What's on in Abingdon for free?
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Events in Abingdon for free
Fri2
Today
At 10 AMFree
🌳Outdoors🤝Volunteering
Fridays Community Farming Sessions and Farm open to visitors 10am to 1pm
Oxford CIty Farm
At 10 AMFree
✂️Workshop
Managing Self Doubt (Part 1 In Person)
Restore
At 1:15 PM£0
🧘Wellness🧾Drop-in services
Calm & Connect
Didcot Library
At 7 PM£0–18.04
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Rhythm & Rice - Rice & Noodle bowls and Omari Johnson-Daley
Hilton Garden Inn Abingdon Oxford
Sat3
Tomorrow
Tomorrow · 9:30 AMFree
🎨Creative workshop👾Video games8–13 yrs
Code Club @ Oxford Westgate Library (8-13 yrs old)
Oxford Westgate Library
Tomorrow · 10 AMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
OCF Family Friendly Saturdays & Community Farming Sessions 10am to 1pm
Oxford CIty Farm
Tomorrow · 10:30 AM£15
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Women and Their Books in Early Modern England and Scotland
Christ Church Upper Library
Tomorrow · 12 PMFree
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
Oxford City Farm Autumn Festival
Oxford CIty Farm
Tomorrow · 1 PMFree
🎭Theatre🧾Drop-in services
Touch Tour - August Wilson's Fences
Oxford Playhouse
Sun4
Sunday 4 October
Mon5
Monday 5 October
Mon 5 · 10 AM£0–8
🎨Creative workshop🌳Outdoors0–5 yrs
Forest Tots
Hill End Outdoor Education Centre
Mon 5 · 6 PM£0
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎙️Small gig
Sadurn – Album Release: Live & Signing
Truck Oxford
Mon 5 · 6:30 PMFree
🎬Cinema🗺️Guided tour
People's Emergency Briefing Screening
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Mon 5 · 7 PMFree
🎬Cinema🗣️Talk
Film screening — National Emergency Briefing
Seacourt Hall
Tue6
Tuesday 6 October
Tue 6 · 9 AMFree
🌳Outdoors0–5 yrs
Little Wellies toddler & parent group (Term time ONLY)
Oxford CIty Farm
Tue 6 · 11 AM£0
🏷️Other
OxFSN Annual General Meeting
Baptist Union Of Great Britain
Tue 6 · 1 PMFree
🗣️Talk💼Career
New technologies for SMEs
Santander Work Cafe
Tue 6 · 6:30 PMFree
📚Literature
October's Book Club: Mystery/Thriller
Curzon Oxford
Tue 6 · 7 PM£0
🧾Drop-in services
Bump Club
GWP District Community Centre
Tue 6 · 7 PMFree
❓Quiz🌳Outdoors
Pub Quiz at JoJo's Cocktail & Pizza Bar Oxford
JoJo's Cocktail & Pizza Bar Oxford
Wed7
Wednesday 7 October
Wed 7 · 8:30 AMFree
🧘Wellness🌳Outdoors
Bike2Work: October
Signal Yard
Wed 7 · 9 AMFree
🧘Wellness
Youth Mental Health First Aid (October)
Oxfordshire Youth
Wed 7 · 10 AM£0–11.55
🚶Walk🌳Outdoors
Indie Oxford Walking Meet Up
The Dog's Spot
Wed 7 · 12 PM£0
💼Career
EQ Investors: Live & On Tour - Oxford
The Ivy Oxford Brasserie
Wed 7 · 1 PM£0–5
🏷️Other
Sleep 101
Didcot Library
Thu8
Thursday 8 October
Thu 8 · 10:30 AMFree
👴Seniors🗣️Talk
Social Thursdays
Oxford Playhouse
Thu 8 · 12 PM£0
💼Career🧾Drop-in services
Corum Six Lunch with Amelia Foster, Sobell House Hospice
Sobell House
Thu 8 · 12 PM£0
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Milton Park Biodiversity Networking Walk Autumn
Signal Yard
Thu 8 · 6 PM£0
🗣️Talk💼Career
Oxford Data Meetup - October - with speakers and networking
Business and Intellectual Property Centre Oxfordshire (BIPC)
Thu 8 · 8 PMFree
❓Quiz
Pub Quiz at Tap Social Movement - Botley Taproom
Tap Social Movement - Botley Taproom
Later
Fri 9 · 10 AM£0
🍽️Food🎪Street party
Oxford Food & Drink Festival 2026 | 10 Days of Food, Drink & Flavour
Broad Street
Fri 9 · 10 AM£0
🗣️Talk💛Inclusivity
