• Magdalen College School Hall, Cowley Place
• Large hall with stage area, seating up to 300. Available Mon - Fri, 6pm - 10pm; weekends 10am - 10pm. They also offer their sports centre for hire (includes hard tennis courts) - Mon - Fri 6pm - 10pm; Sat 1pm - 10pm; Sun 9am - 10pm. Contact Emma Bellenie, 01865 458454, or email ebellenie@mcsoxford.org.
• The Canal Club, Ulfgar Rd, Wolvercote
• Function room with stage (capacity 120). Catering / in-house disco available on request. Contact Emma or Andrew on 01865 557208 or email thecanalclub@hotmail.co.uk
• WISC Lecture Room
• in the centre of Oxford (George St), seats up to 60. Available for £100 per day (negotiable for more frequent use). Phone 01865 201132 or email housing@oxfordstudy.com
• Infinite Ideas, 36 St Giles
• Meeting room/boardroom (seats 8), plus adjoining reception room, with catering and free wireless internet connection on the ground floor of a prestigious and elegant city centre Georgian building in St.Giles. Normally available 9am-5pm, Monday - Friday, @ £20/hour (rates for hire outside these hours rate on request). Phone 01865 514888 or email info@infideas.com for more info and booking.
• OFS Studio, 40 George Street
• 'Loft', rehearsal room & dance studio is a flexible space with original wooden floorboards featuring a mirrored wall and ballet barre, sound system and separate seating area. The room is ideal for classes, workshops, rehearsals & auditions.
       The Studio is also available for private hire, seating 169. It comes complete with projection screen, sound and lighting facilities and an in-house technician to assist on the day. Hire charges vary depending on the event. Catering & refreshments can be arranged.
       For more information, prices & availability contact Emma Bentley on 297170 or email emma.bentley@livenation.co.uk.
• Garden Quadrangle Auditorium, St John's College
• Contact Jackie on 01865 277325. Capacity 192 (seated) This includes wheelchairs, for which there is easy access. Refreshments can be provided by the college if booked in advance. Generally the college suggests that events should conclude by about 11pm, but this is definitely negotiable within reason. Hirers are advised to inform those attending their event that parking is not available in the college and may be difficult in its environs. Cost is £380 per day or part thereof. You are strongly advised to book as much as six months in advance if you wish to secure any particular date, as the venue is almost constantly in use.
• Magdalen College Auditorium
• Contact the Home Bursar on 01865 276051. Capacity 160. Refreshments will not be provided by the college, but hirers are welcome to organise their own. Hiring is usually for the period from about 7.30pm to 11pm latest. Charges vary according to the type of event, and start at £54 / hour. Wheelchair accessible.
• Newman Rooms, St Aldates
• Call 01865 276994. There are two rooms available: the Newman Room seats 300, and can be divided into two rooms itself. Facilities include blackout blinds, screens and the possibility of hiring a piano and organ. Refreshments can be provided by the hirer. The Newman Room costs £300 per day and is wheelchair accessible. The Meeting Room seats 30 and costs £100 per day. Both rooms are available in the University vac. 9am - 11pm, but aren't hired out very much in term time (although the administrators are open to negotiation).
• Oxford Union, Frewin Court
• Call 01865 241353, ask for the steward, who will be available Mon - Thu 11am - 1pm all year round, plus Mon - Fri 6pm - 11pm in term time. Options include the Debating Chamber, capacity 350, and several smaller rooms with capacities up to 100. All of these are available only when not required by the committee, which boils down to very rarely in term time and much more so in vacation. Times and prices vary likewise and will need to be checked individually with the steward. Bar and catering facilities are available with all rooms. They have a moveable ramp which makes wheelchair access possible for the ground floor rooms, of which the Debating Chamber is one.
• Randolph Hotel, Beaumont Street
• Call 0870 4008200 and ask for Conferences & Banqueting; or email events.randolph@macdonald-hotels.co.uk.
