Once again Rochester Cathedral is marking a month-long season of Safeguarding this year, in which we invite everyone to reflect on and promote the protection of children and vulnerable adults, here in Rochester and elsewhere.
Calling all country music fans... we’ve got a show guaranteed to heal your Achy Breaky Heart! Direct from London's West End, Country By Candlelight is finally here. So, it’s time to pour yourself a cup of ambition and get ready to dance the night away!
Calling all Whitney Houston fans! You have been Saving All Your Love for this Moment In Time! Get ready to experience the best of Whitney Houston All At Once, at this epic concert, performed live at the beautiful Rochester Cathedral!
Relax and enjoy a musical break over lunchtime in the beautiful setting of Rochester Cathedral.
Free
Attend a screening of ‘Gaslight’ as a part of our 2026 Safeguarding Season.
Tickets are free, but please do book your place.
Gender-based violence exhibition ‘When People Throw Stones’ - Safeguarding Season 2026
Gather to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year as G4 bring glad tidings of great joy this festive season, with the return of their ‘G4 Christmas’ tour in the most awe-inspiring cathedrals, priories, minsters, halls and abbeys across the UK.
Ticketed
All are welcome to join us at this special service as we mark the beginning of the season of Advent.
Cathedral - restricted access 1st to 3rd December.
Join us on Saturday and Sunday at 12:30 and 15:00. During the Dickensian Christmas Festival we host four free services when you can come and sing your favourite carols in true festive spirit.
Join in with traditional carols at our family friendly Christingle Service.
Rochester Cathedral’s renowned choir returns for our popular Christmas Carol concert, one of the highlights of the festive season.
Buy your tickets now for this very special event, suitable for the whole family.
Rochester Cathedral’s renowned choir returns for our popular Christmas Carol concert, one of the highlights of the festive season.
Buy your tickets now for this very special event, suitable for the whole family.
Choristers, candles and carols for everybody to join in: nothing compares with the experience of a traditional carol service in Rochester Cathedral, which has witnessed over a thousand Christmases.
Choristers, candles and carols for everybody to join in: nothing compares with the experience of a traditional carol service in Rochester Cathedral, which has witnessed over a thousand Christmases.
This is the service for children aged 0-100. Featuring our Sunday Club and Choir
A traditional Christmas Carol Service with our Lay Clerks and Choristers on Christmas Eve.
The Church’s traditional Christmas Service at Midnight.
Our traditional Holy Communion on Christmas morning.
The principal service of Christmas day, with Holy Communion, sermon and carols for both the congregation and Cathedral.
All are welcome at our annual Blessing of Chalk service.
Join our Head Gardener for expert advice on pruning. A fun and informative practical session in our beautiful secret gardens.
Friends of Rochester Cathedral Event
The City of Rochester Orchestra, and Soprano, Laura West, will perform in a concert of Viennese music in the Cathedral Nave.
Ticketed
All are welcome to join us at our Epiphany Carols and Procession service.
Direct from London’s Adelphi Theatre… It’s Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond. The Ultimate Tribute
Relax and enjoy a musical break over lunchtime in the beautiful setting of Rochester Cathedral. Our Lunchtime Recital Series will be held on selected Mondays throughout the year
Free
Information on the Remembrance Sunday Civic service. A small number of seats will be available to the public on a first come, first served basis.
Find out what activities we have for families over the Autumn Half Term.
HOME EDUCATORS — THIS ONE IS SPECIAL!
Join us at Rochester Cathedral on the 14th October 2026 for a very special one-off 1066 experience for home-educated families!
Ticketed
AN INTER-CULTURAL CELEBRATION OF NATURE & OUR SHARED PLANET.
Relax and enjoy a musical break over lunchtime in the beautiful setting of Rochester Cathedral. Our Lunchtime Recital Series will be held on selected Mondays throughout the year
Free
A story about fascism, war, resistance and courage.
Celebrating 25 years of performing their tribute to legendary rockers Dire Straits. Having toured the world with their fully-live two-hour show and tipped as the world’s number one Dire Straits tribute, join them for a night of classic Dire Straits hits including versions from the ‘Alchemy’, ‘Brothers in Arms’ and ‘On Every Street’ tours.
Ticketed
Come together, right now – it’s time to shake it up baby with the concert show of the year.
The sensational Magic of The Beatles features an incredible cast that not only look and sound like John, Paul, George, and Ringo, they also generate that same, famed incredible excitement that was the trademark of the greatest group the world has ever seen – with the Fab Four’s unique sense of humour thrown in for good measure too.
Ticketed
Featuring four soloists, each singing solo arias as well as duets, trios and quartets, accompanied by a live orchestra, this programme takes you on a journey through some of opera’s greatest showstoppers.
Rochester Cathedral will be hosting a joint Eco Conference with the Canterbury and Rochester Dioceses on Saturday 19th September.
Please note that one of our regular organ tuning dates has been scheduled for today.
Featuring a spellbinding cast of West End singers and incredible live band, Take It Easy and join us at the Hotel California for an unforgettable evening of Eagles hits, as you’ve never heard them before!
Following sold-out performances at New York’s iconic Carnegie Hall and the legendary London Palladium, experience an unforgettable evening of Queen’s greatest anthems, performed live by candlelight at the beautiful Rochester Cathedral
Relax and enjoy a musical break over lunchtime in the beautiful setting of Rochester Cathedral. Our Lunchtime Recital Series will be held on selected Mondays throughout the year
Free
Rochester Cathedral
The Chapter Office
Garth House, The Precinct
Rochester
Kent, ME1 1SX
Telephone 01634 843366
Email info@rochestercathedral.org
Registered Charity Number 1206900
Cathedral Visiting Hours Monday to Friday 10:00 -17:00 Saturday 10:00 - 16:00 Sunday 12:00 - 16:00
