Making and Using a Globe

In this adult workshop, participants will discover early methods of globe making and make their own model globe. Booking is essential for this workshop, voluntary materials donation £5.
Call 01865 277280 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to book.
Museum of the History of Science

11am

Category: Courses & Workshops

Exhibition & Sale of Authentic Persian Carpets, Tribal Rugs and Handicrafts

Heaven on Earth Imports.
At the Long Room, Oxford Town Hall.

10am - 5pm

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

East Oxford Farmers’ Market

The East Oxford Farmers’ & Community Market is a small, friendly local market which can provide the staples for your weekly shop, all from sources within 30 miles of Oxford: bread, eggs, milk, vegetables, cheese, various meats, refills for cleaning supplies - as well as a range of other products such as jewellery, clothing and secondhand books. It has been running since August 2006, and is a non-profit making organisation, run by a committee and a group of volunteers. We are passionate about the market and what it sells. We actively source food from within 30 miles of Oxford and encourage community stalls run by local residents. We also offer Fairtrade produce from further afield and try to make sure it comes to us by land or ship. The market has a cafe which runs each week selling delicious breakfasts, lunches, cakes and fair-trade teas and coffee. This is a lovely place to meet up and take a break from shopping.
East Oxford Primary School directly behind the Tesco car park

10:00 to 13:00

Official website

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

PechaKucha Lecture: Artists from the Village Green Project 2012

Bringing together contemporary artists in rural Oxfordshire, the Village Green Project is a sculpture park installed on the Millenium Green in the village of Stanton St John. This Japanese style lecture is delivered by 10 of the artists each speaking for 6 mins 40 secs, showing 20 images for 20 seconds each to give you a taste of their work.

Free, suggested donation of ￡5, no booking necessary. Held in the Education Studio at the Ashmolean Museum.

11am

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Paul Nash and the Wittenham Clumps

Discover how Oxforshire’s atmospheric landscape became a source of inspiration for Paul Nash (1889–1946). 2012 marks the centenary of Nash’s first drawings and paintings of the Wittenham Clumps. Following the lecture, groups of up to 15 can visit the Western Art Print Room with Dr Jon Whiteley, Senior Curator of European Art, to see works by Nash and Samuel Palmer. Free lecture at the Ashmolean Museum, booking recommended, places limited to 45.

1pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Storytelling: Literary Landscapes

Join us for a storytelling session inspired by Jane Hope’s paintings of Oxford with actress Lucy Walters. Lucy will be sharing poetry and prose from local writers and beyond. Suitable for any age, this promises to be a charming event and a perfect opportunity to take a look at Jane’s paintings alongside a dose of literary fun. Don’t forget to bring a cushion for extra comfort!
O3 Gallery.

11.30am

Category: Performance

Blackwell’s Philosophy Group

The first discussion for Blackwell’s Philosophy Group is:
Ethics on Killing - War, terrorism, abortion and euthanasia. It consists of an interview and a discussion with Professor Jeff McMahan from Rutgers University, NJ, USA.
Held at Blackwell’s, 50 Broad Street.

12pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

London Welsh v Leicester Tigers

Top class rugby is now on the doorstep for Oxford with London Welsh moving to the Kassam Stadium. The first few home games are sure to be a ground-breaking start to kick off the season, with Welsh taking on some of the Premiership’s strongest clubs.

Adult tickets from £18 and under 16’s £10

2pm

Category: Events

Farmers’ Market at Wolvercote Village

Sunday mornings at Wolvercote School, it’s a real community get together. All our fresh farm produce is:
* GROWN LOCALLY
- our most distant supplier is less than 30 miles away;
- the majority are within a 10 mile radius of Wolvercote
- Oxfordshire’s only cheese producer sells at our market
* SOLD DIRECTLY BY THE FARMERS THEMSELVES
- no middle-men!
- the vegetables are freshly picked, often just that morning;
- the eggs are only 1 or 2 days old
- our honey—made exclusively for us—is from bees that are surrounded by organic farms
All our LIVESTOCK is:
* RAISED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF WELFARE
- our chickens, goats, pigs are free-range;
- all our cattle are raised outdoors on grass, that receives no artificial fertilisers
Many of our farmers:
* HAVE SOIL ASSOCIATION ORGANIC CERTIFICATION
PLUS:
* Jams, chutneys, pates; pastries, biscuits and cakes; quiches, pizzas and S Asian savouries; organic bread and buns
- all locally produced
PLUS:
* Environmentally friendly household goods (cleaners, shampoos, soaps)
* Hand-made tiles, jewellery, pottery and plants
FINALLY WE SELL:
* Fair trade and/or organic groceries (coffee, tea, sugar, rice, olive oil and pasta, dried fruit, seeds, chocolate)

10:00 to 13:00

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Eccentric Oxford Walking Tour

A Radio 4 comedy writer (Now Show, News Quiz) conducts an entertaining tour covering 1000 years of Oxford eccentricity in 90 minutes. Where comedy and history meet! Martyrs’ Memorial (opposite Randolph Hotel).

2pm

Category: Events Social Clubs and Gatherings

Fitness Charity event for Oxfordshire MIND

Smash the Fat Fitness and Fat Loss Bootcamp: Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday at the Ark T Centre, Cowley, OX4 2FQ.
Minimum donation of just £20 or whatever you can afford for 12 bootcamps.

6.30am, 10.00am or 5.30pm

Category: Social Clubs and Gatherings

St Giles Fair

Oxford’s traditional street fair.
A wide variety of attractions, some large, some small, ranging from a coconut shy to super rides that are similar to those found at amusement parks.

The fair dates back to 1625 when it was a parish festival to celebrate the feast of the patron saint, St Giles. In the 18th century it was a toy fair, then in the 19th century it was a general children’s fair.

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Summer Expression and Painting landscapes

Painting the fruits of the season, the landscapes of blossom and evoke the light of summer. This course looks at exploring different expressions and impressions in painting. During the course, each student will pick one subject of choice in relation to summer, and look to develop their own great paintings of this subject. This course will look to help students develop their own research into painting in summer and summer landscapes. The course will look at different types of painting expression and accentuating different atmospheres.
All Materials provided. Suitable for all levels.
The Jam Factory.

8pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Thoughts and Things: The Role of Craft in 16th-Century Astronomy and Cosmography

In this public lecture at the Museum of the History of Science, the curator of the Renaissance in Astronomy exhibition, Professor Jim Bennett, explains that one of its aims is to draw attention to the objects made within the discipline of 16th-century astronomy. Books, globes and instruments were fabricated by craftsmen in workshops and print-shops that were valued as sites of astronomical practice.

7pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Oxford City FC v Boston United

Blue Sq North League game between Oxford City FC and Boston United at Oxford City Football Club.

7.45pm

Category: Social Clubs and Gatherings

ANHSO Meeting - A tour of the planets and beyond in search of life - Dr Roland Young

At the turn of the 20th century beliefs about the planets included artificial canals on Mars and verdant plant life on Venus. A century later, we are the first generation in human history to possess adequate technological capabilities such that answering the question of life beyond Earth is a realistic possibility in our lifetimes. Dr Young will discuss our exploration of the planets and other bodies in the Solar System, particularly focusing on the search for life, and efforts to search for life elsewhere in the Un iverse such as SETI and space telescopes like NASA’s Kepler, which is currently looking for Earth-like planets around other stars. Dr Young is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, part of the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on understanding the atmospheres of the Solar System’s giant planets, which he studies with the aid of sophisticated numerical models and observations from spacecraft.

Old School Room, St Peter’s Church, First Turn, Wolvercote, Oxford, OX2 8AQ.
Visitors: £2, Members: Free

7.45pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Film Screening and Q&A

The film screening of Shut Up and Play the Hits at Phoenix Picturehouse will be followed by a satellite Q&A with James Murphy.

On 2 April 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensuring that it would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of its career. The instantly sold-out, near four-hour extravaganza achieved just that, moving the thousands in attendance to tears of joy and grief, with New York magazine calling the event “a marvel of pure craft” and Time magazine lamenting “we may never dance again.” Shut Up and Play the Hits is both a narrative film documenting this once-in-a-lifetime performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after, and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision.

9pm

Category: Performance

Michael ‘Mixy’ Riccardi: Apres Edinburgh Fringe

Mixy, one half of spoken word duo Dead Poets, returned to Edinburgh fringe festival last month with a new solo show that recieved a great response. Mixy explores the levels of peoples ability to be content using a collection of poems, raps, songs and stories, eloquently penned verse and raw emotion. This hybrid of spoken word reflects on language with life and life with language.
Refreshment available; £3 entry. The Albion Beatnik Bookshop.

8pm

Category: Performance

Bookbinding at the Albion Beatnik Bookstore

Bookbinding courses for individuals or small groups of up to 5 participants.
Courses take place in the Albion Beatnik Bookstore and are suitable for beginners and concentrate mainly on hands-on practise. Each participant will be provided with an instruction sheet, all materials and tools needed. The price also includes small refreshment (pot of tea/coffee & biscuits).

Coptic binding - in this course you will learn the basic preparatory work for making a small coptic bound notebook. You will be able to design simple paper-covered boards, prepare and fold the pages and you will practise the basic stitches of coptic binding style. All participants will leave the course with their own handmade notebook.

Course length: 3 hours
Price: £25/person

5pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Pin Works Workshop: Stitch and Save

Shop at the Old Fire Station presents monthly craft workshops with Pin Works. Every first Tuesday of the month we’ll be teaching you new tricks to spruce up, and get the most out of your wardrobe.
For September, we introduce Stitch and Save - Learn how to darn, mend and customise to save your clothes. Bring along a favourite items that has seen better days and give it a facelift!

6.30pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

The Young Atheist’s Handbook:  Science vs Religion in the Classroom

Talk led by Alom Shaha, who is the speaker at Skeptics in the Pub this month, held at Copa of Oxford, George Street.

How can children brought up in religious families reconcile the different ‘truths’ they are told about the world? And to what extent should we discuss these issues in schools: what exactly should science teachers say when asked about the ‘truth’ of science by religious students? In this talk, Alom Shaha will describe his personal experiences growing up in a Bangladeshi Muslim community in London, what role his science education played in his journey towards atheism and how, as a Physics teacher, he responds to the apparent conflict between science and religion in the classroom.

7.30pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Film Screening and Q&A

‘Lawless’ will be followed by a satellite Q&A with director John Hillcoat and singer-songwriter-screenwriter Nick Cave, who wrote the film script.

After collaborating on the 2005 western The Proposition, acclaimed director John Hillcoat and legendary singer-songwriter-screenwriter Nick Cave return with a tough Prohibition-set western about a family of hard-as-nails Ohio bootleggers at war with the law and rival gangsters. Boasting an all-star cast and standout performances, from man of the moment Tom Hardy as the monosyllabic heavy with a heart Forrest Bondurant and Guy Pearce as the psychotic lawman Charley Rakes, Lawless is a hard-edged, darkly funny delight from breathless start to brutal finish.

After the film screening at Phoenix Picturehouse, there will be a satellite Q&A with John Hillcoat and Nick Cave.

8.45pm

Category: Events

Stories Behind the Pictures

The talk is about the stories behind the pictures at the Ashmolean Museum.
Talks are led by Ashmolean Education Volunteers. Places are allocated on the day by tokens available from the Information Desk at 1pm (no advance booking). Numbers are limited to 15 people.

Official website

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Coin and Archaeological Identification Scheme

A monthly identification service at The Ashmolean Museum for archaeological objects and coins, run jointly with the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Bring along your finds.

Official website

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Poetry Reading: Charles Olsen

Charles Olsen’s first collection of poetry, Sr Citizen, was published in a bilingual edition in Madrid last year to great acclaim. Accompanying the reading is a presentation with projections of three short films: “The Dance of the Brushes”, which won second prize at the Flamenco Short Film Festival of Madrid in 2010, and two video-poems, “In Silence” and “The Frozen Cry”.

Refreshments will be available; £2 entry. The Albion Beatnik Bookshop.

8pm

Category: Performance

Humphrey ‘Huck’ Astley @ The Albion Beatnik

Poet-singer-songwriter Humphrey ‘Huck’ Astley reads from his new chapbook Quintychtock, as well as his previous collection Reasons Not to Live There, and plays songs from his narrative concept album Alexander the Great.

Official website

Category: Performance

Oxford Open Doors

A weekend all about Oxford, celebrating everything that makes the city so special - its historic, modern, green, urban and suburban spaces and most of all its people!

There will be something to interest everyone, and all free of charge! Visit the stunning buildings of the University and the cities wonderful green spaces. Discover the more hidden corners, not usually seen by the public and find out about the fantastic projects created by local people and the research work at Oxford University and Oxford Brookes. Our major theme this year is Oxford’s Industrial Heritage.

