James St. Tavern

A wonderful welcome back to our weekly Comedy Open Mic! Lovely to see some old pals and some new faces! (apologies for not snapping you all!)

every Thursday from 8pm. Next week hosted by the hilarious !

Be there or be 🔲

COMEDY OPEN MIC!
Every Thursday night from 8pm

It's free entry, come and enjoy some performances from local comedians making their name at James St!

Feeling brave, got some jokes? want to perform? Arrive a little earlier to sign up

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And here's our lineup for the CARNIVAL AFTER PARTY. Kicking off at 6.30pm and going right through until midnight.

ALL ROADS LEAD TO

Here's the lineup for the first part of tomorrow's Carnival celebrations!

Music and laughter 12.30-6.30 before we move inside for the AFTER PARTY

JST x COWLEY ROAD CARNIVAL

We do love a party, and so we'll be sprinkling some JST magic to go alongside this years' Carnival! Take a look to see what's occurring!

FOOD & DRINK
🥘 Oxford's finest Caribbean food from TJ Naturals Jerk Hut
🍔 Gourmet smash burgers from Jae's
🌯 The best sweet and savoury crepes from What A Load of Crepes
🍦 Socially aware ice lollies from No Vice Ice
🍹 An outside bar serving up Aperol Spritz and cocktails
🍺 A beer truck serving the freshest IPA

FUN
👨‍🎤 JST Music Stage from 12.30pm - 6.30pm
🥁 African drumming workshops from RythmWorks - African Drumming Swindon
🤣 Comedy from some of the finest local comedians
🎉 Carnival After Party from Inspire Sounds from 6.30pm

*FULL STAGE TIMES TO FOLLOW*

It's our monthly Live Lounge this and our music man Lee has pulled out some massive stops for August!

Big Lee says:

"Up first is Bonnie Habit.

Bonnie will be performing a set of bluesy old time folk songs from yesteryear, a true superstar that like all of tonight’s acts need to be seen to be believed. Vocal goals right here.

Next up is the awesome talents of Lewis Spring,

Lewis has many strings to his bow, with an off the charts vocal range and beautiful finger style guitar.

His heart undoubtedly lies in folk (will we see the Hurdy Gurdy???) but don’t be surprised to hear him possibly belting out a tasty Killers cover. An Oxford star for sure.

Closing this epic night in the making is the incredible Rob Clamp.

I met Rob at The Green Note in Camden and was instantly a huge fan of his music, a mesmerising performer and I’m so happy he is coming up from Southampton to perform for us.

Having supported the likes of Frank Turner and James Walsh (Starsailor) Rob’s music is filled with real life experiences performed in his own compelling style with acoustic guitar accompanied by a variation of foot percussion. Do not miss."

We can't wait to dial this lot in so pop on down this Friday from 8.30pm and let's have a rager.

COWLEY ROAD CARNIVAL IS BACK!! Once the biggest UK Carnival outside of Notting Hill, CRC has been sincerely lacking from Oxfordshire's calendar since 2019, and we are so happy to have it back!

Carnival consists of processions, music and street vendors all up and down Cowley Road, and we'll be closing off James Street to bring you our own magic touch of music, food, bevs, and GOOD VIBES.

Once the roads open up in the evening we'll move the party inside to continue with those delicious Carnival Vibes.

Full James St shenanigans will be posted on Wednesday so STAY TUNED

We're closed today, Bank Holiday Monday but we're open from 4pm tomorrow.
This Friday we have our monthly Live lounge with great music from local artists.

and.... Cowley carnival this coming weekend! Sunday 1st September, we have lots installed for carnival day, music, great food, outdoor bars - more info to come...

See you!

This coming Saturday...
Join us for live music with Spencer Flay

Free Entry
From about 9pm

Spencer has made the ukulele the coolest thing on the dancefloor with his gut-punching beats and head-twerking riffs. Taking a modern sound and filling every crack of it with Bristol humour and wit, you might be in danger of falling in love.

Bar Food at James St.
Keeping things simple with a bit of finger food for the Summer

Nachos
Chicken tenders
Hot wings
All the Fries
Hash browns
And Handy pies

All goes well with nice cold beer.

Our kitchen is open in the evenings during the week and from 4pm on the weekends.

Brunch also served from 10am to 3pm Saturday and Sunday

See you a bit,
JST x

We've a nice easy going Summer ahead of us
Come and enjoy the balmy weather in our lovely garden

This month we have live music from Spencer Flay, this coming Saturday
Board games every Sunday in the pavilions apart from the last weekend of the month when we'll be hosting the August Art Market.
Every Sunday afternoon we also have Open Mic if you want to listen to local Oxford talent.

The last Friday of the month we have Live lounge, lots more great music.

Our opening times this month..

Monday - Closed
Tuesday - 4pm to Midnight
Wednesday - 4pm to Midnight
Thursday - 4pm to Midnight
Friday - 4pm to 2am (late late late)
Saturday - 10am to 2am
Sunday - 10am to 7pm

Serving Brunch every weekend
Also the Art market this Sunday!
Full English, veggie breakfasts, avocados, hash browns and art
Every Saturday and Sunday from 10am

Tonight!
From 7.30pm live music from tops solo artists and bands
Live Lounge happens every last Friday of the month
Free entry, good vibes
Want to perform at one of our future events? Get in touch through our website!

Coming up this weekend
Monthly Art Market
Saturday 27th + Sunday 28th July
11am to 5pm each day

Each month we open our doors to the arts in Oxford, our pavilion space is taken over by amazing artists showing and selling their work
Free entry, good coffee and brunch being served

Want more info about the markets - check out www.oxfordartmarket.co.uk

SKETCH COMEDY TONIGHT FROM 7pm

The Mayor and His Daughter like comedy very much. We bring you an hour of ‘material’: skitches, skets and party pieces gathered from our authentic experiences in the heart of England.

