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.
Reading Blue Coat School brings the smash-hit musical Legally Blonde to the Kenton Theatre. Follow Elle Woods on her bold, brilliant journey to Harvard Law in this vibrant production filled with catchy songs, dazzling dance numbers and irresistible feel-good fun.
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.
Box Tale Soup presents a powerful new adaptation of Orwell’s 1984, using inventive puppetry to explore surveillance, control and rebellion, with voices from Sophie Aldred, Joanna Lumley and Simon Russell Beale as Big Brother.
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.
Xperience Live presents The Music of Adele – The Candlelight Concert at Oxford Town Hall, featuring Natalie Black performing Adele’s greatest hits in a stunning candlelit setting for an intimate and emotional live music experience.
Senbla presents Ellen Kent’s Madama Butterfly featuring Opera International Kyiv, Ukraine, with Highly-Praised Soloists and Full Orchestra.
Embark on a thrilling night of adventure with a brand-new collection of short films from the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival!
This popular, friendly North Oxfordshire farmers’ market features plenty of fresh, quality produce including meat, fish, cheeses, and seasonal fruit and vegetables.
Russell Hicks returns with This Time It’s Personal, a new standup show reflecting on his life and career, blending sharp observations, humour and storytelling.
Ross Noble is the Wizard of Waffle, The Rambler Royale, The Noodlers’ Noodler, and he’s back live on stage to tour a tornado of tangents.
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.