St Davids Cathedral Festival

St Davids Cathedral Festival World-class musicians in Britain's smallest city. 2026 Festival 22-31 May

On Saturday, we said farewell to this year’s Festival with an emotional farewell to Cantorion John S Davies Singers, per...
02/06/2026

On Saturday, we said farewell to this year’s Festival with an emotional farewell to Cantorion John S Davies Singers, performing with a slew of fabulous soloists and the British Sinfonietta in a programme of Byrd, Bach and Haydn.

Thank you to John for his over 60 years of musical direction to thousands of people across Wales and further afield - it was an honour to host your final concert with the Singers.

Do join us next year from Friday 28th May for the 46th edition of St Davids Cathedral Music Festival. Thank you to everyone who have joined us this year.

What a bumper few days we’ve had! Wednesday saw a cracking Radio 3 Evensong broadcast with our cathedral choir and who ...
29/05/2026

What a bumper few days we’ve had! Wednesday saw a cracking Radio 3 Evensong broadcast with our cathedral choir and who then delighted us with a feast of John Dowland in the evening.

Thursday saw husband and wife duo Catherine Tanner-Williams and Christopher Williams performing a gorgeous afternoon recital of oboe and piano music, which was followed by an incredible Jazz and canapés evening at Ty’r Pererin with and his trio, catered by the amazing Rachyel Ainsworth and her team.

Then to tonight, and and her sister Rakhi, flautist Nigel Shaw and percussionist Simon Roth in an incredible concert fusing baroque, folk and contemporary music into a truly memorable performance. Thank you to all our performers!

We have just one concert left, and it’s a big one: John S Davies’ final concert with his Cantorion, accompanied by the British Sinfonietta with a quintet of stunning Welsh soloists. There are a few aisle seats and a tiny number of nave seats left, so head online or to our box office from 10am tomorrow to get your tickets for what promises to be a night to remember.

Yesterday saw three wonderful concerts, with Young Musician of Dyfed Seren Barrett, jazz duo Jenkins Jazz and vocal quin...
27/05/2026

Yesterday saw three wonderful concerts, with Young Musician of Dyfed Seren Barrett, jazz duo Jenkins Jazz and vocal quintet .uk

Thank you all for your wonderful music!

What a bumper bank holiday we had yesterday! With our wonderful choral scholars, our home team’s exceptional performance...
26/05/2026

What a bumper bank holiday we had yesterday! With our wonderful choral scholars, our home team’s exceptional performance of Peter and the Wolf, .organist playing the Willis Organ with remarkable poise and passion, and our Vicars Choral and Choral Scholars rounding off a memorable (and memorably hot!) day.

So far today we’ve had Young Musician of Dyfed Seren Barrett and Jenkins Jazz. Join us tonight for Apollo5, the incredible vocal quintet and their programme titled ‘The Evening Primrose’. Tickets available on the door!

25/05/2026

The organ has reached TikTok, and .organist is with us tonight! Tickets £15 on the door, or why not stay on for our late-night concert featuring the Vicars Choral and Choral Scholars at 9.30pm - £20 special offer tickets for both concerts.

Huge thanks to BBC Radio Wales for having our administrator Ben on breakfast this morning to chat about the coming few days of the festival - tickets for all concerts available at the link in bio, or at the box office on the Pebbles (between Fatface and Nook Ice Cream), 10am-4pm

Thank you BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Martyn Brabbins for a stellar performance this evening in St Davids! Scint...
23/05/2026

Thank you BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Martyn Brabbins for a stellar performance this evening in St Davids! Scintillating Coleridge-Taylor, .watkins and Beethoven performed to a near-capacity crowd.

Do join us tomorrow for choral services for the feast of Pentecost, at 11am and 4pm.

A truly atmospheric evening of music by Harpist to HM the King Join us tomorrow for:Choristers Unplugged: 11am, tea and...
22/05/2026

A truly atmospheric evening of music by Harpist to HM the King

Join us tomorrow for:

Choristers Unplugged: 11am, tea and coffee in the cloisters afterwards

performing Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’: 7pm

Tickets available at our box office on the Pebbles (next to FatFace), online or on the door.

The flag is up, and we are underway! We’re delighted to start our Festival this year with a free concert for the local c...
22/05/2026

The flag is up, and we are underway! We’re delighted to start our Festival this year with a free concert for the local community, performed by Mared Emyr Pugh-Evans and provided by Live Music Now.

Join us at 6pm for the Festival Launch Concert with Children’s Chorus and Ula Weber, and at 8pm there’s another chance to hear Mared perform. Both events are held in the cathedral nave, and tickets can be purchased on the door. We hope to see you there!

An evening of jazz and canapés awaits next Thursday! Join us on Thursday 28th May, 6pm at Tŷ’r Pererin, Quickwell Hill f...
19/05/2026

An evening of jazz and canapés awaits next Thursday! Join us on Thursday 28th May, 6pm at Tŷ’r Pererin, Quickwell Hill for an evening of jazz given by local bassist Tom Marsh and his jazz trio. Tickets available at the link in bio or by calling 01437 722002!

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