We are delighted to unveil the theme for Oxford Festival of the Arts 2024. With the wonderful restoration work on the nine muses on the top of Clarendon Building on Broad Street, it seems a most opportune moment for the festival of the city to celebrate this iconic building within Oxford in its programming through the concept of a “muse”, or indeed, the nine muses. Expect to be tantalised and inspired by the muses; and Read more…
Inspired by the eleven panel mosaic representing mythological scenes associating Bacchus/Dionysius with the nine muses, the festival is delighted to be presenting wine and absinthe tastings in this year’s programme. The mosaic is possibly the work of an African itinerant mosaicist in the late Roman period. It was discovered in 1947 by a team from Florence in the Roman Villa of Torre de Palma in southern Portugal and is now housed at the National Museum Read more…
With the wonderful restoration work on the nine muses (originally lead statues, the work of Sir James Thornhill) on the top of Clarendon Building (architect: Nicholas Hawksmoor, a student of Christopher Wren) on Broad Street, it seems a most opportune moment for the festival of the city to celebrate this iconic building within Oxford, symbolically in its programming through the concept of a “muse”, or indeed, the nine muses, by inviting artists and creatives to Read more…
It was a pleasure to host a mini version of the Oxford Indie Book Fair at this year’s OFA Family Day, which fitted so aptly with our theme of People Stories Histories. We’re delighted to be supporting OXIB again this month for their fourth annual book fair on Sunday 26th November at the Oxford Examination Schools, OX1 4BG from 11am – 4.30pm. Entry is free. There’s lots on offer for book lovers of all ages; over Read more…
This term we’re delighted to be partnering with our friends Oxford Contemporary Music to promote a very special performance by the Attacca Quartet: Redefining the String Quartet, which will be coming to St John’s College on Thursday 30th November at 7.30pm. Tickets are available now. Their playing is exuberant, funky and more exactingly nuanced. New York Times They come very close to epitomizing the string quartet ideal… Mastery like this is scarce enough… The Washington Read more…
This year we saw unprecedented numbers attending Oxford Festival of the Arts 2023, with many events selling out. We are delighted to reveal that the main dates for next year’s festival have been confirmed as 27 June – 14 July 2024. Watch this space for other exhibitions to be announced for Trinity term! On a final note from this year’s festival, we are pleased to share with you the winning entry from the 2023 Creative Writing Read more…
Saturday 8 July 2023, 7.30pmNew Theatre Oxford Oxford Festival of the Arts is hugely thrilled to be working with our friends at the New Theatre Oxford again this year to present something very special – the Welsh National Opera with their production of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. Leonard Bernstein’s Candide is a supercharged wild ride in which 18th-century France crashes into 20th-century post-war America. Take a seat and strap in tight for a mind-boggling journey as Read more…
Saturday 15 July 2023, 7.30pmFestival Marquee Oxford Festival of the Arts is delighted to bring to the Festival Marquee this summer the internationally acclaimed BBC Big Band who will be joined by multi award-winning vocalist Claire Martin OBE, for a sensational evening of world-class music, inspired by the great Swing bands and legendary jazz vocalists of the twentieth century. Tickets are on sale now! Through a diverse repertoire arranged and curated by the BBC Big Read more…
We are excited to announce that the dates for Oxford Festival of the Arts 2023 are 23 June – 16 July. The theme for this year’s festival is People. Stories. Histories. We have a wonderful programme of events planned. We will be welcoming the BBC Big Band with brilliant jazz vocalist Claire Martin in a sensational evening titled Divas: The Story of Swing – tickets go on sale very soon. Watch this space for further Read more…
We are thrilled to announce that this morning we went on sale with the very first tickets for OFA 2023 – the brilliant Rosie Holt’s one-woman show, aptly titled ‘The Woman’s Hour’ – it will be in the Marquee on Saturday 1 July at 7.30pm. It is part of a national tour presented by Live Nation and Sophie Chapman Talent: Social media sensation and Chortle Award winner Rosie will debut an hour of comedy based Read more…
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