Free drop-in Halloween-themed half-term workshop for families to create a monster friend in the Ashmolean's Atrium.
Family-friendly workshop led by Oxford City Farm's Phil Pritchard on how plants make seeds, how to save your own, germination tests and developing new varieties.
Free Sunday morning chamber music concert by the Kleio String Quartet, with coffee at a nearby pub, at the Holywell Music Room.
Free 24-hour poppy trail marking the homes of the 42 men from South Oxford who died in the Second World War.
Author talk with Diane M Hinds about her debut novel Conquerabia and the history, resistance and identity of Trinidad, with a Q&A.
Open masterclass with Professor Matthew Jones on string and ensemble performance, followed by a question and answer session.
Free weekly lunchtime recital held every Tuesday from 1.10 to 1.40pm at Pusey House on St Giles', Oxford.
Annual lecture by the Rt Hon Lord Hague of Richmond, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, on the economic, security and technological challenges facing Europe.
Free public talk with historian Pamela Roberts to launch the new edition of her book on Oxford's black scholars, with a heritage bus tour of the city.
A free talk bringing together art, science and economics to explore what the biosphere means to us and how we might flourish within a living Earth.
Annual Remembrance Sunday service at the War Memorial in St Giles', with military units, uniformed organisations, faith leaders and a lament, followed by the parade.
A free public talk by Emma Dabiri, Jon Harvey, Catrin Nye and Professor Lady Sue Black on personal identity, social media, AI relationships and mental health.
Monthly night of original reggae vinyl and exclusive dub plates with guest selectors from vintage sound systems.
Free late-night open mic night with music, poetry, performance and song, hosted by Sparky, The Dangerous Poet.
Free Victorian-themed Christmas market on Broad Street with seasonal stalls, live music, festive food and street entertainment.
Staged reading of Felix Westcott's script 'The Valley Children' followed by a panel and audience discussion on predictive genomics, part of the Being Human Festival.
Free winter celebration with music, food and creative activities at The Venue in Cowley, ahead of Oxford's Christmas Light Festival.
Annual three-day festival of light art, lantern parades, live performances, workshops, food stalls and craft markets across Oxford city centre.
Free, hands-on science sessions for families to work with real natural history specimens from the museum's collection.
Free family event where local young people make lanterns inspired by their favourite books, followed by a community meal and a lantern parade around the Rose Hill estate.
Free, fully accessible community light trail through Cutteslowe Park with craft stalls, music, shadow theatre and the 'And...Breathe' sound and light installation.
Free, fully accessible street busking performance by the Down Syndrome Oxfordshire Singing and Signing Choir.
Free shadow-puppetry workshops led by Emma Boor and Euton Daley of Wild Boor Ideas, part of the 2026 Oxford Christmas Light Festival.
Interactive walking performance by WhatNot Theatre staged around Pegasus Theatre on Magdalen Road, part of the Oxford Christmas Light Festival 2026.
South Wales melodic rockers Scarlet Rebels play a free live album launch and signing for their new record 'Flawed By Design'.
Free exhibition in which photographer Garry Fabian Miller creates new work inspired by the Ashmolean's 19th-century paintings of Samuel Palmer.
Free display of coins and medals from the Ashmolean's Heberden Coin Room about King Charles I's stay in Oxford during the Civil War.
Members-only talk by Dr Xa Sturgis, Director of the Ashmolean, on the year ahead and the museum's major 2027 exhibitions.
Free family drawing session guided by Print Room staff, inspired by the 'Aphrodite: The Making of a Goddess' exhibition, for children aged 8+.
Weekly Saturday session of hands-on science activities for families to investigate real natural history specimens with scientists at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Free exhibition of Jain sculptures and paintings from the Ashmolean, never before shown to the public, that introduce Jain beliefs and values.
Free hands-on afternoon led by volunteers to explore the History of Science Museum's collections and see its objects in action, with Light and Space backpacks.
Free exhibition of more than 40 items by the poet Alice Oswald, including rare publications, drawn from New College Library's collection.
Free family day of hands-on science, technology, arts and maths workshops and live demonstrations led by the university's researchers and students.
Free weekly Sunday afternoon session of nature-themed activities, crafts and family trails run by museum volunteers for all ages.
Free music-making workshop for 10-16 year olds with professional beatbox, electro, pop and rock musicians.
Temporary display case of fossils and specimens, including HS2 finds, at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Free exhibition at the Weston Library inspired by 'The Book of Birds', with rare manuscripts, bird illustrations and a Great Auk egg.
Free exhibition of 20th-century Chinese art exploring how Han and non-Han artists have depicted nationality and ethnicity.
A free display by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, created by its undergraduate and school placement students, that uses the museum's collections to engage the community.
Free drop-in trail for children aged 4 to 10 to find the bats that have taken over the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Outdoor exhibition of work by local artists from Crisis and St Mungo's, with a commission by sculptor Siobhan Coppinger, on the theme of autumn.
Weekly free Saturday organ recitals by eight organists from Oxford and beyond in the Magdalen College Chapel.
Free exhibition of abstract expressionist paintings by Liz Gascoigne and hand-built ceramics by Vivien Shelton, exploring what lies beneath the surface.
Weekly free organ recital held every Wednesday during term time at Queen's College Chapel.
Free exhibitions by Fusion Arts Oxford celebrating the resilience and creativity of the Windrush generation and their contribution to Oxford.
Weekly Wednesday drop-in with the museum's volunteers to look through Victorian microscopes at everyday objects in detail.
Free exhibition by the Museum's Natural Science and Heritage Scheme students that looks at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History through time.
Free exhibition marking Star Trek's 60th anniversary that uses the museum's collections to explore the real geology and palaeontology behind the franchise.
Free exhibition of Roman coins found in Oxfordshire, from the Henley Hoard to coins of emperors from Claudius I to Arcadius.
Mike Nelson returns to Modern Art Oxford with a new commission, an installation of gutted structures and a suspended bunker in a desert of sand.
Free exhibition of previously unseen photographs and glass negatives by Colonel Eugene Clutterbuck Impey, an East India Company officer in India.
Free exhibition at the Bodleian's Weston Library on the Book of Psalms, using the library's manuscript holdings.
Solo exhibition by artist John Day of small oil portraits and figure paintings, editioned prints and mounted life drawings spanning 25 years.
Free exhibition of emerging artists from the South brought together for The Platform Graduate Award at Modern Art Oxford.
