What's On in Oxfordshire

NW Inventors: Weekly Sessions

Venue: Cutteslowe Community Centre

Website: www.thenorthwall.com

Join the NW Inventors youth theatre to make new friends, build confidence and develop skills in drama. Spend the spring term devising a show and the summer term rehearsing for a Summer Showcase at The...

Better Holiday Activities

Venue: Various locations in Oxfordshire

Website: www.better.org.uk

Better offer a range of term-time holiday activities for kids that help them learn about fitness and develop key skills while having fun at the same time. From tots to teens, find activities to keep your...

Birthday Parties at Milletts Falconry Centre

Venue: Milletts Falconry Centre

Website: www.milletswildside.co.uk/hire-us/birthday-parties

A birthday party at Millets Farm Falconry Centre is a great way to celebrate! From time spent with the birds of prey,to Meerkats or reptiles, they have the experience and the ability to offer a tailor-made...

Creation Theatre Drama Club

Venue: Wolvercote and Headlington

Website: www.creationtheatre.co.uk

Creation Theatre introduce children to Shakespeare, classic stories, characters and texts in an imaginative and unique way. As well as developing their performance skills and confidence they seek to inspire...

Family Days

Venue: Science Oxford Centre

Website: www.scienceoxford.com

Hands-on discovery and fun experiments in the Exploration Zone, explore woodland trails and spot wildlife with Explorer Backpacks and make a splash at the Water Lab! £8 per person / Under 3s free. 10am,...

Family Tours

Venue: Ashmolean Museum Oxford

Website: www.ashmolean.org

Join Ashmolean Museum Oxford at the weekends for free volunteer-led family gallery tours. Listen to stories and hunt for history while you explore the galleries. There will be craft activities and you...

Kumon Free Assessment

Venue: Various venues

Website: www.kumon.co.uk

Kumon does not follow any curriculum and work is set regardless of age, enabling children to revisit topics or advance far beyond school material without restriction. After an initial assessment, your...

NOX Gym

Venue: NOX Gym

Website: www.noxgymnastics.com

Somersaults, backflips, twisting acrobatics, pitching and catching, tempo, balance work: Acrobatic Gymnastics is dynamic beauty and static excellence. Set to music on a 12x12m floor, it mixes choreography...

Oxford Opera Youth Company

Venue: Old Fire Station

Website: www.oxfordopera.uk

Join Oxford Opera every Saturday during term time for the Oxford Opera Youth Company. Led by an expert team of facilitators the weekly sessions look at the wide range of skills that go into making opera...

Sparks Film School

Venue: Sparks Film Media Arts Oxford

Address: Oxford High School

Website: www.sparksarts.co.uk

Sparks Film School is a youth film school for ages 5-18, with activities for young filmmakers based in Oxford. They welcome young filmmakers from all over Oxfordshire to supercharge their skills and realise...

TCC2 Thame Children's Choir

Venue: John Hampden School

Website: www.tcc2.org.uk

A choir for any child from Thame and the surrounding area who loves to sing. It provides a unique opportunity for children not only to sing together but also to challenge their minds and their voices,...

Ultimate Activity Camps

Venue: Various locations

Website: www.ultimateactivity.co.uk

Ultimate Activity Camps provide outstanding Ofsted regulated childcare for 4-14 year olds during the school holidays. Their many years of experience and enthusiastic staff create a programme that changes...

Oxfordshire Green Week

Venue: Broad Street, Oxford

Website: www.greatbiggreenweek.com/

You're invited to the UK's biggest celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature! In Oxfordshire we like to go BIG with local events and activities that make a big...

The Smeds and The Smoos

Venue: The Mill Arts Centre

Website: www.themillartscentre.co.uk

Soar into space in 2025 with this joyful tale of star-crossed aliens. Following an extremely successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, The Smeds and The Smoos will be flying their blue and red rockets around...

Paddington at Didcot

Venue: Didcot Railway Centre

Website: www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk

Buy a Railway Centre ticket for the 14 June or 16 August and see Paddington™ who will meet and greet fans at intervals throughout the day.Follow his trail around the world collecting souvenirs of his...

SIT Theatre Company presents Seussical Jr

Venue: Cornerstone Arts

Website: www.cornerstone-arts.org

With catchy songs, dazzling choreography, and heartwarming storytelling, this family-friendly show celebrates friendship, loyalty, and the power of imagination. Perfect for all ages, Seussical Jr. will...

Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave

Venue: 27 Curtis Industrial Estate

Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk

Join Big Fish Little Fish, the Original Family Rave, for a Fathers' Day family party at Oxford's excellent Tap Social Movement Taproom! Get your festival gear on and dance with your kids amidst the bubbles,...

Father's Day

Venue: Didcot Railway Centre

Website: www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk

This Father's Day, why not take your Dad on a journey back in time to the golden age of the Great Western Railway and savour the sights, sounds and smells of steam as you explore this 24-acre living museum...

Marlow Dragon Boat Festival

Venue: Marlow Rowing Club

Website: www.marlowtownregatta.org/dragon-boats

Sunday is family day and not just for the dragon boat crews and their families and friends. Go down to watch and soak up the atmosphere. There will be food stalls and picnic space, all right by the river...

Summer Fete

Venue: Cogges Manor Farm

Website: www.cogges.org.uk

Family fun with activities, crafts and fete games. BBQ and Bar, meet the animals 11am and 2pm, adventure play and nature trail. 11am-4pm.

Park Fair

Venue: The Great Tew Estate

Website: www.parkfair.uk

The festival celebrates independent artisans, cherished fashion and lifestyle brands, and quintessential family entertainment. With live music, workshops, unlimited fair ground rides and pop-up feasting...

