This free exhibition explores the portraits of three rulers – Fath Ali Shah Qajar, King George III, and Napoleon Bonaparte – revealing how art conveyed their authority, ambition, and personality
This exhibition at the Ashmolean showcases Pat Suet-Bik Hui and the tradition of the ‘three perfections’, blending poetry, calligraphy, and painting across centuries.
The Drawing Project brings together sixteen artists who collaboratively reinterpret two Ashmolean masterpieces through large-scale drawings. Created over eight months, the exhibition features full-size assembled works alongside additional responses, plus inspiring workshops for families and adults.
Oxford Playhouse stages Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a fierce and darkly comic masterpiece. Directed by Mike Tweddle, this explosive drama explores marriage, power and illusion through one unforgettable night between two couples.
The Beekeeper of Aleppo brings Christy Lefteri’s bestselling novel to the stage—a moving story of love, loss, and hope amid war, adapted by Nesrin Alrefaai and Matthew Spangler.
The Torpids is a bumping boat race in Oxford that takes place annually around the 7th week of Hilary Term (around the start of March) on four successive days from Wednesday to Saturday.
Banbury Cross Players bring Richard Bean and Oliver Chris’s hit comedy to Banbury, as pilot Jack Absolute returns from battle in 1940 to win love, chaos ensues and romance takes flight.
Big Open Weekend in Oxford is two days of free fitness taster sessions, classes, events and more for the whole family to enjoy.
Woodstock Farmers’ Market offers a wide range of fresh local produce available in this beautiful town on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month on Market Square in Woodstock.
A small, friendly local market with plenty of fresh food, delicious sweet and savoury takeaways, dried foods, as well as non-food stalls and a plant-based café.
A farmers’ market that takes place every Saturday from 10.00am to 3.00pm in the brand new Westway Shopping Centre in Botley, just outside Oxford.
Join Out of the Deep for family-friendly specimen handling and explore the underwater world of marine reptiles.
Let’s All Dance Ballet Company presents The Princess and the Pea, a charming fairytale ballet filled with beautiful costumes, clear storytelling and fantastic dancing, sharing a heart-warming message about kindness, courage and never judging by appearances.
Treat yourself to a Saturday night of award-winning comedy at The Glee Club in Oxford with superb stand-up comedians that will keep you laughing until Monday.
Award-deserving German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn brings his comedy show Acid Wehn with an unbiased look and talks about climate change.
Buddy Holly and the Cricketers deliver a thrilling live celebration of rock ’n’ roll, performing Buddy’s greatest hits with raw energy, humour and heart. A feel-good show that has audiences worldwide singing along and dancing in the aisles.
With their current show, ‘Wish You Were Here’, the eight-piece band provide a two hours plus set, showcasing Floyd’s seminal/homonymous album ‘Wish You Were Here’.