Community spaces in Oxford
Old Fire Station
Fri 9 · 6:30 PM£0
🎭Theatre🗣️Talk
Lady Ionosphere: Celebrating Francisca Okeke
East Oxford Community Centre
Fri 9 · 7 PM£0–18.04
🌐World music🪕Folk / Acoustic
Rhythm & Rice - Rice & Noodle bowls and Omari Johnson-Daley
Hilton Garden Inn Abingdon Oxford
Fri 9 · 7 PMFree
🗣️Talk🤝Volunteering
“Down in the Dumps” – How Oxford Helped Win World War Two
Dean Court Community Centre
Sat 10 · 2 PM£0
🧘Wellness🧘Yoga
Autumn Rising: Seasonal Yoga, Nidra & Soundbath
Vishuddha Yoga Centre
Sat 10 · 2:30 PMFree
🎭Theatre
Baby Tickets - The Marriage of Figaro
Oxford Playhouse
Sun 11 · 9 AM£0
🏃Running🌳Outdoors
Oxford Half Marathon 2026
48-51 Broad St
Sun 11 · 11 AMFree
Consumer fair
Guides for Brides Milton Hill House Wedding Fair
Milton Hill House
Mon 12 · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Using Communication Evidence to Train Clinicians
Rewley House
Mon 12 · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🌱Ecology
Professor Paul Behrens: Environmental change & sustainability challenges
Harris Manchester College
Mon 12 · 7 PMFree
🎬Cinema
All-Time Favourite Films (that wouldn't fit in any other season)
Magdalen College
Mon 12 · 7 PMFree
✂️Workshop📚Literature
Getting Started With Poetry
The Community Works
Tue 13 · 9:30 AM£0
🏷️Other
ISPE GAMP CoP UK Forum - Tuesday 13th October 2026
Worcester College
Tue 13 · 10 AM£0
🏷️Other
Oxford Coaching Group Monthly Event
Oxford NatWest Accelerator,
Tue 13 · 4 PMFree
💼Career
Oxford Health Careers Fair
Unipart Conference Centre
Tue 13 · 5:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop💼Career
Discover Thermomix
Earth Trust
Wed 14 · 5:30 PMFree
📚Literature📜Poetry
WORPLE & CO Poetry Evening
Blackwell's Bookshop
Wed 14 · 6 PM£0
🗣️Talk
How Bordeaux became Bordeaux: persistence and privilege
Said Business School
Thu 15 · 9:30 AMFree
💼Career
Coffee and Connections: South and Vale Business Breakfast
Bee House
Thu 15 · 10 AM£0–11.55
💼Career
Meet the buyer at The Ashmolean Museum Shop
Ashmolean Museum
Thu 15 · 1 PM£0
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Fantasy series: Dr Juliana Dresvina 'Fantasy as Therapy'
Fitzhugh Auditorium, Cohen Quad (Exeter College)
Thu 15 · 2 PMFree
🎬Cinema🌱Ecology
People's Emergency Briefing Screening - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Thu 15 · 6 PM£0
🏷️Other
Marketing Camp Outpost // OXFORD // Let's talk about audience research
The Market Tap by Tap Social
Thu 15 · 6 PM£0
💼Career
Startup Huddle Oxford Networking
Oxford Centre for Innovation
Thu 15 · 6:30 PMFree
🎬Cinema🌟Preview
Drain Flies - Free Screening
Exeter College
Thu 15 · 6:30 PM£0
🏛️Politics & Economy
Community-led housing in South and Vale
Stonehill Barn OX14 4AA
Thu 15 · 7 PM£0
🏷️Other
Marketing Camp Outpost // Didcot // Let's share marketing mishaps
Berro Lounge
Fri 16 · 10 AMFree
💼Career
Start-Up Business Basics: One-to-One Support
Business and Intellectual Property Centre Oxfordshire (BIPC)
Fri 16 · 3:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🏛️Politics & Economy
Navigating Capital Strategies for Impact: Through Assets, Markets, Systems
Said Business School
Fri 16 · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Jaromir Malek Memorial Lecture
Shulman Auditorium, The Queen's College
Fri 16 · 7 PM£0–18.04
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Rhythm & Rice - Rice & Noodle bowls and music from Harriet
Hilton Garden Inn Abingdon Oxford
Sat 17 · 6 AMFree
🏷️Other
The Oxford Glow UP!
