Christmas at St Martin’s is very special. Come and worship with us, or enjoy one of our magical selection of concerts on offer, giving everyone the chance to join together, feel festive, and remind ourselves what a special time of year this is.
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Concerts
A Baroque Christmas by Candlelight
A selection of festive Baroque favourites
Tuesday 2 December
Sunday 28 December
7pm
Christmas with the London Gay Men’s Chorus
Festive Family Carols
Enjoy wonderful Christmas Carols for all the family
Saturday 6 December, 11am | 2pm
Saturday 20 December, 11am
Sunday 21 December, 2pm
Monday 22 December, 11am
Tuesday 23 December, 11am
The Joys of Christmas by Candlelight
Join St Martin’s Voices for a one-hour programme of music, carol singing and festive readings.
Saturday 6 December, 4pm
Sunday 7 December, 4pm
Saturday 13 December, 4pm
Wednesday 17 December, 4pm
Thursday 18 December, 4pm
Joy to the World: A Christmas Concert
Join the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields and St Martin’s Brass for a beautiful evening of carols and seasonal readings.
Saturday 6 December
7:30pm
Carols by Candlelight
Join St Martin’s Voices and St Martin’s Strings for a full evening of festive music, carol singing and readings.
Sunday 7 December, 7:30pm
Sunday 14 December, 7:30pm
Wednesday 17 December, 7:30pm
Thursday 18 December, 7:30pm
Christmas with St Martin’s Voices by Candlelight
An evening of carols led by St Martin’s Voices
Monday 8 December
7:30pm
Ex Cathedra: Christmas Music by Candlelight
Friday 12 December, 7pm
Monday 15 December, 7pm
Festive Family Carols with St Martin’s Junior Choir
Celebrate the season in style with our Festive Family Carols concert, featuring our very own Junior Choir.
Saturday 13 December
2pm
The Spirit of Christmas by Candlelight
Join St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Choir and St Martin’s Brass for a beautiful evening of carols and seasonal readings.
Saturday 13 December
7:30pm
Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists: Handel Messiah
Carols for Christmas with the ASMF
Join St Martin’s Voices and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for an hour of traditional carols for choir and orchestra
Friday 19 December, 3pm | 5pm
Christmas with the ASMF by Candlelight
Join St Martin’s Voices and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for a festive evening spectacular
Friday 19 December
7:30pm
Festive Favourites
Our Festive Favourites concerts offer a short one-hour programme of music, carol singing and festive readings.
Saturday 20 December, 2pm
Monday 22 December, 2pm
Tuesday 23 December, 2pm
Carols for Christmas by Candlelight
Join us for an hour of beautiful carols in the gorgeous setting of St Martin’s
Saturday 20 December, 4pm
Sunday 21 December, 4pm
Monday 22 December, 4pm
Tuesday 23 December, 4pm
A Christmas Celebration by Candlelight
Join St Martin’s Voices and St Martin’s Brass for a festive evening of carols as we celebrate the final days leading up to Christmas.
Saturday 20 December, 7:30pm
Sunday 21 December, 7:30pm
Monday 22 December, 7:30pm
Tuesday 23 December, 7:30pm
Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight
Enjoy Antonio Vivaldi’s masterpiece of Baroque beauty and drama this Christmas
Saturday 27 December
7pm
A Viennese New Year by Candlelight
A traditional New Year feast of waltzes and polkas composed by the Strauss family and their contemporaries
Friday 2 January
7pm
Music from the Movies at Christmas by Candlelight
‘Tis the Season Four Seasons by Candlelight
New Year’s Eve Rhapsody in Blue by Candlelight
New Year Extravaganza by Candlelight
Join the Festive Orchestra of London and Geoffrey Coates and violin virtuoso Catherine Manson for their traditional celebration of the new year
Thursday 1 January
7pm
Services
Sunday 30 November, 5pm
Advent Carols
Join us as we begin our journey through the season of Advent to the glories of Christmas.
Sunday 30 November, 7pm
Advent Sacred Space
With the prayers of the Taizé community.
Thursday 4 December, 5:30pm
Lighting of the Tree
Trafalgar Square
The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree, gifted to the people of Britain by Norway, is prominently displayed from the beginning of December until 4 January.
Sunday 7 December, 5pm
Blessing of the Crib
All are welcome to join us as we come together in Trafalgar Square, bless the Crib and welcome the Christ child into the world in a service for all the family.
Wednesday 10 December, 6:30pm
Community Carols
Join us for this carol service for all who live and work in and around Trafalgar Square and in the parish of St Martin’s.
Sunday 14 December, 3pm & 5pm
Nine Lessons and Carols
Join us for this traditional service of lessons and carols. All are welcome.
Wednesday 24 December, 1pm
Blessing of the Crib & Dramatised Nativity
Join us for a service for all the family. With drama, carols, a baby, and a donkey – the Christmas story for today.
Wednesday 24 December, 3:30pm & 5:30pm
Parish Carol Service
All are welcome to join us for an uplifting service of carols, scripture, and poetry as we come together to anticipate the birth of Jesus.
Wednesday 24 December, 11pm
Midnight Mass
Join us as we celebrate the first Eucharist of Christmas together.
Thursday 25 December, 10:30am
Christmas Day Eucharist
All are welcome as we come together for our Christmas Day Eucharist.
Sunday 11 January 2026, 5pm
Epiphany Carols
Join us as we come together to witness the Christ child’s glory face to face.
