Wantage Literary Festival 25 Oct - 6 Nov 2025 with images of different authors that will be appearing.
Not long to go now! Our stage is about to come alive with extraordinary literary encounters! ✨
Sat 25 Oct – Sat 6 Nov
The full line-up is on our website, and tickets are going fast. Don’t miss out!
Who are you most excited to see this year?
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/whats-on/
This weekend we welcome back Wantage Literary Festival! Check our website for the full range of events, including talks, workshops and kids activities! 📚
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#ArtWorkshop #Mindfulness #Books #LiteraryFestival #WhatsOnOxfordshire
Darren Walsh: Do You Like Puns? Fri 30 Jan at 7.30pm
Psst! Do you like puns? Witness a pun Goliath in person, as Darren Walsh brings his 8ft frame and award winning act on the road 😎
Darren Walsh: Do You Like Puns? 🎤
Fri 30 Jan at 7.30pm
Book your tickets on our website now! 📣
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#Comedy #Puns #DarrenWalsh #WhatsOnWantage #ItsYourBeacon
What's on - swipe to find out more!
Sound Bath Workshop, Fri 17 Oct at 6.30pm
Legends of Motown, Sat 28 Oct 7.30pm
Meditate and Create: Happy Post, Tue 21 Oct at 7pm; Make Your Own Halloween Hand Puppet, Thu 30 Oct at 10.30am
We're taking a trip to Motown this week for Legends of Motown on Sat 18 Oct at 7.30pm! Make sure to join us for a night of all the hits form the iconic label. 🕺
For more awesome events and workshops, head to our website:
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/whats-on/
#WhatsOnWantage #SoundBath #Motown #LiveMusic
The cover of Tony Robinson's new book The House of Wolf
Tony Robinson a white man with greying hair wearing a black shirt and black trousers
We have a cunning plan! Our plan is that actor and broadcaster Sir Tony Robinson will be speaking with interviewer Rebecca Fletcher about his new book 'The House of Wolf' in the birthplace of Alfred the Great, and signing books afterwards!
Thu 6 Nov at 7pm 📚
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/events/tony-...
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Interview: MADDY PRIOR (STEELEYE SPAN)
A Steeleye Span special featuring the interview will be broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 12 October, 18:00 GMT.
#musicsky @steeleye-span.bsky.social @beaconwantage.bsky.social
Image of Mr Wilson's Second Liners and all their instruments, text says 4-for-3 tickets now available!
Gather your mates and join the party, because you can now get 4 tickets to Mr Wilson's Second Liners for the price of three! They'll be playing your favourite 90s hits and bringing the New Orleans street party vibes. 🪩
Mr Wilson's Second Liners 🎺
Fri 7 Nov
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/events/mr-wi...
Andy Parsons is overflowing with gripes about life, and he loves nothing more than to have a laugh about it. Join the grumble, and grab your tickets to Andy Parsons: Please #@!$ Off To Mars now!
Sat 22 Nov at 7.30pm
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/events/andy-...
#Comedy #ItsYourBeacon #AutumnSeason
See your favourite hits from the Motown label performed live on stage! This October we welcome Legends of Motown in a celebration of an iconic and timeless era of music. 🎤
Sat 18 Oct at 7.30pm
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/events/legen...
#LiveMusic #AutumnSeason #Motown #Wantage
I will be at the Wantage Literary Festival on the 1st Nov. @beaconwantage.bsky.social @titancomics.bsky.social anfieldroadstory.com/chris-shephe...
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A 90s rave like you've never experienced before! Mr Wilson's Second Liners will play all of your favourite 90s hits and bring the Hacienda Club vibes, but with all the style and swagger of a traditional New Orleans second line!
📆 Fri 7 Nov
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/events/mr-wi...
#AutumnSeason
Sam Sylvester sat on the floor surrounded by her sound bath equipment
Give your mind and body a full reset with our monthly Sound Bath workshops run by Sam Silvester. 🧠
Lie back and let the healing sounds and vibrations soothe you, starting Fri 19 Sep at 6.30pm 🔔
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/events/sound...
#SoundBath #WhatsOnWantage #Relaxation #AdultClass
What's on: Swipe to find out
Mr Burton, Wed 10 Sep 2pm; NT Live: Inter Alia, Wed 24 Sep 2.30pm (relaxed and captioned) and 7.30pm
Psychic Medium Nikki Kitt, Fri 12 Sep 7.30pm; Memories of Memphis, Sat 13 Sep 7.30pm
Adult Ballet Class, Mon 15 Sep 7.15pm; Adult Tap Class, Mon 15 Sep 8pm
Movies, music, movement and mindfulness, all happening this September! 🎶
Head to our website to see more! www.beaconwantage.co.uk/whats-on/
#WhatsOnWantage #WantageCinema #NTLive #Psychic #AdultBallet #AdultTap #Meditation #Mindfulness #SoundBath #AutumnVibes #AutumnSeason #ItsYourBeacon
Introducing Sam Silvester and some of the instruments she will be using in Sound Bath Workshops this autumn 🧘
Monthly on Fridays at 6.30pm starting from Sep 19 🍂
Book the full experience on our website!
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#Meditation #SoundBath #AutumnSeason #WhatsOnWantage #ItsYourBeacon #AutumnVibes
Brews and Books Book Club First meeting tonight 7pm
Tonight's the very first meeting of the BBBC! Join us at 7pm in the Brews and Books Café for a relaxed evening of bookish chat and great brews. Our first read is Making a Killing by Cara Hunter, from the Big Read selection at the Wantage Literary Festival - see you there! 📚
#BookClub #WhatsOnWantage
Mr Wilson One Liners dressed like the Beatles Sargent Pepper, but with their brass instruments.