  The Ballroom has capacity for 220. For meetings the cost is £3500 per day, £2000 for half a day. An evening ball costs £1250 for room hire plus private dining at £35 per head. A PA system is available at £175 per day. Music and decorations can be provided at extra charge. Entertainment stops at midnight, because of bedrooms above.
  The Lancaster Suite can accommodate 70 people for a meeting or 60 for dinner, and costs £1000 per day, or £500 - £650 per half. The St John's & Worcester Rooms can hold 30 people theatre-style or 20 in a boardroom format. Both cost £650 for a whole day, £325 for half. Interview rooms are also available. These are for 6 people maximum and cost £200 for 10am-5pm. The Hotel also offers conference packages, all-inclusive at £288 per head for 24 hours, £90 for daytime only.
• Magdalen Road Church, east Oxford
• Off the Iffley road, hall seating just over 100. Kitchen facilities available. Ideal for children’s parties or other meetings. £10 per hour. Call 01865 245887 or email admin@magdalenroadchurch.org.
• St Margaret's Institute, Polstead Road
• A range of rooms are available; a very small room suitable for individual lessons, to medium sized rooms, approx 5 x5 m each, and a hall with sprung floor 12 x 7.5m. There is also a kitchen available. Call 01865 510560 to book.
• St Michael's Church Halls, Summertown
• Situated at the corner of Banbury and Portland Roads, with on-site parking, there are two halls available for hire: the Upper Hall, with a raised stage area (23m²), has an approximate area of 125m² and seats 175 theatre-style, and the Lower Hall is approximately 90m², seating 120 theatre-style. Both Halls have kitchens, the lower kitchen being fully equipped for food preparation. The Lower Hall now only has very limited weekday availability. The Upper Hall has some availability on Tuesday and Wednesday and for a large part of the day on Friday.  There is still good weekend availability.  To enquire about the availability and cost of hiring the Church Hall, or ask about the current availability of parking spaces or garages, or to arrange an inspection visit, please contact the Church Hall office either by telephone 01865 311762 (24-hour answerphone) or by email SummertownChurchHall@hotmail.com. Check out the website: www.stmichaels-summertown.org.uk/hall.htm
• A1 Pool Hall, Crown St.
• Just off the Cowley Rd. Back room available for private parties, capacity up to 80 people. Bar, pool table (if wanted), small stage. Fee negotiable: about £50 - 100, usually. Parties have to finish by midnight, unless a late licence is arranged in advance. Call 01865 244300 and ask for Annie after 6.30pm.
• Science Oxford, St Clements
• Oxford's stylish modern science museum is also available for event hire (business meetings, training days, breakfast clubs, etc.). With a large presentation room, exhibition space and more, it can cater for up to 100 people, has high speed internet, AV system and - for an extra charge in each case - parking, refreshments, and even trained staff available. Special offer in early 2008: 'Register your interest in booking Science Oxford and be placed in a prize draw to win a bottle of champagne'! For more details and full tariff visit their website at www.oxtrust.org.uk/corporatehire, call 01865 728953 or email carol.leeson@oxtrust.org.uk
• Town Hall, St Aldate's
• Contact Sue Scarrott 01865 252195. Rooms are hired by the hour with a minimum 2 hour reservation and available Monday to Saturday from 9am to 10pm, and on Sundays from 10am - 4pm. Special rates apply for civil weddings, conferences, social events and Sunday reservations. The Main Hall seats 500 on the ground floor and 242 in the balcony. The hourly rate is £150.
      There are no kitchen facilities, but catering can be provided on request. The Assembly Room and Old Library (capacity 200 and 120 respectively) are available at a fee of £92 per hour per room. Various meeting rooms are available at an hourly rate of £33. These rates will be valid till March 2008.
       Discounts are possible for over 6 hour reservations and some organisations may qualify for concessionary discounts. All rooms are wheelchair accessible.
• The Tree Hotel and Annora International Restaurant, 63 Church Way, Iffley Village, OX4 4EY.
