Collection: What’s on Bank Holiday Oxfordshire

  • The Big Feastival 2024

    The Big Feastival 2024

    The three-day family-friendly music and food festival returns to Alex James’ Farm near Kingham in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds over the August bank holiday weekend.

  • Ashmolean NOW: Flora Yukhnovich x Daniel Crews-Chubb

    Ashmolean NOW: Flora Yukhnovich x Daniel Crews-Chubb

    Ashmolean NOW invites contemporary artists to create new work inspired by the Ashmolean’s historical collections.

  • Gifts and Books

    Gifts and Books

    Gifts and Books is an exhibition at the Weston Library in Oxford that explores the importance of giving and receiving books.

  • Boundary Encounters

    Boundary Encounters

    Boundary Encounters is a summer show of residencies, projects and live events at Modern Art Oxford, including brand new work from artists Valerie Asiimwe Amani, Julie Freeman and Harold Offeh.

  • Joana Vasconcelos: Wedding Cake tours

    Joana Vasconcelos: Wedding Cake tours

    Opening this summer, the Joana Vasconcelos: Wedding Cake tours will stand within a grove of trees at Waddesdon beside the 19th-century Dairy.

  • Paddington™ Lo-commotion

    Paddington™ Lo-commotion

    Paddington™ Lo-commotion is the perfect day out for families who love to immerse themselves in storytelling and puppetry.

  • Cowley Classic Car Show 2023

    Cowley Classic Car Show 2023

    The Cowley Classic Car Show is a great Summer’s day out to raise much-needed funds for local and international charities. The main beneficiary for this event is Dogs for Good.

  • Abingdon Balloon & Fireworks Festival 2023

    Abingdon Balloon & Fireworks Festival 2023

    Head to Abingdon Airfield with your family and friends for a magical evening of air displays and world class firework entertainment.

  • Foodies Festival Oxford 2024

    Foodies Festival Oxford 2024

    Foodies Festival Oxford will return to South Park with a mouth-watering line-up over the Bank Holiday weekend of 24 to 26 August 2024.

  • About Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality

    About Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality

    Discover the palace of Knossos on the island of Crete, and the search for the labyrinth, in this major exhibition at the Ashmolean.

  • Carey Young

    Carey Young

    In this major new exhibition, Carey Young focuses her astute vision on female identity with works depicting women working in law and industry.

  • Dia al-Azzawi – Painting Poetry

    Dia al-Azzawi – Painting Poetry

    This free exhibition presents artworks and ‘dafatir’ from Dia al-Azzawi – an internationally recognised and highly-influential contemporary Iraqi painter and sculptor.