Beverley Minster's Christmas Tree Festival runs 4 to 13 December, adults £6, under 18s free. Carols by candlelight 11 and 12 December, plus every concert.

Beverley Minster’s Christmas Tree Festival runs from Friday 4 to Sunday 13 December, 10am to 5pm, with late opening until 9pm on Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 December. Adults pay £6 and under 18s go free. The Minster Choir’s Carols by Candlelight follow on 11 and 12 December, and the Minster has a ticketed concert on most weekends from mid November.

The quick answer

  • Christmas Tree Festival: Friday 4 to Sunday 13 December 2026, 10am to 5pm daily.
  • Late nights: Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 December, until 9pm.
  • Price: adults £6, children under 18 free. £6 plus a booking fee online, or pay at the door. The Minster says card payments are preferred.
  • Carols by Candlelight: Friday 11 December at 6.30pm and 8pm, Saturday 12 December at 5.30pm and 7pm. Adults £6.50, under 18s £3.50.
  • Parking: the Minster points visitors to the 500-space multi-storey at Flemingate.

All of the dates and prices on this page come from the Minster’s own What’s On listing, read on 1 October 2026. (Beverley Minster, what’s on)

The Christmas Tree Festival

The festival fills the Minster with decorated Christmas trees for ten days. It opens at 10am and closes at 5pm every day from Friday 4 to Sunday 13 December, and stays open until 9pm on the Wednesday and Thursday of the second week, 9 and 10 December.

  • Adults £6. Children under 18 free.
  • Tickets online are £6 plus a booking fee; you can also pay at the door.
  • The Minster prefers card payments.

The Minster has not yet published which groups are dressing trees this year. Its listing for the festival gives the dates, hours and prices only.

Carols by Candlelight

The Beverley Minster Choir sings four Carols by Candlelight services across one weekend:

Day Times
Friday 11 December 6.30pm and 8pm
Saturday 12 December 5.30pm and 7pm

Tickets are £6.50 for adults and £3.50 for children under 18, booked through the Minster’s listing.

The Minster’s Christmas Eve and Christmas Day service times are not on its What’s On listing, and its service times page had no Christmas times when we checked on 1 October. We will add them when they are published.

Christmas concerts at the Minster

Every concert below is listed on the Minster’s own page, with the price it gives.

  • G4 Christmas Concert, Saturday 14 November. £19.50 to £79.50. G4’s own tour page lists Beverley Minster on 14 November; neither page gives a start time yet.
  • Drifters Candlelight Concert, Saturday 21 November, doors 6.45pm. Premium £33, rear £30.80.
  • ABBA Reunion Tribute Concert, Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November. Doors 6.30pm, support act 6.45pm, ABBA Reunion 7.45pm to 10.15pm. £25.
  • Organ concert: Lewis Scott and Robert Poyser, Saturday 5 December, 7.30pm. Theatre organ and the Minster organ, with carols, film music and seasonal favourites. £10.
  • East Riding County Choir, Saturday 19 December, 7.30pm. Bach’s Magnificat in D and Parts 1 and 3 of the Christmas Oratorio. £20 and £12, on sale from 4 November at Beverley Tourist Information or through the choir’s website.
  • Tribute to Hans Zimmer and Film Favourites, Monday 21 December, by Illuminated Orchestra. Two performances, 6.30pm to 7.45pm and 8.45pm to 10pm. £17.17 to £59.54. The advised age is 8+.
  • Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by candlelight, Monday 28 December, 7.30pm to 9.15pm, doors 6.50pm, Piccadilly Sinfonietta. £21.60 to £54.

The Minster notes that tickets bought online from outside providers may carry booking or processing fees on top of these prices.

The same weekend in Beverley

The second weekend of the tree festival is also the Beverley Festival of Christmas on Sunday 13 December, the town’s big street market day with a free park and ride. Expect the town to be busy if you visit the Minster that day. Details on our Beverley Festival of Christmas page.

Getting there and parking

The Minster’s own advice for drivers is the 500-space multi-storey car park in the Flemingate shopping centre. Our parking in Beverley page lists the town’s other car parks, their charges, and the three that are open at weekends only. For closures on the routes in, see roadworks and travel.

The postcode in the Minster’s website footer is HU17 0DP.

More Christmas in the East Riding

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