{"id":1477,"date":"2026-10-04T14:19:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2026-10-04T14:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:19:51","slug":"oxford-christmas-light-festival-returns-this-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/?p=1477","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Christmas Light Festival returns this November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/resources\/images\/20220665\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n  The annual event will run from November 13 to 15 and will once again transform the city with a weekend of illuminated installations, performances and community activities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Events will take place across the city, from Cutteslowe to Blackbird Leys, and will include crafts, parades, puppetry, music, storytelling, markets and food.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Susan Brown, leader of Oxford City Council, said: &#8220;Each year Oxford\u2019s Christmas Light Festival brings communities, cultures and businesses together to create a wonderful weekend festival that brightens up Oxford through a magical light spectacle.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;If you would like to get involved and host an event or activity, get in touch with our events team to register your interest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It doesn\u2019t matter where in the city you are based, you can take part and help to light up your community.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Most of the events and activities are free.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A range of cultural and community organisations are already involved in the festival, including Ark-T, Film Oxford, IF Oxford Science &amp; Ideas Festival, Museum of Oxford, Pegasus Theatre and The North Wall Arts Centre.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Organisers are encouraging more groups to join the programme and help create a city-wide celebration.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for Oxford City Council said any organisation interested in taking part should email events@oxford.gov.uk by Friday, October 16, to be included in the line-up.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The full festival programme will be published from October 2026 on the event website at www.oxlightfest.com.\n<\/p>\n<p>#Oxford #Christmas #Light #Festival #returns #November<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual event will run from November 13 to 15 and will once again transform the city with a weekend of illuminated installations, performances and community activities. Events will take&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}