Oxford’s residents are proud to announce the line up for this year’s Oxford Canal Festival on Saturday 21 SEPTEMBER 2024 between 11 am to 6pm. Come and enjoy a community day of festival fun on the Aristotle Lane Recreation Ground, OX2 – entry is free!
Proceeds will go to ‘The Kilsby Theatre Boat Project’ – the 108-year-old narrowboat being rescued to become a new community theatre boat for Oxford’s waterways.
LIVE MUSIC: Come and enjoy our amazing music line up including: the Jericho Singers, Ben Avison & Three Idle Women, Weekend Warriors, The Dirty Big Canal Dance Band, Mambo Panthers, Papa Nui, and Senegalese kora musician Jali Fily Cissokho.
SPOKEN WORD: Visit the Spoken Word Tent for a fantastic literary experience with Sir Philip Pullman reading live on stage, Roy MacFarlane, our Canal Laureate announcing the winning performances from this year’s poetry competition and the hugely fun ‘University Challenged’ quiz with local teams taking on Oxford University finest brains!
MARKET STALLS & ENTERTAINMENT: Enjoy stalls selling jewellery, clothing, treats and local crafts on the Oxford canal running alongside the Aristotle Rec. There will be fun activities running all day for children including: face painting, art, a bouncy castle, a Canal Olympics, Arts and Crafts projects, and a Cinema showing local history short films.
DOG SHOW: Visitors can also enter our fun dog show – a hugely entertaining and impressive competition with our winners taking home fantastic canine prizes.
FOOD & DRINK: Craft beers and non-alcoholic drinks will be available in the bar tent, and a big selection of food vendors will be on site offering international cuisines.
What is the Kilsby Boat Project? The Kilsby Boat Project is rescuing and restoring a 1912 canal boat, reinventing it as a community venue for storytelling, music and boat trips. Kilsby is moored at Tooley’s historic boatyard awaiting restoration works that will enable her to make the trip back home to Oxford.
The canal festival is free to enter: For more information please click here
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