Saturday 14th November
🔦Milles Farm: Illuminate Winter Light Trail
It’s the opening weekend for Oxford’s Winter Light Trail! Cannot wait to see what it’s like this year – last year we were super impressed with all the light installations and although it’s a low-cost light trail compared to some others, it certainly didn’t feel like that. Watch this space for pictures! Some weekend dates are already nearly sold out – get booking!
📅 Saturday 14th November – Friday 1st January ⏰ 3pm – 7pm 💴 Adult £15.50, Children: £12.50, Under 3: Free 🎫 Booking essential ℹ️ More info on the Illuninate website.
🔦 Oxford Christmas Light Fest: Cutteslowe Light Trail
Its here! Such a community highlight and so much effort put in for local families. The Cutteslowe miniature railway will be open plus there’s a twinkly trail, light and sound installation, singing and dancing, puppetry and hot drinks. All free!
📅 Saturday 14th November ⏰ 3pm – 7pm 💴 Free 🎫 Dance party requires booking ℹ️ More info on the North Wall website.
🚌 Oxford Christmas Light Fest: Christmas Light Bus
Is it coming you way? A fabulous twinly bus complete with Santa and the elves! It’s so exciting to see it pull up in your neighbourhood – make sure you know the routre, view it in the link. On Friday and Saturday.
📅 Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th November ⏰ 5pm – 8pm 💴 Free 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ More info, including a map, on Oxford Bus Company website.
✨Oxford Christmas Light Fest: Pegasus Light Festival
Exciting, free and accessible activities around the theme of light. There’s installations, crafts, workshops, music and performance plus a partnership with the Ideas Festival which explores the science of light using lasers, LEDs, and phosphorescent boards.
📅 Saturday 14th November ⏰ 10am – 4pm 💴 Free 🎫 Some events require booking ℹ️ More info on the Pegasus website.
🏮 Oxford Christmas Light Fest: Museum of Oxford – FREE entry and crafts
Enjoy free entry to the museum this weekend! There will be festive crafts (£2), object handling and a new gallery trail. Plus all the other interesting parts of the museum that celebrate Oxford – make it free again!!!
📅 Saturday 14th November ⏰ 10am – 5pm 💴 Free 🎫 Book a time slot for crafts online ℹ️ Book via Museum of Oxford website.
🎄 Oxford Christmas Light Fest: Victorian Christmas Market on Broad Street
Running for 4 days from Thursday – Sunday. There will be live music and other street entertainment, stalls from local traders and festive food and drink.
📅 Thursday 12th November – Sunday 15th November ⏰ 10am – 7pm (10am – 5pm on Sunday) 💴 Free 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ More info on Christmas Light Festival website.
🖌️Makespace Community Mural Painting
Help create a mural celebrating how Oxford’s people, places & stories connect. Join artist Saroj Patel in creating a mural that will celebrate the roots of community in Oxford and what being a part of it means. Come down and add your own mark to an artwork that will sit outside Makespace Oxfordshire’s civic space on George Street.
📅 Saturday 14th November ⏰ 10am – 4pm 💴 Free 🎫 Book a time slot ℹ️ Book via Eventbrite.
🎄Indie Oxford Christmas market at Tap Social
Whoop Whoop! The Indie Christmas Market is back for another year! Food and drinks, kids’ activities, and of course – independent market stalls! This event is free to attend and a great way to support local businesses.
📅 Saturday 14th November ⏰ 11am – 4pm 💴 Free 🎫 Drop-in ℹ️ More info on Indie Oxford website.
✏️Pitt Rivers Museum: Family Activity Corner
Join for family-friendly activities. Pick up a trail, get creative with a craft, find books to explore and more!
📅 Saturday 14th November ⏰ 12pm – 3pm 💴 Free 🎫 Drop – in ℹ️ More info on Pitt Rivers website.
Sunday 15th November
🐶Waterperry Grounddog Day
Who let the dogs in? Waterperry! Just one day this year Waterperry allows dogs into the formal gardens to see what they are missing! (normal garden entrance fee applies).10% of garden entries for the day will go to the Oxford Animal Sanctuary.
📅 Sunday 15th November ⏰ 10am – 4pm 💴 Free 🎫 Free, but book a time slot ℹ️ Book via Eventbrite.
🧙🏻♀️Harcourt Arboretum: Potions and Poisons Family Trail
Find out about some of the poisonous plants and the plants that have magical powers in the Arboretum. Solve the puzzle and claim your prize.There’s also the huge 130 acre site to enjoy and run wild in all its autumn glory and the new ninja-warrior style play area!
📅 Until 2nd December ⏰11am – 4pm 💴 Adult: £9, Under 16: Free 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ See the Harcourt Arboretum website for more details.
