One-day workshop for 11-16 year olds to choose and adapt a classic scary story for the screen, run by Creation Theatre.
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'.
Junior pumpkin carving session at The Cape of Good Hope pub, with a pumpkin, carving tools, paints and a goody bag included.
Hands-on workshop to learn the ancient sgraffito technique and carve designs into soft clay tiles.
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.
Weekly Friday swing dance classes led by Nikki Santilli, with beginner, improver and intermediate sessions for OUDC members and the general public.
Evening workshop to make a tealight holder in white clay at Deepwell Arts at Hunsdon House in Headington.
Folk-punk band Ferocious Dog play the Oxford date of their 'Ferocious UK Farewell Tour 2026 Finale' at the O2 Academy Oxford.
Weekly Friday life drawing session, untutored and open to artists of all abilities, with easels and boards provided.
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.
Guided tasting of six ciders and perries from top UK craft producers with the Oxford Cider Club.
Live music night with witchy goth folk from Barricane, indie from Reading's doops and singer-songwriter Beth Eliza, promoted by Gappy Tooth Industries.
Halloween screening of Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) in the historic Divinity School of the Old Bodleian Library, with headphones and drinks available.
Screening of Guillermo del Toro's 'Pan's Labyrinth' in its 20th anniversary restoration at the historic Phoenix Picturehouse.
Autumn ceramics fair with more than 60 UK ceramic artists and potters, talks and live demonstrations at St Edward's School.
Origami workshop led by artist Ayako Ono for beginners and experienced folders, with ninja stars, cranes and the Miura fold.
Open studio session at Becca Rowland's home studio, following a piece of fused glass from the kiln to its finished state.
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.
Screening of Guillermo del Toro's dark fantasy film Pan's Labyrinth at Vue Cinema Oxford.
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'.
Immersive Halloween rave by the Deep Cover crew at Tap Social's taproom, following two sold-out sessions.
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'.
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.
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.
Adult-oriented Halloween club night with techno and garage music at the O2 Academy Oxford, over 18s with ID.
Free Sunday morning chamber music concert by the Kleio String Quartet, with coffee at a nearby pub, at the Holywell Music Room.
Community gathering with storytelling, music, movement and ritual to acknowledge and work with grief, led by Jackie Singer.
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.
Scottish folk-rock twins Craig and Charlie Reid play the New Theatre Oxford.
Interactive story-play gallery for children under 5 with five story-themed zones, a weekly story told by a Story Guide and monthly themes.
Solo exhibition by Bangladeshi artist Soma Surovi Jannat, the first from Bangladesh to have a solo show in a UK museum, exploring the climate crisis through works inspired by the Sundarbans.
Exhibition with over 150 objects tracing the image of Aphrodite, from ancient Greece and Rome to Botticelli, Yves Klein and Beyoncé.
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.
Free exhibition of previously unseen photographs and glass negatives by Colonel Eugene Clutterbuck Impey, an East India Company officer in India.
Weekly Monday evening breathwork session for calm and better sleep, with a free first taster class.
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 at the Bodleian's Weston Library on the Book of Psalms, using the library's manuscript holdings.
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.
A month of dance, creativity and family fun with Dancin' Oxford, including free early years sessions and workshops across several Oxford venues.
Free exhibitions by Fusion Arts Oxford celebrating the resilience and creativity of the Windrush generation and their contribution to Oxford.
Weekly free organ recital held every Wednesday during term time at Queen's College Chapel.
Weekly Wednesday drop-in with the museum's volunteers to look through Victorian microscopes at everyday objects in detail.
Free all-ages project of gentle movement and games with hot drinks and snacks, part of Dancin' Oxford's Autumn Family Dance Festival.
Weekly swing dance night with Lindy Hop, Charleston and social dancing by Oxford Lindy Hoppers, for all levels.
Free exhibition of abstract expressionist paintings by Liz Gascoigne and hand-built ceramics by Vivien Shelton, exploring what lies beneath the surface.
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.
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.
Weekly free Saturday organ recitals by eight organists from Oxford and beyond in the Magdalen College Chapel.
Immersive physical theatre and interactive installation by MECHANIMAL that turns the museum into a wild encounter with rock, sound and light.
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.
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.
Temporary display case of fossils and specimens, including HS2 finds, at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
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.
Six half-day watercolour workshops led by artist John Somerscales, covering composition, colour and narrative effects, with all materials provided.
Informal film discussion club led by film writer James Clarke on the work of Guillermo del Toro, marking the 20th anniversary of 'Pan's Labyrinth'.
An improvised spooky show created each night by House of Improv, inspired by classic monster tales and gothic horror, for the University of Oxford Student Season.
Political drama about Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey and Tony Crosland, with the original cast returning on its national tour.
Student theatre piece blending film, puppetry and storytelling to explore the impact of imposter syndrome, written by Holly Dodd.
Screening of Nisha Ganatra's body-swap sequel Freakier Friday, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, at Phoenix Picturehouse.
Screening of Cristian Mungiu's Palme d'Or winner 'Fjord', about a Norwegian family whose life is upended by a local crime.
Screening of the filmed version of the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown, with original Broadway cast members, at Picturehouse Oxford.
Screening of the film that reimagines F.W. Murnau's silent 'Nosferatu' by syncing it with Radiohead's 'Kid A' and 'Amnesiac'.
Free music-making workshop for 10-16 year olds with professional beatbox, electro, pop and rock musicians.
Drama directed by Lance Oppenheim about the reality show 'To Catch a Predator', starring Robert Pattinson and Anna Faris, at Curzon Oxford.
Ronin Theatre brings to The Old Fire Station Lucy Prebble's darkly comic play about the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, adapted from Luke Harding's book.
Sculptural intervention by Oxford artist Saad Qureshi that extends his 'On Paradise' exhibition into the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Horror film about a Hollywood star who becomes a revenge monster, screened at Vue Cinema Oxford.
Screening of 'Cambridge Connections', the short film strand of the Cambridge Film Festival, at Picturehouses.
Screening of the supernatural film, a continuation of the original 2019 BBC series Ghosts, in which three friends try to communicate with spirits in a haunted house.
