One-day workshop for 11-16 year olds to choose and adapt a classic scary story for the screen, run by Creation Theatre.
Evening workshop to make a tealight holder in white clay at Deepwell Arts at Hunsdon House in Headington.
Screening of Guillermo del Toro's 'Pan's Labyrinth' in its 20th anniversary restoration at the historic Phoenix Picturehouse.
Junior pumpkin carving session at The Cape of Good Hope pub, with a pumpkin, carving tools, paints and a goody bag included.
Live music night with witchy goth folk from Barricane, indie from Reading's doops and singer-songwriter Beth Eliza, promoted by Gappy Tooth Industries.
Five Strictly Come Dancing stars bring a Las Vegas-style dance spectacular to the New Theatre Oxford.
Halloween screening of Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) in the historic Divinity School of the Old Bodleian Library, with headphones and drinks available.
Guided tasting of six ciders and perries from top UK craft producers with the Oxford Cider Club.
One-day empowerment workshop for girls aged 11-16 with hip hop dance, personal safety, yoga and wellbeing activities.
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.
Stand-up show by Edinburgh Comedy Awards nominee Catherine Bohart about the generational worry of her family.
Hands-on workshop to learn the ancient sgraffito technique and carve designs into soft clay tiles.
Weekly Friday swing dance classes led by Nikki Santilli, with beginner, improver and intermediate sessions for OUDC members and the general public.
Intimate live performances by local rising stars Mount St. Helen and Dolly Mavies in the Museum of Oxford basement, bringing the 'Sounds of the City' exhibition to life.
Free drop-in Halloween-themed half-term workshop for families to create a monster friend in the Ashmolean's Atrium.
Talk by author Catherine McCormack on femme fatales, witches and monstrous women, the second of her four talks inspired by her book 'Women in the Picture'.
Weekly Friday life drawing session, untutored and open to artists of all abilities, with easels and boards provided.
The chart-topping Welsh Fron Male Voice Choir plays Oxford Town Hall with the Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir in a concert titled 'Arches and Spires'.
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.
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.
Open studio session at Becca Rowland's home studio, following a piece of fused glass from the kiln to its finished state.
Recital by Japanese pianist Yuko Sano, with Schumann's 'Widmung', Mozart, Chopin, Scarlatti, Bach's Chaconne and the UK premiere of Jacques Allen's 'A Plum's Haiku'.
Immersive Halloween rave by the Deep Cover crew at Tap Social's taproom, following two sold-out sessions.
Autumn ceramics fair with more than 60 UK ceramic artists and potters, talks and live demonstrations at St Edward's School.
Screening of Guillermo del Toro's dark fantasy film Pan's Labyrinth at Vue Cinema Oxford.
Tribute show to Tina Turner led by Holly Bannis, with her classic hits, on the show's UK tour.
Interactive zombie pandemic simulation where participants make public health decisions, run by HEOR as part of the Oxford Science and Ideas Festival.
Stand-up show by poet Brian Bilston, drawing on his book 'How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside', about reading, writing and enjoying poetry every day.
Documentary by Orlando von Einsiedel about a Delhi street artist who cycles 6,000 miles to find the woman he met in India, shown at Vue Cinema Oxford for one day only.
Community gathering with storytelling, music, movement and ritual to acknowledge and work with grief, led by Jackie Singer.
Free 24-hour poppy trail marking the homes of the 42 men from South Oxford who died in the Second World War.
Free Sunday morning chamber music concert by the Kleio String Quartet, with coffee at a nearby pub, at the Holywell Music Room.
Screening of the National Theatre Live film of Molière's dark comedy, with Sandra Oh in the title role, directed by Indhu Rubasingham.
Concert production of Handel's 'Theodora' by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, conducted by Christophe Rousset and directed by Tom Guthrie.
Screening of the documentary 'Naza', shot from rooftops in Tel Aviv about the civilian deaths caused by Israeli military operations in Gaza.
Weekly Monday folk and shanty singing session by The Auntie Shanty Crew at The Jolly Farmers pub.
Open masterclass with Professor Matthew Jones on string and ensemble performance, followed by a question and answer session.
Chilean-American author Isabel Allende talks about storytelling with Dr Olivia Vázquez-Medina to mark the publication of her new book 'Storytelling: A Masterclass in Crafting Stories'.
Author talk with Diane M Hinds about her debut novel Conquerabia and the history, resistance and identity of Trinidad, with a Q&A.
Experimental and interactive spoken word performance by poet and playwright Yomi Ṣode exploring belonging, identity and responsibility.
University of Oxford student production by Likehearted Productions, written by Yusuf Naeem, exploring the British South Asian diaspora through a British corner shop.
Weekly term-time Tuesday rehearsals of the inclusive, non-audition community gospel choir for adults, with the first two sessions free.
Free weekly lunchtime recital held every Tuesday from 1.10 to 1.40pm at Pusey House on St Giles', Oxford.
University of Oxford student play about a local democracy reporter's final days at the Oxfordshire Chronicle, set on Christmas Eve.
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.
