Find Christmas events in Oxford and across Oxfordshire. From your favourite Christmas carols concerts to festive shows, pantomimes, markets, light trails, and Santa grottos. Get into the festive spirit this Christmas and enjoy a variety of Christmas events in Oxfordshire in stunning venues and intimate settings across the county.
A 3-day festival of Arts, Culture and Community bringing activity into local oxford communities with creativity that spills out of people’s houses and streets.
Escape the bustle of the high street and soak up the festive atmosphere of the Christmas market set against the magnificent backdrop of Blenheim Palace.
Explore the Palace rooms transformed by the retelling of this classic fairy-tale for a new generation.
Wander in the picture-perfect gardens of Blenheim Palace, filled with Christmas cheer as over a million lights and seasonal sounds fill the air.
Direct from the West End and after two sell out tours, Fairytale of New York is back at New Theatre Oxford with a bigger production for 2023.
Modern Makers Collective returns for the Yattendon Winter Market for a Celebration of Modern Craft. This year’s market presents an exceptional group of artists, designer-makers and craftspeople, selected for their expertise and originality. An outstanding event, the market celebrates the varied and inspiring nature of Modern Craft.
The Oxford Christmas Market will return to the heart of the city on beautiful and historic Broad Street, and the city of dreaming spires will again be filled with festive joy.
This Christmas, discover a new after-dark illuminated light trail and new exquisitely themed State Rooms at Blenheim Palace.
Explore the Palace rooms transformed by the retelling of this classic fairy-tale for a new generation.
Multi-sensory rave experience Foreverland to arrive in Oxford on New Year’s Eve with ‘Dopamine Dreams’ tour
The Ugly Duckling by WhatNot Theatre is a twinkling, heartwarming, relaxed and inclusive performance for all the family at Christmas.
The Abominable Snowman with Emma Boor is a Wintery Wonderful Christmas family show with puppetry, magical shadow puppetry, gentle clowning and joining in.
A traditional candlelit service of carols and readings for the season of Christmas sung by the world-famous Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford.
Handel’s Messiah by Instruments of Time and Truth at University Church of St Mary the Virgin is a highlight of Oxford’s musical calendar by city’s period-instrument orchestra.
Shaping up into a wrapping paper figure, Crumple sets off on a quest to find the forest where he belongs. And with your help, he discovers snow and trees and makes new friends along the way.
The Oxford Sinfonia, an amateur chamber orchestra, is joining forces with vOx, Oxford’s leading chamber choir, for a full performance of Handel’s Messiah.
Hundred Watt Club’s glorious gift to you is this hot toddy of a show jam-packed full of festive, glittering showgirls, bawdy comedy, classic vaudeville and awe-inspiring circus acts.
The Oxford Christmas Market will return to the heart of the city on beautiful and historic Broad Street, and the city of dreaming spires will again be filled with festive joy.
Number 1 chart-topping Soprano and Star of The Voice UK 2021, Nadia Eide, presents A Christmas Symphony – a spectacular Christmas concert show featuring well-loved Christmas songs for the whole family at St Mary’s Church, Witney.