Events at Dorchester Abbey
For generations people have brought their gifts and skills to enhance the life of Dorchester Abbey and this tradition continues as a huge variety of groups and organisations hire and use the Abbey each year as the venue for a wide and vibrant programme of concerts, theatre, visual arts and other events.
If you would like to hire the Abbey for your event then take a look at our information for hirers.
Come and enjoy Dorchester Abbey’s new Forest Church in our glorious cloister garden! Outdoor activities, singing, campfire & marshmallows. Dress for the weather and for messy!!
Please register that you’re coming here:Â https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dorchesterabbey/t-yalorxj
An immersive tribute to Hans Zimmer and cinema’s most iconic music with a live chamber orchestra illuminated by light!
Two Performances – See event website for full details https://illuminatedorchestra.co.uk
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Cinema’s most iconic music performed by the Illuminated Orchestra, enhanced by a stunning light show!
Programme: 1 hour jam-packed with cinema’s most iconic music, beautifully performed by a live chamber orchestra, including: • Avatar • Dune • E.T • Gladiator • Harry Potter • Inception • Indiana Jones • Interstellar • James Bond • Jaws • Jurassic Park • Lion King • Lord of the Rings • Man of Steel • Matrix • Pirates of the Caribbean • Schindlers list • Star Wars • Titanic
Musicians of Abingdon School will perform a concert commemorating those lost in conflict.
Performance of the Fauré Requiem by the Chapel Choir will be the central item in the programme but the concert will also include further choral items alongside reflective chamber music.
All Welcome.
Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Ravel Piano concerto in G
Stravinsky Pulcinella complete
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason piano
Suzzie Vango soprano
Dominic Bevan tenor
Alex Jones bass
Orchestra of St John’s
Free tickets available for NHS workers and for the disabled. Please email admin@osj.org.uk.
When you purchase tickets, we politely ask that you consider adding a voluntary donation to support our work in the community and with children in Special Educational Needs schools.
PLEASE PARK RESPONSIBLY IN DORCHESTER VILLAGE. DO NOT BLOCK DRIVEWAY ACCESS NEAR TO THE ABBEY. Parking areas for events are signposted: either the Recreation Ground at the Oxford end, or in the field over the bridge.
£30, £25, £15
Join the Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment for an evening of festive music in the magnificent setting of Dorchester Abbey, in support of the RAF Benevolent Fund.
The RAF ‘Ben Fund’ supports serving air force personnel, veterans and their families through deployments, bereavements and ongoing support to those injured or disabled.
The Band will play by permission of the Royal Air Force Board of the Defence Council.
| This is a charity concert, tickets are free to book. |
Pre- Registration is required for free tickets – and collections of donations will be taken on the night by cash or card payment.
Come and enjoy our lovely Christmas Market in the beautiful surroundings of Dorchester Abbey with live Christmas music all day!
Over 40 stalls full of gifts and Christmas food, with wreaths to order or take away, all surrounded by the smell of Bratwurst and mulled wine and Christmas music.
As always, the highlight of the Market is the Tea Room stall packed full of home made Christmas cakes and food to take away!
For further information on the market and how to book for Father Christmas, follow this link
Moving Music presents a seasonal concert (choice of morning or afternoon times) with Christopher Redgate (oboe & piano), Celia Redgate (violin & flute) & Hannah Davey (vocals)
All are welcome, particularly people living with Dementia with their family, friends and carers.
Refreshments will be served for 30 minutes before each concert begins (Refreshments at 11am & 1:30pm)
Please email movingmusicconcerts@gmail.com to reserve a place for your preferred concert time, and pay/ donate on the door.
What better way to start the Christmas season than with Benson Choral Society’s performance of J S Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at 7.30pm on Saturday 6 December in Dorchester Abbey? Bach made this compilation from the series of 6 cantatas written in Leipzig for the Christmas feast-days in 1734/5. It’s a powerful account of the Christmas story, and promises to be special in a number of ways: it’s the first concert with our new Musical Director, Tom Neal, who has a strong affinity with this work: then to bring out its baroque authenticity we have the renowned period orchestra, Instruments of Time and Truth: and a quartet of sparkling soloists: Julie Cooper- Soprano, Jacob Werrin – Countertenor, Toby Ward – Tenor and Daniel Tate – Bass. Don’t miss this opportunity! Get tickets now for £20 reserved, or £17 unreserved, online at www.bensonchoralsociety.org.uk
Come and enjoy Dorchester Abbey’s new Forest Church in our glorious cloister garden! Outdoor activities, singing, campfire & marshmallows. Dress for the weather and for messy!!
Please register that you’re coming here:Â https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dorchesterabbey/t-yalorxj
Experience the enchanting voice of The Voice
Finalist Nadia Eide at Dorchester Abbey in
Winter Light – a magical concert filled with
festive music.
Winter Light at Dorchester Abbey
Nadia catapulted to fame when she appeared on
ITV as the only classical singer on The Voice UK
2021. Her four- and-a-half octave range blew the
coaches away securing her spot as a finalist of
Team will.i.am.Critically acclaimed on stage as
an opera and musical theatre star, she is now
breaking the mould of the classical crossover
genre, receiving standing ovations for her
concert shows.
This November and December
she is touring her hugely successful Christmas
concert tour Winter Light, which is taking place
in beautiful churches and cathedrals around the
UK this Christmas. Chart topping soprano and
star of The Voice UK, Nadia Eide, presents a
spectacular Christmas concert for all ages.
Singing festive favourites and classic songs, this
show is sure to bring the Christmas joy!
Features a special guest choir. All ages
welcome.