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Local Performer Showcase Events
These are the free, local showcase events that take place today.
Oxford Folk Festival 2026 - Alphabetical List of Local Performers
Blackwells Norrington Room
11:00 Perebi Georgian Choir
12:00 Oxford Folk Voices
13:00 Brimstone
Common Ground
14:00 Paul Lodge
14:45 Rachel Brown
15:30 Ben Avison
16:15 Three Pressed Men
17:00 tbc
17:45 End
Covered Market
!2.00 Skeptics
13.00 Tim Friers and the Mercenaries
14.00 Jaybirds
15.00 Mandy Woods and Jenny Bliss
16.00 Oxford Fiddle Group
16.30/45 End
Modern Art Oxford
12:00 Mandy Woods and Jenny Bliss
12:45 Indigo
13:30 Dave Oakley
14:15 Three Pressed Men
15:00 Anabel
16:00 End
Westgate Centre - Elite Busking (Buskstop)
11:45 David Clifton
12:45 Berlingo Flick
13:30 Wendy Grace
14:30 Bampton Folk Club
15:15 Spellwood
16:00 End
Westgate Centre - Leiden Square
11:00 Aisling (Leiden Link)
11:45 The Kirals
12:30 Rivermouse
13:15 Oxford Fiddle Group tbc
14:00 End
Westgate Centre - Roof Terrace
11:00 Dance
11;45 Dance
12:30 Same Auld Story
13:15 Meadowsuite
14:30 The Kirals
15:15 tbc
16:00 End
Weston Room, Weston Library
11:30 Faringdon Choir
12:30 Jericho Singers
13:15 Man Choir
14:00 Katie Grace Harris
14:45 Skeptics
15:30 End
Sessions
12:00 - 14:30 - Sea Shanty Session - Short Drag Roger - The Royal Blenheim, 13 Saint Ebbe's St, Oxford OX1 1PT
12:00 - 14:00 - QOFF - (Queer, Open, Friendly, Folk) - The Jolly Farmers, 20 Paradise St, Oxford OX1 1LD
14:00 - 21:00 - The OFF English Session Relay - The Wig and Pen, 9-13 George St, Oxford OX1 2AU
14:00 - 18:00 - Singaround - Roary Skaista - The Jolly Farmers, 0 Paradise St, Oxford OX1 1LD
14:00 - 16:00 - Pre-Bal Euro Session - Ed Pritchard - The Oxford Retreat, 1-2 Hythe Bridge St, Oxford OX1 2EW
14:30 - 16:30 - Morris Session - Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers - The Royal Blenheim, 3 Saint Ebbe's St, Oxford OX1 1PT
14:30 - 18:00 - Irish Session - Jon Ruddock - Venue to be confirmed.
16:00 - 18:00 - Slow Session - Suke Wolton - The Slow and Steady, 38 Abingdon Rd, Oxford OX1 4PD
20:00 - 01:30 - Irish and Scottish Session - Charlotte reed and Matt Leneham - The Half Moon, 17-18 St Clement's St, Oxford OX4 1AB
Morris Dancing
There will be morris dancing at various locations in Oxford from 11:00 to 17:00 - See schedule below:
Workshop
15:15 Balfolk Workshop with Balfolk Oxford at St Columba’s Church
Dance
16:30 Balfolk dance and launch of Balbum with Bailey & Keely at St Columba’s Church
Evening Concert