The word ‘monument’ can mean many different things. In this exhibition, we take it to mean major buildings and other structures which served public purposes, and which were deliberately designed to be impressive – to make an impact. All the Abingdon monuments in this exhibition were once very impressive constructions, but have now vanished completely. […]
Cygnets' focus is on the teaching of traditional drawing, painting and sculpture, combined with unique projects; experienced teachers, and professional quality materials. We run term time courses, holiday workshops, and private classes for ages 5+. This August join us for our holiday workshops at The Northcourt Centre. Book now!
All aboard! The Puppet Theatre Barge is one of the UK's most unique venues, a 50 seat puppet theatre inside a beautifully converted Thames barge. The theatre will be visiting Abbey Meadows this summer with their new show The Selfish Giant, a puppetry production for all the family. Public performances between July 22nd and August 13th, […]
All aboard! The Puppet Theatre Barge is one of the UK's most unique venues, a 50 seat puppet theatre inside a beautifully converted Thames barge. The theatre will be visiting Abbey Meadows this summer with their new show The Selfish Giant, a puppetry production for all the family. Public performances between July 22nd and August 13th, […]
All aboard! The Puppet Theatre Barge is one of the UK's most unique venues, a 50 seat puppet theatre inside a beautifully converted Thames barge. The theatre will be visiting Abbey Meadows this summer with their new show The Selfish Giant, a puppetry production for all the family. Public performances between July 22nd and August 13th, […]
All aboard! The Puppet Theatre Barge is one of the UK's most unique venues, a 50 seat puppet theatre inside a beautifully converted Thames barge. The theatre will be visiting Abbey Meadows this summer with their new show The Selfish Giant, a puppetry production for all the family. Public performances between July 22nd and August 13th, […]
All aboard! The Puppet Theatre Barge is one of the UK's most unique venues, a 50 seat puppet theatre inside a beautifully converted Thames barge. The theatre will be visiting Abbey Meadows this summer with their new show The Selfish Giant, a puppetry production for all the family. Public performances between July 22nd and August 13th, […]
All aboard! The Puppet Theatre Barge is one of the UK's most unique venues, a 50 seat puppet theatre inside a beautifully converted Thames barge. The theatre will be visiting Abbey Meadows this summer with their new show The Selfish Giant, a puppetry production for all the family. Public performances between July 22nd and August 13th, […]
All aboard! The Puppet Theatre Barge is one of the UK's most unique venues, a 50 seat puppet theatre inside a beautifully converted Thames barge. The theatre will be visiting Abbey Meadows this summer with their new show The Selfish Giant, a puppetry production for all the family. Public performances between July 22nd and August 13th, […]
All aboard! The Puppet Theatre Barge is one of the UK's most unique venues, a 50 seat puppet theatre inside a beautifully converted Thames barge. The theatre will be visiting Abbey Meadows this summer with their new show The Selfish Giant, a puppetry production for all the family. Public performances between July 22nd and August 13th, […]
All aboard! The Puppet Theatre Barge is one of the UK's most unique venues, a 50 seat puppet theatre inside a beautifully converted Thames barge. The theatre will be visiting Abbey Meadows this summer with their new show The Selfish Giant, a puppetry production for all the family. Public performances between July 22nd and August 13th, […]
Annual Sale of slight seconds or discontinued wheel thrown ceramics. Pots are displayed in the pottery, the gazebo and the garden. Drinks and cake provided by Carrots and Curls in the Pottery Garden. Children are very welcome and might like to play on the swings, go down the slide or have a go on the […]
A music event for Abingdon featuring favourites Hope and Glory and the Zoots and genuine legends The Wurzels. Featuring Kaptain Kuppa, Zaia and Superloose. Six bands over 10 hours in the heart of Abingdon. Come along for a fun day out to mark the end of Summer. 12 and unders go free.