Oxford Open Doors is organised by Oxford Preservation Trust in partnership with Oxford University.

Official website

Category: Events Family Friendly

Bags, Belts and Purses

Talks are held at The Ashmolean Museum and led by Ashmolean Education Volunteers. Places are allocated on the day by tokens available from the Information Desk at 1pm (no advance booking). Numbers are limited to 15 people.

Official website

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Behind the Scenes of the Cast Gallery

Take a guided tour of the Ashmolean’s unique cast collection on the lower-ground floor of the new Cast Gallery.

Unfortunately, access only by stairs. Meet in the Randolph Gallery (Gallery 21). Not recommended for under 12s.

Official website

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Oxford Farmers’ Market at Gloucester Green

A Farmers’ Market is a venue for local people, making local food with local ingredients to sell their produce directly to you. All produce must be locally grown or locally produced - local means within 30 miles of the market location.

9am - 2pm 1st Thursday of the month, 9am - 3pm 3rd Thursday of the month

On the 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Poetry & Song at The Albion Beatnik

Poet-singer-songwriter Humphrey ‘Huck’ Astley reads from his new chapbook Quintychtock, as well as his previous collection Reasons Not to Live There, and plays songs from his forthcoming album Alexander the Great: a Folk Operetta in Three Acts.

The Albion Beatnik Bookshop. £2 Entry

8pm

Category: Performance

Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials

With the magnificent backdrop of Blenheim Palace the first phase of the competition “Dressage” takes place all day on Thursday and Friday, in which a series of pre-set movements are judged subjectively.  On Saturday the cross-country, which is the pivotal part of the whole competition takes place over big solid fences and water jumps across the River Glyme on a timed course which runs around the stunning Parkland of the Palace grounds.  The finale, which is the Show Jumping takes place on Sunday in front of the South Lawn of Blenheim Palace.
In addition to the eventing action there are lots of other activities in other arenas, Pony Club and Riding Clubs team competition on Thursday and Friday.  Plus more than 175 retail outlets!

Official Blenheim Palace website

Category: Events

Shishi-Odori Japanese Dance Performance

On Thursday 6 September the Ashmolean is delighted to welcome the Oshu Kanatsu-Ryu Dance Troupe to the Museum for its first UK performance. The Troupe has been invited to Britain by the Japan Foundation to perform in the Mayor’s Thames Festival (8 and 9 September) as part of the closing celebrations for London 2012. The dancers will perform a Shishi-Odori (deer dance) on the Museum forecourt, bringing one of the cultural traditions of the Tohoku region of Japan to a UK audience.

Category: Performance

11th Headington Beer Festival

45 real ales including many CAMRA Award winners from around the UK.12 Ciders and 2 Perry’s. BBQ, Pig Roast and live music at The Masons Arms in Headington.

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

West Oxford Farmers Market

Along with a cafe, there is produce, bread, cakes and pastries available, as well as eggs, jams and chutneys.
The West Oxford farmers market is held on the first Friday of every month at West Oxford Community Centre.

1pm

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

The Building of Cockerell’s Ashmolean

Talks are held at The Ashmolean Museum and led by Ashmolean Education Volunteers. Places are allocated on the day by tokens available from the Information Desk at 1pm (no advance booking). Numbers are limited to 15 people.

Official website

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

St John Ambulance Save a Life September

Free first aid demos. Learn how to save a life and claim your free first aid guide. Demos will be on the recovery position, CPR and treating bleeding, choking and heart atacks. Everyone who visits will be given a free pocket first aid guide; perfect to keep ion your purse, bag, wallet or car.
The Westgate Shopping Centre, Oxford

10am - 2pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Oxfam Open House

Oxford is the city where it all began, and our headquarters is still here today. Over the years, we’ve grown from a small group of people moved by stories of poverty and suffering, to a global movement for change - millions strong.

We’re inviting you to take a look inside as part of Oxford Open Doors - we can’t wait to show you around.

Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Oxford OX4 2JY

10am - 5pm

Category: Family Friendly

Oxford City FC v Altrincham

Blue Sq North League game between Oxford City FC and Altrincham at Oxford City Football Club.

3pm

Category: Social Clubs and Gatherings

East Oxford Farmers’ Market

The East Oxford Farmers’ & Community Market is a small, friendly local market which can provide the staples for your weekly shop, all from sources within 30 miles of Oxford: bread, eggs, milk, vegetables, cheese, various meats, refills for cleaning supplies - as well as a range of other products such as jewellery, clothing and secondhand books. It has been running since August 2006, and is a non-profit making organisation, run by a committee and a group of volunteers. We are passionate about the market and what it sells. We actively source food from within 30 miles of Oxford and encourage community stalls run by local residents. We also offer Fairtrade produce from further afield and try to make sure it comes to us by land or ship. The market has a cafe which runs each week selling delicious breakfasts, lunches, cakes and fair-trade teas and coffee. This is a lovely place to meet up and take a break from shopping.
East Oxford Primary School directly behind the Tesco car park

10:00 to 13:00

Official website

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

BBQ Fundraiser

Fairy Dust Arts is holding a BBQ fundraiser at Barracks Lane Community Garden, Cowley, Oxford on Saturday 8th September 2012 between 7-10pm and Sunday 9th September 2012 between 6-9pm.

There will be lots of performances and free workshops, including Keysi Stage Combat, African Drumming and Improvisation Acting Skills. There will also be stalls and games to assist in raising money for this artistic cause. Tickets are on sale now at just £3.50 per adult or £1.50 per child (including a free workshop).

Tickets and information

Category: Events

Behind the Scenes of the Cast Gallery

Take a guided tour of the Ashmolean’s unique cast collection on the lower-ground floor of the new Cast Gallery.

Unfortunately, access only by stairs. Meet in the Randolph Gallery (Gallery 21). Not recommended for under 12s.

Official website

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

The Renaissance in Astronomy

A guided tour of the new special exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science given by its curator Professor Jim Bennett.

