The office of Compline is released online only. This short digital office of Night Prayer includes psalms, a Bible reading, and prayers as we commend the day into God’s hands and pray for safety through the coming night.

The office of Morning Prayer is a said service which includes a Psalm, Bible readings, and a short period of prayer. Everyone is welcome to attend this service at the start of the day. This service will be available online.
The service takes place at 7:40am on weekdays and 8:40am on Saturday. The starting time may vary subject to special events. Please check the latest details on cathedral website.

There is a short, said service of Holy Communion every day in the cathedral. On Sundays, this service includes a sermon. Everyone is welcome.
The service takes place at 8 am on weekdays and 9am on weekends. The starting time may vary subject to special events. Please check the latest details on cathedral website.

The office of Evening Prayer is a said service which includes a psalm, Bible readings, and prayers. Everyone is welcome to attend this service as the day draws to a close.
The service takes place at 17:45 on Mondays, Thursdays and 15:30 on Satursday. The schedule and starting time may vary subject to special events. Please check the latest details on cathedral website.

During the choir term, our principal service on Sunday mornings is a Choral Eucharist. This service of Holy Communion includes choral music sung by the Cathedral Choir, Bible readings, a sermon, prayers, and hymns. Everyone is welcome. Backpacks with activities for younger children are available during this service; please ask one of our wardens or welcomers for these.

This service will be available online.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoADgcTiYwsx2X83rJKH9fLcANz3md2J-

Choral Evensong is sung by the Cathedral Choir and uses traditional language from the Book of Common Prayer. During the choir term, Evensong is usually sung four times a week. We use a shorter form on Tuesdays and Wednesdays; the full service on Fridays; and a full service with hymns and a sermon on Sundays. It is a lovely opportunity to reflect and pray as the day turns to evening, and everyone is welcome.

This service will be available online.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoADgcTiYwsx2X83rJKH9fLcANz3md2J-

Join us for this Eucharist as we mark All Souls’ Day and pray for all those who have died. The setting will be Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, sung by the Cathedral Choir.

Names of the loved ones to be remembered can be placed at the altar before the start of the service.

Once a week there is a service of Holy Communion in traditional language which draws on the Book of Common Prayer and Common Worship Order Two. Everyone is welcome.

This short free concert offers a foretaste of Advent and Christmas to mark the opening of the Cathedral Christmas Market.

The cathedral’s professional choir of boys, girls and lower voices will present a concert A Foretaste of Christmas be conducted by David Hardie and accompanied on the organ by Ashley Wagner.

The music will lead us from Advent through to the threshold of Christmas, a mix of familiar and less familiar choral gems, getting us in the mood for Christmas but leaving us wanting more.

Admission is by donation on the door in aid of the Cathedral Music Fund.

Everyone is welcome to join us for a free concert of music at the cathedral during lunchtime!

We host a variety of fantastic performers from across the country, including organists, instrumental ensembles and chamber choirs.

The recital will start at 1310 and last approximately 40 minutes.

Entry is free and donations are encouraged.

Booking is not required.

Our sixth annual Gore Lecture in Public Theology will be presented by The Reverend Shona Bell on ‘Reflections from Corrymeela’.

Our annual Gore Lecture builds on the vision of the first Bishop of Birmingham, Charles Gore – who believed strongly in social justice. Our speakers will tackle challenging topics and we explore Public Theology together. There will be a time for questions after the main presentation, and the lecture will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

Everyone is welcome to join this FREE event in the cathedral and online. Please register for tickets below.

https://birminghamcathedral.com/event/gore-lecture/

Join us for a beautiful service of readings, music, and prayers to mark the start of the season of Advent.

Music will be sung by the Cathedral Choir (Boys and Lower Voices).

Join us for a special Carol Service to mark the success of the Christmas Market for the sixth year.

This concert will combine beautiful sacred Christmas music with secular pieces expressing the joy of the season. Benjamin’s Britten’s Ceremony of Carols for upper voices and harp is an annual favourite, this year being sung before Christmas instead of after.

The first half of the concert compromises sacred and secular pieces for choir and organ, combining the joy of the Christmas story with the excitement of the season.

The cathedral’s professional choir of boys, girls and lower voices will be conducted by David Hardie and accompanied on the organ by Ashley Wagner and on the harp by Rita Schindler.

Admission Fee and booking:

Adults: £15
Concessions: £13
Children aged 5-17: £8
Children under 5s: Free
*Children must be accompanied by a paying grow-up.

Online booking is advised to secure admission but card-only payment on the door will be accepted if seats are available.

Children of all ages and their families are invited to join us for our special children’s carol service – including our annual ‘pop-up’ nativity. Fancy dress not essential but encouraged!

Including many well-known carols and readings, this relaxed and interactive service will follow the story of Jesus’ birth.

This beautiful service in the days just before Christmas tells the story of God’s encounter with humanity, through Bible readings and carols. The music for this service includes some carols sung by Birmingham Cathedral Choir, and some sung by all.

Our Midnight Mass service is where we come together late on Christmas Eve to celebrate the birth of Jesus. This is the first service of Christmas and ends at about midnight. We will sing and listen to hymns and carols, hear Bible readings and a sermon, pray, and celebrate Holy Communion. All are welcome to this atmospheric service.

Our Christmas Day Eucharist is the celebration of the birth of Jesus. It is a chance to reflect on and experience the joy that comes with the birth of the Christ Child, that which lies at the heart of all the bustle and busyness of the season. All are welcome to this service as we rejoice in the birth of Christ.

Everyone is welcome to join us for the Choral Eucharist to mark Epiphany, to celebrate the visit of the far-travelled magi in the story of Christ’s birth, on 6 January. This service will also be livestreamed.

Everyone is welcome to join us for this Choral Eucharist for Candlemas. This service will also be available online.