What’s On
Oxford Festival of the Arts 2024 takes as its theme this year the nine Muses. This is the first time that we are extending our events from April to July, starting with a full-on visual arts programme. See below for full details.
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17 Apr - 11 Sep
Old Library Madgalen College
C.S. Lewis Oxford and other worlds
19 Apr - 27 Aug
New College Cloisters
Lightshadow: Sculpture by Johannes von Stumm
20 - 28 Apr
Pembroke Art Gallery
Just Looking: James Gemmill & Gavin Lockheart
23 Apr
9:30 am
Festival Hall
A. F. Steadman: Skandar
24 Apr
Magdalen College Chapel
BBC Choral Evensong
24 Apr
7:30 pm
POPINA by Lynrace
TASTE THE CLASSICS: THE RISE IN WINE IN ANCIENT CULTURES
25 Apr
6:30 pm
Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College
LIGHTS. CAMERA. ACTION! Sonja Klaus, Production Designer
28 Apr
4:30 pm
Summer Common Room, Magdalen College
Oxford May Morning Traditions – Peter Davidson
29 Apr - 18 May
5:00 pm
Kendrew Barn
Maria Varela and the Civil Rights Movement
30 Apr
5:00 pm
Rothermere American Institute
Resistance through my lens with Maria Varela
1 May
6:00 am
Magdalen College Chapel
May Morning. Singing from the Tower
4 May
3:00 pm
Sophia Sheppard Room, Magdalen College
Mary Magdalen in Art History: Penitent and Preacher – Jo Spreadbury
4 May
4:30 pm
Sophia Sheppard Room, Magdalen College
Tradition and Revolution: How Victorian Beauty Transformed Oxford – Ayla Lepine
5 May
11:00 am
Magdalen College Chapel
A Service of Thanksgiving sung by the Consort of Voices
7 May
9:00 pm
Magdalen College Chapel
Compline by Candlelight
8 May
Modern Art Oxford
Curator tour of Frieda Toranzo Jaeger: A future in the light of darkness
10 - 24 May
11 May - 9 Jun
6:30 pm
Pembroke Art Gallery
Land, Sea, and Sky – Paul Nash in Oxford
12 May
4:30 pm
Summer Common Room, Magdalen College
A historian’s take on school life in Oxford in 1500 – Nicholas Orme
15 May
6:30 pm
Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College
How to See Wars? Artistic Interventions into the Landscapes of Power Aida Hozić
15 May
7:30 pm
POPINA by Lyrace
TASTE THE CLASSICS: THE FALL AND REBIRTH OF WINE
22 May
6:00 pm
Pembroke Art Gallery
Out of Chaos – A Documentary
25 May
2:00 pm
Summer Common Room, Magdalen College
C.S. Lewis Symposium – Honouring a 60 Year Legacy
29 May
6:30 pm
Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College
Dave McKean in conversation with David Boyd Haycock
3 Jun
9:30 am
Oxford Town Hall
Ahoy! MCS Singing Day
5 Jun
6:30 pm
Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College
Paul Nash Curatorial panel discussion
9 Jun
6:00 pm
Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College
A very British Surrealist? The Enduring Legacy of Paul Nash
12 Jun
7:30 pm
POPINA by Lyrace
TASTE THE CLASSICS: WOMEN IN WINE
20 Jun
New Theatre Oxford
Rory Stewart: Politics on the Edge
27 Jun
5:45 pm
Magdalen College Chapel
Festival Evensong Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
27 Jun
6:00 pm
27 - 29 Jun
Oxford Playhouse
The Odyssiad
27 Jun
7:30 pm
Oxford Town Hall
The English National Opera Orchestra with Tenor Joseph Calleja
28 Jun - 14 Jul
Kendrew Barn
The Modern Muse – Arpita Shah
28 Jun
1:00 pm
28 Jun
7:30 pm
Kendrew Barn
The Muse
28 Jun - 14 Jul
Kendrew Barn
Reframing the Muse – curated by Ruth Millington
29 Jun
3:00 pm
Magdalen College School Grounds
Noël Coward: Present Laughter
29 Jun
7:30 pm
Old Fire Station
Andromeda by Minas Vintiadis
30 Jun
University Church SMV
Come and Sing for Choral Evensong
2 Jul
1:00 pm
Weston Library
Meeting the Muses with Peter Toth and Susan Dunning
2 Jul
6:00 pm
Kendrew Barn
Eve and Marilyn: Making an Icon – Emily Brady
2 - 4 Jul
7:00 pm
Magdalen College School Grounds
MCS Field Play: Twelfth Night
2 Jul
7:30 pm
Festival Hall
Festival Cèilidh with Moonaroon
3 Jul
8:30 pm
Festival Hall
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
4 Jul
7:30 pm
Magdalen College Chapel
Why are all the Muses mute? A celebration of the music of Henry Purcell
5 Jul
7:30 pm
St John the Evangelist Church
Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano with Joseph Middleton, piano
5 Jul
8:00 pm
Magdalen College School Grounds
MCS MADRIGALS ON THE RIVER
6 Jul
10:00 am
Magdalen College Library
Narnia: Witches, dragons and hidden kingdoms
6 Jul
11:00 am
Festival Hall
Oxford Indie Summer Book Fair
6 Jul
Oxford Playhouse
Akram Khan Company: Chotto Desh
6 Jul
7:00 pm
St John the Evangelist Church
Donizetti: The Elixir of Love with Heritage Opera
7 Jul
11:00 am
Oxford Botanic Garden
Pictures, Parks, and Pleasure Walk
8 Jul
7:30 pm
9 Jul
6:30 pm
Magdalen College Chapel
PRISM Fenella Humphreys, violin
9 Jul
7:30 pm
10 Jul
6:00 pm
The Divinity School
The Complete Bach Cello Suites, Recital One – Guy Johnston, violoncello
10 Jul
7:30 pm
The Parlour, Lynrace Spirit & Cocktail Bar
ON THE WINGS OF THE GREEN FAIRY
10 Jul
8:00 pm
The Divinity School
The Complete Bach Cello Suites, Recital Two – Guy Johnston, violoncello
11 Jul
7:30 pm
Festival Hall