Events in Oxfordshire
This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events.
In other words, it doesn't change from year to year.
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January
- Oxfolk Ceilidhs, Kennington Village Hall, Oxford, 2nd Saturday of the month
February
- Oxfolk Ceilidhs, Kennington Village Hall, Oxford
March
- Abingdon Arts Festival, Abingdon
- Mother's Day Lunch, Lakeview Restaurant, Frilford, Mothering Sunday
- Notorious Night Runs - Horseplay, Hambledon Estate, Henley On Thames
- Oxfolk Ceilidhs, Kennington Village Hall, Oxford
- Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival, Oxford
- World Pooh Sticks Championships, Days Lock, Little Wittenham, Late March
April
- Artists and Makers Fair, Thame Town Hall, Thame
- Dorchester Festival, In and around Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames, Late April/Early May
- Easter Egg Rolling, Oxford
- Folk Weekend Oxford, Various locations, Oxford
- Henley International Film Festival, Mill Meadows (Henley Riverbank), Henley on Thames, Late April
May
- Abingdon Air & Country Show, Abingdon Airfield, Dalton Barracks, Abingdon
- Abingdon Charity Air & Country Show, Abingdon airfield, Abingdon
- Abingdon Mayor Making, Guildhall, Abingdon
- Beating the Bounds, Oxford, Ascension Day
- Classic Oxfordshire Ride for Against Breast Cancer, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot
- Dorchester Festival, In and around Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames
- Henley Arts Trail , Various locations, Henley On Thames
- Lord and Lady Mayor's Parade, Oxford
- May Fair, Wantage
- May Morning Ceremony, Oxford, May 1
- Oxfolk Ceilidhs, Kennington Village Hall, Oxford
- Oxford May Day , Oxford, 1st of May
- Oxfordshire Artweeks, Oxford
- Oxfordshire Country Show, Hill Farm, Steventon, Late May
- Oxfordshire Craft Fair, Woodstock
- Rokefest, The Home Sweet Home, Roke, Spring Bank Holiday Weekend
- Scots Guards Parade & Fun in the Park, Manor Road Memorial Park, Wantage, Late May
June
- Abingdon Morris Dancers Mock Mayor Elections, Abingdon
- Art's Kool Festival, Shipton Under Wychwood, Early June
- Burford Festival, Burford
- English Music Festival, Dorchester on Thames, Early June
- Foxbury Farm Open Day, Brize Norton
- Henley Women's Regatta, Henley on Thames
- Midsummer Steamings, Didcot Railway Centre, Didcot, Late June
- Oxford Canal Festival, Oxford
- Oxfordshire Young Farmers County Show, Ducklington, Witney
- Tinderbox Festival, The Old Wharf, Cropredy
- Wantage Children's Day, Manor Park, Manor Road, Wantage
- Wantage Summer Festival, Various locations, Wantage, Throughout June
July
- Battle Proms at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock
- Blenheim Palace Country Fair, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Mid July
- Blewbury Festival, Blewbury Village, Didcot
- Cornbury Music Festival, Great Tew Park, Cornbury, Early July
- Cowley Road Carnival, Oxford
- Henley Festival, Stewards' Enclosure of Henley Royal Regatta, Henley on Thames, Early July
- Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames, Henley on Thames, 1st week in July
- Oxford Pride, Oxford
- Strawberry Fields Festival, Southcombe Farm, Chipping Norton, Late July
- Sutton Courtenay Primary School Summer Fete, Sutton Courtenay Primary School, Sutton Courtenay
- Swan Upping, River Thames
- The Start Enclosure @ Remenham Farm, Remenham Farm, Henley on Thames, Early July
- Wantage Craft Fayre, Wantage
August
- August Annual Jazz Festival, Lains Barn, Wantage
- Bike Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Mid-August
- Blenheim Horse Trials, Woodstock
- Brompton World Championship , Blenheim Palace, Woodstock
- Chilterns Craft Fair, Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames, 24th
- Cropredy Festival, Cropredy
- Jazz in the Park, Oxford
- Late Summer Holiday Victorian Steamings, Didcot Railway Centre, Didcot, Late August
- Living Heritage Oxfordshire Craft Show, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Late August
- Minster Lovell Beer Festival and Village Day, Wash Meadow, Minster Lovell, 27th 2017
- Minster Lovell Beer Festival and Village Day, Wash Meadow, Minster Lovell, 27th 2017
- Oxford Castle - Unlocked, 44-46 Oxford Castle, Oxford
- Party in the Park, Oxford
- Uffington White Horse Show, Uffington, Bank Holiday weekend
- White Horse Folk Festival, Various venues around Grove, Grove
- Wilderness Festival, Cornbury Park Estate, Charlbury , Mid-August
September
- Blenheim Horse Trials, Woodstock
- CHIPPYJAZZ, Chipping Norton, Late September
- Cholsey Family Beer Festival, Wallingford
- Edgcote Tournament, Banbury
- Heritage Open Days, Various locations
- RAI Ethnographic Film Festival, Oxford
- St. Giles Fair, Town Centre, Oxford, 1st full week in September
- Stonor Flower Festival, Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames, 21st - 23rd
- Thame & Oxfordshire County Show, The Showground, Thame, Late September
- Tracks & Turf Show, Faringdon
- Wallingford Bunkfest, Cholsey and Wallingford Railway, Wallingford, Early September
- Watlington Art Annual Exhibition, Watlington
- Witney Music Festival, Cokethorpe School, Witney
October
- Artists and Makers Fair, Thame Town Hall, Thame
- Banbury Folk Festival, Banbury
- Craft Show, Abingdon
- Michaelmas Fair, Abingdon
- October Fair, Wantage
- Oxfolk Ceilidhs, Kennington Village Hall, Oxford, Second Saturday of the month
- Oxsrad Craft and Gift Fair, Court Place Farm, Oxford, Late October
- Runaway Fair, Abingdon
November
- Artists and Makers Fair, Thame Town Hall, Thame
- Charity Book Sale, Foxbury Farm, Brize Norton
- Christmas at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Mid Nov - Mid Dec
- Christmas Extravaganza, Abingdon
- Christmas Shopping Weekend, Foxbury Farm, Brize Norton
- Exhibition, The Studios Potato Town, Chipping Norton
- Oxfolk Ceilidhs, Kennington Village Hall, Oxford, Second Saturday of the month
- Oxford Christmas Market, Oxford Castle, Oxford, Late November to early December
- Traditional Christmas Fair, Potting Shed Nurseries, Longworth, Late November
- Wantage Beer Festival, Masonic Hall, Wantage
December
- Christmas Carol Concert, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
- Dickensian Evening, Market Place, Wantage
- Oxfolk Ceilidhs, Kennington Village Hall, Oxford, Second Saturday of the month
- Oxford Christmas Market, Oxford Castle, Oxford, Late November to early December
- Santa Specials, Cholsey and Wallingford Railway, Wallingford
- Santas on the Run!, Oxford
- Thomas and Father Christmas, Didcot Railway Centre, Didcot
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