Official website

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Oxford Open Doors: Oxford Instruments Metal Analysis

As part of the 2012 Oxford Open Doors celebration, the Ashmolean is working with Oxford Instruments.
Bring along your jewellery, coins and small metallic objects to be analysed on Oxford Instruments’ XRF analyzer. The results of such an analysis can be helpful to validate authenticity and to estimate the value of antiques or jewellery. It will also identify the composition of the material and measure the thickness of the metal elements.
Free drop-in session, Lower Ground Floor

10am - 2pm

Category: Events

Bookbinding at the Albion Beatnik Bookstore

Bookbinding courses for individuals or small groups of up to 5 participants.
Courses take place in the Albion Beatnik Bookstore and are suitable for beginners and concentrate mainly on hands-on practise. Each participant will be provided with an instruction sheet, all materials and tools needed. The price also includes small refreshment (pot of tea/coffee & biscuits).

Coptic binding - in this course you will learn the basic preparatory work for making a small coptic bound notebook. You will be able to design simple paper-covered boards, prepare and fold the pages and you will practise the basic stitches of coptic binding style. All participants will leave the course with their own handmade notebook.

Course length: 3 hours
Price: £25/person

3pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Parlour Jardin – an evening of the uncanny

The Parlour Collective and Oxford Botanic Garden present new performance works from contemporary artists, exploring the myths, fairy tales and folklore surrounding the gardens, through visual and musical media.

Oxford Botanic Garden.

5.30pm

Category: Performance

Museum of Oxford presents Memory Lane

A chance for people to meet and reminisce about the old days, led by Helen Fountain, Reminiscence Officer for the Museum of Oxford.  From 1–2.30pm in the Town Hall’s Heritage Learning Centre.
This month: The History of the Railway in Oxford, as part of Oxford Open Doors Weekend.

1 - 2.30pm

Category: Social Clubs and Gatherings

Farmers’ Market at Wolvercote Village

Sunday mornings at Wolvercote School, it’s a real community get together. All our fresh farm produce is:
* GROWN LOCALLY
- our most distant supplier is less than 30 miles away;
- the majority are within a 10 mile radius of Wolvercote
- Oxfordshire’s only cheese producer sells at our market
* SOLD DIRECTLY BY THE FARMERS THEMSELVES
- no middle-men!
- the vegetables are freshly picked, often just that morning;
- the eggs are only 1 or 2 days old
- our honey—made exclusively for us—is from bees that are surrounded by organic farms
All our LIVESTOCK is:
* RAISED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF WELFARE
- our chickens, goats, pigs are free-range;
- all our cattle are raised outdoors on grass, that receives no artificial fertilisers
Many of our farmers:
* HAVE SOIL ASSOCIATION ORGANIC CERTIFICATION
PLUS:
* Jams, chutneys, pates; pastries, biscuits and cakes; quiches, pizzas and S Asian savouries; organic bread and buns
- all locally produced
PLUS:
* Environmentally friendly household goods (cleaners, shampoos, soaps)
* Hand-made tiles, jewellery, pottery and plants
FINALLY WE SELL:
* Fair trade and/or organic groceries (coffee, tea, sugar, rice, olive oil and pasta, dried fruit, seeds, chocolate)

10:00 to 13:00

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Oxford Alcademics: Rum Tasting

We have an amazing evening of Havana Club Rum planned. As always the session is free, open to all and attendees are entitled to a 30% discount on drinks all night.

Raouls Bar, Walton Street.

8pm

Category: Social Clubs and Gatherings

Sebastian Faulks at Oxford Town Hall

This will be the first opportunity to get your hands on Faulks’ new book, ‘A Possible Life’, a novel that explores the chaos left behind by love, grief and divided loyalties. As one of our most talented authors, and a literary heavyweight, Faulks is a fascinating speaker. This event is not to be missed.

7pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Hand Printing Course

For beginners or those with some knowledge of printing and graphic design. The course will begin with a short history of printing, followed by demonstrations of hand-composition and hand-printing. You’ll then be able to set a poem of your choice, make up a forme, take a proof, make corrections, print the poems together as a small book, distribute the type, bind the book using marbled paper and take a copy home.

Places are limited to 9 people, age 16 plus. Cost £120 pp for six sessions.
The Story Museum.

7 - 9pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

The Woodstock Literary Festival

A literary festival featuring some of the country’s top writers speaking on a variety of subjects including food, history, biography, music, fiction and much more - based in the historic town of Woodstock and Blenheim Palace.

Official festival website

Category: Events

Paper Stitching

This Thursday you can come to the Albion Beatnik and learn how to stitch a soft cover notebook or booklet. The price of £15 covers all the materials and a little refreshment.

5 - 7pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Drawing Workshops

Two experimental drawing workshops held in the galleries at Modern Art Oxford responding to the Jenny Saville exhibition. Led by Jan Crombie, artist and lecturer at Oxford Brookes University.
Workshops are open to all. Paper will be provided; please bring your own pencils.

7 - 9pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Taglar Membar, Flaming Tiger Gods: The Artistic Tradition of Tibet

With the distinct cultures of Nepal, Mongolia, Bhutan, Buryatia and Tibet, the art of the Himalayas is extraordinarily rich. Learn about their artistic traditions and explore Tibetan Buddhist and indigenous Bon art in this lecture, followed by a special handling session.
£8/£7 concessions (including tea & cake), booking essential.
The Ashmolean Museum.

1.30pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Oxford Singles Mingle

The Oxford Singles Mingle takes place on the 2nd Friday monthly from 8pm and is organised by local social events calendar for singles called OxfordNightsOut.com. Singles Mingle meets at The Oxford Retreat Pub.

8pm

Category: Events

Farmers’ Market at Headington

Where? At the top end of Kennett Road, near to London Road. Kennett Road is between New High Street and Windmill Road
When? Second and Fourth Friday of each month (except in December, when it is held on the third Friday), from 8 am till 12:30 pm.
What can I buy? Fresh Vegetables in season, Soft fruit , Pork and Pork Products, Bread, Sauces, Jams, preserves and chutneys, Fresh Fish, Herbs, Asparagus and soft fruits, Lamb, Poultry, Cheese, Apples and Apple Products, Honey, Eggs
What should I bring? Your own shopping bag, so that you don’t have to rely on plastic bags from the stallholders (though if you need such bags, they will provide them on request).

8.00 am - 1.30 pm

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Charlbury Street Fair

60 Years - Britain At Its Best

Charlbury Street Fair is held in September and has taken place every year since the early 1950’s. The main purpose of Street Fair and Open Gardens is to raise money for the upkeep of the Corner House and the War Memorial Hall - two community buildings that play such an important part in the lives of so many people in and around Charlbury.

