• A1 Pool Hall, 10 Crown St, Oxford OX4 1QG
• 01865 244300 after 6.30pm
  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.
• Baby Simple, 213 Cowley Rd, Oxford OX4 1XF
• 01865 202506 / 01865 515910
  Room available free for party/promoter hire any night of the week.
• The Chequers, 131 High St, Oxford OX1 4DH
• 01865 726904
  Top room, capacity about 40, not entirely private, no charge, not available weekend nights, otherwise when open.
• Clarendon Enterprise Centre, Clarendon House, 52 Cornmarket St, Oxford OX1 3HJ
• 01865 339300
  Fully equipped serviced offices in the city centre (Clarendon House), just north (Belsyre Court, Woodstock Road), Prama House (north, Summertown) and east (Eastgate Business Park on the ring road). From £20 per hour for boardroom, approx. £600pcm for one-man office, approx. £835 two-man. Free broadband and kitchen facilities in all places. Wheelchair access. Full info: www.clarendon-enterprise.co.uk
• Garden Quadrangle Auditorium, St John's College, Oxford OX1 3JP
• 01865 277325
  Capacity 197 (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 £400 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.
• Hawkwell House, Church Way, Iffley Village, Oxford OX4 4DZ
• 01865 749988 conference@hawkwellhouse.co.uk
  For concerts and balls. Parties of 10-200.
• Imperial Royale, 27 Park End St, Oxford OX1 1HU
• 07799 586194 petermcclure@hotmail.co.uk
  Mysterious venue occasionally used as a nightclub. Contact
• Infinite Ideas, 36 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LD
• 01865 514888 info@infideas.com
  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).
• Jongleurs, Hythe Bridge St, Oxford OX1 2EW
• 01865 722437 - daytimes, weekdays
  Capacity 300. Available weekday nights, 7pm-2am. Bar provided, food can be arranged. Price according to numbers.
• KRTSC, Yarnton Road, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1AT
• 01865 841526 contact@krtsc.co.uk
  Kidlington Recreational Trust Social Club. Capacity of 180, available any day. £50 to members, £75 to non-members (membership is free, so worth taking up!). Kitchen, parking, garden, smoking area, skittles, conference facilities, accessible (excluding toilets). Stage area for bands and discos, large dance floor, private bar, catering. (Details correct at Feb 2009)
• Magdalen College Auditorium, Magdalen College, High St, Oxford OX1 4AU
• 01865 276051 (the Home Bursar)
  Beautiful new stone building built as a cinema/lecture theatre. 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 7.3opm - 11pm latest. Charges vary according to the type of event, and start at £54 / hour. Wheelchair accessible.
• Magdalen College School Hall, Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 1DZ
• 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.
• Magdalen Road Church, 41a Magdalen Rd, Oxford OX4 1RB
• 01865 245887 admin@magdalenroadchurch.org
  Hall seating just over 100. Kitchen facilities available. Ideal for children’s parties or other meetings. £15 per hour.
• Marston Scout Hall, 238 Marston Rd, Oxford OX3 0EJ
• Basic facilities hireable for community use include Main Hall (capacity 70 seated, 80 unseated, plastic chairs and collapsible tables available); Stanley Room (seats 20); toilets (accessible); basic kitchen (with utensils, some crockery on request) to cater for approx 20. Booking enquiries handled via their online form. (Details correct at Feb 2009)
• Newman Rooms, Rose Place, St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1RD
• 01865 276994
  Within the University of Oxford Catholic Chaplaincy. 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 vacation 9am - 11pm, but aren't hired out very much in term time (although the administrators are open to negotiation).
• North Oxford Community Centre, Oxford OX2 7DP
• 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.
• OFS Studio, 40 George St, Oxford OX1 2AQ
• 01865 297170
  '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.
• The Oxford Centre, 333 Banbury Rd, Oxford OX2 7PL
• 01865 554719, fax 01865 559072 info@the-oxford-centre.co.uk
  300 capacity Summerhill Suite, from £200; 80 capacity Northampton Suite, from £100. Facilities include catering, car parking, garden and wifi. All sorts of events covered. Convenient for Park & Ride (Water Eaton) and local buses into the city centre.
• Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2LW
• 01865 305351
  The theatre's Hospitality Room (faux-Georgian room with boardroom table, capacity: 30 with theatre-style seating, 20 as boardroom, 35-40 standing) and 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 (in-house) also available.
• Oxford Union, Frewin Ct, Oxford OX1 3JB
• 01865 241353 / events@oxford-union.org
  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. 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 St, Oxford OX1 2LN
• 0870 4008200 (Conferences & Banqueting) 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.
• St Margaret's Institute, 30 Polstead Rd, Oxford OX2 6TN
• 01865 510560
  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.
• St Michael's Church Hall, Oxford OX2 7EZ
• 01865 311762 (24-hour answerphone) SummertownChurchHall@hotmail.com
  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
• Science Oxford Live, St Clements St, Oxford OX4 1BD
• 01865 728953 astrid.hayles@oxtrust.org.uk
  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.
• South Hinksey Village Hall, Manor Rd, South Hinksey, Oxford OX1 5AZ
• skipper144-shvillagehall@yahoo.co.uk
  Capacity: 70 seated, 100 standing. Ample parking, fully equipped kitchen, loop hearing system and disabled access, projector and screen. £14 per hour, times negotiable.
• South Oxford Community Centre, Lake St, Oxford OX1 4RP
• 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.).
• The Wolvercote Social, Ulfgar Rd, Wolvercote, Oxford OX2 8AZ
• 01865 558234 / 01865 557208
  Formerly The Canal Club; under new management as of December 2008. Function room with stage (capacity 120) and licence bar for hire. Also separate bar with pool table.
• Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford OX1 1BX
• 01865 252195 - Sue Scarrott
  Rooms are hired by the hour with a minimum 2 hour reservation and available Mon-Sat 9am-10pm, