Sat 19 Jul-Sun 20 Jul: Riverside 2025!
Sat 19 July - 1pm to 10pm
Sun 20 July - 11am to 8pm
Riverside Festival is back this year for two days of brilliant music and family festival fun. Last year Riverside was voted one of the UK's best free festivals by the Guardian - and still free entry this year!
The music
The very best indie, folk, rock, electronica and party music from Oxfordshire and beyond. Around 50 bands across 3 stages - lineup announced soon, watch this space.
Festival fun
• Children’s tent - lots of crafts and fun activities to keep the little Riversiders busy
• Busker’s Stage - step up and show us what you’ve got
• Greenfields - craft demos and have-a-go sessions, from stone masonry to blacksmithing
• Food and feasting - championing the best local food businesses
• Pints in the sunshine - from our two bars, beautifully stocked up by Hook Norton brewery
• Our fabulous gin bar - for all you discerning gin lovers
• Riverside shopping - all our lovely traders open for business
Help us out
Riverside famously runs on generosity, goodwill, gaffer tape and 100% volunteer power. Everyone, from the bands to the bar staff, donates their time, energy and expertise. If you’d like to help out this year, we’d absolutely love to have you along - please fill in our volunteer form and we’ll be in touch. Thank you!