East Oxford Community Centre
Sat 17 · 9:30 AMFree
💼Career🎒Students
City of Oxford College October Open Event
City of Oxford College
Sat 17 · 11 AM£0
🔬Science💛Inclusivity
EXPLORAZONE
New Road Baptist Church
Sat 17 · 11:30 AM£0–7.50
📜Poetry📚Literature
Poetry of Science 2026
Oxfordshire County Library
Sat 17 · 1 PMFree
🎭Theatre
Touch Tour - Once Upon A Time In Sokoto
Oxford Playhouse
Sat 17 · 2 PMFree
🧘Wellness♀️Feminism
Menopause Cafe Cowley, Oxford
Cowley Library
Sat 17 · 2 PM£7–12
📜Poetry📚Literature
The Reading Circle
The Community Works
Sat 17 · 2:30 PM£0–7.50
📚Literature🗣️Talk
The Dawn of AI
Oxfordshire County Library
Sat 17 · 6:30 PM£0
🗣️Talk🏛️Politics & Economy
What can we learn from Vienna for tackling the 21st c. housing question?
Rewley House
Sat 17 · 7 PMFree
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎶Singer-songwriter
Landless
The Auditorium
Sun 18 · 2 PMFree
🌐World music🎫Concert
Oxford Gospel Music Festival (PraiseGate 2026)
Cowley Workers Social Club
Mon 19 · 9 AMFree
✂️Workshop🧘Wellness
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Oxfordshire Youth
Mon 19 · 5 PM£0
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Bjørn Lomborg - How to Make the World Better? Climate, Poverty & Solutions
The Sheldonian Theatre
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At 8:30 PM£19
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Ultimate Green Day - Green Day Tribute
The Northcourt LIVE, Abingdon
Sun 18 · 3 PM£15
🎻Classical🎫Concert
A Musical Tour of Europe - and Bach again!
St Michael and All Angels' Church, ABINGDON
At 7 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
The Cureheads + Siouxsie & The Budgies
O2 Academy Oxford
At 5:30 PM
🎻Classical🎶Singer-songwriter
Candlelight: Tribute to ABBA & More | Oxford
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
At 6 PM£13.25
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎙️Small gig
Master Peace - Album Release: Live & Signing
Truck Oxford
At 6:30 PM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Live & Local
Museum of Oxford
At 7:30 PM£27.80
🎻Classical🎫Concert
The Four Seasons & The Lark Ascending by Candlelight - 2 Oct, Oxford Town H
Oxford Town Hall
At 7:30 PM£214.22
✨Pop🎫Concert
The Wanted Oxford Tickets
O2 Academy Oxford
At 7:30 PM£24–70
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and The Lark Ascending by Candlelight
Oxford Playhouse
At 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Choir Rehearsals - Sutton Courtenay
Abingdon County Hall Museum
Tomorrow · 12 PM£11–66
❓Quiz🎫Concert
BRING YOUR BABY PUB QUIZ Parent Social @ Tap Social Movement Taproom, BOTLEY, OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE
Tap Social Movement - Botley Taproom, Oxfordshire
Tomorrow · 7 PM£37.95
✨Pop🎶Singer-songwriter
Freya Ridings
New Theatre, Oxford
Sun 4 · 3 PM£15
🎻Classical🌐World music
Music of a Reborn Nation: Bulgarian Folk Inspirations in Classical Music
St Nicolas Church, Abingdon
Sun 4 · 7 PM£8.30–10
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Definitely Not Nirvana Live at The Bullingdon
The Bullingdon, Oxford
Mon 5 · 7:30 PM£6.13
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎸Rock
