🎶 Music Stage
Sponsored by Sonnox
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Throughout the day – The Mingus Tree
Keep your ears open! This little three-piece will be roaming the festival, popping up to play in unexpected spots throughout the day.
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12:45 – 13:30 – Charlbury Children's Choir with Evenlode Voices
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14:00 – 15:00 – The Shakedown Prophets
If you think the blues is slow, repetitive or even boring — then clearly you haven't seen The Shakedown Prophets. Playing an eclectic mix of blues and rock, this is a welcome return to Charlbury for a band who have entertained audiences at well over 300 gigs in clubs, pubs and festivals. Not to be missed.
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15:30 – 16:30 – Tim Friers & The Mercenaries
An Anglo-Celtic folk-rock and Celtic-pop band. Consisting of Tim Friers (vocals, guitars and sax), Gordon Campbell (vocals, acoustic guitar and keyboards), Steve Huggins (vocals and bass), Annie Kingsbury (vocals and shaky thing) and Gid Hammond (drums).
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17:00 – 18:00 – Dubwiser
Classic reggae vibes from one of Oxford's best loved bands.
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18:30 – 19:30 – The 7 O'Clock Junkies
We play songs other people have written that we like. A little bit of this and some of that. We have been known to throw in an original. May the Music be with You...
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20:00 – 21:00 – Hope and Glory
It's the first sign of Madness! Covering all your favourite ska and two-tone classics from Madness, Bad Manners, the Specials and the Beat, you'll be ska'd for life!
📚 Culture Club
The 2026 Culture Tent hosts a varied programme throughout the afternoon, starting with a free family-friendly printmaking workshop with local artist Anthony Lloyd, and ending with a jam session by the Charlbury Ukulele Group — everyone is welcome to join in! In between, talks and discussions range from the world of games development and artificial intelligence to tales of globetrotting adventure and the power of local environmental action.
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12 noon – 2:00 pm – Printmaking Workshop with Anthony Lloyd
Family-friendly printmaking with local artist Anthony Lloyd. Suitable for all ages and abilities — it's free, so just drop in!
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2:15 – 3:00 – Charlbury Youth Club TED talks
Youth ambassador Bryanna Bone introduces a series of TED talks by members of the Charlbury Youth Club.
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3:00 – 3:45 – Sally Sheppard: Working in games
Sally Sheppard, founder and director of Wyrdren Games and lecturer in Game Design, Art, and Animation at the University of West London, on 'Working in games: industry, education, and the future of play'.
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3:45 – 4:30 – Professor Michael Wooldridge FRS: Demystifying AI
Professor Michael Wooldridge FRS, Ashall Professor of the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, on demystifying AI.
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4:30 – 5:15 – Martin Brown & Leigh McGinty: Travellers' tales
Semi-retired globetrotters Martin Brown and Leigh McGinty on teaching Afghans in Peshawar and staging Oliver Twist in Phnom Penh.
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5:15 – 6:00 – Tim Crisp & David Green: Can local initiatives make a difference?
Tim Crisp of Sustainable Charlbury and Southill Solar in discussion with David Green, Head of Innovation at Blenheim. Please come and have your say.
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from 6:00 – Charlbury Ukulele Group
Bring your voice and/or a ukulele, and join in!
🎈 Children's Tent
Sponsored by Cornbury Park
The Children's Tent is always one of the highlights of the day for families. Join Kevin's Community Circus for all sorts of entertainment, and Charlbury Pre-School, Little Wild Things and Chipping Norton Theatre for fun, engaging activities throughout the afternoon.
Parental supervision required