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Winchester – Whales: art installation celebrated through a series of events

Event Details

  • Location: Winchester Cathedral
  • Address: The Close, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9LS
  • Start date: 22nd January 2025
  • End date: 26th February 2025
  • Times: 9.00 am
  • Entry fee: Admission included with an annual pass but range of prices for accompanying programme of events

Three monumental sculptures of sperm whales, created by artist Tessa Campbell Fraser, will hang from the cathedral’s Nave in this immersive art exhibition.  The installation is celebrated through a range of events from silent discos and folk concerts to talks and learning experiences.

1st February: The Norfolk Broads (folk concert)

7th February: Kimber’s Men (shanty concert)

8th February: The Longest Johns and El Pony Pisador (sea shanty and folk legends concert)

12th February: Artist talk by Tessa Campbell Fraser, creator of the Whales installation

14th February: Valentine Date Night under the Whales

15th February: Silent disco under the Whales

18th February: The Whale: Plastic Ocean (Circo Rum Baba)

21st & 22nd February: How to be a Whale (a bioacoustic listening journey)

22nd February: Author talk and book signing: Tom Mustill ‘How to Speak Whale’

Full details, including timings and ticket prices, can be found on the cathedral website.