• The conference room seats 30 people. The day delegate rate is £28 per person, and includes tea / coffee, biscuits, choice of menu for lunch, room hire, OHP screens, flipcharts, pens, pads and bottled water. Ensuite rooms and restaurant are also available for hire, as well as ample parking facilities. Tel. 01865 775974, fax. 01865 747554 or email enquiries@treehotel.co.uk.
• West Oxford Community Centre, Botley Road (Oxford Rail station 5-10 min walk)
• Call 01865 245761. Purpose-built centre offering a range of low-cost rooms for sports, courses, business and social meetings, and private events. The sports/general-purpose hall (capacity 120) costs £22/hour for associate members and £33/hour otherwise. There is also a large multi-purpose room (capacity 30, £11/hour members or £16.50/hour) and two seminar rooms (capacity 11 & 12, £9/hour members or £13.50/hour). There is a café area (£11/hour members or £16.50/hour non-members) and if you wish to use the café area and the kitchen, it would cost £16.50/hour members or £22/hour non-members, all in. You can also hire the whole centre (£49.50/hour members, £66/hour non-members, max. cap of £340.) Badminton equipment can be hired at £5/hour. There is wheelchair access to all areas; hearing loops in hall and the multi-purpose room are available on request. Catering available by arrangement. Further details on website www.woca.org.uk under "Hiring rooms".
• North Oxford Community Centre, Summertown
• Call 01865 552295. Run by the North Oxford Association. The main hall seats about 100 and costs £15/hr. A smaller committee room, seating 25, is available for £8/hr. The newly completed (2007) annexe is available at £12/hr. A kitchen can also be hired if necessary. Cutteslowe Pavilion (Cutteslowe Park, north of the ring road, east of Banbury Road) is also under NOA's control and costs £10.50/hr. Some concessionary rates may be obtained at the discretion of the management committee. There is wheelchair access to the main hall in Summertown and to the Cutteslowe Pavilion.
• Bar Baby, 213 Cowley Road
• Has a free private room available for parties, any night of the week. Call 01865 202506 or 01865 515910.
• Jongleurs, Hythe Bridge Street
• Capacity 300. Available weekday nights, 7pm-2am. Bar provided, food can be arranged. Price according to numbers. Negotiate with Paul on 01865 722437, who is most easily caught weekdays in the daytime.
• The Wheatsheaf, High St.
• Call 01865 721156. Capacity 100, bar provided, available during opening hours, price varies according to event.
• The Chequers, High St.
• Call 01865 726904. Room, capacity about 40, not entirely private, no charge, not available weekend nights, otherwise when open.
• The Port Mahon, 82 St Clement's St.
• Call 01865 202067. Capacity 50ish standing, 30ish seated. Normally 12-11pm, early mornings by request. Bar service available but not en suite, as it were. Prices variable with length of time desired, but in the region of £20 for an evening. Alas, as of December 2007 it's no longer free for public gigs.
• Clarendon Enterprise Centre, Clarendon House, 52 Cornmarket St.
• Call 01865 304000. Fully equipped serviced offices in the city centre or just north (Belsyre Court, Woodstock Road). From £20 per hour for boardroom, £600pcm for one-man office, £835 two-man. Free broadband and kitchen facility in both places. Wheelchair access in Clarendon House.
• Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont Street
• The theatre's Hospitality Room (faux-Georgian room with boardroom table. Capacity: 30 with theatre-style seating, 20 as boardroom, 35-40 standing) or Top Room (light attic studio with dance floor - capacity 60 with theatre-style seating or 100 for buffet meal) are hireable for £30 for private drinks before a show/during the interval. Daytime hire for meetings, rehearsals, workshops, drinks etc. - catering (produced on the premises) also available. Further info/hospitality pack available from 01865 305351 or www.oxfordplayhouse.com/hospitality.
• South Oxford Community Centre, Lake Street
• Call 01865 242666. Cheerful and very cheap (from £5.50/hour) venue just off the Abingdon Road. Rooms of all sizes to hire (for classes, parties, etc.). www.southoxford.org

Doing something musical? See also: Oxford Concert Venues: A searchable page containing more info on concert venues, with reviews by performers.
And Oxford Gig Venues, along the same lines.