Music
REVIEW: Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening positively blazed at Oxford Playhouse; their modern, exciting folk still anchored in tradition!
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Kathryn Tickell comes from a long line of traditional musicians and poets, although her band The Darkening, named after the Northumberland word for...
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REVIEW: Opening The Grain Store in Middle Aston has been Helen Taylor’s dream for 18 years, but it’s been worth the wait!
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The Grain Store in Middle Aston has been 18 years in the making, Helen Taylor fostering a dream to open her own cafe...
Dance
KEEP DANCING: Dancin’ Oxford’s Family Dance Festival comes to Oxford, Banbury and Bicester with a world premiere, disco, hip hop, street, film and breakdancing
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If you've been thinking of giving dance a go or want to see the experts in action now's your chance because this weekend...
Musicals
REVIEW: ‘100% go! Switched up for the modern day, Grease The Musical at New Theatre Oxford earned its standing ovation’
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Grease is a hard act to follow, the 1978 cult film with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John such a beloved multi-generational classic that...
Bar & Drinks
Dishoom’s Permit Room Oxford announces its 126 seat all-day Bombay style bar/café will open on October 25 on New Inn Hall Street!
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Dishoom has announced that its latest site Permit Room Oxford, will open its doors on Friday October 25 on New Inn Hall Street,...
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The biggest ever Thame Food Festival boasts cookery demos, Bake Off winners, 120 stalls, DJ Supper Club, kids events, dog shows and live music!
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Thame Food Festival 2024' kicks off this weekend (Sept 28-29) at Thame Showground with cookery demos, Bake Off winners, big names, 120 stalls,...
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TOP PICKS: 100 events, 30 venues, vets, pets, testicles, robots, whales, magic, nature, brains, comedy – IF OXFORD Science and Ideas Festival is back
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With 100 events across Oxford to choose from at IF Oxford in October, it's hard to know where to start, but the Science...
Family
REVIEW: Floella Benjamin’s Coming to England is uplifting, joyful and positive despite its often shameful subject matter!
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The stage is one giant telly. The lights dim. It switches on and all the middle-aged mums and dads in the Oxford Playhouse...
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REVIEW: ‘Definitely one of the best roasts in Oxfordshire’ Why Sunday lunch at Woodstock’s Back Lane Tavern is a force to be reckoned with!
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We'd had a tip off! Had we tried The Back Lane Tavern's roast? We'd been to the esteemed Woodstock gastropub for dinner, lunch,...
Classical
Could you be the next Pavarotti? Fancy giving opera a go? Oxford Youth Opera launches its workshops for young people from Saturday!
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Always wanted to try opera but never had the chance? Fancy yourself as the next Pavarotti? Just curious? Well your luck's in because...













