Music




Over the two weekends of the festival 74 churches are offering opportunities to play their organ. Please look for the ‘organ available to play by the public’ symbol in the guide book.

Churches with resident and visiting organists playing music at various times over each weekend are listed below (please return to this page and keep and eye on Facebook or Instagram for an up-to-date list of venues and times) 

Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th May

New details (additional to the brochure)

Bardney, St Lawrence
Paul Savage, organist 2pm – 3pm both days.

Binbrook, St Lawrence
By impromptu volunteers both days

Caistor Methodist Church
Selection of tunes, both traditional and modern, at regular intervals over the weekend

Immingham, St Andrew
Bellringers will be in attendance on Saturday between 10am - 11am.
We will have an organ player at select times on both days and you will also be able to play our organ yourself if you fancy.

Market Rasen, St Thomas
Various times over the weekend

Market Rasen, Holy Rood
Our resident organist will play at various times on the Sunday. The organ will be available for visitors to play throughout the weekend.

Market Rasen Methodist Church
Organ rota and any visiting organists who would like to play

Nettleton, St John the Baptist
Organist playing Sunday, visiting organists welcome other times

Ulceby, St Nicholas
On Saturday we have:
10am – organist
12noon - Fiddle & Squeaks recorder trio
1.30pm - North Lincs Fiddle Club
2.30pm – Bellringers

On Sunday:
12noon - Barton Community Training Brass Band
1.30pm - Meadowong ladies acapella choir
2.30pm - bellringers

Wrawby, St Mary
Organist playing at ad hoc times

Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th May

Amcotts, St Mark
Ashby Wesley Methodist Church
Bishop Norton, St Peter
Bottesford, St Peter ad Vincula
Broughton, St Mary
Corringham, St Laurence
Crowle, St Oswald
Gainsborough All Saints*
Messingham, Holy Trinity
Morton, St Paul
Saxilby, St Botolph
Stow, St Mary
Upton cum Kexby, All Saints
West Butterwick, St Mary the Virgin

*On Saturday afternoon, from 2pm, the orchestra will be doing an “open rehearsal” in preparation for the concert in the evening.

Choral Evensong at Lincoln Cathedral

Lincoln Cathedral by Ashley Taylor (Push Creativity)

You are invited to a service of Choral Evensong at Lincoln Cathedral. Lincoln Cathedral has kindly offered to host a service of Choral Evensong to bring together, give thanks for and recognise all the churches who take part in the festival. The service will take place on Thursday, 14th of May 2026, 5.30pm between the first and second weekends of the festival.