Christmas Carols & Concerts

Get in the Christmas Spirit with Christmas Movie soundtracks, family concerts and Christmas Carols at stunning locations.

The magic of Christmas comes to the City of London in the form of a majestic programme of Carol services and festive performances. Whether you're looking for a cosy candlelight concert, a carol singalong at a tucked away church, or a well-deserved mulled wine and mince pie after all that singing, we have everything to get you in the Christmas spirit.

Check our round-up of the best (and mostly free) Christmas carols and concerts this season and stay tuned for more details coming up soon.

Saint Bartholomew the Great church - 'Celebrating Christmas'

Sunday 3 to Monday 25 December 2023 / Free

Experience a phenomenal choice of services including Nine Lessons in Carols - which takes inspiration from the Christmas Eve service held every year at King’s College in Cambridge; Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols, accompanied by harp and sung by upper voices; and a Dickensian Carol Service with readings from Dickens.

Come for the heavenly voices, and stay for mince pies and mulled wine.

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Carol Services at other historic City Churches

Visit one of the other stunning City Churches for Carol Services during December - with many taking place on weekday lunchtimes and evenings:

St James Garlickhythe (17 December),

St Michael's Cornhill (5 & 18 December),

All Hallows Tower (14 December),

St Giles Cripplegate (18 December),

Holy Sepulchre (5, 12, 13, 15 December),

St Botolph-without-Aldgate (24 & 25 December),

St Helen's Bishopsgate (7, 12, 13 & 19 December),

St Lawrence Jewry,

St Mary-le-Bow.

More details coming soon.

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