Holywell Music Room

The oldest concert hall in Europe, built in 1742, famed for its excellent acoustic.
  • Music venue
  • Concert hall

Handel is among the many famous composers and musicians to have appeared here. Wadham owns the Room; concerts are held here regularly, especially during University terms, and it can be hired for such purposes via the University Music Faculty (tel 01865 276141). There is a green room and a brand new Steinway C Grand piano available for hire. No parking on site – nearest is on Broad Street. It can get very hot in the summer: dress lightly on a warm evening.

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Magpie Lane's Christmas Concert

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Jack Gibbons' Christmas Concert

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The Oxford Wailts - A 17th-century Christmas

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Seasonal celebration in period costume presented in music and spoken word More info
Sat 21st Dec

Holywell Street
Oxford
OX1 3SD

01865 277558 Email venue Visit website
  • Wheelchair-friendly

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The new Steinway piano is excellent, and this venue in central Oxford and on a historic par with the Sheldonian. Acoustics are good and the management easy to deal with. Performers' event insurance is not a condition of booking unlike the Du Pre building who insist on it, at a considerable extra cost to the hirer.
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Holywell Street
Oxford
OX1 3SD

01865 277558 Email venue Visit website
  • Wheelchair-friendly

Previously at Holywell Music Room

Barbican Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in D major, op 20, no 4, Hob III:34, Ravel: String Quartet in F major

One of the greatest pleasures of being in Oxford at the weekend is the Sunday Morning Coffee Concert Series at Holywell Music Room. ...

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