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Jack and the Beanstalk
13th November-12th January 2025
Venue: Chipping Norton Theatre
Website: www.chippingnortontheatre.com
Chipping Norton Theatre’s famous Christmas panto reaches for the clouds with the most gigantic panto of them all. Join them on their giant adventures to the Viking kingdom of Smorgasbord with young Jack,...
Christmas at Blenheim Palace
15th November-1st January 2025
Venue: Blenheim Palace
Website: www.blenheimpalace.com
Discover a festive atmosphere like no other at Blenheim Palace in 2024. The historic Palace and Gardens will once again come alive with thousands of twinkling lights, seasonal scents, sparkling baubles...
The Great Skate
15th November-1st January 2025
Venue: Blenheim Palace
Website: www.blenheimpalace.com
This Christmas, make memories that last a lifetime with The Great Skate at Blenheim Palace, a brand-new experience for 2024. For the first time ever, come to skate with family and friends in the Palace's...
Sleeping Beauty
22nd November-5th January 2025
Venue: Oxford Playhouse
Website: www.oxfordplayhouse.com
We all know the story of Sleeping Beauty, right? Evil fairy curses baby, baby grows into a beautiful teenage princess, princess pricks her finger on a spindle and... time travels across 1000 years. Oh...
Adopt a bird
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Milletts Falconry Centre
Website: www.milletswildside.co.uk
Why not adopt an animal as a present? Perfect for birthdays, Christmas, Mothering Sunday. When you adopt your favourite bird at the centre, you will receive an adoption pack welcoming you to the Millets...
Be Yourself, Be Amazing at Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Various locations
Website: www.pqacademy.com
Your child will get hands-on with professional filmmaking equipment in their Film & TV classes, and write their own monologues and comedy sketches in their Comedy & Drama module.PQA offer everyone the...
Better Holiday Activities
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Various locations in Oxfordshire
Website: www.better.org.uk
Better offer a range of term-time holiday activities for kids that help them learn about fitness and develop keys skills while having fun at the same time. From tots to teens, find activities to keep your...
Birthday Parties at Milletts Falconry Centre
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Milletts Falconry Centre
Website: www.milletswildside.co.uk/hire-us/birthday-parties
A birthday party at Millets Farm Falconry Centre is a great way to celebrate! From time spent with the birds of prey,to Meerkats or reptiles, they have the experience and the ability to offer a tailor-made...
Choristerships in New College
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Choir of New College Oxford
Website: www.newcollegechoir.com
The choir recruits boys aged between 7 and 13 from the local area, who attend New College School - a day school near the college Auditions are held each January for boys in school Year 2 (aged between...
Creative Courage for Life at Stagecoach
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Various venues Oxford
Website: www.stagecoach.co.uk
Students can expect a warm and friendly welcome at their local Stagecoach Performing Arts school.Classes usually run for 12 weeks during the school term. Each class is small to allow teachers and their...
d'Overbroeck's Oxford
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: d'Overbroeck's Oxford
Address: 333 Banbury Rd
Website: www.doverbroecks.com
A high-achieving day and boarding school for 11 to 18-year-olds, d’Overbroeck’s offers a progressive education that unlocks each student’s unique academic and personal potential.They run a series...
Discover the Fun of the Sparks Film Set
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Oxford High School
Website: www.sparksarts.co.uk/about-us/film-school-locations/oxford
Join Sparks Filmmaking Classes for ages 7-14. In fun, friendly classes, students learn about every aspect of filmmaking, from screenwriting, shooting, editing and starring on screen too. Their next term...
Family Days
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Science Oxford Centre
Website: www.scienceoxford.com/whats-on/family-days
Explore, discover and play in the Exploration Zone, where children and grown-ups alike have fun experimenting with interactive exhibits every Saturday. Enjoy spooky woodland pumpkin hunt Sat 26 Oct and...
Family-Friendly Sundays
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Museum of Natural History
Website: www.oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/event/family-friendly-sundays-103
Join this Sunday afternoon of nature-themed activity backpacks, crafts, family-friendly trails, and more! All provided by Museum volunteers. Drop-in, no booking needed.
Go-Kart Party
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Various venues
Website: www.gokart-party.co.uk
Go-Kart Party will delight both boys and girls aged 4-11 using unique electric go-karts driven by your little racers around an inflatable track. They hold parties indoors or outdoors (weather permitting)...
