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This week we were delighted when Michele Greene of the Bicester Sculpture Group presented Helen Pike, Master of Magdalen College School, with a cash donation for the Festival’s chosen charity, the Mustardseed School in Uganda. The sculptors exhibited their work on this year’s festival, in the Rose Garden, and it was a very successful and happy collaboration. It is gratifying to see how the Festival continues to support Mustardseed, which is now a fully fledged Read more…

Inspired by Magellan’s visionary expedition, this year’s festival is a celebration of everything around us: our planet, its peoples, its creativity and ingenuity, its aspirations, and its determination to succeed… just like those who boarded that first ship which circumnavigated the world for the first time 500 years ago. Everything in this programme is linked to humanity, to freedom, to nature, to the exhilarating richness of cultural diversity, to the (subjective?) Truth, to journeys, and Read more…

Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the first ship that circumnavigated the world, OFA 2022 will be a celebration of the world in a multitude of ways – and of Oxford’s scientific, literary and creative achievement, too. We welcome distinguished performers ranging from Joseph Calleja and Brian Blessed to Phil Wang – and we look forward to your return to the Rose Garden. Come to the University Church of St Mary the Virgin to see Gaia: Read more…

We are delighted to reveal one of the first events for this year’s Festival – an evening with Fran Lebowitz at the New Theatre Oxford on 27 June 2022. “In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators.” An American original, and purveyor of urban cool, the cultural satirist and author is pointed, forthright, unapologetically opinionated, and known for her hilariously Read more…

We are delighted to announce this thrilling event for the 2022 Festival, performing at The New Theatre Oxford this summer. Experience the power of heart-pounding rhythms on huge taiko drums, sharp synchronisation and high energy, in a spellbinding performance from Mugenkyo’s tribe of performers from across the globe. Following their landmark 25th year, the UK’s original touring Taiko pioneers return to the road with their latest show of skill, stamina & red-hot rhythms to stir Read more…

Oxford Festival of the Arts is delighted to be part of a new campaign celebrating the wealth of arts and culture across Oxfordshire. The campaign, which runs until October 2021, involves 32 cultural organisations ranging from museums and art galleries to theatres and festivals. The campaign promotes the county to both international and domestic visitors, as a welcoming and accessible place to visit, bursting with amazing culture and talent. Experience Oxfordshire will highlight the world-renowned Read more…