Events Around Oxford

Bruch’s oratorio Odysseus is full of richly melodic and dramatic music. Written in 1872 and inspired by the composer’s veneration for Homer’s epic, it consists of a series of contrasting scenes taken from the Odyssey, including ‘Odysseus on Calypso’s Island’, ‘Odysseus in the Underworld’, ‘The Tempest at Sea’,...

Doors open 30 mins prior to the concert, giving you time to ditch the buggy, grab a coffee and catch up with friends before the performance.   Tickets: Adults £8 ~ £12, Children FREE E-tickets group/multibuy offers (£28.

Join in Oxford’s Christmas Light Night celebrations with some FREE festive storytelling in our Story Café. Then, after you’ve enjoyed a story, why not warm yourself up with hot chocolate and tasty treats available from our café.

Develop your comic-making skills and share ideas with like-minded enthusiasts. Awesome comic, artist Neill Cameron, will be on hand to offer helpful advice and tips. Adults are not required to accompany children to this workshop.

Come and join us for a storytelling session in the Story Cafe, with picture books, games, props and lots of joining in. Whether it’s a Giant Jam Sandwich, Handa’s Fruit Salad Surprise or even tea with a tiger, we’re sure there’ll be something to whet your appetite!

Launch event including a cocktail masterclass, free fizz for the first 100 guests and music from a live sax player and DJ. Oxford’s favourite high-street bar will unveil its new look this month, as Slug & Lettuce brings a fresh dose of glitz and glamour to the city.

An Oxford Playhouse Production  Beautiful beasts and where to find them...  Meet Beauty - smart as a whip, bold as brass, with a heart of pure gold. She’s the opposite of the Beast - gruff, rough and in need of a shave.

Instruments of Time and Truth, described on BBC Record Review as ’an absolutely superb band of instrumental soloists’, was founded in 2014 by musicians Gabriel Amherst and Judith Evans to provide a platform for international performers resident in and around Oxford, many of whom hold Principal positions

The New Oxford Consort gives its debut Oxford performance with a festive concert spanning eight centuries of musical output, in the wonderful acoustic of Merton College Chapel.

A lecture about spiritual healing and help through the teaching of Bruno Groening - Medically Verifiable. Through the absorption of the divine power, many people are experiencing the healing of illnesses and pain, that have been declared as “incurable” by the medical profession.

With a fresh approach to traditional folksong, Kim Lowings and The Greenwood have firmly rooted themselves into the British folk scene. Their sound is “punchy and authentic” (Mike Harding) and cleverly combines original songs with familiar traditional tales highlighting the continued relevance of tradition today.

An evening of epic tales of mountain survival in Africa, Asia and South America with Oswald Oetz, Clive Rowland, Doug Scott CBE, Paul Braithwaite and Simon Yates.

Santas on the Run is back with a new twist and a new name. Join 1,500 Santa’s in University Parks in Oxford, running or walking through four great new winter experiences - the Ice Zone, the Fog Zone, the Fire Zone and the Snow Zone.

All recorder players are welcome to join us for an afternoon playing a variety of music ancient and modern with popular conductor Dick Little. All music is provided - please bring your recorders and a music stand.

WOCA Christmas Market featuring a wide range of high quality handmade items from local artists and makers.

Festive family concert, organised by volunteers, to raise money for Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support.

In Progress 3 celebrates the fantastic work from St Edward’s pupils across all year groups. Although primarily a platform for the Lower Sixth to showcase work produced on the Teddies Foundation Course, the exhibition will also present work from Year 9, GCSE and Upper Sixth students.

The natural world is Jane Duff’s inspiration. Brought up on the edge of Snowdonia, and working as a guide in the Himalayas, she feels at home in wild places and seeks them out in order to walk, photograph and paint.

“When we get to the end of the story, you will know more than you do now…” This Christmas Creation Theatre will be turning down the temperature and transforming The North Wall into the frozen wastes of Lapland. Gerda’s best friend Kai has gone missing and she can’t find him anywhere.

Cumnor Choral Society perform Bach’s Christmas Oratorio parts 1-3 together with Great Milton & Wheatley Singers, accompanied by the Hurst Sinfonia.

Sarah Wiseman Gallery announces this year’s festive exhibition, “Winter Lights”, launching 16th November. Visitors can expect wintry landscapes and atmospheric skies, which has inspired new collections of work by some of the gallery’s leading lights.

Magical music, festive frolics, sparkles and spices, oh my! Grab your friends, harness up your fastest reindeer and meet us at a Bach to Baby Christmas concert for the perfect prelude to the holiday season!

As soon as it was published in 1952, the novel Charlotte’s Web by EB White became an instant children’s classic. The movie captures the magic of this wonderful story of friendship.

This sequel to a much-loved classic sees the magical nanny return to the Banks household in the 1930s, where London has become a very different place. Michael and Jane are now all grown up, and Michael has three children of his own.

Set in the 1990s, former U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot Carol Danvers is involved in an accident which fuses her DNA with that of a powerful alien species, resulting in her becoming Captain Marvel, one of the mightiest heroes in the universe.