Science Club: Sun Power

Venue: Science Oxford Centre

Website: www.scienceoxford.com/whats-on/sun-power

Get creative at Science Club this June and experiment using the energy of the Sun! Using colour changing beads, test the effectiveness of suncream against sunlight and UV torches, and learn about sun-safety....

Taylormania

Venue: New Theatre Oxford

Website: www.atgtickets.com

An award-winning extravaganza that plays tribute to one of the leading contemporary recording artists of our time. Katy Ellis a self-confessed ‘Swiftie’ with an incredible live band and dancers promises...

The Oxford Shakespeare Festival

Venue: Oxford Castle and Prison

Website: www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk

The Oxford Shakespeare Festival is back for its 15th year with three outstanding productions, live in the Castleyard throughout the summer. Concession prices are available for children under 15, students...

Pride and Prejudice

Venue: Cogges Manor Farm

Website: www.illyria.co.uk/shows

Lizzy finds disdainful Mr Darcy detestable! Or does she…? Can she see beyond his pride – and could he overcome her prejudice – to consider a possible future together? Award-winning Illyria return...

Home Learners' Day at the Arboretum

Venue: Harcourt Arboretum

Website: www.obga.ox.ac.uk

Join the Education Team for a tour of some of the amazing plants and trees at the Arboretum. There will be activities to take part in aimed at all ages. Drop-in anytime during the session and stay as long...

Nature Club: Summer Pond Dipping 

Venue: Science Oxford Centre

Website: www.scienceoxford.com/whats-on/summer-pond-dipping-2025/

Go pond dipping and grass sweep-netting and discover the amazing pond life above and below the water.  Catch and identify creatures with the expert club leader, and learn about life cycles from newbie...

Twelfth Night - Outdoor Theatre

Venue: Waterperry Gardens

Website: www.ticketsource.co.uk/tlcm/twelfth-night

Join The Lord Chamberlain’s Men for Shakespeare’s greatest romantic comedy, Twelfth Night. With a history stretching back to William Shakespeare’s original company, they present this joyous play...

Much Ado About Nothing

Venue: Earth Trust

Website: www.earthtrust.org.uk/events/open-air-theatre

Join the troupe at Earth Trust for a bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ like you’ve never seen before. In usual HandleBards style, expect riotous amounts of energy,...

Alice's Day 2025

Venue: History of Science Museum

Website: www.hsm.ox.ac.uk

Help Alice find the White Rabbit in a fun gallery-based game. Answering all the questions leads to finding the white rabbit and a sticker! Also, you can pick up a paper Alice trail and discover more objects...

Battle Proms Picnic Concert

Venue: Blenheim Palace

Website: www.blenheimpalace.com

Alongside the breathtaking displays the Battle Proms is famous for - uplifting music, fireworks, Spitfire, cannons, cavalry, parachutes – this year will be a Vintage Spectacular to celebrate the VE Day...

Brightwell Village Fete

Venue: Moreton House

Website: https://www.brightwellcumsotwell.co.uk/events/events/village-fete

Enjoy everything you could possibly expect from a quintessential village event, all held in the gardens of a beautiful private house in the heart of the village with a tennis court and an orchard.....

Cornerstone Theatre Company Presents: Bleak Expectations

Venue: Cornerstone Arts

Website: www.cornerstone-arts.org

Packed with outrageous villains, ridiculous names, and heart-rending drama, Bleak Expectations is a hilarious spoof of Victorian melodrama, based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series and Mark Evans...

Family Dance Party in Kidlington

Venue: The North Wall Arts Centre

Website: www.thenorthwall.com

Back due to popular demand, Body Politic have partnered once again with Dancin’ Oxford and The North Wall to bring you a special Family Dance Party in Kidlington. Join them for a ‘hip-hopping, toe-tapping’...

Sensory-friendly Family Day

Venue: Science Oxford Centre

Website: www.scienceoxford.com

Designed to better accommodate and support families who experience autism and/or have other additional needs. A reduced number of tickets gives everyone more space, loud exhibits will be signposted, ear...

Young Engineers' Weekend

Venue: Didcot Railway Centre

Website: www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk

A hands-on event introducing children to the world of steam locomotives and railway engineering. Open to children aged 5 and upwards. Each child must be accompanied by one responsible adult, with a maximum...

RARE Productions: Peter Pan

Venue: The Kenton

Website: www.thekenton.org.uk/events

Join Peter, Wendy, John, and Michael as they journey to Neverland, where they encounter the mischievous Lost Boys, the fearsome Captain Hook, and the mischievous fairy, Tinker Bell. Packed with thrilling...

Summer Orienteering Trail – Alice in Wonderland

Venue: Waterperry Gardens

Website: www.waterperrygardens.co.uk

Follow the clues and compass directions to find the nine hidden Alice in Wonderland characters who are ready to be discovered by intrepid young adventurers throughout the gardens. They’re sure to get...

Alice Through The Looking Glass

Venue: Waterperry Gardens

Website: www.waterperrygardens.co.uk

Quantum Theatre presents a brand new adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s timeless classic. With live music and the full array of Carroll’s fantastical characters, this lively new version follows Alice’s...

Oxford Swim School - Summer Intensive Course

Venue: Oxford High School

Website: www.oxford-swimschool.co.uk

The five-day intensive swimming course (lessons are 30 minutes a day) uses the private 25 metre pool at Oxford High School in Summertown. It is for children aged 4-13 years old. Termly lessons are also...