 2026
3pm
The world premiere of Passia, a new composition by composer Liz Dilnot Johnson. Reimagining the Passion from the perspective of five women at the foot of the cross, Passia will be performed by renowned singers Papagena and the National Children's Choir of Great Britain, alongside Lenten vocal music.
Tickets £17 (under16s £8) from wegottickets.com, on the door, or email info@papagena.co.uk

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.

Elgar Festival Relaxed Concert with DownsideUp

Tuesday 19th May 2026
11am
An hour-long concert full of beautiful music as part of Dementia Action Week performed by DownsideUp (cello and bass) These relaxed performances are particularly suited to those living with dementia and other similar health conditions, adults and children with additional learning needs, their carers and anybody who wishes to experience classical music in a relaxed and informal environment.
Free entry but booking advisable: Relaxed Concert - elgarfestival.org

Organ Recital

Saturday 23rd May 2026
12 noon
Richard Gowers, Hanover Square, London. Part of the 2026 Organ Recital Series.
Free entry with retiring collection

Elgar Festival ESO String Orchestra concert

Thursday 28th May 2026
7pm; Pre-concert talk with Kenneth Woods and Nicholas Daniel at 6.15pm
Join the internationally renowned English Symphony Orchestra for their annual festival strings concert. Featuring Elgar’s Serenade for Strings, In Moonlight and Chanson de Nuit alongside Schoenberg’s 1899 lush and lyrical masterpiece Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Sibelius’s Rakastava and Thea Musgrave’s Night Windows with star oboe soloist Nicholas Daniel.
Tickets £22, unreserved seating: ESO String Orchestra - Elgar’s Strings in Malvern - elgarfestival.org

Monteverdi Vespers

Saturday 30th May 2026
7.30pm
Cambridge Renaissance Voices join forces with The Musical and Amicable Society on period instruments to bring to life the golden age of Venetian music, when St Mark’s Basilica echoed to the sound of Monteverdi’s Vespers and music by his forerunner Giovanni Gabrieli.  
Ticket £25 booked in advance online / £30 on the door; £10 for under 18s and fulltime students; available from Ticketsource

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

A Night at the Opera

Saturday 20th June 2026
7pm
A wonderful array of well loved operatic pieces with sensational soloists Harriet Burns, soprano; Marta Fontanals-Simmons; mezzo soprano, and brilliant accompanist Waiyan Lee. They join the highly acclaimed Cheltenham Bach choir under the exceptional musical direction of David Crown.  A concert not to be missed.
Tickets:  Adults £20, Students and children 18 years and under £5. Tickets can be purchased online through Ticketsource on Cheltenham Bach Choir website or by email to tickets@cheltbachchoir.com    

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

Organ Recital

Saturday 25th July 2026
12 noon
Hilary Norris, Leominster Priory. Part of the 2026 Organ Recital Series.
Free entry with retiring collection

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

Organ Recital

Monday 31st August 2026
12 noon
Michael Bacon, Great Malvern Priory. Part of the 2026 Organ Recital Series.
Free entry with retiring collection

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.

Organ Recital

Saturday 10th October 2026
12 noon
Iain Simcock, Concert Organist. Part of the 2026 Organ Recital Series.
Free entry with retiring collection

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.

La Nativité Du Seigneur

Tuesday 8th December 2026
6:30pm
Andrew Caskie (Great Malvern Priory) plays Messiaen’s meditations on the birth of the Saviour. Part of the 2026 Organ Recital series.
Free entry with retiring collection