MAY26 – Experience Oxfordshire

May Events 2026

All of the arts and culture events happening in Oxfordshire in May.

Bach to Baby Family Concert in Oxford Summertown

Sat 9 - Sat 30 May, 11:00 - 11:45

St Michael & All Angels Church, Summertown

£16

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Oxford’s Ultimate Karaoke Night @ Big Society .

Sat 9 - Thu 28 May, 20:00 - 23:00

The Big Society, 95 Cowley Rd, Oxford

Free

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In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World

Sat 9 May - Sun 16 Aug, 10:00 - 17:00

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

£8.10 – £16.20

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Four Seasons at Waddesdon Manor

Sat 9 May - Sun 29 Nov, 10:00 - 17:00

Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury

£13 – £27

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Foraging Connections

Sat 9 May - Sun 14 Jun, 11:00 - 16:00

Modern Art Oxford, Oxford

Free

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Colonial Views of India: Photographs by Eugene Clutterbuck Impey

Sat 9 May - Sun 13 Dec, 10:00 - 17:00

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Free

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The Tree Listening Project

Sat 9 - Sun 31 May, 10:00 - 17:00

Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury

£7 – £14

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Sculpture in the Garden: The Storytellers

Sat 9 May - Sun 5 Jul, 11:30 - 17:00

Worcester College, Oxford

Free

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Dorchester on Thames Festival

Sat 9 - Sun 10 May, 18:30 - 21:30

High Street, Wallingford

£62

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Reflections – an exhibition by Oxford Textile Artists

Sat 9 - Sun 31 May, 10:00 - 17:00

The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

Free

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Oxfordshire Artweeks 2026: artists’ open studios and pop-up exhibitions

Sat 9 - Mon 25 May, 11:00 - 18:00

Across Oxfordshire,

Free

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Charlotte Storrs Pottery open during Oxfordshire Artweeks

Sat 9 - Sun 10 May, 12:00 - 17:00

8 The Green, Culham, Abingdon

Free

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Manja Scott & Jeff Clarke: Creative Contrasts

Sat 9 - Sun 24 May, 10:00 - 16:00

North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford

Free

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”The Secrets of my Failure”

Sat 9 - Sun 10 May, 15:00 - 16:30

Walton Street, Oxford

£11.55

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The Secrets of My Failure

Sat 9 - Sun 10 May, 15:00 - 21:00

Exeter College, Oxford

£11.55

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…a feather on the breath of God – VOICE

Sun 10 May, 16:00 - 17:00

, Oxford

£16.96

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The Cabinet of Dr Caligari – Silent Film with live improvised organ accompaniment

Mon 11 May, 21:00 - 22:30

Magdalen College, Oxford

£16.96

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Perfect Show for Rachel

Wed 13 - Sat 16 May, 19:30 - 20:45

Oxford Playhouse, Oxford

£15

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Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings

Wed 13 May, 20:00 - 22:00

North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford

£27

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Art Late Spring 2026

Thu 14 May, 17:30 - 19:30

North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford

Free

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The Beating Heart The Art & Science of Our Most Vital Organ

Thu 14 May, 17:30 - 18:30

History of Science Museum, Oxford

£5 – £8

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Evening Talk (online & in person) Brian Stovold on the Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal

Thu 14 May, 19:30 - 20:30

Long Wittenham, Long Wittenham

Free

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Create a giant willow bee

Fri 15 May, 10:00 - 16:30

The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

£100

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Wood Festival 2026

Fri 15 - Sun 17 May, 15:00 - 00:00

Braziers Lane, Wallingford

£169

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Sushi and Gyoza Making Workshop

Fri 15 May, 18:00 - 20:30

Pavilion Food, Henley-on-Thames

£90

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Exhibition Celebration

Fri 15 May, 18:00 - 20:00

Museum of Oxford, Oxford

Free

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Create a Plant Wigwam and Giant Poppy Seed Head

Sat 16 May, 10:00 - 16:30

The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

£100

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Mozart – 7pm at Dorchester Abbey

Sat 16 May, 19:00 - 21:00

Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames

£12

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Anyone for Tennis?

