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Top story Oxford Halloween 2026: Ghost Fest, Blenheim trail, pumpkins Halloween is Saturday 31 October. Castle Spooky Tours are £23 that night, Blenheim's trail runs to 1 November from £13.50, pumpkin patches from £4. · 5 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. On now to 31 Oct Pick your own pumpkins at Millets Farm Millets Farm Centre · From £4
  2. 6 to 10 Oct Dirty Dancing New Theatre Oxford
  3. Wed 7 Oct Gloucester Green Market 9am · Gloucester Green
  4. Thu 8 Oct Aphrodite: The Making of a Goddess Ashmolean Museum
  5. 9 to 18 Oct Oxford 10 Day Food & Drink Festival Broad Street
  6. 9 to 10 Oct The Marriage of Figaro, Oxford Opera Oxford Playhouse
  7. Sat 10 Oct Oxford parkrun 9am · Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park · Free
  8. Sat 10 Oct Headington Market 9am · London Road and New High Street
  9. Sat 10 Oct East Oxford Farmers' and Community Market 10am · East Oxford Primary School
  10. Sat 10 Oct Verdi Requiem, East Oxford Community Choir 7.30pm · Oxford Town Hall
  11. Sun 11 Oct Oxford Half 2026 9.30am · Mansfield Road
  12. Sun 11 Oct Summertown Farmers' Market 10am · Banbury Road, Summertown

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Events What's On in Oxford: Food Festival from 9 Oct, Then the Oxford Half Broad Street's food festival opens 9 October, the Oxford Half is on the 11th and Ghost Fest runs to Halloween. Every listing to mid-November, re-checked 6 Oct. · 8 min read Oxford Oxford Remembrance Sunday 2026: St Giles', 8 November Oxford's Remembrance service is at the St Giles' war memorial on Sunday 8 November. Last year: parade from 10am, service 10.45am, St Giles' shut to 2pm. · 3 min read Oxford Santa in Oxford 2026: Castle Grotto and Steam Train Dates Where to meet Father Christmas near Oxford in 2026: Didcot's Steam Into Christmas from 5 December, Chinnor Santa trains from £24.50, the castle's bear workshop. · 4 min read Oxford Oxford Christmas Lights Switch-On 2026: 13 to 15 November Oxford's free Light Festival marks the switch-on, 13 to 15 November 2026. The Victorian market opens 12 November; Light Bus and Rose Hill parade are back. · 5 min read Oxford Christ Church Oxford at Christmas 2026: Days It Is Closed Christ Church shuts from midday on 24 December, all Christmas Day and from 11.30am on 17 December. Winter hours, ticket prices and the £10 residents' card. · 5 min read Travel Oxford Half 2026: roads shut from 9am on Saturday Oxford Half, Sunday 11 October: closure order made 5 Oct, Mansfield Road shut from 9am Saturday, race shuttles from 6.30am. Every closure with times. · 12 min read South Park Oxford Fireworks 2026: 7 Nov, and no bonfire again Oxford Round Table's display is at South Park on Saturday 7 November. Gates 4.30pm, a low-noise display at 6.30pm, the main one at 7.15pm, adults £13. · 6 min read Christmas Oxford Christmas Market 2026: 21 Nov to 31 Dec Broad Street's market runs from Saturday 21 November to 31 December. Free entry, a carousel, and stalls open to 8pm Thursday to Saturday. Hours in full. · 4 min read Christmas Oxford Panto 2026: Snow White Cast Named, 20 Nov to 3 Jan Eliza Bowden is Snow White at Oxford Playhouse, 20 November to 3 January, over 69 performances. The full cast, the cheapest nights, access dates and fees. · 9 min read What's On Things to do in Oxford: summer discounts ended 1 September Four of Oxford's best museums are free all year. Reduced summer prices at Christ Church and the Story Museum ended on 1 September. Prices checked 10 August. · 9 min read