Celebrating Ripon Cathedral’s 1,350th: Launch Weekend
Celebrate the life of the cathedral community through art, music and a series of special events, all designed to get our year off with a bang. Over 27 spectacular flower displays will be on display through the weekend, each representing an element from the cathedral’s unique heritage.
Please scroll down to see all that is going on over the weekend.
Tickets:
- Launch Night: tickets here
- Son et Lumiere: tickets here
- Cathedral Archaeologist talk: tickets here
- Cathedral Architect talk: tickets here
- Beer Festival: tickets here
- Tom Holland, author, broadcaster and historian: tickets here
Hourly Schedule
Thursday
- 19.30 - 22.00
- Launch Night
- The official start of our celebrations and a night to remember. With live music from Frankly Jazz, the big band with just the right sound, illuminations and ending with effects evocative of St Wilfrid’s miraculous moonbow. Click here for tickets
Friday
- 9.30
- Doors Open
- Join us to experience and explore the life, heritage and faith within the walls of Ripon Cathedral
- 9.30 - 10.30
- Bells ring out!
- Join the Ripon Cathedral Bellringers as they demonstrate how they make so much beautiful, synchronised noise!
- 10.30 - 11.00
- Guided Tour: Explore medieval Ripon
- Explore Ripon's medieval history with a walking tour led by an expert guide. No booking required - meet inside the main (west) doors.
- 11 - 11.30
- Meet the Organist
- Find out about Ripon Cathedral's historic organ and have a go yourself!
- 11.30 - 12.00
- Live choir: the Decibelles
- Listen to beautiful music in the cathedral's historic quire, sung by the Decibelles.
- 12 - 12.30
- Midday Eucharist
- All are welcome
- 13.00 - 14.00
- Talk: Jonathan Clarke, Cathedral Archaeologist
- ‘Reading the stones - some recent archaeological research at Ripon Cathedral’Click here for tickets
- 15.00 - 15.30
- Meet the Organist
- Find out about Ripon Cathedral's historic organ and have a go yourself!
- 15.30 - 16.00
- Talk: Alanah Honey, Cathedral Architect of Caroe Architecture Ltd
- See Ripon Cathedral Behind the Scenes. Click here for tickets
- 18.00 - 18.30
- Choral Evensong
- 19.30 - 22.00
- Son et Lumiere
Saturday
- 9.30
- Doors Open
- 9.30 - 12.30
- Medieval Scriptorium
- Hazelsong Theatre create drop-in activities for families, creating calligraphic bookmarks and showing how manuscripts were made
- 10.30 - 11.00
- Guided tour
- Join an experienced guide to discover the hidden history of Ripon Cathedral
- 11.00 - 11.30
- Meet the Organist
- Find out about Ripon Cathedral's historic organ and have a go yourself!
- 12.30 - 13.30
- Mini-ring of church bells
- Discover the fascinating world of campanology without any stairs! Bellringers will be operating the mini-ring, a small peel of bells, in the cathedral's nave
- 13.30 - 14.30
- Art in the Cathedral
- Meet Art in the Churches producer Chris Bailey, who will talk you through our plans for bringing St Wilfrid to life through contemporary art
- 15.00 - 15.30
- Meet the Organist
- Find out about Ripon Cathedral's historic organ and have a go yourself!
- 15.30 - 16.30
- Lecture: Prof Joyce Hill on making medieval manuscripts
- The perfect accompaniment to our scriptorium. Free of charge!
- 17.30 - 18:00
- Service: Evening Prayer
- All are welcome
- 20:00 - 22.00
- Son et Lumiere
Sunday
- 10.30 - 12.00
- Celebration Festal Eucharist
- 13.30 - 15.00
- Guided Pilgrimage
- 15.30 - 16.30
- Choral Evensong
Monday
- Ripon Cathedral Beer Festival
- Arrival of Yorkshire Heritage Way