This year we are extremely pleased to announce that actor Tom Ward of BBC’s Silent Witness has kindly agreed to carry out the formal opening at 2pm on Saturday 15th Sept.

Official website

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Broken Spoke Bike Co-op presents Back-to-School AlleyCat

Join the first community bike ride and launch party. Leaving promptly at 6:30pm outside Tourist Information on Broad Street, a Back-to-School themed AlleyCat (like a scavenger hunt…on bikes!) will take you on a tour of some quirky sites across the city. The first team to cross the finish line at the Restore Garden Cafe, Manzil Way, Cowley Road gets a prize!  Afterward, everyone is welcome to join us at the cafe for music, drinks, a silent raffle, an auction, costume prizes, and more.

6.30pm

Category: Social Clubs and Gatherings

Helen and Douglas House Open Day

Join us for our annual Open Day with music, entertainment, falconry and fun for all the family. Plus a chance to look around both hospice houses and find out what we’re all about.

Helen & Douglas House, 14A Magdalen Road, Oxford.

10am - 4pm

Category: Events

Keeping It Local

Keeping It Local is a celebration of the richness of local producers, purveyors and performers and is due to take place in mid-September each year. Inspired by the wealth of local talent and quality produce that has passed though events such as the Summer Night Concerts, the Food & Wine Festival, and the Flower & Gardening Festival in Oxford Castle Quarter over the past few years a decision has been made to roll all of these events into one, celebrate community spirit, the riches that are on our door-step, and to give the region a weekend to really shout about and be proud of.

10am - 5pm

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Film Screening: Come and See

Come and See is widely regarded as one of the most terrifying and powerful films about war. A rare view of World War II from a Soviet perspective, the film is based on the experiences of Ales Adamovich, who fought with the Russian partisans in Belarus in 1943. It is a brilliantly affecting study of the cause and effect of brutality.
Dir. Elem Klimov, Soviet Union, 1985, 136 mins.
Chosen by Jenny Saville and shown at Modern Art Oxford.

7 - 9pm

Category: Events

East Oxford Farmers’ Market

The East Oxford Farmers’ & Community Market is a small, friendly local market which can provide the staples for your weekly shop, all from sources within 30 miles of Oxford: bread, eggs, milk, vegetables, cheese, various meats, refills for cleaning supplies - as well as a range of other products such as jewellery, clothing and secondhand books. It has been running since August 2006, and is a non-profit making organisation, run by a committee and a group of volunteers. We are passionate about the market and what it sells. We actively source food from within 30 miles of Oxford and encourage community stalls run by local residents. We also offer Fairtrade produce from further afield and try to make sure it comes to us by land or ship. The market has a cafe which runs each week selling delicious breakfasts, lunches, cakes and fair-trade teas and coffee. This is a lovely place to meet up and take a break from shopping.
East Oxford Primary School directly behind the Tesco car park

10:00 to 13:00

Official website

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

The Oxford Record, DVD & CD Fair

Rock/pop/jazz/soul/reggae/indie/all other genres. Accessories/memoriabillia/books. Brand new and back catalogue and rare vinyl at Oxford Town Hall.

10am - 3.30pm

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Michaelmas Daisy Weekend

Visit our gardens to see our famous herbaceous border in all its late summer glory as it bursts back into life with Asters (Michaelmas Daisies).
There’ll be a huge range of Waterperry-grown Asters on sale in the plant centre and our experts will be on hand to give advice and information about these wonderful plants.
Join a free guided garden tour (garden entrance fee applies) at 11.30am, 2pm or 3.30pm and discover more about caring for Asters in our special talks at 2.15pm each day.
Special harvest menu in the teashop, Miss H’s and the Friends of Waterperry Gardens plant sale on Saturday only.
Gardens and plant centre open until 5.30pm.

Official Waterperry Gardens website

Category: Events Family Friendly

Come In and Fix It!

Chilly evenings with your bike upside-down in the garden are over!

However big or small your bike-related issues are, get yourself down to our open workshop at the South Oxford Community Center from 3-7pm every Saturday. We’ve got a fully stocked community tool chest (so you don’t have to spend a fortune on a tool you’ll use twice), lots of lovely bike stands, and friendly mechanics to give you a hand. We keep a stock of all the parts that wear out regularly and we can order stuff for you that’s more specific. Then you can in install it yourself - how satisfying! Check the website to verify that we’re open before heading down.

Organised by the Broken Spoke Bike Coop. Held at the South Oxford Community Centre, Lake Street, Oxford, OX1 4RP.

3 - 7pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

London Welsh v Exeter Chiefs

Top class rugby is now on the doorstep for Oxford with London Welsh moving to the Kassam Stadium. The first few home games are sure to be a ground-breaking start to kick off the season, with Welsh taking on some of the Premiership’s strongest clubs.

Adult tickets from £18 and under 16’s £10

3pm

Category: Events

Bike Mechanics 101

Get to grips with all the basics of how your two-wheeled machine works, how to give it thorough checkups, fix a flat, change a tyre, and get your gears running like a treat. But be forewarned, you might become the centre of attention when all your friends find out you know how to fix squeaky brakes and true a wobbly wheel.

£60 for two 3-hour sessions spread over a week’s time. Run by Broken Spoke Bike Co-op.
South Oxford Community Centre

1 - 4pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

NGS Michaelmas Day

Our gardens are open in aid of the National Gardens Scheme (NGS) which means you can enjoy the beautiful asters in our famous herbaceous border knowing that all garden entrance money will be donated to nursing, caring and gardening charities chosen by the NGS.

Waterperry Gardens

Official Waterperry Gardens website

Category: Events

Farmers’ Market at Wolvercote Village

Sunday mornings at Wolvercote School, it’s a real community get together. All our fresh farm produce is:
* GROWN LOCALLY
- our most distant supplier is less than 30 miles away;
- the majority are within a 10 mile radius of Wolvercote
- Oxfordshire’s only cheese producer sells at our market
* SOLD DIRECTLY BY THE FARMERS THEMSELVES
- no middle-men!
- the vegetables are freshly picked, often just that morning;
- the eggs are only 1 or 2 days old
- our honey—made exclusively for us—is from bees that are surrounded by organic farms
All our LIVESTOCK is:
* RAISED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF WELFARE
- our chickens, goats, pigs are free-range;
- all our cattle are raised outdoors on grass, that receives no artificial fertilisers
Many of our farmers:
* HAVE SOIL ASSOCIATION ORGANIC CERTIFICATION
PLUS:
* Jams, chutneys, pates; pastries, biscuits and cakes; quiches, pizzas and S Asian savouries; organic bread and buns
- all locally produced
PLUS:
* Environmentally friendly household goods (cleaners, shampoos, soaps)
* Hand-made tiles, jewellery, pottery and plants
FINALLY WE SELL:
* Fair trade and/or organic groceries (coffee, tea, sugar, rice, olive oil and pasta, dried fruit, seeds, chocolate)

10:00 to 13:00

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Eccentric Oxford Walking Tour

A Radio 4 comedy writer (Now Show, News Quiz) conducts an entertaining tour covering 1000 years of Oxford eccentricity in 90 minutes. Where comedy and history meet! Martyrs’ Memorial (opposite Randolph Hotel).