Come with stout heart, pilgrim, and receive much in return. This is all very exciting and we do not wish to upset anyone.

To be totally clear, this is a comedy sketch show.

The rumour of the wind is that we were once ‘finalists’ of the Leicester Square Sketch-Off and Laughing Horse NATYS, while certain vestal spectres have described us as follows:

‘A truly distinctive comedy aesthetic’ — Steve Bennett

‘Disconcerting curveball’ — Bruce Dessau

‘This is going to be the best one yet’– The Sun (tarot card)

Stay blessed xx

The Pavilion!
Our lovely event space, retractable roof, lots of seating and a Photo Booth!
Looking to hire a space out in Oxford? Get in touch, Birthdays, weddings, music nights, workshops and corporate events.
With access to the main pub and back garden this place is great.

Email us at [email protected] or pop in and say hi.

This week!
Open today from 4pm
Our Finger food menu continues, Fries, wings and handy Pies

We have happy hour 4pm to 7pm daily
Offer! - Two for £12 cocktails - on selected cocktails
And when the weather feels like acting like Summer, we have a lovely garden

We are SUPER excited for this Sunday as we'll be hosting CARNIVAL FOR THE PEOPLE. A day of music and art to help raise funds for and wider community projects.

From 12pm we'll have and taking over and taking us back to Carnival roots. A banging sound system showcasing the best in Reggae, Roots, Dub, Hip-Hop, and House from a selection of DJs and live artists.

In the evening we'll transition over "Paper Jam" - the event where sound & vision meet. We'll have loads of free art supplies and a space to come and be creative.
Draw? Sketch? Rhyme? Sing? You're all welcome!

If that's not enough we'll have a live graffiti mural being painted throughout the day by the amazing team at ! Come and watch the masters work.

We'll keep you going all day with top notch Caribbean food provided by .jerkhut

LET THE SUMMER OF CARNIVAL BEGIN
OUR NATURE OUR FUTURE

TONIGHT we have an Edinburgh Festival Preview double bill!

and will be testing out their material before heading off to the bright lights of Scotland!

7pm start. Tickets available on the door or via link in bio!

What's on this week!

Footballs finally kicked off and we have all the big TVs to watch, including a nice one outside for the occasional dry spell!

Tuesday
5pm it's Turkey v Georgia
8pm it's Portugal v Czech Republic
And some Art happening in the pavilion with Sally's Art Class which starts at 7 - Printmaking, Lino cut - get your tickets at Sally's website https://www.sallyannestewartprints.co.uk

Wednesday
Nice day for a pint

Thursday
5pm England v Denmark (come early to get a good seat)
8pm is the Comedy Open Mic

Friday & Saturday
We are open til laaaate, 2am!

Sunday
3pm Open Mic music
7pm Elliot Wengler's Jokemon - Comedy (doors at 6.30) - described as 'A real treat'

Full Sarnie, Sausage, bacon, egg, hash browns and melted cheese - good for all teams.

Serving brunch at James St Tavern every weekend till 3am
We'll also be showing all the football today, rain or shine.

Today's matches...

2pm Hungary v Switzerland
5pm Spain v Croatia
8pm Italy v Albania

Pop down for a bacon sarnie!
We serve brunch every weekend 10am to 3pm

Space in the garden, we also have salsa dance + music this evening (free entry)
Goodvibes!

What's on!
We're into June already!
It's lightly raining but we're expecting sunny weather this week!

Thursday at 8pm is Comedy open mic lol

Friday we have a magnificent Harry Quinn - Live music in the evening

Saturday we have Salsa / Bachata / Kizomba - 8th June from 4.45pm
Salsa workshops at 5pm, good vibes and good music

And to end the week we have the Wonderful OxfordOnBoard - playing board games from 11am on Sunday, all welcome

We are open from 4pm Tuesday to Friday
+ from 10am on the weekends (join us then for brunch!)
And open late FRIDAY + SATURDAY - til 2am

We have an Art Market this weekend!
Pop down and say hi!

Saturday and Sunday from 11am

Lots of lovely artists, today and tomorrow showing and selling their fantastic art.
We are also serving Brunch, good coffee, Prosecco!

Art market hosted by
Coffee from

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Art Class! Tonight we have a printmaking workshop on from 7pm with the wonderful Sally Anne Stewart. An introduction to linocut printing

Learn the basics, no experience required, all abilities! Nice friendly class with all equipment provided.
For tickets - See Sally's website www.sallyannestewartprints.co.uk



Upcoming linocut classes...
Tuesday 21st May - Introduction to linocut
Tuesday 18th June - introduction to linocut
Saturday 13th July - Reduction Techniques (advanced)

What's On This Week!
Lovely sunny day today, here's what's on...

Tuesday we have a brilliant art class being run by Sally Anne Stewart - Print making, linocut for all abilities - check out Sally's website for more details and tickets
www.sallyannestewartprints.co.uk

Thursday we bring you more jokes and laughs with our Comedy Open Mic night - Acts start at 8pm, come along a bit earlier if you fancy performing!

Then we are open late on Friday and Saturday - until 2am

Saturday and Sunday we welcome back the Art Market! Starts at 11am both days with loads of brilliant artists showing and selling their wares - prints, ceramics, paintings, textiles and more! With Oxford Art Market -

Sunday we also have great Music with the Open mic starting at 3pm

See you this week!

Garden Sunshine!

Our garden is Open!
We are doing brunch here till 3pm, and Open Mic is on this afternoon!
Look at those lovely plants

See you soon!

We are open for brunch!

Come on down for a bacon sarnie or avocado on toast!
Glass of fizz with breakfast, sounds good.

Brunch served every weekend from 10am to 3pm