Holiday Clubs of Oxfordshire
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Oxford University Sport, Iffley Road Sports Centre
Website: www.holidayclubsofoxfordshire.co.uk
Holiday Clubs of Oxfordshire aim is to provide fun, engaging activities for children during the school holidays. Within the surroundings of Oxford University Sport, the children have access to world-class...
Kumon Free Assessment
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Various venues
Website: www.kumon.co.uk
Designed to help any child, of any ability, realise their potential and become an enthusiastic learner. Through daily worksheet study and Instructor guidance, your child will work at the 'just-right' level...
Merry Christmas from Dry Kids
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Online
Website: www.drykids.co.uk
At Dry Kids, they all love the Christmas holidays. It's the ideal time to get your outdoor gear on and go and have family fun together enjoying the crisp winter weather! Dry Kids' waterproofs are generously...
Minecraft Church
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Kidlington Methodist Church
Website: www.kidlingtonmethodists.org.uk
Minecraft Church is a creative style of church in which adults and children explore stories from the Bible together. Usually on the fourth Sunday of the month at 3pm, but do check before going, especially...
NOX Gym
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: NOX Gym
Website: www.noxgymnastics.com
Somersaults, backflips, twisting acrobatics, pitching and catching, tempo, balance work: Acrobatic Gymnastics is dynamic beauty and static excellence. Set to music on a 12x12m floor, it mixes choreography...
Out of the Deep
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Museum of Natural History
Website: www.oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/event/weekly-out-of-the-deep
Join this family-friendly specimen handling and explore the underwater world of marine reptiles. Drop-in, no booking needed. Suitable for all ages. Every Saturday in 2024 except 28 December.
Oxford Active
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Various venues
Website: www.oxfordactive.co.uk
Action-packed camps in Oxfordshire for children aged 4-14, featuring multi-sports, swimming, arts and crafts, and more! Their camps provide care from 8.15am to 6pm, all-inclusive, with flexible pick-up...
Retro Games Night
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: The Light
Address: Spiceball Park Road, Banbury
Website: www.banbury.thelight.co.uk/whatson
Visit the Lower Decks every Monday from 4pm to play some of your favourite retro games, including Jenga, Scrabble, Uno, Jumanji and lots more! Free to attend.
STEM Saturday Club
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: The Engineering Skills Academy
Website: www.satstemclub.org
Designed for 8-13 year olds who have an interest in STEM, the Saturday club courses run for 11 weeks during term time. Kids explore and complete fun STEM projects, with the aim to link what they do during...
Storytime at The Mill
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: The Mill Sonning
Website: www.millatsonning.com
Go along on Wednesday mornings for children’s Storytime. The bar is open from 10am and the story begins at 10.30am. Enjoy a magical experience as pre-school children are treated to a story and singing...
Summer Fields Oxford
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Summer Fields Oxford
Website: www.summerfields.com
Summer Fields, a leading day and boarding school for boys aged 4-13, offers a setting that encourages curiosity, confidence, and learning. The school welcomes new pupils from Reception to Year 7. Register...
Swim School of Oxfordshire
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Oxford High School and Oxford University Sports Centre
Website: www.swimschoolofoxfordshire.co.uk
Swim School of Oxfordshire provide intensive swimming courses and weekly lessons to adults and children seven days a week. Following the Swim England Learn to Swim Framework and providing fully qualified...
TCC2 Thame Children's Choir
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: John Hampden School
Website: www.tcc2.org.uk
A choir for any child from Thame and the surrounding area who loves to sing. It provides a unique opportunity for children not only to sing together but also to challenge their minds and their voices,...
Wychwood School
25th November-3rd February 2025
Venue: Wychwood School
Website: www.wychwoodschool.org
Wychwood School is a co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 11-18 in the heart of Oxford. For pupils in years 5 and 6, the Wychwood Inspires Saturday programme offers free sessions designed...
Hansel and Gretel
1st December-4th January 2025
Venue: The North Wall
Website: www.creationtheatre.co.uk
Creation Theatre are transforming The North Wall into a winter wonderland full of magic, mystery, and misadventure. Join Hansel, Grettel, and a host of bewitching characters and feathered friends as they...
Hurry Up Father Christmas!
4th-29th December 2024
Venue: Oxford Playhouse
Website: www.oxfordplayhouse.com
From the creative team that brought you last year’s production Dear Father Christmas comes this interactive show for children aged 3 to 6 years. Join them at the North Pole for stories, songs, activities,...
