Simon Johnson, organ

Simon Johnson is playing St Albans Cathedral on Saturday 20 February 2027, at 6:30 pm. He's the organist at Westminster Cathedral, so he's coming over from London for the evening. It's a solo recital, just him and the cathedral organ, with the music filling the space from the console.

The recital is part of the International Saturday Organ Recitals, which is the cathedral's own series of organ concerts open to the public. That's the broader context here: it's one of the many Saturday evenings the cathedral opens its doors for music, and Johnson is the guest taking the bench for this particular date. If you're not usually one for organ music, it's a good way to get into it — just a single performer in a big room, no tickets to book in advance.

It's also part of the St Albans International Organ Festival, the wider festival that runs around the cathedral. The Saturday recitals are the public-facing side of that, so this is one of the events anyone can just turn up for. Johnson is coming from Westminster Cathedral, one of the most famous organs in the country, to play the one here in St Albans.

Entry is free of charge, with donations invited to support the Organ Festival events. It starts at 6:30 pm on Saturday 20 February, at St Albans Cathedral, Sumpter Yard, St Albans AL1 1BY.