Easter at King's
In the twentieth century the name of King’s College became inextricably entwined with the celebration of Christmas across the English-speaking world. The twenty-first century has seen the very welcome and appropriate balancing of this through the inception, success and growth of Easter at King’s: a festival of concerts and recitals for Holy Week and Easter.
Easter at King's
Explore below full details of services and concerts during Holy Week and Easter. Tickets for concerts are now available from the box office.
Easter at King's 2026: Concerts
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Holy Week and Easter Services
MAUNDY THURSDAY 2 April
5.30pm, Holy Eucharist with Stripping of the Altar
Walton Missa brevis
Duruflé Ubi caritas
Duruflé Tantum ergo (Aquinas)
Sermon The Chaplain
GOOD FRIDAY 3 April
10.30am, Liturgy of Good Friday
Lloyd Were you there?
Byrd Responses to the Commandments
Victoria St John Passion
King John IV of Portugal Crux fidelis (Fortunatus)
Victoria Popule meus
Lotti Crucifixus à8
EASTER DAY, Sunday 5 April
10.30am, Holy Eucharist
Victoria Missa ‘Simile est regnum’
arr. Wood This joyful Eastertide (Woodward)
Taverner Dum transisset Sabbatum
Sermon The Dean
3.30pm, Festal Evensong broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
arr. Wood This joyful Eastertide
Radcliffe Responses
Wood Collegium Regale
Elgar Light out of darkness
Last entry will be 3.15pm. Please ensure you are seated in Chapel by 3.20pm.
This service will be recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at 6.00pm on the same day.
Inside College there are three queues. The queue alongside the Chapel is the main one and is for members of the public. Members of the University are invited to queue on the north side of the Chapel. Only members and staff of King’s College and School, and choir families, are invited to queue in front of the Gibbs’ Building.
When you come to a service, please bear the following four points in mind:
- We ask you not to bring any bag that is larger than airline hand-luggage size.
- We ask that you take a seat in the Ante-chapel if you cannot commit to remaining for the whole service, and that you leave as quietly as possible.
- We do not allow recording or photography of any kind in services and request that phones be turned off as the service will be recorded for broadcast.
- We regret that there are no public toilet facilities available in College.
If you or anyone attending with you has any additional needs with which we might be able to help you, or if you are coming in a group of ten or more people and wish to be seated together, or if you have any other questions about attending, please contact the Chapel Team at kings.chapel@kings.cam.ac.uk.