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.
The Theatre Chipping Norton and Selladoor Worldwide present a bold new version of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). Rebooted for 2026, this wildly funny, high-speed romp through all 37 plays delivers irreverent humour, theatrical chaos and nonstop laughter before heading out on a major UK tour.
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.
2:22 A Ghost Story is a brilliantly funny and adrenaline-filled night where secrets emerge and ghosts may or may not appear.
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Direct from the West End, the Olivier Award nominated smash hit show, The Tiger Who Came to Tea returns on tour.
Featuring over 40 stalls, Deddington Farmers’ Market, in north Oxfordshire, is one of the largest and happiest farmers’ markets in the country.
Chipping Norton Farmers’ Market is held on the 4th Saturday of the month from 9.00am to 1.30pm on Market Place in Chipping Norton.
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.
Featuring organic and artisan producers, the market takes place every 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month on North Parade Avenue in the central north Oxford area.
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.
Learn how to paint coastal scenes in acrylics with award-winning artist Peter Keegan. Hosted at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, this one-day acrylic workshop welcomes beginners and experienced painters alike, with all materials provided and plenty of one-to-one guidance.
Discover the magic behind the curtain with behind-the-scenes theatre tours, featuring history, architecture, and backstage stories.
Join Out of the Deep for family-friendly specimen handling and explore the underwater world of marine reptiles.
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.
Classic Rock Revival delivers a thrilling live journey through three decades of rock history, celebrating legendary artists from Led Zeppelin to Fleetwood Mac with flawless harmonies, note-perfect solos and infectious energy that will have audiences singing along all night.
Principal woodwinds of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra take centre stage in an intimate chamber concert of poise and beauty, featuring Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, Debussy’s haunting Sonata and Ravel’s radiant Introduction and Allegro.
Multi-award-winning stand-up Alasdair Beckett-King invites audiences to meet the King of Crumbs in a brilliantly witty and offbeat comedy show, packed with sharp observations and playful absurdity.
Namaste Motherf*ckers is the new show from Cally Beaton – a quick-witted, unexpected, and unapologetic insight into life in midlife.
Harry Baker brings warmth, humour and poetic wonder to the chaos of new parenthood in Tender. Featuring poems from the first hundred days of new life, this uplifting show blends laughter, vulnerability and trademark wit, with a few much-loved non-baby favourites along the way.
Artist Peter Keegan returns to Aylesbury Waterside Theatre to lead intimate acrylic painting workshops, offering hands-on tuition, materials, and a tour of his residency artworks.
The longest running Farmers’ Market in Oxford with fresh fruit & veg, locally reared meat, sustainably sourced fish, artisan bread, cheese, milk, and more.