2pm

Category: Events Social Clubs and Gatherings

Bookbinding at Blackwell’s

Learn how to make a notebook with Penny, Blackwell’s very own bookbinding expert! Create your notebook, using the materials provided and take it home as the perfect souvenir or gift for a loved one.

7 - 9pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Film Screening and Q&A

For 66 months, Nigel survived under the radar of social services. This is a dark, lonely and often dangerous place to inhabit. Eventually, Nigel found Robbie, a violent Glaswegian, who, in the absence of anyone else, became his carer. Together they lived in poverty in the midst of the dreaming spires of Oxford.

Shot over a 6 year period, this film chronicles the complex relationship between the two men. Alcohol, mental illness and sex all play a part and the film raises many difficult questions about the nature of love, abuse and society’s duty of care. But at its core, this film is a love story, an acutely observed portrait of a dysfunctional relationship within a dysfunctional world.

We are delighted to welcome director James Bluemel along to the Phoenix Picturehouse for a Q&A following the film

6.30pm

Category: Events

Oxford City FC v Corby Town

Blue Sq North League game between Oxford City FC and Corby Town at Oxford City Football Club.

7.45pm

Category: Social Clubs and Gatherings

The Art of Science: The Rediscovery of the Lister Copperplates

Lecture to accompany the Proscholium case display ‘The Art of Seventeenth Century Science’ by Dr Anna Marie Roos (Research Fellow, History Faculty, University of Oxford) in Convocation House, Bodleian Library.

1pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Twitter Workshop

indiumonline are offering a Twitter workshop at Sandford Gate, East Point Business Centre.

£95 + VAT

12.30 - 4pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Beryls’ Night

The Broken Spoke Bike Co-op has got something special for women and trans-gender folk. It’s our weekly Beryls’ Night, held every Wednesday at the South Oxford Community Centre. Every week there is a 45 minute class on a rotating selection of topics, as well as supported workshop access.

This week: The wide world of brake types.
£5 for Broken Spoke supporters.
£7 for non-supporters.

6.15 - 9pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

September SciBar

Believing is Seeing: how our minds shape what we see.

We perceive the world as a rich and detailed tapestry of shapes, colours and objects. But research suggests that much of our visual perception is an illusion - constructed from our hopes and expectations. Join us to hear Prof Chris Summerfield discuss how our own experience impacts on what we see.

As always, SciBar is a free event and no prior knowledge is required.
Port Mahon, St. Clements Street.

6.30pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Artur Domoslawski on Ryszard Kapuscinski

On Thursday 20th September, comes an event about one of the most influential journalists of the twentieth century. Polish journalist and writer, Ryszard Kapuscinski, was a fearless investigator with an enormous range to his curiosity. His reporting took him from postcolonial Africa, to revolutionary Iran and the military dictatorships of Latin America and Soviet Russia. His prominent work during the Cold War even warranted the attentions of the CIA. Our speaker, Artur Domoslawski, has been allowed unprecedented access to the personal papers of his longtime mentor, and as such has written a candid and exhaustive biography of this most charismatic of characters. Join us at Blackwell’s Bookshop to celebrate Kapuscinski’s life and works for what promises to be an illuminating evening.

Official website

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Upcycling workshop

Upcycling is the action of taking something that would normally be recycled and then turning it into something else to be used, looked at or sold.

Upcycling workshops will run on the 3rd Thursday of every month throughout 2012. Every session will have a demonstration of one upcycling idea or project. There will be 2 electric and 2 hand turned sewing machines available at every session.

The sessions are informal and friendly and you can just drop-in. £5 (£3 concs) per session, including refreshments. Note: under 12’s must bring a responsible adult.

Barracks Lane Garden

6.30pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Oxford Farmers’ Market at Gloucester Green

A Farmers’ Market is a venue for local people, making local food with local ingredients to sell their produce directly to you. All produce must be locally grown or locally produced - local means within 30 miles of the market location.

9am - 2pm 1st Thursday of the month, 9am - 3pm 3rd Thursday of the month

On the 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Dear for his many gifts to many souls’: Edward Lear, artist and writer

This lecture, at The Ashmolean Museum, explores the enduring legacy of Edward Lear, from the nonsense verses to the sublime landscapes the artist himself most valued.

Venue: Headley Lecture Theatre
Free, suggested donation £5, no booking.

2pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Nonsense! - with Michael Rosen

An evening of nonsense and jazz at The Story Museum, with celebrated poet, writer and broadcaster (and former Children’s Laureate) Michael Rosen and the award-winning Homemade Orchestra. An off-the-wall romp through an ever-changing musical landscape, igniting the surreal, the playful and the unexpected. Suitable for all ages.

6 - 7.30pm

Category: Family Friendly Performance

East Oxford Farmers’ Market

The East Oxford Farmers’ & Community Market is a small, friendly local market which can provide the staples for your weekly shop, all from sources within 30 miles of Oxford: bread, eggs, milk, vegetables, cheese, various meats, refills for cleaning supplies - as well as a range of other products such as jewellery, clothing and secondhand books. It has been running since August 2006, and is a non-profit making organisation, run by a committee and a group of volunteers. We are passionate about the market and what it sells. We actively source food from within 30 miles of Oxford and encourage community stalls run by local residents. We also offer Fairtrade produce from further afield and try to make sure it comes to us by land or ship. The market has a cafe which runs each week selling delicious breakfasts, lunches, cakes and fair-trade teas and coffee. This is a lovely place to meet up and take a break from shopping.
East Oxford Primary School directly behind the Tesco car park

10:00 to 13:00

Official website

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Quarry WI Jumble Sale

The Quarry WI is holding a jumble sale. Proceeds to group funds and Clowns in the Sky (local children’s charity providing play trolleys for sick children).
Quarry Village Hall, Headington Quarry.
Admission 30p

1.30pm

Category: Events

Bike Mechanics 101

Get to grips with all the basics of how your two-wheeled machine works, how to give it thorough checkups, fix a flat, change a tyre, and get your gears running like a treat. But be forewarned, you might become the centre of attention when all your friends find out you know how to fix squeaky brakes and true a wobbly wheel.

