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Cathedral Christmas Events

A Christmas Tree in Christ Church

Cathedral Advent Carol Service

29 November
Cathedral
Cathedral Service

We mark the beginning of the season of waiting and preparation for the coming of Jesus with this traditional service of carols and readings.

Choral Matins with University Sermon for Advent Sunday

30 November
Cathedral
Cathedral Service

We mark the first Sunday in Advent with the return of Choral Matins to Cathedral worship. This service also includes a University Sermon preached by The Right Reverend Mark Tanner, Bishop of Chester and a member of the House. 

A reading from the pulpit during a Macmillan Cancer Support charity concert in the Cathedral

Follow the Stars: Macmillan Cancer Support Christmas Concert

5 December
Cathedral
Concert / Performance

The much-loved Follow the Stars – Macmillan Carols Concert is back for its 29th year! Join us in the splendour of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford on Friday 5 December 2025 at 8pm for an unforgettable evening of festive music and celebration.

The 2025/26 Cathedral choir performing in an empty cathedral in the choir stalls. They are in their choir rorbes with lit candles

Music at Oxford Family Christmas Concert with the Cathedral Choir

6 December
Cathedral
Concert / Performance

Relaxed, fun and informal, Music At Oxford's family-friendly daytime celebration of the festive season is back.

The clerks of the 2025/26 Cathedral choir, arranged in their robes by the high altar in the Cathedral.

Christmas with the Clerks of the Cathedral Choir

12 December
Cathedral
Concert / Performance

The Lay and Academical Clerks are the adult members of the Cathedral Choir, who support the Foundation's boy and girl choristers. Here, they present a festive feast of carols, Christmas classics, arrangements of popular tunes, and more!

Cathedral Singers: Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols'

13 December
Cathedral
Concert / Performance

The Cathedral Singers of Christ Church perform Benjamin Britten's enduringly popular festive favourite, A Ceremony of Carols, alongside other choral treats in their Christmas concert.

The Christ Church site viewed from across the meadows, with snow on the ground and rooftops.

Friends of Christ Church Cathedral Carol Service

16 December
Cathedral
Cathedral Service

The Friends of Christ Church Cathedral present this service of Five Lessons and Carols, to which they warmly invite members of the public.
 

The 2025/26 cathedral choir, group portrait in choir robes by the high altar in the cathedral

Music at Oxford Christmas Concert 1

17 December
Cathedral
Concert / Performance

Music at Oxford's 'Christmas at Christ Church' events have been providing Oxford audiences with a popular mix of festive cheer and nostalgia since 1985.

Detail of the Organ

Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur - Organ Meditation for Advent

18 December
Cathedral
Cathedral Service

Join us in the Cathedral for a musical Advent meditation, performed on the Rieger organ by our Sub Organist, Richard Moore, and Organ Scholars George Balfour and Michael Chesters.

The 2025/26 cathedral choir, group portrait in choir robes by the high altar in the cathedral

Music at Oxford Christmas Concert 2

19 December
Cathedral
Concert / Performance

Music at Oxford's 'Christmas at Christ Church' events have been providing Oxford audiences with a popular mix of festive cheer and nostalgia since 1985. 

Christmas Tree in Cloister

Nine Lessons and Carols at Christ Church 2025

21–24 December
Cathedral
Cathedral Service

Join us at Christ Church Cathedral this Christmas on one of four dates for a traditional service of Nine Lessons and Carols.

A group of children and their guardians stand in the middle of the cloisters as a robed verger reads to them during our Journey to bethlehem service in 2025

Journey to Bethlehem

24 December
Cathedral
Cathedral Service

Come along with your children for this interactive family service of music, activities and storytelling as we learn about Christmas and journey to the crib together, followed by hot chocolate and cake.

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