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

Sunrise Mass by Ola Gjeilo and Requiem by Maurice Durufle

Saturday 21st June 2025
6.30pm
Join Cheltenham Bach Choir for the effervescent and colourful Sunrise Mass by the popular Norwegian-American composer, Ola Gjeilo, alongside Duruflé's passionate and opaque Requiem. With two rising stars in the UK singing scene, Nancy Holt and Patrick Keefe, joining us as soloists, and in the stunning surrounds of Great Malvern Priory, this promises to be an unmissable event of the highest quality music-making.   
Tickets £20 for adults; £5 for students/children aged 18 years and under: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenham-bach-choir

Songs from the Stage: Come & Sing with Malvern Festival Chorus

Saturday 28th June 2025
Come & Sing 1pm, Concert 7pm
Join Malvern Festival Chorus and conductor Jonathan Brown for an afternoon singing popular choruses from Opera, Gilbert & Sullivan and the Musical stage. Tea will be provided for singers and the evening concert will entertain and showcase what we have learned during the afternoon. With soloists from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Drinks will be available after the concert.
Ticket info Visiting singers £20 to include music hire, afternoon workshop, tea and programme. Concert £15 including programme. From https://www.trybooking.com/uk/ESPQ

Midsummer Malvern: Guided Tour of Great Malvern Priory

Monday 30th June 2025
11am
Discover the treasures and fascinating history of the Priory, with one of the Priory’s expert guides.
Suggested £5 donation to support the fabric and music of the Priory

Midsummer Malvern: SOS Czech Children’s Villages – Talk by Hana Pazlarová

Monday 30th June 2025
2.30pm
Hana is the Director of S.O.S. Children’s Villages in the Czech Republic. The country’s three Children’s Villages offer alternative care options for children and young people, and a social framework in which young people can develop through education and skills acquisition in a supportive environment, while encouraging families to keep together and by providing a solid support structure. Find out more here
Retiring Collection in aid of SOS Czech Children’s Villages

Midsummer Malvern: Guided Tour of Great Malvern Priory

Tuesday 1st July 2025
2pm
Discover the treasures and fascinating history of the Priory, with one of the Priory’s expert guides.
Suggested £5 donation to support the fabric and music of the Priory

Midsummer Malvern: On Computers, AI and How to Stay Human in the Digital World – Talk by Petr Somol

Tuesday 1st July 2025
7pm
The potential of AI is vast, and Petr will explore some of the hopes for the future. He will also highlight some of the critical risks faced in our interactions with the digital world. Petr will share practical insights and personal advice aimed at younger audience members on how to stay safe online and prepare for a future shaped by intelligent technologies.
Tickets £10; under 18s free available via the Visit the Malverns website

Priory Tower Tours

Saturday 5th July 2025
Hourly 11am to 3pm
Visits to the ringing chamber and top of the Priory tower (weather permitting) on the hour, every hour, from 11am to 3pm. See how the bells are rung (and try them yourself) and get the best view of Great Malvern.
£5 for adults, £2.50 for 8 – 16s (sorry, not suitable for children under 8).

Fauré Requiem - La Belle France concert

Saturday 5th July 2025
7pm
Join Birmingham Bach Choir for a wonderful summer concert of beautiful French music by Fauré, Debussy & Poulenc. Conducted by Paul Spicer with organist Martyn Rawles.
Tickets & more info from www.birmingham.bachchoir.com  & Malvern Theatre Box Office

Organ Recital: Andrew Lumsden

Saturday 26th July 2025
12 noon
Programme to follow. Part of the 2025 Organ Recital series
Free entry with retiring collection

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 2nd August 2025
10am - 4pm
Everyone welcome for refreshments, children’s craft activities, music, tour guides available.
Tower Tours hourly 11am - 3pm weather permitting.
Arts and Crafts Market in the churchyard.
Free entry except Tower Tours - £5 for adults, £2.50 for children 8-16. Sorry, not suitable for children under 8.

