Family-friendly Festive Fun

Family-friendly Festive Fun Throughout the school Christmas holidays, during Cathedral opening hours Discover a variety of FREE festive arts and crafts inside Exeter Cathedral during the Christmas holidays. Activities are suitable for children of all ages. Make Your Own Wreath Use supplied materials to design and make your very own Christmas wreath to take home […]

Christmas Day Services at Exeter Cathedral

Christmas Day Services at Exeter Cathedral 8:00am: Holy Communion 10:00am: Choral Eucharist 11:45am: Choral Matins 4:00pm: Choral Evensong All services are free to attend. There is no need to book in advance.

2024 Midnight Mass

2024 Midnight Mass Tuesday 24 December, 11:30pm The first Eucharist of Christmas, a traditional service with carols led by the Cathedral’s clergy and the St Peter’s Singers. Midnight Mass is free to attend. There is no need to book in advance for this event.

2024 Crib Service

2024 Crib Service Tuesday 24 December, 12pm-12:45pm A short service for children young and older, and their carers. Join us as we hear the story of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem, with carols led by our choristers. We invite children attending the crib service to come dressed as a character from the Nativity story: an angel, […]

Christmas at the Movies by Candlelight

Christmas at the Movies by Candlelight Saturday 21 December, 7:30pm – doors open 6:45pm Get ready to unwrap the ultimate holiday treat with a Christmas at the Movies Concert! Join London Concertante as they embark on a jolly journey through the heart-warming and hilarious worlds of beloved Christmas films. It’s a festive celebration that will […]

Grandisson Service of Lessons and Carols

Grandisson Service of Lessons and Carols Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 December at 6pm All are welcome at this unique service of lessons and carols for Christmas, which opens with Bishop John de Grandisson’s service for Christmas. Still Exeter’s longest-serving bishop (1327-69), Bishop Grandisson wrote his service specifically for Exeter Cathedral, using its Choristers and […]