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Advent & Christmas At The Cathedral


Take a look at the many services and celebrations to be found at the Cathedral this Advent and Christmas. We look forward to welcoming you.

Sunday 29 November - 4pm
The Advent Procession  

Thursday 3 December - 8pm
The University of Sheffield Christian Union Carol Service  

Saturday 5 December - 7:30pm
London Concertante presents ‘Viennese  Christmas’    
Tickets are priced between £18 - £26 and are available by calling 0333 666 3366 or online at www.concerts.ticketsource.co.uk.  

Sunday 6 December - 7:30pm
Weston Park presents ‘A Christmas Festival of  Music’ Concert  
Tickets are £15 and are available from  www.artmusicltd.com, www.sivtickets.com or  by calling Lynne Robertson on 07918 556 552.  

Monday 7 December - 7pm
Sheffield Bach Society ‘Messiah’ Concert  
Tickets are £16 (£13 concessions) and are  available from www.wegottickets.com or www.sheffieldbachchoir.org.uk.  

Tuesday 8 December - 7:30pm
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Christmas Celebration  

Thursday 10 December - 7:30pm
Mercy Ships Carol Service  

Friday 11 December  - 7:30pm
Alzheimer’s Society Carol Concert  
Find out more here or call  0330 333 0804. 

Saturday 12 December - 11am
A Blitz Christmas  
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the  Sheffield Blitz, we’ll be stepping back in time to  12 December 1940, to discover what life was like on  the Home Front for ordinary people in wartime  Sheffield. This family-friendly event will take  you back to Christmas 1940, with costumed re-enactors, vehicles, live music and hands-on activities for adults and children  alike. Entry to the day is free > more here

Sunday 13 December - 2pm
St Luke’s Hospice Carol Service

Monday 14 December - 5pm
DLA Piper Carol Service  

Tuesday 15 December - 11am
Sing! Project Concert  
Sheffield Cathedral’s Sing! Project brings together local primary schools (Lowfield, Ballifield, Rainbow Forge, Emmaus, Woodseats, Oasis Fir Vale and Norton Free) to sing in the season with a set of fantastic seasonal songs. The 200 strong choirs will be  accompanied by a live band  of professional  musicians, and there will be a very special  guest performing a Christmas classic on the  mighty Cathedral organ! This event is ticketed but tickets are free and available on request from sing@sheffield-cathedral.org.uk. 

Tuesday 15 December - 7:30pm
Blitzed!  
Sheffield Cathedral and The Star present  Dronfield Musical Theatre Group’s production  of ‘Blitzed’ by Alan Powell. An evening of memories and songs to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the  Sheffield Blitz. All proceeds from this performance will go to  support the Sheffield Blitz Memorial Trail fund > more here

Wednesday 16 December - 2:20pm
Sing! Project Concert  
Please see above for more info and ticket details.

Wednesday 16 December - 6:30pm
Music Hub Christmas Concert  

Thursday 17 December - 7pm
Breast Cancer Care Carol Service  
Tickets are £10 for adults and £5 for under 16s  (under 4s free). For more information or to reserve your tickets, please call 0114 263  6481 or email rosie.mellor@breastcancercare.org.uk.

Friday 18 December - 12:30pm
Cathedral Archer Project Carol Service  

Saturday 19 December - 11am and 1pm
Carols Galore

Saturday 19 December - 7pm
Christmas Brass and Voices Concert with  the Choir of Sheffield Cathedral and the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band. Tickets are £12 and are available from the Cathedral Shop or the Blue Moon Café, 2 St  James Row, Sheffield, S1 2EW.  

Sunday 20 December - 4pm
Evensong including Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols. 

Sunday 20 December - 8pm
Carols by Candlelight  
Tickets (£9 each including mulled wine and  mince pies) are available from the cathedral shop or the Blue Moon Café, 2 St James Row,  Sheffield, S1 2EW.  

Monday 21 December - 7:30pm
Sheffield Folk Chorale ‘Spitewinter’ Concert  
For more information or to purchase tickets please call  0114 236 1213 or email graham.pratt2013@gmail.com.

Tuesday 22 December - 2:30pm
Sing Along Nativity  

Thursday 24 December - Christmas Eve - 7pm
Festival of Lessons and Carols

Thursday 24 December - Christmas Eve - 11:30pm
The Midnight Eucharist of Christmas  

Friday 25 December - Christmas Day
8am - Holy Communion
9:30am - Morning Prayer  
10:30am - The Sung Eucharist of Christmas Day
12:30pm -  Evening Prayer