£60 for two 3-hour sessions spread over a week’s time. Run by Broken Spoke Bike Co-op.
South Oxford Community Centre

1 - 4pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Farmers’ Market at Wolvercote Village

Sunday mornings at Wolvercote School, it’s a real community get together. All our fresh farm produce is:
* GROWN LOCALLY
- our most distant supplier is less than 30 miles away;
- the majority are within a 10 mile radius of Wolvercote
- Oxfordshire’s only cheese producer sells at our market
* SOLD DIRECTLY BY THE FARMERS THEMSELVES
- no middle-men!
- the vegetables are freshly picked, often just that morning;
- the eggs are only 1 or 2 days old
- our honey—made exclusively for us—is from bees that are surrounded by organic farms
All our LIVESTOCK is:
* RAISED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF WELFARE
- our chickens, goats, pigs are free-range;
- all our cattle are raised outdoors on grass, that receives no artificial fertilisers
Many of our farmers:
* HAVE SOIL ASSOCIATION ORGANIC CERTIFICATION
PLUS:
* Jams, chutneys, pates; pastries, biscuits and cakes; quiches, pizzas and S Asian savouries; organic bread and buns
- all locally produced
PLUS:
* Environmentally friendly household goods (cleaners, shampoos, soaps)
* Hand-made tiles, jewellery, pottery and plants
FINALLY WE SELL:
* Fair trade and/or organic groceries (coffee, tea, sugar, rice, olive oil and pasta, dried fruit, seeds, chocolate)

10:00 to 13:00

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Farmers’ Market in South Oxford

The South Oxford Farmers Market is every Sunday at the South Oxford Community Centre on Lake Street. Fruit and veg, bread, meat, eggs, cakes and much more. Come along and support this community project.

9.30am - 12pm

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

MGB Car 50th Anniversary Rally

The MG Car Club and MG Owners Club are jointly celebrating their 50th Anniversary with a Birthday Party in the magnificent surroundings of Blenheim Palace where their early photo shoot days took place.

This memorable day is open to MG’s spanning all eras and aims to get you, the MG enthusiast, fully involved and entertained!  A display of MGB’s covering all models from the production years - together with examples of other cars which shared the same basic chassis.  Significant companies supporting MGB 50, are MG Motor, Heritage Motor Centre, Moss Europe, British Motor Heritage and Brown and Gammons.  The chosen charity for the MGB 50 year is Macmillan Cancer Support.

Official Blenheim Palace website

Category: Events

Art and Craft Fair

A monthly Art and Craft Fair will be held at Oxford Town Hall on the following dates to help showcase the work of local craft workers and artists.

Craft workers and artists signed up to the Fair include Garry Curran with his wire bicycle sculptures, Shalotte’s copper wirework jewellery, knitwear, artwear, accessories, hats, aprons, gifts and work by local artist Ali Clements.

The event takes place in the Long Room at the Town Hall. Entry is free.

11am - 3.30pm

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Botanical Drawing at Blackwell’s

Sarah Simblet, from the Ruskin School of Art, will be teaching us how to create beautiful technical drawings of plant materials. Perfect for the budding gardener or wildlife enthusiast.

7 - 9pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Henley Literary Festival

Stars from politics and TV join novelists for the literary festival offering a fantastic mix from the learned to the popular, with authors from the worlds of fiction, politics, travel, poetry, biography, theatre, television and cookery. Spread over a multitude of beautiful venues in and around Henley-on-Thames.

Official website

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Oxford Alcademics: Rum Tasting

We have an amazing evening of Zacapa Rum planned. As always the session is free, open to all and attendees are entitled to a 30% discount on drinks all night.

Raouls Bar, Walton Street.

8pm

Category: Social Clubs and Gatherings

Word of Mouth: To Blog or Not to Blog

Everybody is talking about blogging! It is the buzz word at the moment. But should you be blogging? Should your business be blogging? Why is blogging important?

Fe-line Women hopes to answer these questions for you by bringing together a panel of local female bloggers who will tell you about their personal experiences of blogging, their top tips and answer the burning questions that you have.

Tickets, £5 in advance, £7 on the door (tickets go on sale early September). Port Mahon, St. Clements Street.
Please note Word of Mouth is a women’s group.

7.30pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

LinkedIn Workshop

indiumonline are offering a LinkedIn workshop at Sandford Gate, East Point Business Centre.

£95 + VAT

12.30 - 4pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Edward Lear Natural History Painter

Long admired for his nonsense poetry, travel writing and artful landscape paintings, Edward Lear was also one of the greatest natural history painters of the 19th century. From his own monograph on parrots (1832), to his commissioned work for John Gould and the Earl of Derby, Lear was a genius at capturing the lifelike appearance and individual personalities of his subjects.

With Robert McCracken Peck, Curator of Art and Artefacts, Academy of Natural Sciences, University of Drexel.
The Ashmolean Museum.

2pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Israel and the Arab Spring

As much of the Middle East is still reeling from the wave of dramatic changes set in motion in December 2010, we look to our very own panel of esteemed academics to provide the commentary and the answers. On Wednesday 26th September, Avi Shlaim, Ilan Pappé and Eugene Rogan will be discussing Israel and the Arab Spring, providing their own take on this extremely complex issue.
At Blackwell’s Bookshop, Broad Street.

Official website

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Athelstan, First King of England

The country we know as England is the product of a violent upheaval 11 centuries ago – which took place under the leadership of one of our most charismatic of kings, Athelstan. He was loved by some, but loathed by others. £8/£7 concessions (including tea & cake), booking essential.
The Ashmolean Museum.

2 - 4pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Beryls’ Night

The Broken Spoke Bike Co-op has got something special for women and trans-gender folk. It’s our weekly Beryls’ Night, held every Wednesday at the South Oxford Community Centre. Every week there is a 45 minute class on a rotating selection of topics, as well as supported workshop access.

This week: First Aid Training.
£5 for Broken Spoke supporters.
£7 for non-supporters.

