Events & Concerts


General Information

Welcome to our Events and Concerts area. Here, you can find out about what’s happening at St. John’s.

If you are looking for information on our worship, please visit our Worship Services area, where you can find our service times, styles, and locations. Any variations from the regular pattern appear on this page.

Other activities include our Welcome Centre on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 12 noon to 3 pm (run jointly with Our Lady & St Thomas RC Church), and on Fridays from 12 noon to 2 pm the church is open for private prayer.

Concerts

St John’s Church has held fortnightly lunch-time concerts since 1975. Concerts are held on alternate Thursdays throughout most of the year with breaks at Christmas, Easter and the summer. Please check this calendar for the next few dates (and programmes, when available).

Light refreshments are available from 11.45am and the concert begins at 12.30pm. There is usually an interval and the concert finishes at around 1.45pm.

Admission is free but there is a collection on the way out to cover expenses. Please come and join us!

November – December 2021

Nov
14
Sun
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Nov 14 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am

All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also streaming it live on the Internet (email us for details). Refreshments afterwards. There are usually activities for children.

Nov
18
Thu
Concert: The Nonesuch Orchestra
Nov 18 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

Lunch time music with the Nonesuch Orchestra
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op.6 No. 6
Beethoven: Adagio from String Quartet Op.132, arranged for string orchestra
Grażyna Bacewicz: Concerto for String Orchestra

Please note that this concert will take place without an interval. Refreshments will be available before and afterwards.

Nov
21
Sun
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Nov 21 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am

All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also streaming it live on the Internet (email us for details). Refreshments afterwards. There are usually activities for children.

Nov
28
Sun
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Nov 28 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am

All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also streaming it live on the Internet (email us for details). Refreshments afterwards. There are usually activities for children.

Dec
2
Thu
Concert: Haruko Seki (piano)
Dec 2 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

Lunch time music with Haruko Seki (piano).
Saint-Saëns: Berceuse; Valse Nonchalante, Op. 110; Le Rouet d’Omphale, Op. 31 (Omphale’s Spinning Wheel)
Chopin: Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1; Scherzo in B flat minor Op. 31
Pehr Henrik Nordgren: Mujina (Op. 30), from Ballads on “Kwaidan” by Lafcadio Hearn
Gershwin : Rhapsody in Blue

Dec
5
Sun
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Dec 5 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am

All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also streaming it live on the Internet (email us for details). Refreshments afterwards. There are usually activities for children.

Dec
12
Sun
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Dec 12 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am

All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also streaming it live on the Internet (email us for details). Refreshments afterwards. There are usually activities for children.

Dec
16
Thu
Concert: Christmas Music with Adrienne Walters (soprano)
Dec 16 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

Christmas Music with Adrienne Walters (soprano), including carols for the audience to sing

Dec
18
Sat
Harrow Philharmonic Choir: Family Carol Concert
Dec 18 @ 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
Harrow Philharmonic Choir: Family Carol Concert

All welcome at Harrow Philharmonic Choir‘s Family Carol Concert. Adults £5 (on door); children free. Conductor: John Wyatt. Also featuring brass ensemble and handbell ringers.

Dec
19
Sun
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Dec 19 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am

All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also streaming it live on the Internet (email us for details). Refreshments afterwards. There are usually activities for children.