May Events 2026
All of the arts and culture events happening in Oxfordshire in May.
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Bach to Baby Family Concert in Oxford Summertown
Sat 9 - Sat 30 May, 11:00 - 11:45St Michael & All Angels Church, Summertown£16 -
Oxford’s Ultimate Karaoke Night @ Big Society .
Sat 9 - Thu 28 May, 20:00 - 23:00The Big Society, 95 Cowley Rd, OxfordFree -
In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World
Sat 9 May - Sun 16 Aug, 10:00 - 17:00Ashmolean Museum, Oxford£8.10 – £16.20 -
Four Seasons at Waddesdon Manor
Sat 9 May - Sun 29 Nov, 10:00 - 17:00Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury£13 – £27 -
Colonial Views of India: Photographs by Eugene Clutterbuck Impey
Sat 9 May - Sun 13 Dec, 10:00 - 17:00Ashmolean Museum, OxfordFree -
The Tree Listening Project
Sat 9 - Sun 31 May, 10:00 - 17:00Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury£7 – £14 -
Sculpture in the Garden: The Storytellers
Sat 9 May - Sun 5 Jul, 11:30 - 17:00Worcester College, OxfordFree -
Reflections – an exhibition by Oxford Textile Artists
Sat 9 - Sun 31 May, 10:00 - 17:00The Oxfordshire Museum, WoodstockFree -
Oxfordshire Artweeks 2026: artists’ open studios and pop-up exhibitions
Sat 9 - Mon 25 May, 11:00 - 18:00Across Oxfordshire,Free -
Charlotte Storrs Pottery open during Oxfordshire Artweeks
Sat 9 - Sun 10 May, 12:00 - 17:008 The Green, Culham, AbingdonFree -
Manja Scott & Jeff Clarke: Creative Contrasts
Sat 9 - Sun 24 May, 10:00 - 16:00North Wall Arts Centre, OxfordFree -
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari – Silent Film with live improvised organ accompaniment
Mon 11 May, 21:00 - 22:30Magdalen College, Oxford£16.96 -
The Beating Heart The Art & Science of Our Most Vital Organ
Thu 14 May, 17:30 - 18:30History of Science Museum, Oxford£5 – £8 -
Evening Talk (online & in person) Brian Stovold on the Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal
Thu 14 May, 19:30 - 20:30Long Wittenham, Long WittenhamFree -
Create a Plant Wigwam and Giant Poppy Seed Head
Sat 16 May, 10:00 - 16:30The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock£100 -
Mozart – 7pm at Dorchester Abbey
Sat 16 May, 19:00 - 21:00Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames£12 -
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle – Summertown Choral Society –
Sat 16 May, 19:30 - 21:45St Andrew's Church, Oxford£20 -
Splendour and Majesty with Schola Cantorum of Oxford and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts
Sat 16 May, 19:30 - 21:30The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford, Oxford£15.40 – £30.80 -
Goring Chamber Choir 75th Anniversary Concert
Sat 16 May, 19:30 - 20:30Upper Woolhampton, Streatley£20 -
Rewilding our Cities: Ferio Saxophone Quartet with Dew Dance
Mon 18 May, 19:30 - 21:30St Mary's Church, Henley on Thames£15 – £35 -
Tour of the Museum Resource Centre
Tue 19 May, 10:30 - 11:15Museum Resource Centre, Cotswold Dene, WitneyFree -
A Gift for your Garden: Telemann and Friends
Tue 19 May, 15:00 - 17:00Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames£25 -
Crushed Under a Mountain of Facts – New Perspectives on Charles Darwin’s ‘The Descent of Man’
Wed 20 May, 18:00 - 19:00Oxford University Museum of Natural History, OxfordFree -
Sunjay – Exquisite Blues, Country and Folk Music With Sonorous Vocals at Banbury Folk Club, Banbury.
Wed 20 May, 20:00 - 22:30Cromwell Lodge Hotel, Banbury£11 -
Sarah Jones: America, Who Hurt You? Live
Fri 22 - Sat 23 May, 19:30 - 21:30The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford, Oxford£17.59 – £21.99 -
The Blenheim Palace Food Festival 2026
Sat 23 - Mon 25 May, 09:00 - 18:00Blenheim Palace Walled Garden, Woodstock£15 -
St John’s Literary Festival
Sat 23 - Sun 24 May, 10:00 - 16:00St John's College, St Giles,, OxfordFree -
Hope is the Thing with Feathers – Echo Vocal Ensemble, Gildas String Quartet, Oliver Wass (harp)
Sat 23 May, 19:30 - 21:30St Mary's Church, Thame£15 – £35 -
Abbey Chamber Concerts – Schubert Piano Trio in B flat with Amalfi Trio
Sun 24 May, 15:00 - 16:00St Nicolas church, Abingdon£12 -
YouthLab: Playwrights’ Workshop
Tue 26 - Wed 27 May, 13:00 - 16:00North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford£40 -
Printmakers Council: Green and Pleasant Land
Wed 27 May - Sat 13 Jun, 10:00 - 16:00North Wall Arts Centre, OxfordFree -
Museum of Oxford Walks: Pre-Raphaelite Adventures in Oxford
Wed 27 May, 14:00 - 15:30Museum of Oxford, Oxford£15 -
The Hills of California
Thu 28 - Sat 30 May, 19:30 - 21:30North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford£12 – £20 -
Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged)
Thu 28 - Sat 30 May, 19:30 - 21:30Oxford Playhouse, Oxford£15 -
ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show
Thu 28 May, 19:30 - 21:30Spiceball Park Road, Banbury£17.50 -
Suzan-Lori Parks: Sally & Tom, Rehearsed Reading
Fri 29 May, 19:00 - 21:00The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford, Oxford£11 -
Japanese Shibori Dye Workshop for Beginners
Sat 30 May, 10:15 - 16:15The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock£108 -
Museum of Oxford Walks: Shakespeare and Oxford
Sat 30 May, 11:00 - 12:30Museum of Oxford, Oxford£15


