Alice’s Day 2026

Alice’s Day 2026

Alice’s Day 2026, the annual city-wide celebration of all things Alice in Wonderland, is on Saturday, 04 July 2026.

It is celebrated on the first Saturday in July, in commemoration of the afternoon on the 04 July 1862 when the Christ Church mathematician Charles Dodgson took the Dean of Christ Church’s daughters (Lorina, Alice, and Edith Liddell) on a boat trip, from Folly Bridge to Godstow, where they had a picnic.

There, they begged him to tell her a story, so he invented tales of a girl called Alice who had fantastical adventures. He wrote this up for her in a fine manuscript entitled Alice’s Adventures Under Ground in 1864 and published an expanded version as Alice in Wonderland in 1865, under the pen name Lewis Carroll, with illustrations by John Tenniel.

Join venues across Oxford, including the Museum of Oxford, History of Science Museum, Oxford Botanic Garden, Weston Library, Alice’s Shop, and The Story Museum, for events, including theatre, puppetry, crafting, trails, dance, games, lectures and more, to celebrate one of literature’s – and Oxford’s – best-loved story heroes.

All events are free unless otherwise stated.