Snow White
14th-30th December 2024
Venue: The Kenton
Website: www.thekenton.org.uk/events/snow-white
This fun-filled festive extravaganza is bursting at the seams with all the ingredients audiences have come to expect from our much-loved pantomimes: dazzling costumes, spectacular dance routines, a hilarious...
Cinderella
18th-31st December 2024
Venue: Cornerstone Arts Centre
Website: www.cornerstone-arts.org
The enchanting tale of Cinderella will be dazzling audiences with all the delights of a traditional pantomime. Oh yes it will! This sparkling production promises to entertain families for the festive season....
Cinderella Ice Cream Seller
21st-31st December 2024
Venue: The Story Museum
Website: www.storymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/cinderella-ice-cream-seller
In this new musical for families and children, join Talvi and Caldwell, loyal employees of Cinderella’s, as they share her rags to riches tale, and confront their own desires, hopes, and the magic that...
The Stealer of Stories Performance
29th-30th December 2024
Venue: Miletts Farm Centre
Website: www.milletsfarmcentre.com/christmas-performance
Millets Farm are delighted to be welcoming local theatre group, WhatNot Theatre to site this Christmas with their interactive, family friendly performance of ‘The Stealer of Stories’ that is filled...
Theatre and Creativity Christmas Workshops
2nd-4th January 2025
Venue: St Peter's Church
Website: www.creationtheatre.co.uk/school-of-creativity
Creation Theatre are offering 1-day workshops for ages 6-12 including Hansel and Gretel in a Day, Comedy Masterclass, Circus Skills Masterclass.
Rapunzel
3rd-5th January 2025
Venue: The Kenton
Website: www.thekenton.org.uk
With more hirsute jokes than you can shake a comb at, this Panto is Head and Shoulders above the rest. Expect the normal HCT humour as this Tangled Tale is unspun by a jolly, and exuberant cast, including...
Sensory-friendly Family Days
4th January 2025
Venue: Science Oxford Centre
Website: www.scienceoxford.com
Sensory-Friendly Family Days are designed to better accommodate and support families who experience autism and/or have other additional needs. Explore, discover, and play in the Exploration Zone, where...
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
7th-11th January 2025
Venue: New Theatre Oxford
Website: www.atgtickets.com
The multi award-winning show has been performed hundreds of thousands of times including multiple runs in the West End and on Broadway, international tours in over 80 countries worldwide and has become...
Kidmore End Open Days
8th-8th January 2025
Time: 9.30am
Website: www.kidmore-end.co.uk/open-days
Whether you are new to the area, thinking of changing schools or your child is starting school for the first time, we would be delighted to show you what we offer. Our Open Days are held each...
OXOPS presents Cinderella
14th-18th January 2025
Venue: New Theatre Oxford
Website: www.atgtickets.com
OXOPS are thrilled to return to the New Theatre, Oxford with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.Based upon the classic fairy-tale, Cinderella tells the story of a young woman forced into servitude...
This is Us Cartoon Workshop
18th January 2025
Venue: The Story Museum
Website: www.storymuseum.org.uk
A family autism and SEND-friendly workshop with The Cartoon Museum. Using simple templates you will draw a cartoon version of yourself, complete with speech bubbles and then work together to create a giant...
Lambing
24th-26th January 2025
Venue: Roves Farm
Website: www.rovesfarm.co.uk
Spend some time on the viewing walkway looking out over the lambing shed as the day’s action unfolds. You may be lucky enough to see a lamb or two being born. Once all ewes have lambed, Meet the Lambs...
The Manor Preparatory School
25th January 2025
Venue: The Manor Preparatory School
Website: www.manorprep.org
The Manor Preparatory School in Abingdon is holding its annual Pre-Prep Open Day on Saturday 25th January 2025, 10-11.30am. This is a great opportunity to visit The Manor to find out how every child, from...
The Dragon's Visit
8th February 2025
Venue: The Woodshed
Address: The Story Museum
Website: www.storymuseum.org.uk
Take a sensory journey through J.R.R. Tolkien's The Dragon’s Visit, inspired by The Story Museum's Here Be Dragons exhibition. In this interactive workshop, use all your senses to explore the story and...
Beauty and the Beast
19th-22nd February 2025
Venue: Cooper School Hall
Address: Bicester
Website: www.ticketsources.co.uk/lvp
The Launton Village Players put on a pantomime every February with all profits donated to the Hummingbird Centre, a cancer support and therapy centre. Not only does it help us raise money for good causes,...