Carols near Crouch End start with a free Jacksons Lane singalong on 2 December, then Pond Square and Ally Pally on 9 Dec. Lauderdale's 22 Dec is sold out.

Six carol events near Crouch End have confirmed dates for December 2026, from a free singalong at Jacksons Lane on 2 December to Lauderdale House’s singalong on 22 December, which is already sold out. Every date below was checked on the organiser’s own page on 11 November 2026.

The quick answer

  • Wednesday 2 December, 7pm: Jacksons Jingles, a free singalong at Jacksons Lane, Archway Road.
  • Wednesday 9 December, 6.30pm: Carols in Pond Square, Highgate. No tickets, with a collection for the Whittington’s neonatal unit.
  • Wednesday 9 to Saturday 12 December: school and community choirs singing carols in Alexandra Palace’s East Court, seven performances.
  • Tuesday 15 December, 7.15pm: Christmas Cinema and Favourite Christmas Carols at Lauderdale House, from £10.
  • Saturday 19 December, 4pm and 7.30pm: Sing Christmas! with Crouch End Festival Chorus at St Michael’s Church, Highgate. Ticketed.
  • Tuesday 22 December, 6pm: Lauderdale House Christmas Singalong. Free but sold out, with a waiting list by phone.
  • Church carol services in Crouch End itself have not been published for 2026 yet. See the last section.

Jacksons Jingles, Wednesday 2 December

Jacksons Lane’s Jacksons Jingles is a free evening of festive singing on Wednesday 2 December at 7pm in Studio 1, led by the choir leader Laurence Morgan. Book a free place through the theatre. It raises money for Jacksons Lane’s Community Christmas Day for isolated older people in Haringey, so the theatre asks for a donation on the night if you can (Jacksons Lane).

Carols in Pond Square, Wednesday 9 December

The Highgate Society calls its carols “a gift from the Highgate Society to the local community”, and posted the 2026 date on 6 November: Wednesday 9 December at 6.30pm in Pond Square, N6. Music comes from the brass ensembles and choirs of Channing and Highgate schools, with the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution’s Musical Theatre Choir. The producer and director Dan Hall is master of ceremonies.

Refreshments are served at the Society’s rooms at 10A South Grove before, during and after. The collection this year goes to the Whittington Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, through Whittington Health Charity, towards equipment such as resuscitators and oxygen monitors (Highgate Society).

Highgate’s Christmas lights go on in the same square two weeks earlier, on 26 November: our Highgate lights page has the running order.

Ally Pally East Court, 9 to 12 December

Alexandra Palace’s Christmas page lists seven “festive carol performances” in the East Court, where the Santa’s Grotto and the Christmas trees are (Alexandra Palace):

Date Time Who
Wed 9 Dec 2.30pm to 3.30pm Haringey Music Service Primary School Christmas Carol Concert
Wed 9 Dec 5pm to 6pm Haringey Music Service Primary School Christmas Carol Concert
Thu 10 Dec 2.30pm to 3.30pm Haringey Music Service Primary School Christmas Carol Concert
Thu 10 Dec 5pm to 6pm Haringey Music Service Primary School Christmas Carol Concert
Fri 11 Dec 6pm to 7pm Haringey Music Service Band
Sat 12 Dec 1.30pm to 2.30pm Bowes Park Community Choir
Sat 12 Dec 6pm to 7pm The Hap’ning Place Christmas Choir

The page prints no price and no booking link for these, and does not say whether the school concerts are open to the public or for the pupils’ families. The East Court is open to visitors, but check with the Palace before making a trip for one. Our Ally Pally Christmas page has the grotto, Cinderella On Ice and the Festive Skate.

Christmas Cinema and Carols, Tuesday 15 December

Lauderdale House has a ticketed concert on Tuesday 15 December at 7.15pm (doors 6.45pm): music from Christmas films, from Love Actually and Home Alone to The Polar Express and Elf, alongside “traditional carols from around the world in new arrangements”, for piano and string quartet. Standard £18; students, under-18s and over-65s £10; each plus a £1.50 booking fee (Lauderdale House).

Sing Christmas!, Saturday 19 December

Crouch End Festival Chorus gives its annual Christmas concert on Saturday 19 December 2026 at 4pm and 7.30pm at St Michael’s Church, South Grove, N6 6BJ, conducted by David Temple with Peter Jaekel on organ and piano. The chorus describes a programme of “traditional carols and festive music”, from “timeless classics to modern favourites” (Crouch End Festival Chorus).

Tickets are sold through the chorus’s TicketSource page, linked from its event page. The chorus has not printed 2026 prices on its own site, so we have not quoted any.

Lauderdale House singalong, Tuesday 22 December: sold out

Lauderdale House’s Christmas Singalong is on Tuesday 22 December at 6pm, doors 5.30pm, and moves indoors this year to the Lower Gallery “after last year’s weather sent us scurrying inside”. Professional singers and the house’s resident pianist lead it. Entry is free, with donations welcome, but the house says “This event is sold out” and offers a waiting list on 020 8348 8716 (Lauderdale House).

Not yet published for 2026

  • Christ Church Crouch End (N8 8AX) lists a Carols by Candlelight service and a Midnight Communion on A Church Near You, but the dated entries there are from 2024 (15 December at 7.30pm, and 24 December at 11.30pm). No 2026 times are up (A Church Near You).
  • Hornsey Parish Church (St Mary with St George, N8) last listed its Christmas services for 2024, including lessons and carols at 6pm on the Sunday before Christmas (A Church Near You).
  • Stationers Park carols, the free open-air singalong in N8 led by Heather Maîr’s pop-up choir, has no 2026 date posted yet. It has run in mid-December on a Saturday or Sunday evening.

We will add these when the churches and organisers publish them. Church services are free and need no booking unless the church says so.

Getting there

Pond Square and St Michael’s are both in Highgate village. Transport for London’s stop data puts the 214 at the Pond Square stop and the 143, 210, 263 and 310 at the South Grove stops (TfL). Lauderdale House is at the foot of Highgate Hill, a short walk down from the village.

If you are driving, our parking page has the local controlled zones, and our roadworks and travel page lists anything dug up on the way.

More Christmas near Crouch End

The Crouch End tree lighting is at 6pm on 5 December, the Christmas markets run from 20 November, and the Christmas shows start on 24 November. Everything else is on what’s on this month.

Sources checked on 11 November 2026