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Wendell Kimbrough led a festival of psalms at the Calvin Symposium on Worship in January 2020.

As part of the Dwelling in the Psalms year, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship has provided resources to support Psalm festivals around Canada and the United States. These events are open to the public and many will be livestreamed. 

As part of its year of Dwelling in the Psalms, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship is providing support to worshiping communities throughout the United States and Canada to host a public psalm festival worship event that features congregational singing based on Psalms.

In the fall of 2025, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship invited worshiping communities to join together in dwelling in Psalms, the prayer book and songbook of the Bible. Each psalm festival that resulted is unique and crafted for its individual context. What follows are examples of psalm festivals from these communities. These examples are for your inspiration and encouragement.

Psalm Festival Worship led by Jared Alcántara; Vinroy D. Brown Jr.; Bellwether Arts; Karen Campbell; Calvin University’s Capella choir, directed by Mark Stover; Calvin University’s Gospel Choir, led by Nate Glasper; Celtic Psalms; and Rawn Harbor; with artwork by Joel Schoon-Tanis

A bilingual festival of singing | Un festival de canto bilingüe

2020 Symposium on Worship | Festival

This hymn festival took place at South Grandville CRC in Grandville, MI on October 13, 2013.

This hymn festival took place at Calvin CRC in Grand Rapids, MI on October 20, 2013.

Dozens of Psalmfests held throughout the U.S. and Canada yielded advice that your congregation, college, seminary, or organization can use to plan a festival of psalms, hymns, or other Christian songs.