 It is common for guest choirs to sing at Evensong during the week.The cathedral hosts a variety of concerts that, along with those in the evening, includes a popular series of free lunchtime concerts.It provides a venue for visiting artists from across the world as well as those who are locally based, such as the Chichester Singers, who although an independent organisation, have since their formation in 1954, performed all their major concerts in the cathedral.