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 9th August 2025
10am - 4pm
Everyone welcome for refreshments 10am-12pm and children’s craft activities 10am-4pm
Guided tour at 11am - for more information please visit The Friends’ Website
Free entry except Guided Tour

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 16th August 2025
10am - 4pm
Everyone welcome for refreshments 10am-12pm and children’s craft activities 10am-4pm
Guided tour at 11am - for more information please visit The Friends’ Website
Tower Tours hourly 11am - 3pm weather permitting.
Free entry except Tower Tours - £5 for adults, £2.50 for children 8-16. Sorry, not suitable for children under 8.

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 23rd August 2025
10am - 4pm
Everyone welcome for refreshments 10am-12pm and children’s craft activities 10am-4pm
Guided tour at 11am - for more information please visit The Friends’ Website
Free entry except Guided Tour

Organ Recital: Carolyn Craig

Monday 25th August 2025
12 noon
Programme to follow. Part of the 2025 Organ Recital series
Free entry with retiring collection

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 30th August 2025
10am - 4pm
Everyone welcome for refreshments 10am-12pm and children’s craft activities 10am-4pm
Guided tour at 11am - for more information please visit The Friends’ Website
Free entry except Guided Tour

Priory Tower Tours

Saturday 6th September 2025
Hourly 11am to 3pm
Visits to the ringing chamber and top of the Priory tower (weather permitting) on the hour, every hour, from 11am to 3pm. See how the bells are rung (and try them yourself) and get the best view of Great Malvern.
£5 for adults, £2.50 for 8 – 16s (sorry, not suitable for children under 8).

Lunchbox: Rainbows, light and the infrared

Thursday 11th September 2025
12.30pm
A talk by John Gillham, Trustee of Malvern Radar and Technology History Society. 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: Working in theatre

Thursday 25th September 2025
12.30pm
A talk by Toby Burchell, Front of House Manager, Malvern Theatres. 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.

Tales in Oak: The Medieval Misericords of Malvern Priory

Saturday 27th September 2025
6.30pm
The 2025 Friends’ Heritage and Faith lecture is a talk by Katherine Little on the medieval misericords of Malvern Priory
Tickets available from the Priory Shop or Ticketsource

Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 4th October 2025
10am - 4pm
Everyone welcome for refreshments, children’s craft activities, music, tour guides available.
Tower Tours hourly 11am - 3pm weather permitting.
Arts and Crafts Market in the churchyard.
Free entry except Tower Tours - £5 for adults, £2.50 for children 8-16. Sorry, not suitable for children under 8.

Lunchbox: The impact of the railway on the Malven area

Thursday 9th October 2025
12.30pm
A talk by Peter Clement, Friends of Malvern’s Railway Group. 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: Piers Maxim

Saturday 11th October 2025
12 noon
Programme to follow. Part of the 2025 Organ Recital series
Free entry with retiring collection

Lunchbox: An insight into Asperger's/autism

Thursday 16th October 2025 NB this talk is on 16th October, not 23rd October in the regular fortnightly pattern
12.30pm
A talk by Julia Micklewright, ASPIE Worcester. 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 1st November 2025
10am - 4pm
Everyone welcome for refreshments (10am-12pm), children’s craft activities, music, tour guides available.
Tower Tours hourly 11am - 3pm weather permitting.
Arts and Crafts Market in the churchyard.
Free entry except Tower Tours - £5 for adults, £2.50 for children 8-16. Sorry, not suitable for children under 8.

Lunchbox Concert

Thursday 6th November 2025
12.30pm
A concert by students from the Chase 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.

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
Everyone welcome for refreshments, children’s craft activities, music, tour guides available.
Tower Tours hourly 11am - 3pm weather permitting.
Arts and Crafts Market in the churchyard.
Free entry except Tower Tours - £5 for adults, £2.50 for children 8-16. Sorry, not suitable for children under 8.

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.

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
A concert of Christmas music featuring John Rutter’s Gloria and pieces by Cecilia MacDowell and Carl Rutti. With brass ensemble and organ.
Ticket details to follow