Family Ceilidh Oxford
Regular family ceilidhs, usually held at Cutteslowe Pavilion. Run by a family and a group of musicians, these ceilidhs were founded to enable children to enjoy live folk music and join in. Prices are kept low; the dances are child-friendly and lots of fun for all ages. Also well suited for those with special educational needs and disabilities. There is also a café, bring your loose change for tea and biscuits.
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https://www.facebook.com/familyceilidhoxford
Join us for a Christmas Family Ceilidh!
December 13th 2025
Cutteslowe Pavilion
10:30 - 12:00
Adults: £6
Children: £4
Under 2s: free
Come along, bring your friends and family, soak in the music and leap about in
festive style.
In the cafe, the lovely Sophie and Graham will be serving mince pies and mulled cider alongside the usual biscuits, squash and teas and coffees.
We also have a payment link (below) if you want to avoid the booking fee.
Please leave a note specifying what tickets you have paid for.
https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QO4O79RN
This may be our last ceilidh at Cutteslowe Park for a while, so let’s make it a fantastic fun-filled knees-up.
If you would like to help keep our ceilidhs going more regularly, please read on. One lovely soul has volunteered to help us on the door, thank you so much. We would love to receive more offers!
Help Us Keep Our Lovely Family Ceilidhs Going :)
After a summer break, we (Rosa and Martha) have been reviewing our resources and capacity for running Family Ceilidh events into the future.
We love our family ceilidhs and would love to keep them going.
In order to do this, we need some help. We’ve come up with a poll to find out whether there is anyone within the community we have built up (you, our lovely families) who may be willing.
Which of these things could you help with?
- Being in charge of the Facebook page
- Publicising the event
- Creating a poster
- Being on the door to welcome people in the first 15 minutes of the dance
This poll is initially to gauge interest and capacity. But to help you with your response, below are a few more details about what each of these activities would involve.
Being in charge of the Facebook page - adding new events to the page (we provide the details), posting in the lead up to the event to garner interest, responding to questions. Monitoring only needed around events, around 3 per year.
Publicising the event - this could be anything from sharing physical or digital posters in your local networks, to helping us to advertise the event on Daily Info and other advertising platforms. Whatever you think you could help with, please let us know!
Creating a poster - Updating our poster template with new event details, converting to shareable files, printing as needed.
Being on the door - no more than this! Just turn up 10 mins early and then you are free to dance after the first 15 mins.
What would be in it for you?
- Join a small, family-oriented team, only mobilising as needed for each of our ceilidh events (around 3 a year)
- Contributing to making our family ceilidhs as friendly, inclusive and accessible as possible
- Some free tickets for your family or friends to join
If you think you can help us out with any of this, please fill in this form. We will be in touch to discuss further. Or, you are very welcome to get in touch directly by emailing
Whatever amount of time you would like to offer, we would love to hear from you!
Best Wishes from Martha and Rosa
Join us for a Family Ceilidh on Father's Day
Dance with your Daddy-O (not compulsary)
Our next Ceilidh is on the 15th of June, which coincides with Father's Day but really any excuse for a knees-up :)
We're back in the lovely Cutteslowe Park and hoping you can come and join us in whatever shape your family group comes. The dads, of course will get an honorable mention.
At our last event the band were renamed "The Jolly Potatoes" 😂
Join us in June for your chance to name the band.
June 15th 2025
Cutteslowe Park Pavilion (bowls pavilion) OX2 8ES
2:00 - 3:30
Adults: £6
Children: £4
Under 2's: free
Buy Tickets here
We also have a payment link (below) if you want to avoid the booking fee. Please leave a note specifying what tickets you have paid for. https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QO4O79RN
- A plea for help in return for free entry -
Family Ceilidh Oxford is run by one family. Our lovely musicians support us by bringing their energy and enthusiasm while not requiring a big fee. They take home their split of whatever we make from ticket sales and the cafe, after the hall hire. Thanks to them, we can keep the price affordable. There is no profit made.
I used to be on the door welcoming and selling tickets with varying degrees of competency. My other half, Jim used to run the cafe. Now the brilliant Sophie and Graham run the cafe and me and Jim have both been sucked into the band. If you would like to be the person on the door for in return free entrance for you and your family, please send me an email! It would require you to be there 10 minutes before the start and then to stay on the door during the first 15 minutes of the event. After that, you're free of duties :)
Also - Martha our caller and I set up Family Ceilidh Oxford when my children were small. They are now teenagers and the dances don't happen as regularly now, just due to life being full of other things. Are you a parent/grandparent of small ones who could help with the organising, thus ensuring they happen more often? Please get in touch if you think you could help and become part of the FCO family.
Thanks,
Rosa
Email:
Join us for our Christmas Family Ceilidh!
We're looking forward to a good old festive knees-up on our home turf, Cutteslowe Park. The wonderful Sophie and Graham will be serving mulled cider and mince pies. The wonderful Martha will be calling and the wonderful band, "I'm a Band" 😂 will be playing. Turn up for your chance to re-name the band.
Bring your friends and family and join us for a fun, no pressure bounce.
Sunday 8th December
10.30 - 12.00
Cutteslowe Park Pavilion OX2 8ES
Adults: £6
Children: £4
Under 2s: free
Tickets here