Events at Westminster Abbey

Special services, concerts, lectures, events for families and more – there’s something for everyone at the Abbey. Many of our events are free and open to anyone.

Our in-person events are held at Westminster Abbey, London. Our online events are available worldwide.

All events

Close up photograph of St Edward and a pilgrim in s stained-glass window within Westminster Abbey

Voice and Verse Song Recital: Journeying

Thursday, 7th November 2024

7.30pm - 9.00pm
Poets' Corner
£20

Photograph of member of staff leading a drop in talk, with visitors listening while standing in Poets' Corner

Voice and Verse 15-Minute Talk: Poets' Corner - November

5th - 26th November 2024

Poets' Corner
Included in the price of admission

Photograph of visitors looking at the memorial to William Shakespeare within Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey

Voice and Verse Tour: Beyond Poets’ Corner

12th October - 23rd November 2024

The Abbey
£10

Photograph of an empty cloister with one woman reading a book within Westminster Abbey

Voice and Verse Bookshelf

1st October - 30th November 2024

Cloister entrance
Included in the prices of admission

Close-up photograph of the Grave of the Unknown Warrior

Voice and Verse Readings: Remembrance

Thursday, 7th November 2024

1.00pm - 3.15pm
The Nave
Included in the price of admission

Photograph of female Royal Signals Veteran in uniform

The Royal Signals Veteran: A Photographic Journey

5th - 16th November 2024

St Margaret's Church
Free (no booking required)

Medieval Monastery tour

Medieval Monastery tour

On

1st - 30th November 2024

The Abbey
£15

Grave of the Unknown Warrior surrounded by four candles in the nave of Westminster Abbey

Remembrance tour

On

4th - 16th November 2024

The Abbey
£10 (plus Abbey entry)

An icon of Edward the Confessor

Evensong of the Translation, 12 October - online

12th October - 12th November 2024

Online
Free

A lectern in the foreground with congregation behind

Dedication Evensong, 19 October - online

19th October - 18th November 2024

Online
Free

Evensong, 26 October - online

Evensong, 26 October - online

26th October - 25th November 2024

Online
Free

Sung Eucharist - All Souls' Day, 2 November - online

Sung Eucharist - All Souls' Day, 2 November - online

2nd November - 2nd December 2024

Online
Free

Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey

Field of Remembrance

8th - 17th November 2024

8.30am - 6.00pm
North Green
Free, no booking required

Remembrance Sunday service

Remembrance Sunday service

On

Sunday, 10th November 2024

10:50am - 11:50am
The Abbey and online
Free

Lecture: Working Together and Walking Together – Diplomacy and Ecumenism in Action

Lecture: Working Together and Walking Together – Diplomacy and Ecumenism in Action

Monday, 11th November 2024

6.15pm - 7.30pm
The Abbey
Free (booking required)

Photograph of memorial to multiple war poets in Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey

Lunchtime Talk: First World War Poets

Wednesday, 13th November 2024

1.00pm - 1.50pm
St Margaret's Church
£5

Photograph of the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in the context of the nave within Westminster Abbey

Voice and Verse Song Recital: Remembrance

Thursday, 14th November 2024

7.30pm - 9.00pm
Poets' Corner
£20

Close-up photograph of draft poetry within a manuscript in the library within Westminster Abbey

Voice and Verse Panel: Poets' Corners Across the Pond

Thursday, 14th November 2024

6.30pm - 7.30pm
Online
Free (booking required)

Seminar: Making Deification Real - the Goal of Christian Life in Eastern Christianity

Seminar: Making Deification Real - the Goal of Christian Life in Eastern Christianity

Monday, 18th November 2024

1pm - 2pm
Online
Free (booking required)

Close-up, head on photograph of a book being read by a person within Westminster Abbey

Voice and Verse Workshop: Strokes of Poetry

Saturday, 23rd November 2024

1.30pm - 4.00pm
Cheyneygates
£25

Handel's Messiah Statue at Westminster Abbey

Handel's Messiah

Tuesday, 26th November 2024

7.00pm - 9.30pm
The Abbey
£15 - £57

Poets' Corner: Portals of Discovery graphic

Voice and Verse evening: Portals of Discovery

Wednesday, 27th November 2024

6.30pm - 9.30pm
The Abbey
SOLD OUT

An Advent Liturgy

An Advent Liturgy

Sunday, 1st December 2024

4.00pm - 5.00pm
The Abbey
Free (no booking required)

Photograph of Westminster Abbey choristers dressed in red robes singing carols in the Chapter House, with a Christmas tree in the background

Christmas Family Day

Saturday, 7th December 2024

10.00am - 1.00pm
Chapter House
Booking opening mid-November

An Advent Liturgy

An Advent Liturgy

Sunday, 8th December 2024

6.00pm - 7.00pm
St Margaret's Church
Free (no booking required)

Photograph of Tudor rose within stained-glass window in Westminster Abbey

Lunchtime Talk: The Tudors, Faith, Family and Fortune

Wednesday, 11th December 2024

1.00pm - 1.50pm
St Margaret's Church
£5

Wooden nativity scene in Westminster Abbey: Mary, baby Jesus, Joseph and farm animals

Christmas Concert

Friday, 20th December 2024

7.00pm - 8.20pm
The Abbey
£15 - £47

Male members of the Choir holding hymn sheets and singing

Service of Lessons and Carols

Monday, 23rd December 2024

6.00pm - 7.00pm
The Abbey
Free (booking required)

First Eucharist of Christmas (Midnight Mass)

First Eucharist of Christmas (Midnight Mass)

Tuesday, 24th December 2024

11.00pm - 12:30am
The Abbey
Free (booking required)

Male members of the Choir holding hymn sheets and singing

Service of Lessons and Carols

Tuesday, 24th December 2024

4.00pm - 5.00pm
The Abbey
Free (booking required)

Service of Lessons and Carols

Service of Lessons and Carols

Tuesday, 24th December 2024

6.00pm - 7.00pm
St Margaret's Church
Free (no booking required)

Christmas Day Holy Communion

Christmas Day Holy Communion

Wednesday, 25th December 2024

8.00am - 8.40am
The Abbey
Free (no booking required)

The Choir singing in front of a Christmas tree

Christmas Day Sung Eucharist

Wednesday, 25th December 2024

10:30am - 11.30am
The Abbey
Free (booking required)

Christmas Day Evensong

Christmas Day Evensong

Wednesday, 25th December 2024

3.00pm - 4.00pm
The Abbey
Free (no booking required)

The Epiphany of our Lord Sung Eucharist

The Epiphany of our Lord Sung Eucharist

Monday, 6th January 2025

5.00pm - 6.00pm
The Abbey
Free (no booking required)

Photograph of the arches in the triforium within Westminster Abbey

Lunchtime Talk: A Stonemason’s Guide to Britain’s Churches

Wednesday, 8th January 2025

1.00pm - 1.50pm
St Margaret's Church
£5

Photograph of Henry V's tomb in Westminster Abbey

An Evening with Dan Jones: The Astonishing Henry V

Tuesday, 21st January 2025

7.00pm - 8.00pm
Lady Chapel
£15

The clock tower of St Margaret's Church, Westminster

Events at St Margaret's Church

Find out about the upcoming services and events taking place at St Margaret's Church

Other Events

Marilynne Robinson giving a lecture at Westminster Abbey in 2017

Institute lectures

View videos and listen to podcasts of past Institute lectures.

A group of children and their parents participate in a family learning session in Westminster Abbey's cloisters

Family days out

We run a lively programme of events for families throughout the year.