HEADINGTON, OXFORD

Regular events in the Headington area

March/April Easter Egg Rolling
Easter Egg Rolling takes place in Shotover Country Park (top of Old Road): see City Council Events Calendar near the time for details
May/June Oxford Art Week
Exhibitions in May/June. See ArtWeeks near the time for details
Headington Festival
Usually the irst weekend in June in and around Bury Knowle Park.
Organised by Headington Action (HCDA)
The Friends of Old Headington Gardens Open Day
Usually held in June: see Friends of Old Headington website
July/August Headington FunDay in Bury Knowle Park
Organized by Churches Together in Headington
All Saints Summer Music Festival
A series of weekly concerts is usually held at All Saints Church on each Wednesday at 8pm from the end of July to the beginning of September
September Headington Beer Festival
Details on Mason's Arms website
Heritage Open Days ("Open Doors")
Check HODS website to see what is open in Headington
Streets for People Day
Always on 22 September across Europe, but events in Headington are usually held at a weekend near the date
October/November Fireworks in South Park
Giant Firework Display normally takes place in South Park on the nearest Saturday to 5 November: check in local press
November/December Christmas events
Held in the Headington shopping centre
Boxing Day Morris Men
Headington Quarry Morris Dancers and Mummers normally perform outside Quarry pubs from midday on Boxing Day (or a day later if Boxing Day falls on a Sunday) See local press for details (website out of date).
Boxing Day walk on Shotover
No longer run by the City Council, but Shotover Wildlife and/or Oxford Fieldpaths Society are starting to hold this walk.
Throughout
the year
Oxford Brookes University Public Lectures
Monthly free lectures usually Wednesdays 6pm at Brookes' Gipsy Lane Campus.
See public lectures website
Headington Theatre Performances
See theatre website. For programme email or tel. 01865 759138
Headington Singers
Three concerts a year – Christmas, Easter and July – usually held at All Saints Church, Lime Walk. Choral classics and much else besides, including carols at Christmas. See Headington Singers website for details.

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