Publishing workshop with Dr Miriam Johnson Miriam Johnson is Senior Lecturer in Publishing Media at Oxford Brookes University and the focus of her workshop is demystifying the publishing process. She will walk you through what happens once you've written your book and how to get it on the shelves. In addition you will learn about […]
‘Creativity Unwrapped’ is this year’s theme of the Heritage Open Days Festival, and for the occasion Abingdon will celebrate the arts and creativity of the town. From 8th to 17th September Abingdon Museum will have a special exhibition ‘Creativity in the Collection’ exhibiting the Oswald Couldrey’s watercolours of Abingdon. They are views of well-known Abingdon […]
What does it take for us to act on the climate crisis – especially if we’re the kind of person who should already be acting? In this funny, relatable portrait, a concerned yet ineffectual dad finds the first step is letting those unbearable feelings of climate anxiety in, instead of pushing them aside. But as […]
The Budapest Café Orchestra play a blistering barrage of traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer laments, Romanian Doinas, Hungarian Czadas and their own unique re-imaginings of some of the biggest tunes ever written by the classical greats. The BCO was established in 2009 by British composer and violinist, Christian […]
The Budapest Café Orchestra play a blistering barrage of traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer laments, Romanian Doinas, Hungarian Czadas and their own unique re-imaginings of some of the biggest tunes ever written by the classical greats. The BCO was established in 2009 by British composer and violinist, Christian […]
We are excited to be able to offer you an opportunity to spend an evening in the company of a true rugby legend – Bryan Habana OIS. In the middle of this year’s Rugby World Cup, Bryan will talk to us about his career, the Rugby World Cup and much more. There will also be […]
Join Abingdon Artists to explore the arts and creativity theme of this year’s Heritage Open Days. We will tell you a bit about ourselves, show you some of our art from the local area and demonstrate how to create your own concertina sketchbooks using local architecture as inspiration. FREE Children's workshops at 10 am & […]
St Helen's Church, with its riverside location and iconic tower, is one of the oldest buildings in Abingdon. Come and explore its beautiful interior - the second-widest church in England! Wander and wonder, reflect and repose. Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, join us for organ music and choral music! Worship with us on […]
A swashbuckling Hollywood icon, one of the founders of the Arts and Crafts Movement and the great English painter Turner have one thing in common: they all loved Abingdon-on-Thames. Douglas Fairbanks Junior dined frequently at The Crown and Thistle, John Ruskin lived there some years earlier, and the teenage JMW Turner sketched and painted views […]
For anyone who has always wanted to learn but has never got around to giving it a go. Expect fun and absolutely no judgement. You will need to bring your own ukulele and the session is suitable for age 14 upwards. Please note that under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
Pavlova Winds, with Malcolm Pearce piano, present: Mozart Quintet for piano and winds Thuille Sextet for piano and winds
Popular, local crime writer Peter Tickler will be at Abingdon Library to talk about his new book The Oxford Murders. There will be a Q&A with the audience followed by a signing session. Tickets £2 inc. a free glass of wine or juice. Email abingdon.library@oxfordshire.gov.uk or call 01235 520374
ATOM Society brings you a highly topical talk by Prof. David Macdonald at 19:30 on Tuesday (new weekday this year!) 19th September 2023 in Abingdon United Football Club, Northcourt Rd, OX14 1PL, Abingdon. David, working in and around Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, with his long-term colleague, Andrew Loveridge, has researched landscape planning (the identification […]
ATOM Society brings you a highly topical talk by Prof. David Macdonald at 19:30 on Tuesday (new weekday this year!) 19th September 2023 in Abingdon United Football Club, Northcourt Rd, OX14 1PL, Abingdon. David, working in and around Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, with his long-term colleague, Andrew Loveridge, has researched landscape planning (the identification […]
When a precious hoard of gold is stolen from the river Rhine, it unleashes a chain of destructive events, pitting gods and mortals against one another for generations. Wagner’s Ring cycle boasts some of the greatest music ever written for the opera stage. Join us as we embark on a spectacular journey into the world of myth, dream and […]
Abingdon Drama Club are proud to present Richard III by William Shakespeare, directed by Mike Ward. “Now is the winter of our discontent. Made glorious summer by this sun of York” There is a pause in the Wars of the Roses as Edward IV is crowned. As the King’s health fails, his treacherous brother Richard […]
Join Jamie Smith, author of the Cold War spy-thriller Soviet Comeback. Find out about the background of this pacey and addictive book and also about how he is branching out into fantasy fiction in his next book, due out in September. Tickets £2 including a free glass of wine or juice, available from the library […]
James Norton (Happy Valley, Grantchester) stars in the ‘utterly compelling’ (★★★★★ Daily Express) theatrical event of 2023 as visionary director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge) stages the English language premiere of A LITTLE LIFE. Filmed live at the Savoy Theatre, London, during its West End run, this record-breaking and ‘beautifully acted’ (★★★★ […]
Big Ginger Tom Music will celebrate their 40th gig at Harwell Village Hall and 6th Birthday by bringing back (for the fourth time) the artist who started it all off, the wonderful Gilmore & Roberts. In August 2017 Duncan & Vanessa Chappell ran their first ever gig in what was then a newly refurbished Village […]
An Exhibition by three local artists: Sarah Frodsham Barbara Rose Parker Jo Hawker The unseen (complete or fragmented) is often seemingly hidden within our everyday environment. It is with this in mind that this art exhibition, by three local artists, will focus not on the objects we possess, and thus give historical meaning to, but […]
