Screenings of Aardman's animated Halloween adventure 'Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom' at The Ultimate Picture Palace, part of the cinema's 'Family Classics' season.
Free drop-in Halloween-themed half-term workshop for families to create a monster friend in the Ashmolean's Atrium.
Junior pumpkin carving session at The Cape of Good Hope pub, with a pumpkin, carving tools, paints and a goody bag included.
One-day empowerment workshop for girls aged 11-16 with hip hop dance, personal safety, yoga and wellbeing activities.
A concert by Mystery Ensemble of the music of Tim Burton and Danny Elfman from films such as The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands.
Origami workshop led by artist Ayako Ono for beginners and experienced folders, with ninja stars, cranes and the Miura fold.
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.
Autumn ceramics fair with more than 60 UK ceramic artists and potters, talks and live demonstrations at St Edward's School.
Free 24-hour poppy trail marking the homes of the 42 men from South Oxford who died in the Second World War.
Interactive puppet session for parents and toddlers aged 0-5, run by Emma Boor and her puppet friends, exploring the story of Bears.
Family pantomime for ages 4-11 by Kid Carpet & The Noisy Animals, with 11:00 and 14:00 sessions.
Annual three-day festival of light art, lantern parades, live performances, workshops, food stalls and craft markets across Oxford city centre.
Free winter celebration with music, food and creative activities at The Venue in Cowley, ahead of Oxford's Christmas Light Festival.
Open-top bus decorated with Christmas lights that travels through Oxford's streets as part of the Oxford Christmas Light Festival.
Free, fully accessible community light trail through Cutteslowe Park with craft stalls, music, shadow theatre and the 'And...Breathe' sound and light installation.
Monthly market of local, small-scale and artisan producers on North Parade Avenue, held on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
Free shadow-puppetry workshops led by Emma Boor and Euton Daley of Wild Boor Ideas, part of the 2026 Oxford Christmas Light Festival.
Free and accessible day of light installations, the interactive walking tour 'The Battle of Night and Day', a shadow puppet-making workshop, light arts and crafts and a youth open mic night at Pegasus Theatre.
Free entry to the Museum of Oxford with object handling sessions, a gallery trail and a Christmas lantern-making session inspired by Oxford's street lights.
Free, fully accessible street busking performance by the Down Syndrome Oxfordshire Singing and Signing Choir.
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.
Nature club session for children aged 5-9 to explore bats, with activities like examining bat bones, a blindfolded echolocation game and making bat masks.
A new eco-fairytale pantomime that reimagines Snow White for the digital age, with dance, song and comedy for ages 5 and over.
GrandSlam Wrestling brings its high-energy, family-friendly professional wrestling show to The Oxford Academy, headlined by former WWE Superstar Heath Slater.
Saturday Science Club session for children aged 5-9 to explore the science of illusion with 3D vision tricks and magic picture spinners.
WhatNot Theatre's puppetry retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Fir Tree' for children aged 2 and up.
Christmas market with a variety of stalls at St Luke's Church Hall on Canning Crescent.
Drop-in community market with organic and artisan producers from the local area on North Parade Avenue, held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month.
A new Christmas puppet show for children aged 2 to 6, based on the classic by Jan Fearnley, with songs, puppetry and Makaton.
Children's theatre show by Wild Boor Ideas, a puppetry and clowning production adapted from the picture book 'Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie the Witch'.
Family day with interactive science exhibits, the Air Table and a giant magnetic ball run at the Science Oxford Centre.
Science club session for children aged 5-9 to use science and engineering to build their own toys, with three morning sessions.
Free family drawing session guided by Print Room staff, inspired by the 'Aphrodite: The Making of a Goddess' exhibition, for children aged 8+.
Hands-on family music workshop for ages 5-11 in which children and their accompanying adults make and perform a new song about Oxford.
Family-friendly drop-in session at the Museum of Oxford where volunteers share the stories behind real and replica objects from the city's past.
Northern Ballet's Nutcracker reimagined as a fulldome immersive film with dancers filmed on stage, surrounded by 360-degree screens and Tchaikovsky's score in surround sound.
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.
Interactive storytelling galleries, including the Whispering Wood, Enchanted Library, 100-seat theatre and a temporary exhibition space, at The Story Museum.
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 family day of hands-on science, technology, arts and maths workshops and live demonstrations led by the university's researchers and students.
Classical Chinese dance show Shen Yun, with a live East-West orchestra, exploring 5,000 years of Chinese culture.
ACE dance and music double bill of 'Echoes of Dust' and 'Letlalo', two pieces that redefine dance from the African Diaspora.
Free weekly Sunday afternoon session of nature-themed activities, crafts and family trails run by museum volunteers for all ages.
Musical puppet show for children aged 2 to 6 based on the children's book 'Pirates Love Underpants' by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort.
A month of dance, creativity and family fun with Dancin' Oxford, including free early years sessions and workshops across several Oxford venues.
Free all-ages project of gentle movement and games with hot drinks and snacks, part of Dancin' Oxford's Autumn Family Dance Festival.
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.
Family Halloween workshop in the Castle crypt where teams solve clues, brew a drinkable potion and craft a magical wand as Merlin's apprentice.
Family museum with interactive story galleries, including the Narnia wardrobe in The Enchanted Library and the indoor forest Whispering Wood.