The Oxford Triennial Greek Play, a Celtic reimagining of Euripides' tragedy Iphigenia at Aulis by the Oxford Classical Drama Society.
Martin McDonagh's dark comedy and crime thriller about two CIA agents who land on Easter Island just before the 1973 Chilean coup.
Online coding workshop to build a moving digital lantern with Arduino and Tinkercad, part of the Oxford Science and Ideas Festival.
National Theatre Live screening of Clifford Odets' drama 'Golden Boy', the play about a struggling musician who turns to boxing.
An evening of alternative creative encounters with place, with live music, artist talks, a short film and a live-mixed field recording set.
Marios Papadopoulos conducts the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra with violinist María Dueñas in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1.
Live-to-cinema screening of the National Theatre's production of Clifford Odets' 'Golden Boy', directed by Sam Yates, with a live string quartet on stage.
45-minute meditation class for Ashmolean Members led by Katie McNeil in the Mughal India gallery.
Exhibition of art, books and natural history objects marking 400 years since Francis Bacon's 'Sylva Sylvarum'.
Interactive puppet session for parents and toddlers aged 0-5, run by Emma Boor and her puppet friends, exploring the story of Bears.
Stand-up show by Tez Ilyas, the Sunday Times bestselling author and star of 'Man Like Mobeen', on his 2026 tour.
Word-based theatre show at The Old Fire Station, the multi-form arts centre on George Street in Oxford.
Charles Simonyi Lecture in which Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan, with Marcus du Sautoy, discusses the science of ageing and its social and ethical consequences.
Screening of the documentary 'I Play Rocky', directed by Peter Farrelly, about the making of the film 'Rocky', at Phoenix Picturehouse in Oxford.
Multi-disciplinary work by Nitin Sawhney and Samantha Harvey, with music by Sawhney, poems by Harvey, drawings by Antony Gormley and photographs by Mary McCartney, premiered by Fantasia Orchestra.
Talk led by Professor Yadvinder Malhi exploring the story and creative collaboration behind 'Orbiting Orbital', the project inspired by Samantha Harvey's novel 'Orbital'.
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.
Cabaret show by The Cocoa Butter Club, a Cassie Leon production about identity and belonging, part of the 'Utopia Now!' season at the Schwarzman Centre.
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.
National Theatre Live screening of the revival of Clifford Odets' 'Golden Boy', filmed at the Almeida Theatre and screened with a live string quartet.
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.
Sunday morning chamber music concert by the Adderbury Ensemble String Quartet in the historic Holywell Music Room, part of the Oxford Coffee Concerts series.
Family pantomime for ages 4-11 by Kid Carpet & The Noisy Animals, with 11:00 and 14:00 sessions.
One-day all-day screening of all six episodes of the first season of 'Heated Rivalry', the HBO series about two rival Major League Hockey players.
Monthly film quiz night held on the first Sunday of every month at The Ritzy, with all donations going to the charity Refuge.
Stand-up show in which Stewart Lee, dressed in a full-body wolf suit, plays the Man-Wulf and challenges modern life.
Screening of Mamoru Oshii's cyberpunk anime 'Ghost in the Shell' on its original English-dubbed 35mm print.
Screening of the New Zealand coming-of-age drama 'Big Girls Don't Cry' followed by a Q&A with director Paloma Schneideman and actor Noah Taylor.
Screening of Graham Fellows' comedy documentary 'It's Nice Up North' for its 20th anniversary, followed by a post-screening Q&A with Fellows hosted by Tom Ryan.
Screening of the Norwich Film Festival 2026 LGBTQ+ shorts, exploring identity and the LGBTQIA+ community, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Chamber music concert by the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective with works by Bach, Corelli and Ligeti.
Free monthly book club session at The Old Fire Station to read and vote on a debut novel from around the world.
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.
Stand-up show by Paddy Young, star of Saturday Night Live UK, at The North Wall Arts Centre in Oxford.
Screening of Jacques Tati's modernist comedy 'Playtime' in French with English subtitles, with an introduction from a University of Oxford speaker.
Screening of the anime 'A Silent Voice' directed by Naoko Yamada, with an introduction by Dr Jonathan Clements.
New staging of Joe White's Olivier-nominated play blending drama, dance and sound, part of the University of Oxford Student Season.
Lunchtime talk by Sharron Jenkinson on the Welsh migration to Oxford through the history of the Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir.
Screening of Andrey Zvyagintsev's 'Minotaur', the Russian film that won the Grand Prix at Cannes, shown at the Phoenix Picturehouse.
Monthly night of original reggae vinyl and exclusive dub plates with guest selectors from vintage sound systems.
Screening of 'Vindicta', a film about Jewish resistance during the Second World War, directed by Dominik Sedlar, followed by a Q&A at Phoenix Picturehouse.
Free late-night open mic night with music, poetry, performance and song, hosted by Sparky, The Dangerous Poet.
Flamenco and jazz quartet with vocals by Soraya la Morisca, acoustic Spanish guitar, sax and keyboard at the Rose and Crown.
Short film from the 2026 National Film Festival exploring the gig economy, our relationship with technology and political satire.