Move Your Body and reach a Higher State of Consciousness with Mr Wilson's Second Liners as perform all of your favourite 90s rave hits as you've never heard them before! 🙌
Mr Wilson's Second Liners
Fri 7 Nov 7.30pm 🤩
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/events/mr-wi...
#AutumnSeason #MusicAtTheBeacon
Hello @kristynleong.bsky.social, each class is 45 minutes so that the classes don't run too late. These are beginner and intermediate level classes, so we think this is a suitable length of time. 🩰
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Summer opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am-3pm
Closed for maintenance: Thu 7 August and Fri 22 August
From now until Sun 8 Sep, our core opening hours will be Mon-Fri 9am-3pm. If you are planning to visit, please our website for up-to-date times. Outside of these times, we will still be open for events, hires and activities. 🏖️
We will also be closed for maintenance on Thu 7 Aug and Fri 22 Aug.
Adult tap Mondays 9-8.45pm with Karen Brind, an image of a woman sat on the floor. She is wearing tap shoes
Adult Ballet, Mondays 7.15-8pm with Karen Brind. The image is of women in a room doing ballet poses
Two new classes are about to take centre stage!
From September, join ten weeks of ballet or tap specially for adults.
Adult Ballet – Mon 7.15-8pm 🩰
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/events/adult-ballet/
Adult Tap – Mon 8-8.45pm 🎩
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/events/adult-tap/
#AdultDance #AdultBallet #AdultTap
Photography by Manuel Harlan, featuring Rosamund Pike in National Theatre Live’s Inter Alia (Wed 24 Sep)
Photography by Manuel Harlan, featuring Rosamund Pike in National Theatre Live’s Inter Alia (Wed 24 Sep)
Photography by Manuel Harlan, featuring Rosamund Pike in National Theatre Live’s Inter Alia (Wed 24 Sep)
A very accurate representation of my emotions during last night’s game. Get in, Lionesses! 🦁💥 #WEURO2025
📸 Photography by Manuel Harlan, featuring Rosamund Pike in National Theatre Live’s Inter Alia (Wed 24 Sep)
Day 1 Line-Up - Wantage Literary Festival 2025 is back this autumn at The Beacon - featuring authors, poets, thinkers, famous faces.
Day 1 Line-Up - Wantage Literary Festival 2025 is back this autumn at The Beacon - featuring authors, poets, thinkers, famous faces.
🎉 We’re thrilled to announce #WantageLiteraryFestival is back this autumn!
Get ready for a jam-packed week of unmissable events featuring your favourite authors, brilliant minds, bold ideas…
✨ Mark your calendars and start planning your lit-fest hitlist: www.beaconwantage.co.uk/whats-on/
Autumn brochure in front of The Beacon
Have you picked up your brochure yet? 🤩
Our Autumn Season brochure is now in stock so you can view all our events in one place at your own convenience. Pick yours up from our box office today!
#Autumn #AutumnSeason #LocalTheatre #Wantage #WantageArts #LiveMusic #Cinema
Autumn may feel ‘Over The Hills And Far Away’, but for us it can’t come soon enough! #SteeleyeSpan are performing fan favourites and tunes from their new album Conflict on Sat 29 Nov 7.30pm.
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/events/folk-...
#FolkMusic #WhatsOnOxon #WhatsOnWantage #LiveMusic #OxfordFolk
The Beacon Autumn Season now on sale!
Our Autumn Season is officially ON SALE! 🎉
With seasonal crafts, incredible live music, and so much more, you can’t miss out🍂
Check out the full line-up of events on our website!
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/whats-on/
#AutumnSeason #LocalTheatre #LocalArts #LiveMusic #Tribute #Crafts #Pantomime #Comedy
Hundred Watt Club poster
Please welcome to the stage Hundred Watt Club, who are promising a naughty and nice festive evening of burlesque and cabaret on Thu 11 Dec at 7.30pm 💃
Grab your tickets from our website now!
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/hundred-watt-club-festive/
#Burlesque #Cabaret #Christmas
TaleGate Theatre Jack and the Beanstalk a giant of a pantomime 19-22 Dec
The panto is BACK in Wantage! (Oh yes, it is!) This year we welcome TaleGate Theatre Productions this year for 5 performances of Jack and the Beanstalk! 🌱🐮
Available to book on our website NOW! 🎄
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/events/jack-...
#Panto #WhatsOnWantage #WhatsOnOxfordshire #Family
Mr Wilson's Second Liners
Mr Wilson’s Second Liners homage to the diehard days of Hacienda, 90s club culture, and its greatest hero, Mr Tony Wilson. 🎺
Tickets are now on sale!
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/events/mr-wilsons-second-liners/
#SecondLining #NewOrleans #LiveMusic #TonyWilson
Folk Rock Pioneers Steeleye Span in Concert
🎉 New show just announced! Folk legends Steeleye Span take to our stage on Sat 29 Nov with Conflict, their first album in over five years.
🎟️ Tickets are on sale now.
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/.../folk-roc....
#SteeleyeSpan #FolkMusic #FolkLegends #LiveMusic #WhatsOnOxon
Make you won Christmas tree decoration Sat 13 Dec 10.30am
Make your own Halloween Hand Puppet Thu 30 Oct 10.30am
Christmas Card making workshop Tue 9 Dec 7pm
Nothing gets you in the holiday spirit like getting crafty! Checkout these seasonal workshops we’ve lined up for you this autumn… 🎨
To book, head to our website:
www.beaconwantage.co.uk/whats-on/
#SeasonalWorkshop #SeasonalCrafts #CreativeWorkshop #Art #WhatsOnOxfordshire #WantageCraft
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, please contact our Box Office beacon.wantage@whitehorsedc.gov.uk for more info regarding your tickets
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