Sat 16 May, 19:30 - 21:30

North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford

£16 – £20

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Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle – Summertown Choral Society –

Sat 16 May, 19:30 - 21:45

St Andrew's Church, Oxford

£20

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Splendour and Majesty with Schola Cantorum of Oxford and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

Sat 16 May, 19:30 - 21:30

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford, Oxford

£15.40 – £30.80

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Goring Chamber Choir 75th Anniversary Concert

Sat 16 May, 19:30 - 20:30

Upper Woolhampton, Streatley

£20

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Rewilding our Cities: Ferio Saxophone Quartet with Dew Dance

Mon 18 May, 19:30 - 21:30

St Mary's Church, Henley on Thames

£15 – £35

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Tour of the Museum Resource Centre

Tue 19 May, 10:30 - 11:15

Museum Resource Centre, Cotswold Dene, Witney

Free

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A Gift for your Garden: Telemann and Friends

Tue 19 May, 15:00 - 17:00

Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames

£25

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Crushed Under a Mountain of Facts – New Perspectives on Charles Darwin’s ‘The Descent of Man’

Wed 20 May, 18:00 - 19:00

Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford

Free

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Sunjay – Exquisite Blues, Country and Folk Music With Sonorous Vocals at Banbury Folk Club, Banbury.

Wed 20 May, 20:00 - 22:30

Cromwell Lodge Hotel, Banbury

£11

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The Bob Dylan Story

Fri 22 May, 19:30 - 22:00

Spiceball Park Road, Banbury

£24.50

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Sarah Jones: America, Who Hurt You? Live

Fri 22 - Sat 23 May, 19:30 - 21:30

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford, Oxford

£17.59 – £21.99

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Rhapsody of a Dream

Fri 22 May, 20:00 - 21:30

North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford

£15

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The Blenheim Palace Food Festival 2026

Sat 23 - Mon 25 May, 09:00 - 18:00

Blenheim Palace Walled Garden, Woodstock

£15

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St John’s Literary Festival

Sat 23 - Sun 24 May, 10:00 - 16:00

St John's College, St Giles,, Oxford

Free

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Ella Al-Shamahi: Becoming Human

Sat 23 May, 19:30 - 21:00

North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford

£22

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Hope is the Thing with Feathers – Echo Vocal Ensemble, Gildas String Quartet, Oliver Wass (harp)

Sat 23 May, 19:30 - 21:30

St Mary's Church, Thame

£15 – £35

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Abbey Chamber Concerts – Schubert Piano Trio in B flat with Amalfi Trio

Sun 24 May, 15:00 - 16:00

St Nicolas church, Abingdon

£12

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NW Inventors: Improvisation

Tue 26 - Wed 27 May, 09:00 - 12:00

North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford

£40

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YouthLab: Playwrights’ Workshop

Tue 26 - Wed 27 May, 13:00 - 16:00

North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford

£40

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A Beautiful Thread

Tue 26 May, 19:30 - 21:00

Oxford Playhouse, Oxford

£32

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Printmakers Council: Green and Pleasant Land

Wed 27 May - Sat 13 Jun, 10:00 - 16:00

North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford

Free

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Museum of Oxford Walks: Pre-Raphaelite Adventures in Oxford

Wed 27 May, 14:00 - 15:30

Museum of Oxford, Oxford

£15

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Alfie Moore: Acopalypse Now

Wed 27 May, 19:30 - 21:15

Oxford Playhouse, Oxford

£26

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Mud, Mirrors & Magic

Thu 28 May, 10:30 - 15:30

Museum of Oxford, Oxford

£7

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The Hills of California

Thu 28 - Sat 30 May, 19:30 - 21:30

North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford

£12 – £20

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Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged)

Thu 28 - Sat 30 May, 19:30 - 21:30

Oxford Playhouse, Oxford

£15

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ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

Thu 28 May, 19:30 - 21:30

Spiceball Park Road, Banbury

£17.50

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Suzan-Lori Parks: Sally & Tom, Rehearsed Reading

Fri 29 May, 19:00 - 21:00

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford, Oxford

£11

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Japanese Shibori Dye Workshop for Beginners

Sat 30 May, 10:15 - 16:15

The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

£108

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Museum of Oxford Walks: Shakespeare and Oxford

Sat 30 May, 11:00 - 12:30

Museum of Oxford, Oxford

£15

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The Noonan Trio

Sat 30 May, 19:30 - 21:30

St John's College, St Giles, Oxford

£17.50

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Jazz in the Village

Fri 5 Jun, 20:00 - 22:00

Holton, Oxford

£12

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