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

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.

Cello and Piano recital

Monday 3rd August 2026
6.30pm
Performance by young artists attending cello masterclasses in Great Malvern with internationally-renowned cellist Hannah Roberts, Senior Professor, Royal Academy of Music.
Free entry, with a retiring collection in aid of Great Malvern Priory.

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

Eternal Light: A Choral Celebration of Consolation and Transcendence

Wednesday 19th August 2026
7.30pm
Featuring: Requiem (Fauré); Five Mystical Songs (Vaughan-Williams); Blest Pair of Sirens (Parry); Hear my Prayer (Mendelssohn); and Silentium (Maunu). Soloists Jennifer Clark (Soprano) and Roderick Williams (Baritone). Part of the Great Malvern Festival of Singing.
Tickets £20 available from the Festival Website


Priory Super Saturday

Saturday 29th 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

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

Informal Talk and Concert

Monday 31st August 2026
2.30pm
West Mercia Friends of the Organ presents an informal talk and concert by members on the music of Harold Darke (1888-1976) and Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), admission free, all welcome.

Lunchbox: Parkinsons Unpacked

Thursday 10th September 2026
12.30pm
A talk by Jenny Douglas, Parkinsons UK. Parkinsons unpacked – what is it and what support is available. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm, the talk starts at 1pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a 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 

Lunchbox: Locking up your valuables, medieval style

Thursday 24th September 2026
12.30pm
Rachel Sycamore opens the lid on the importance and significance of church chests. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm, the talk starts at 1pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a 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.

Lunchbox: Airborne Radar

Thursday 8th October 2026
12.30pm
A Talk by Ian Quickfall: The development of airborne radar and the role played by Malvern College and the town. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm, the talk starts at 1pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a retiring collection.


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

'The Priory's Medieval Glass and its People'

Saturday 10th October 2026
6.30pm
The Friends of Malvern Priory invite you their annual Heritage and Faith lecture. The speaker is Dr. Heather Gilderdale Scott, an expert on medieval glass. The illustrated lecture will be followed by canapé refreshments. The proceeds from the talk will go towards the conservation of the Priory's medieval windows.
Tickets £15 from the Friends' Shop in the Priory and online from TicketSource


Lunchbox: The history and development of the Three Counties Showground

Thursday 15th October 2026
12.30pm
A talk by David Prescott, Chief Executive, Three Counties Agricultural Society. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm, the talk starts at 1pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a retiring collection.


Lunchbox: Concert

Thursday 5th November 2026
12.30pm
A Concert by students from the Chase School. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm, the concert starts at 1pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a 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.

An Evening with Derek Paravicini and Friends

Saturday 14th November 2026
5.30pm
Doors open at 5pm for a 5.30pm start. The concert proceeds will be split between the Amber Trust (Reg.Charity no: 1050503) (Music for Blind Children) and The Friends of Malvern Priory (Reg.Charity no: 503383).
Ticket price: £25: Concessions: £12.50 for young people aged 18 and under and for people with Sight Loss (registered blind or partially sighted) with one essential companion admitted free of charge. Please bring relevant ID or documentation when attending. Tickets will be available from the Friends' Shop in the Priory and TicketSource.


Lunchbox: Making wine at the foot of the Malvern Hills

Thursday 19th November 2026
12.30pm
A Talk by Two Beacons Vineyard. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm, the talk starts at 1pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a retiring collection.


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. £5 for adults, £2.50 for children 8-16. Sorry, children aged under 8 may not climb the tower
Tour Guides available
Arts and Crafts Market in the churchyard.

Lunchbox: Concert

Thursday 3rd December 2026
12.30pm
A Concert by pupils from Malvern Parish CofE Primary School. Tea/coffee and cake available. Bring your own lunch at 12.30pm, the concert starts at 1pm. Lunchbox is organised by The Friends, working together with the Priory.
Free entry with a retiring collection.


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