What’s on in Oxford and across Oxfordshire this Easter bank holiday weekend
The first bank holiday of the year (and it’s a double!) usually means parties, long brunches, vast lunches and opportunities to soak up spring – a chance to celebrate renewal and hope.
One of the best ways to celebrate Easter in Oxford and across Oxfordshire is to spend time discovering the beautiful countryside and the great outdoors. From blissful drinks in the park to some of the year’s biggest and best club nights.
When you’re not out hunting for Easter eggs (we’ve even a handy guide to help you put together the ultimate Easter egg hunt) and eating as much chocolate and hot cross buns as humanly possible, head over to see some of the county’s finest themed attractions or visit one of our fine Farmer’s Markets.
And, just in case the weather doesn’t pull through, there’s plenty to do indoors. Don your Sunday best, kick up your heels and enjoy some of the county’s culinary offerings in the best places to dine. Alternatively, squirrel yourself away in one of our many museums and galleries.
Easter weekend this year runs from Good Friday on 07 April to Easter Monday on 10 April 2023. And, as always, here are our top picks of events and things to do in Oxford and across Oxfordshire this Easter that’s guaranteed to keep you busy for those four days.
This is a curated list, and we’ll be updating our “What’s on” pages as more Easter events are announced. In the meantime, do get in touch if there’s an event that should be on the list, and we’ll do our best to include it here.
Si Cranstoun
Si Cranstoun, the man that launched busking vocal duo The Dualers, rides again with a brand new upbeat album, Jollification, along with his blazing vault of self penned hits, including – “Kiss On The Lips”, “Dynamo”, and “Coupe De Ville”.
Al Murray – Guv Island
Standing up so you don’t have to take it lying down anymore, the Pub Landlord is back to make sense of the questions you probably already had the answers to. You know what they say: There’s no school like the old school, with the dodgy overflowing toilets.
The Oxford Cambridge Boat Race 2024
The Boat Race, the annual world-famous rowing contest between crews from Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs, will take place on Sunday, 26 March 2023, at its celebrated Championship Course on the River Thames in London. Not quite in Oxfordshire, but you can catch all of the action on television at your favourite local sports bar.
Johannes Radebe – House of JoJo
Join TV Dance Sensation Johannes Radebe and a host of eclectic characters in this brand-new theatrical celebration jam-packed with roof-raising music, dazzling costumes and, of course, world-class dance. The doors to the House of JoJo are open, and you are invited.
Fat Chance
Meet Rachel – a 20-something actress from Boro whose funny, celebratory and politically powerful one-woman play explores her true-life experience of weight gain from size 8 to 18. From audition nerves and throwaway comments to literally breaking a leg, this unconventional show looks at the pitfalls of trying to have it all.
Dancehall Rocks
Dancehall Rocks presents a night of Dancehall, Hip Hop, R&B, Reggae, UK Garage vibes – a stalwart of the UK’s Dancehall renaissance DJs – at the O2 Academy Oxford. Expect Sir Corey DJ (London), Pure Vibes (London), Invasion Crew (London), DJ Younglinx (Oxford) and White Magic Sound (Oxford).
The Wizard of Oz
The award-winning Reading Operatic Society is proud and privileged to present, by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark, an Easter treat for the whole family, “The Wizard of Oz”. Follow the yellow brick road in this delightful stage adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s beloved tale in which young Dorothy Gale travels from Kansas over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz.
Kid Kapichi
Hasting punks Kid Kapichi are back with their essential third album, There Goes The Neighbourhood. A rousing call to arms and one that gets straight down to business, Kid Kapichi are one of the UK’s hardest working bands of the people, and one who preach a message of urgency.
Bruegel to Rubens: Great Flemish Drawings
From Pieter Bruegel’s remarkable print designs and landscapes and Rubens’s first sketches to heartfelt friendship albums shared between artists, this major exhibition presents drawings from many of the Flemish masters, rarely seen in public.
Icons of British Fashion Exhibition
Celebrating fashion from the past through to the present, the Icons of British Fashion exhibition is Blenheim Palace’s biggest exhibition to date, and it will feature bespoke designs and loans from world-class designers, fashion houses and labels, with each room along the visitor route paying homage to a British fashion icon.
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