Organ recital played on the Victoria Hall's 1888 Conacher-Willis Concert Organ, with a hot drink and programme included in the ticket price.
Organ Proms 2026 returns to Victoria Hall on Saturday 14 November, one of the remaining dates in a series that's been running across the year. The whole thing is built around the hall's own Grand 4 Manual Conacher-Willis Concert Organ, which dates back to 1888. It's the only instrument used throughout the series, and the venue describes it as the sole focus of every recital.
Each concert runs for about 75 minutes with no interval, so it's a single stretch of music rather than a split programme. If you're into the technical side of things, a full specification of the organ is available free of charge both before and after the performance. The series has picked up some local support too, with the Staffordshire Sentinel running a piece titled 'The Joy of the Hanley Organ Proms – Music for Everyone'.
The line-up for the 2026 season brings together ten different organists: Andrew Lumsden, Martyn Rawles, Ian Riddle, Cathy Lamb, Darius Battiwalla, Mélodie Michel, Alex Goldsmith, Callum Alger, Christian Cartwright and Tim Sagar. Each takes a turn at the Conacher-Willis, so the programme changes from one date to the next.
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Tickets are £12, with concessions at £10.50, and that includes a hot drink and a programme. If you're planning on coming back more than once, there's a supporters club for £5 a year that gives you regular information and priority booking for season tickets, which helps keep the organ and the concerts going. The concert starts at 12 noon at Victoria Hall on Bagnall Street, Hanley, ST1 3AD.
