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

A Night at the Opera

Saturday 20th June 2026
6.30pm
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

Tower Tours

Saturday 4th July 2026
11am-3pm hourly
Visits to the ringing chamber and top of the Priory tower (weather permitting) hourly from 11am to 3pm. See how the bells are rung (and try them yourself) and get the best view of Great Malvern.
Tickets £5 for adults, £2.50 for 8 – 16s (sorry, not suitable for children under 8).

Come & Sing and Concert - Brahms’ Requiem

Saturday 4th July 2026
1pm Rehearsal, 7pm Concert
Malvern Festival Chorus and conductor Jonathan Brown, invite you to join them to take part in a Workshop and Concert singing Brahms' Requiem in the lovely setting of Great Malvern Priory. The afternoon workshop for visiting singers, start time 1.00 pm (registration from 12.30pm), will be followed by tea provided by the choir and a Concert at 7.00 pm. Audience members are warmly invited for the evening concert. For details about the Come & Sing visit malvernfestivalchorus.co.uk
Tickets from Trybooking; Registration for Come & Sing in advance please. Concert tickets also available at the door.

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

What Lovely Things Thy Hand Hath Made

Tuesday 21st July 2026
1pm
The Choir of All Saints Fulham presents 'What Lovely Things Thy Hand Hath Made' - an hour of beautiful sacred music for a summer's afternoon, including choral favourites and new discoveries by composers from Brumel and Byrd to Howells, Grieg and Sasha Johnson Manning.
Free entry with retiring collection

Organ Recital

Saturday 25th July 2026
12 noon
Hilary Norris, Leominster Priory. Programme to include Buxtehude Prelude, Fugue & Ciacona & Rheinberger Passacaglia. 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.

Malvern Chamber Music Festival

Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th August 2026
Concerts at 3pm and 7.30pm each day
This summer sees the inaugural Malvern Chamber Music Festival, brought to you by the emerging Elgar Ensemble. The Priory welcomes an exceptional line up of exciting and young, talented performers to present a wonderful array of classical concerts in the heart of Elgar-Country. We look forward to welcoming you.
Ticket info: Concert ticket £20, Day Ticket £35, Festival Ticket £60. Available from malvernchambermusicfestival.com or on the door (subject to availability).

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. Programme to include Whitlock Plymouth Suite & Naji Hakim Variation on Two Themes. Part of the 2026 Organ Recital Series.
Free entry with retiring collection

The Gents of St John's Cambridge, a Concert in Aid of the charity, Mandalay School for the Deaf

Saturday 19th September 2026
7pm
The Gents of St John's present a celebration of choral masterpieces from across the centuries with a second half of a capella, close-harmony arrangements of classic popular songs.
Adults £20; Students £10; Children Free; Tickets from www.thehaileyburysociety.org/society-events 

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. Programme to include Vierne Symphony No.5. 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