SPECIAL EVENTS
As well as hosting events and concerts for local choirs, orchestras and community groups, St Saviour's has an annual programme of special events and promotions to which all are very welcome! You can book tickets using the links provided with the event listings below.
Look out for our live music events listed on
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Thursday 10 September 2026, 8pm
Songs from GODSPELL
Following on from last year's sell-out production at the Cathedral, St Albans Musical Theatre Company presents a one-off concert performance of songs from the ever-popular hit musical by Stephen Schwartz, based on material from St Matthew's Gospel.
Tickets £15 (group discouts available)
Doors open and licensed bar from 7.15pm
Friday 11 September 2026, 4-9pm
Street Food Heroes
If you love street food (and why wouldn't you?!) then get yourself along to the last of this year's #foodfestfridays! The best of local street vendors, plus mobile DJ and licensed bar, are open between 4pm and 9pm.
Sunday 20 September 2026, 6-8pm
Jazz & Prosecco
Beer & Fizz favourites and weekly regulars at The Holly Bush, the Redbourn Jazz Band are bringing their classic jazz sound to St Saviour's for a chilled evening to help us hang on to summer a little longer!
The Jolly Saviour licensed bar will be offering prosecco, wine and beers (with alcohol-free options available)
Tickets only £7.50
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Tuesday 22 Sept, 8pm
Our Changing Climate:
Chris Packham presents a new film outlining the urgency of our climate crisis. Produced for the National Emergency Briefing held in London last November, this informative and challenging film is being shown across the UK and beyond as communities come together to discuss climate resilience in the face of escalating impacts - like the recent extreme heat.
Doors and licensed bar from 7.30pm
NEW AUTUMN DATE: Sunday 27 Sept, 4pm
Rededication Evensong
A special service to mark the completion of the Organ Restoration Project, including the rededication of the organ by The Rt Revd Steven Venner (Hon. Assistant Bishop).
Followed by a drinks reception - all welcome to join the celebrations!
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Saturday 3 October 2026, 12-4pm & 7.30pm
A Harvest of Voices
All are welcome at this joyful one-day celebration of Gospel music, heritage & community! Learn uplifting Gospel songs in the afternoon (including harmony, technique and performance coaching) and then bring it all to life in the evening with a performance with visiting choirs and Special Guests.
Workshop: 12-4pm; Concert 7.30pm
Celebrating Black History Month 2026
Sunday 22 November 2026, 7.30pm
Pendergast & Farrell
Presented by St Albans Folk Music
Rooted in the rich traditions of English and Maritime Canadian folk music, Lucy Farrell and Shane Pendergast bring together two distinct yet complementary voices in contemporary folk in a concert that ends their duo tour.
Tickets: £20
Saturday 5 December 2026, 7.30pm
Tim Edey in Concert
Tim has toured the world and recorded with the major names in celtic & contemporary roots music. Now a name on the world stage in his own right after 17 years of hard work, he is rated by many to be one of the world's finest ever Melodoen and Guitar players in the folk & contemporary scene today!
Tickets £17.50
Saturday 23 January 2027, 7.30pm
Burns' Night Dinner
Celebrate Burns' Night with good food, great company, a expert salutation of the haggis and an entirely suitable selection of whiskies!
Once again our friends at The Carpenters Arms in Harlington offer a superb 3 course traditional Burns' supper (with veggie and gluten-free options available). Food, table wine and whiskies included in the ticket price.
Booking opens in September, but for now save the date and dust off your tartan!
Sunday 7 February 2027, 7.30pm
Alistair Anderson
Presented by St Albans Folk Music
Alistair Anderson is internationally recognized as the master of the English Concertina and a fine performer on the Northumbrian Pipes.
"He is a treat to watch... His involvement and delight in the music are infectious... Beautiful music, played with skill, taste and affection.” fRoots
Friday 26 - Sunday 28 February, 2027
Parish Retreat at Pleshey
As part of St Saviour's 125th Anniversary year, we will welcome Br Tobias SSF to lead our annual retreat. We return to the House of Retreat in Pleshey, Essex for a weekend of prayer, reflection and worship. More details of the weekend's theme will be announced in due course, along with costs and booking details.
Br Tobias is a professed member of the First Order of The Society of St Francis and based in Plaistow, East London.
Saturday 13 March 2027, 7.30pm
Mark Harrison
Mark is an established singer-songwriter and guitarist with an ever-growing reputation for being unlike any other artist out there. He performs all-original songs in his own very individual style, with elements of rock, folk, blues & Americana. He has been frequently featured on BBC Radio 2 Pick of the Week show and the Radio 2 Folk Show, and he and his band have been live guests on Cerys Matthews’ Radio 2 show.
www.markharrissonrootsmusic.com
Tickets £17.50
Thursday 8 April, 7.30pm
Track Dogs
Comprised of 2 Irishmen, 1 Englishman and 1 American the band came together in 2011 to make their unique brand of acoustic music; a veritable 4×4 of voices and instruments identified for their dynamic fusion of styles including folk, latin, Americana & even some bluegrass.
This is their 5th visit to St Saviour's - and we can't wait!
Saturday 22 May, 8pm
The Captain's Beard - Live!
The Captain's Beard are a folk-rock, pirate band from Brighton, UK. Their music ranges from traditional folk and sea shanties, upbeat originals and downright silly songs about Cockney Mermaids, English Monarchs and rubbish vans.
This is the band's first gig in St Albans, and The Jolly Saviour bar is already researching the best rum-punch recipies!
Did someone say fancy-dress?