Our fifth free concert on Friday 17 May: Thomas Siemens presents Some time ago in Paris.

Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts will take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.

The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.

All welcome for refreshments in church. Hot drinks and delicious homemade cakes from 11am, with soup and a roll from 12.30pm.

All welcome for refreshments in church. Hot drinks and delicious homemade cakes from 11am, with soup and a roll from 12.30pm.

Poetry Above the Crypt at St Mary Islington: Poetry Reading and Book Launch

Everyone is warmly invited to celebrate the launch of IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs (Shoestring Press, Nottingham, 2024). Free entry and refreshments.

Guest poets: Katy Evans-Bush and Robert Seatter

Music: Singer-songwriter WomanAngel

Free entry and free coffee and cakes. Donations welcome to our usual charity, Hospice Care Kenya.

All welcome for refreshments in church. Hot drinks and delicious homemade cakes from 11am, with soup and a roll from 12.30pm.

Our fourth free concert on Friday 19 April: An afternoon of Saxophone and Piano Music

David Bevan and Daisy Ou perform works spanning two hundred years of musical history, from Schubert and Mendelssohn to new music by living composers Jenni Watson and Andy Scott.

Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts will take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.

The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.

All are warmly invited to the London launch of Selected Poems by Paul McLoughlin (1947-2021), published by Shoestring Press (Nottingham, 2024). Readers will include Rob Selby, Declan Ryan, Rosemary Norman, Nancy Mattson, John Harvey, Mike Bartholomew-Biggs, John Forth (editor) and John Lucas (publisher).

Free entry and free coffee and cakes. Donations welcome to our usual charity, Hospice Care Kenya.

Piano works by Mozart, Franck, and Chopin played by Antoine Pichon

Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts will take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.

The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.

Our second free concert, on Friday 16 February, is titled: Schubert and Grieg violin sonatas performed by Tom Jesty and Vanessa White

Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts will take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.

The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.

Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts will take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm. The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.

Come and hear Bulgarian born cellist Angel Tarpov in a free evening recital in St Mary’s Church. Angel will be accompanied by pianist Tom Jesty in repertoire by J.S. Bach, Joseph Haydn, and Gabriel Fauré. The programme will feature audience favourites such as Bach’s Air on the G string and the Swan from Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals, along with less well known repertoire. The evening will end with a selection of Angel’s own compositions.

1 hour 15 mins, including an interval. This event is free and you do not need a ticket.

The specially curated tour will give you a glimpse into the history of St Mary’s, how it has influenced Islington today and will culminate with a trip up St Mary’s Church tower, giving you a bird’s eye view of London. Can you manage the 120 steps to the top?!

A tour of St Mary’s Church, including breath-taking views from the tower! Led by a qualified tour guide from Clerkenwell and Islington Guides, this tour of the church and tower will last around 75 minutes.

The specially curated tour will give you a glimpse into the history of St Mary’s, how it has influenced Islington today and will culminate with a trip up St Mary’s Church tower, giving you a bird’s eye view of London. Can you manage the 120 steps to the top?!

A tour of St Mary’s Church, including breath-taking views from the tower! Led by a qualified tour guide from Clerkenwell and Islington Guides, this tour of the church and tower will last around 75 minutes.

Uncovered Opera Company will perform a one act version of Richard Strauss' popular opera Ariadne auf Naxos. Set in a Greek taverna, this popular masterpiece will be sung in German with English surtitles. Light refreshments will be served.

The performance will last one hour and 15 minutes without an interval.

This is a free event - bring a friend or two.

The specially curated tour will give you a glimpse into the history of St Mary’s, how it has influenced Islington today and will culminate with a trip up St Mary’s Church tower, giving you a bird’s eye view of London. Can you manage the 120 steps to the top?!

A tour of St Mary’s Church, including breath-taking views from the tower! Led by a qualified tour guide from Clerkenwell and Islington Guides, this tour of the church and tower will last around 75 minutes.

The specially curated tour will give you a glimpse into the history of St Mary’s, how it has influenced Islington today and will culminate with a trip up St Mary’s Church tower, giving you a bird’s eye view of London. Can you manage the 120 steps to the top?!

A tour of St Mary’s Church, including breath-taking views from the tower! Led by a qualified tour guide from Clerkenwell and Islington Guides, this tour of the church and tower will last around 75 minutes.

An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 American film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate people about global warming. The film features a slide show that, by Gore's own estimate, he has presented over 1,000 times to audiences worldwide. It is a prescient film which The Observer has recently recommended as: "Best for: A straight-up, bullet-point breakdown of the facts."

Showing will start at 7pm, 1 hour 35 minutes followed by vegan refreshments.

An afternoon of live music: Neo classical chamber music, free for all to attend.

This free, intimate concert at St Mary's Church will be a delight to the senses. Taking you throughout different feelings and moods.

Matias Dal Pos is a composer and musician based in London, UK. Matias writes explorative minimalistic chamber pop music blending a classic string quartet and piano with synthesizers, cinematic orchestral textures and beats.

In 2022 he released his first album "Tra I Sogni che non Ricordo" followed by his second one "Tra I Silenzi nei Ricordi" in 2023.

He will be joined by Carmel Comiskey on Cello, Chloe Lim on violin, James Brennan on percussion and Yago Fernandez on keyboards.

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