6.15 - 9pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

Curator’s Gallery Talk

An introduction to the exhibition, ‘Happy Birthday Edward Lear: 200 Years of Nature and Nonsense’ with Colin Harrison, Senior Curator of European Art.

Venuey: Gallery 58
Free, no booking necessary.

11am

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Nonsense in the Print Room: comic art from Edward Lear to Posy Simmonds

Explore the lighter side of art through drawings and caricatures in the Western Art Print Room, including sketches by Max Beerbohm and Ernest Shepherd.
With Dr Caroline Palmer, Acting Print Room Supervisor.
Free with a suggested donation of £5
Venue: Gallery 21

4.45pm

Category: Lectures, Meetings & Seminars

Farmers’ Market at Headington

Where? At the top end of Kennett Road, near to London Road. Kennett Road is between New High Street and Windmill Road
When? Second and Fourth Friday of each month (except in December, when it is held on the third Friday), from 8 am till 12:30 pm.
What can I buy? Fresh Vegetables in season, Soft fruit , Pork and Pork Products, Bread, Sauces, Jams, preserves and chutneys, Fresh Fish, Herbs, Asparagus and soft fruits, Lamb, Poultry, Cheese, Apples and Apple Products, Honey, Eggs
What should I bring? Your own shopping bag, so that you don’t have to rely on plastic bags from the stallholders (though if you need such bags, they will provide them on request).

8.00 am - 1.30 pm

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

5x15 Stories in support of First Story

5 great writers - Iain Banks, John O’Farrell, Esther Freud,Ross Raisin and Salena Godden will be taking to the microphone for 15 minutes each speaking on a subject of their choice in support of children’s literacy charity First Story.

Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens

6.30pm

Category: Events Performance

5 Rhythms

5 Rhythms is a dynamic meditation practice, dancing medicine for the body and soul. There are no steps to learn, only the exploration of the 5 Rhythms: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness, and the invitation to freely dance all of who you are.

Everyone is welcome, no matter your size, fitness level or age. It just requires a beating heart and a willingness to move - Come and dance your out.

Methodist Church, Cowley Road. £10/£8.

7 - 9pm

Category: Courses & Workshops Performance

Family Printing Workshops

Learn how to print by hand at The Story Museum. Print your own keepsake. This exciting two-hour workshop is led by Dr Paul Nash, a specialist in historic printing techniques and presses at the Bodleian Library. Paul will give you a short talk on the history of printing, after which you’ll set your own name in type and print, using some of the historic printing presses.

Places are limited to 16 only. Suitable for ages 8 plus. Children aged 8-16 must be accompanied by an adult. Cost £8 pp.

2 - 4pm

Category: Courses & Workshops Family Friendly

East Oxford Farmers’ Market

The East Oxford Farmers’ & Community Market is a small, friendly local market which can provide the staples for your weekly shop, all from sources within 30 miles of Oxford: bread, eggs, milk, vegetables, cheese, various meats, refills for cleaning supplies - as well as a range of other products such as jewellery, clothing and secondhand books. It has been running since August 2006, and is a non-profit making organisation, run by a committee and a group of volunteers. We are passionate about the market and what it sells. We actively source food from within 30 miles of Oxford and encourage community stalls run by local residents. We also offer Fairtrade produce from further afield and try to make sure it comes to us by land or ship. The market has a cafe which runs each week selling delicious breakfasts, lunches, cakes and fair-trade teas and coffee. This is a lovely place to meet up and take a break from shopping.
East Oxford Primary School directly behind the Tesco car park

10:00 to 13:00

Official website

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Thame Food Festival

Thame Food Festival is a landmark event in the food calendar. It attracts visitors to the town from far and wide. This wonderful showcase for local artisan food and drink producers and retailers in the region is a celebration of everything that is right with food and is a great chance to enjoy a bustling, fun filled, FREE, family day out in the centre of this historic Oxfordshire market town.

Visitors can choose to watch local and celebrity chef demonstrations or hear expert opinion and talks on selected food topics. There are children’s workshops, hands-on food making stalls and a huge variety of wonderful exhibitor food stalls to sample and buy from. Events also include a fantastic raffle, competitions, street music and street entertainment.

9am - 5pm

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Cooking food Asian style

Cooking demonstrations & tastings. Learn how to cook simple Asian vegetarian food with Shahida Rahman & Fatima Shafar. Plus children’s activities.

Barracks Lane Community Garden.

12 - 4pm

Category: Courses & Workshops

London Welsh v Gloucester Rugby

Top class rugby is now on the doorstep for Oxford with London Welsh moving to the Kassam Stadium. The first few home games are sure to be a ground-breaking start to kick off the season, with Welsh taking on some of the Premiership’s strongest clubs.

Adult tickets from £18 and under 16’s £10

3pm

Category: Events

Farmers’ Market at Wolvercote Village

Sunday mornings at Wolvercote School, it’s a real community get together. All our fresh farm produce is:
* GROWN LOCALLY
- our most distant supplier is less than 30 miles away;
- the majority are within a 10 mile radius of Wolvercote
- Oxfordshire’s only cheese producer sells at our market
* SOLD DIRECTLY BY THE FARMERS THEMSELVES
- no middle-men!
- the vegetables are freshly picked, often just that morning;
- the eggs are only 1 or 2 days old
- our honey—made exclusively for us—is from bees that are surrounded by organic farms
All our LIVESTOCK is:
* RAISED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF WELFARE
- our chickens, goats, pigs are free-range;
- all our cattle are raised outdoors on grass, that receives no artificial fertilisers
Many of our farmers:
* HAVE SOIL ASSOCIATION ORGANIC CERTIFICATION
PLUS:
* Jams, chutneys, pates; pastries, biscuits and cakes; quiches, pizzas and S Asian savouries; organic bread and buns
- all locally produced
PLUS:
* Environmentally friendly household goods (cleaners, shampoos, soaps)
* Hand-made tiles, jewellery, pottery and plants
FINALLY WE SELL:
* Fair trade and/or organic groceries (coffee, tea, sugar, rice, olive oil and pasta, dried fruit, seeds, chocolate)

10:00 to 13:00

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs

Farmers’ Market in South Oxford

The South Oxford Farmers Market is every Sunday at the South Oxford Community Centre on Lake Street. Fruit and veg, bread, meat, eggs, cakes and much more. Come along and support this community project.

9.30am - 12pm

Category: Festivals, Markets & Fairs