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We offer daily services and a creative programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
Come and celebrate the hope and light that Christmas brings each winter
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion. This is a place for everyone who’s wondering about life’s big questions and striving for a better world.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word, drawing on St James’s rich cultural history including artists, writers and musicians Mary Beale, Mary Delany, William Blake, Ottobah Cugoano and Leopold Stokowski.
We try to put our faith into action by educating ourselves and speaking out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, earth and racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
We aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
It costs us £3,500 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us
Your donation will help us restore our garden in Piccadilly as part of The Wren Project, making it possible for us to welcome over 300,000 people from all faiths and walks of life seeking tranquillity and inspiration each year.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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31 August – 3 September 2022
In conversation with resident artist Iman Tajik, Darren Abrahams of Musicians Without Borders.
Iman Tajik
Glasgow-based Iranian artist and photographer Iman Tajik will display photography and sculpture inside the Church throughout the festival.
Tajik’s work is anchored in a strong social interest and demonstrates an effort to make work that is a critical tool connected to international movements for social change.
Award-winning violinist & composer Anna Phoebe, Ugandan folk singer-songwriter Daudi Matsiko, binary-breaking musician Anil Sebastian
Award-winning violinist and composer Anna Phoebe.
Anna’s latest album Sea Souls is a rich musical palette inspired by the natural world, exploring the dialogue between the sea and inner psyche.
British born and raised Ugandan singer-songwriter and guitarist Daudi Matsiko carefully crafts modern albeit reverent folk music.
Multifaceted musician, producer and creative Anil Sebastian, performed an intimate set with harpist Glenda Allaway
Award-winning Syrian Oud virtuoso Rihab Azar performed with her trio, supported by Gustavo Roriz.
Rihab Azar performs with her trio
Syrian oud virtuoso Rihab Azar whose recognition from Arts Council England in 2016 as a musician of “Exceptional Promise”, allowed her to continue her professional pursuit in the UK under the ‘Migrant Talent’ scheme.
Gustavo is a string instrumentalist influenced by African and Brazilian music, jazz, fado, and much more. He performed a set on the “Guiola”, a variation on the traditional Brazilian guitar known as “viola caipira”.
Daytime courtyard programme in collaboration with Good Chance, the organisation behind Walk With Amal.
Girum Bekele is a circus artist from Ethiopia and a core member of the Good Chance Ensemble.
Girum Bekele.
Sounds of Refuge, a project and world music album from John Falsetto, Mohamed Sarrar and Ammar Haj Ahmad fusing Zimbabwean, Sudanese and Syrian music, spoken word and poetry; and much more.
John Falsetto from Sounds of Refuge.
Diyo Mulopo Bopengo & Sarah Orola from Good Chance Ensemble.
Mercury Prize winner Talvin Singh OBE headlined Embark festival along with sarod pioneer Soumik Datta & Indian singer Deepa Nair Rasiya.
Talvin Singh, OBE, is renowned for creating the bridge between Indian and electronic music. Drawing Inspiration from the classical Indian arts, he has managed to sculpt a unique sonic landscape.
Singh’s synthesis of electronic music and eastern aesthetic, is often referred to as Asian Underground, one of the most exciting movements in the history of British music.
Polymath composer, producer, bandleader, TV presenter and Artistic Director Soumik Datta, a torchbearer of the 19 stringed, fretless Indian instrument ‘sarod’, Soumik’s work embraces traditional roots and contemporary electronica to address the urgent issues of our times.
London-born vocalist and composer Deepa Nair Rasiya has been making waves on the World Music platform internationally and is increasingly recognised as a pioneering and innovative composer with a deeply soul-stirring vocal style.
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