Browse our 2026 Programme here or use our flipbook to plan your Festival week

Tickets go off sale at midnight the night before an event but will be available on the door unless they are marked as SOLD OUT! on the programme page.  For events with food tickets will be unavailable from 2 days before the event.

The biennial Dorchester-on-Thames Festival is one of Oxfordshire’s leading Festivals based in and around the stunning location of Dorchester Abbey.

Since 2005 the Festival has regularly attracted over 5,000 people each year, from serious followers of the arts to schools, families and children of all ages and has raised significant profile and £350,000 for Dorchester Abbey and local charities. In 2026 we are partnering with local charity Be Free Young Carers, who enable Oxfordshire Young Carers to achieve their full potential by delivering a far-reaching developmental and emotional support network of people and resources in their daily lives, schools and communities.

Highlights for 2026

The Kings Singers Sunday 3rd May John Rutter Come & Sing Sunday 31st May Liza Pulman Friday 8th May The Jay Rayner Sextet Wednesday 6th May Brian Bilston Saturday 2nd May Rusty Shackle BH Mon 4th May Steve Knightley BH Mon 4th May Comedy Night Thursday 8th May

Our exciting Silent Auction is now OPEN!  Take a look at our fabulous prizes here!

Henley Royal Regatta 2 Stewards Enclosure passes Sun 5th July £1,620 package of concept garden design and plants from Horted £150 Dishoom voucher valid at all Permit Rooms Can be used over multiple visits 60min private tour for 4 of Christ Church Cathedral & College Private Workshop and Sculpture Garden tour with David Harber 1hr personal tour of Trinity College gardens with Head Gardener Kate Burtonwood A 2 day space for a Little Explorer on The Oxford Boat Adventure

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Your Visit

Where to stay, eat and drink, location & parking

Disabled Access, Seating & Parking

You are very welcome to our Festival!  Find out more and book space here

Be Free Young Carers

Our charity partner for 2026

About Us

What we’re about, booking t&cs, box office timetable

Highlights from our previous Festivals

A photo gallery of fun we have had in past years

A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2007 John Rutter Come and Sing 2019 Revd. Sue Booys Abseils Down The Tower, 2017 Out Of The Blue, 2017 Duck Race, 2017 Frankie, Best Dressed Dog in the Dog Show, 2015 The Wizard of Oz, 2013 Matilda Leyser, Aerial Artist 2007 Dorchester Festival Duck Race dog show dorchester festival