Events

• Our Events

Please see our listings below, for upcoming events at St. Michael’s.

St. Michael’s hosts regular events as well as its weekly services and Feast days:
> Regular Services, groups and activities

For more information about current and past recitals and lectures:
Music Recitals
Lectures Series

To hire the church for your event, please click below or email mountdinhaminfo@gmail.com
> Booking & Hire and church calendar

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• Seasonal Fairs

Fairs in this beautiful church combine seasonal community celebrations with the St Michael’s Café. Spring, Autumn and Advent fairs also include stalls and a raffle with prizes.

Dates for 2026:
Spring Fair – Saturday 21st March
Summer Celebration – Saturday 20th June
Autumn Fair – Saturday 19th September (Heritage Open Days)
Advent Fair – Saturday 5th December (with St Nicolas)
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• The Café

The St Michael’s Café is open on Friday mornings, from 10am – 12noon
We serve delicious home made savouries, cakes, teas and coffees.  Come and find a very warm welcome for everyone in the heart of Mount Dinham! There is free Wifi at the church, books to borrow and sometimes board games come out.

Dates for 2026
May 1st, May 29th, June 20th, July 3rd, August 7th, September 4th, October 2nd, November 6th.

The Café also runs for special events throughout the year, for seasonal fairs and during the annual National Heritage Open Days in September.
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• Volunteering at St Michael’s

Our concerts and events, services and fairs provide varied and interesting volunteering opportunities for all ages. We are blessed with a very special, sociable and generous atmosphere in this unique and beautiful space.
If you would like to find out about volunteering opportunities, read more here or contact us at mountdinhaminfo@gmail.com

We look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to our next event!

All Events

Summer Concert: EX4 Chamber Orchestra with Will Lambert


Music
14
Jun
2026

7pm concert, with doors at 6.45pm for refreshments. This is the second year running that inspired conductor Tim Pithers brings a full orchestra to St Michael’s for what promises to be a wonderful concert in the beautiful summer evening sunlight, and at a very special moment in our church’s history on Mount…

Brass Recital Day: Exeter College Music Academy


Community, Music
22
Jun
2026

4.00 pm – 6.00 pm | Young Brass Player Masterclass. 7.00 pm | Brass Recital, with Megan Newbery and local young musicians, accompanied by Alfie Pugh. Join us to hear the wonderful, resonant sound of Brass at St Michael’s, in this inspiring day of music education, discovery and performance. For information to…

The Elmore Quartet in Concert


Music
10
Jul
2026

7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm for refreshments) The Elmore Quartet launches the Music on the Mount concert series with a rare opportunity to hear one of the most exciting emerging quartets in Britain today. ProgrammeHaydn: Op 76 No 5 Quartet in D major (22’)Britten: Three Divertimenti (12’)R. Clarke: Poem (9’)Ravel: String Quartet in F…

Linos Piano Trio in concert


Music
7
Aug
2026

7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm for refreshments) The Linos Piano Trio is known for a boundary-pushing approach to its repertoire. Founded in 2007 in London, the trio has been praised for “slow-burning, gripping performances” (Strad) as well as “virtuosity and wit” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). ProgrammeEdward Elgar, arr. Linos Piano Trio: Serenade for StringsFanny Mendelssohn: Piano…

Apricity Trio in Concert


Music
13
Sep
2026

7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm for refreshments) The Apricity Trio was formed in 2023 at London’s Royal College of Music. They are an exceptional young ensemble delivering adventurous programmes with warmth, flair, and musical maturity. With local appearances at St Michael’s already under their belt, this concert is a wonderful opportunity to welcome their…

Martin Roscoe in Concert


Music
3
Oct
2026

7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm for refreshments) “…Roscoe is the commanding soloist in a performance that has exceptional depth and resonance…” The Gramophone Martin Roscoe has a career spanning over five decades and is one of the UK’s most loved and respected pianists. He has a repertoire encompassing over 100 concertos and more than 600 broadcasts…

Past Events

Corpus Christi


Services
Corpus Christi
4
Jun
2026

7.30pm Sung Mass with Procession around Mount Dinham and Benediction. The Feast of Corpus Christi honours the institution of the Holy Eucharist. At St Michael’s, as part of the High Mass, a canopy or “chuppa” is used to process the Blessed Sacrament from the church around Mount Dinham, lead by the Crucifer.…

The Visitation of the BVM


Services
1
Jun
2026

6.00 pm | Mass: Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) celebrates Mary’s visit to her pregnant cousin, Elizabeth. This encounter features Elizabeth’s Spirit-led greeting and Mary’s joyful song, the Magnificat. Anglo-Catholics view this festival as a profound model of charity and devotion. Image: Philippe de Champaigne, via Wikimedia Commons ...…

Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM)


Community
31
May
2026

12.30pm (following Mass). St Michael & All Angels, Mount Dinham holds its first APCM as a new parish church. The meeting includes two parts: the Annual Parish Meeting (open to all) and the Vestry Meeting (open to those on the electoral roll) for the election of church wardens. Elections will be held, so if you’d…

St Michael’s Café


Community
29
May
2026

10 am – 12 noon | Our monthly Cafe offers delicious home made savouries, cakes, teas and coffees. Come and find a very warm welcome for everyone in the heart of Mount Dinham!  ... Read more

Pentecost – Sung Mass


Services
Pentecost – Sung Mass
24
May
2026

11am Sung Mass - followed by refreshments. Celebrant: The Revd. Keith Feltham. Music Mass setting: Casciolini – Mass in A Minor. Anthem: A. Musson – Spiritus Sancte. Pentecost, often known as Whitsunday, is one of the highest feast days of the liturgical year. It celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. ... Read…

KANEKT in Concert


Music
12
Apr
2026

Doors open 4.30pm for 5pm Concert. “KANEKT use their unique instrumental line up to explore the links between Indian and western classical, modern jazz, folk and western popular music. Expect to be lead into new soundscapes and down rarely trod musical paths. KANEKT is enchanting, surprising and uplifting.” KANEKT are John Robertson…

Spring Fair


Community
21
Mar
2026

FREE EVENT: St Michael’s Spring Fair Saturday 21st March, 11am – 3pm Address: St Michael’s Mount Dinham, Dinham Road, EX4 4EB Celebrate the coming spring at St Michael’s Spring Fair, on Saturday 21st March and find out about our peregrines! Our theme is spring time, birds, eggs and crafts. •  Stalls, crafts and plants •  Chocolate Egg Hunt and…

Sankta Lucia


Community, Music
13
Dec
2025

On the Feast of Sankta Lucia at 7:00pm, this magical concert returns to St Michael’s. Click here for tickets. Come join us for an evening of traditional Swedish music with procession by candle light, with Rosa Rebecka, ExeSwedes Choir and Friends. Rosa writes, “Experience the enchanting atmosphere as the church is transformed into a…