Takeda w/Yellow County & Heather Blether at The Library, Oxford
The Library, Oxford
Wed 7 · 7:30 PM
🎻Classical🎫Concert
English Melodies
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Fri 9 · 7 PM£6.13
🎷Jazz🎸Jam / Open mic
Clementine x Oxford Jazz Collective
The Mad Hatter, Oxford
Sat 10 · 7 PM
🎫Concert
Strange Brew
Old Fire Station, Oxford
Tomorrow · 9 PM
🌹Tango🎊Socials
El Arrabal Milonga
St. Columba's United Reform Church, Oxford
Sun 4 · 3 PM£10
💿DJ set☀️Open air
Soca Sunday: Caribbean Day Party at Spiced Roots
64 Cowley Rd, Oxford
Mon 5 · 12 PM
🎪Street party
Monday Meals
Flo's - The Place in the Park
Fri 9 · 8 PM£22.38
🎉Parties
Oxford Autumn Singles Lock and Key Party (Ages 40-55)
The Oxford Retreat
Sat 10 · 10 AM
🍽️Food🎪Street party
Oxford Food & Drink Festival 2026
Broad Street, Oxford
Sat 10 · 2 PM£8.50–11.75
💿DJ set💜Soul / Funk
LUV: A Soulful Day Session
Raoul's Bar, Oxford
Sat 10 · 7:30 PM
🌀Ecstatic dance🧘Wellness
Ecstatic Dance Oxford | Conscious Dance + Sound Healing
South Oxford Community Centre
Sat 10 · 8 PM
🎪Street party
Grown-Ups' Soft Play Night 90s Edition!
Snakes And Ladders Abingdon, Oxford
At 7:15 PM
🎤Stand-up
Jacob Hawley
The Glee Club Oxford @ The Bullingdon
At 7:15 PM
🎤Stand-up
Jacob Hawley - Fighting Age Man
Glee Club Oxford
At 8 PM£12
🎤Stand-up
Pegasus Comedy Club: October 2
Pegasus, Oxford
Tomorrow · 6:15 PM£11.50
🎤Stand-up
Jericho Comedy Early Show
Common Ground, Oxford
At 7:30 PM£12–14
🎭Stage
Comb
Oxford Playhouse
At 7:30 PM
🎭Theatre
The Crawl
Old Fire Station, Oxford
Fri 9 · 7:30 PM£15.68–20
🎬Cinema🗺️Guided tour
Ocean Film Festival - Abingdon - 9 October 2026
Amey Theatre, Abingdon
At 5:30 PM£6–35
🗣️Talk📚Literature
David Kynaston DEEP INTO THE SIXTIES with Triona Adams
Blackwell's Bookshop, Oxford
At 6 PM
🥂Opening
Preview Party: Mike Nelson
Modern Art Oxford
Fri 18 · 7 PM£0–79.99
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Aethenics: Where Symbolic Intelligence Meets Human Awareness
Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PH
Tue 29 · 12 PMFree
🖼️Art & Culture
THRESHERS WEEK at Bad Girl Books
29 Walton St, Oxford
Tue 6£16
🗣️Talk
The Psychology of Psychopaths
University of Oxford - Saïd Business School
Tue 6 · 6:30 PM£5–23
📚Literature
An Evening with Meg Mason - Oxford
Waterstones Oxford
Tue 6 · 7 PM£13.50–32
🗣️Talk
The Psychology of Psychopaths
Said Business School, Oxford
Fri 9 · 7 PM£45
🍽️Food
A Taste of Mexico: Tequila-Mezcal-Sotol-Raicilla | Amathus Oxford
Amathus Oxford
Sun 11 · 7:30 PM£11
🎬Cinema
The Witch: A New-England Folktale
Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
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Venues in Abingdon for free
Abingdon County Hall Museum
11 events
Hilton Garden Inn Abingdon Oxford
18 events
The Northcourt LIVE
35 events
All Saint's Methodist Church Hall - Abingdon
18 events
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
41 events
Florence Park Community Centre
12 events
Flo's - The Place in the Park
69 events
Blackwell's Bookshop
28 events
Modern Art Oxford
19 events
The Glee Club Oxford @ The Bullingdon
15 events
The Bullingdon
56 events
O2 Academy Oxford
108 events