What’s on in Oxford
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Ferocious Dog
Folk-punks Ferocious Dog hit the road for the final time with their ‘Ferocious UK Farewell Tour 2026 Finale’.
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Sorry to Bother You
Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You is a surreal dark comedy following telemarketer Cassius Green as success transforms his life
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Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Documentary of Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, a 24-hour performance spanning US history from 1776 to today.
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Percival Everett: The 2026 Esmond Harmsworth Lecture
Percival Everett delivers the 2026 Esmond Harmsworth Lecture in American Arts and Letters, exploring meaning in fiction, interpretation, and empathy
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Cécile McLorin Salvant: Book of Ayres
Cécile McLorin Salvant’s UK premiere How far can a song travel? blends jazz, folk, and early music traditions in Book of Ayres, exploring how songs, stories, and instruments evolve across time, cultures, and borders.
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Candyman: Double Feature
Double feature screening of Candyman (1992) and Candyman (2021), exploring the evolution of the urban legend and its themes of race, memory, trauma, and social inequality.
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Refik Anadol: Archive Dreaming
Immersive installation that transforms a digital archive into a dynamic AI-generated environment using machine learning and real-time visualisation.
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Anna Ridler: A Perfect Language of Images
Digital artwork exploring classification, AI, and knowledge systems inspired by John Wilkins and Jorge Luis Borges.
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Suzan-Lori Parks: Sally & Tom
London Concertante presents Seven Sins of Tango, a powerful 2026 show exploring passion and intensity through Argentine tango, with live music, new arrangements and expressive dance.
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Swervedriver
British shoegaze band Swervdriver’s sound is a mix of storming and swirling guitar experimentation that crosses into psychedelia.
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The bEAT: Dance Crazed Too UK Tour
Legendary 2-Tone group The bEAT, led by vocalist Dave Wakeling, have announced ‘Dance Crazed Too – a 21 date UK tour’.
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The Bluetones: ‘Expecting To Fly’ 30th Anniversary Tour
The Bluetones return to mark 30 years of their classic debut album Expecting to Fly. You can expect to hear the iconic record in full.
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La Londinense Orchestra, homenaje a la salsa
La Londinense Orchestra is a new project uniting 13 London-based musicians with roots across Latin America
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Hayseed Dixie
High-energy bluegrass party-starters Hayseed Dixie bring their unique, tongue-in-cheek style to the stage in a lively, feel-good show.
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Codefendants
Genre-smashing punk collective Codefendants blend alternative, hip hop and rock to create a sound they call Crimewave
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Transvision Vamp
English pop rock band Transvision Vamp return for their first UK tour since 1991, playing all the favourites you’ve wanted to hear live.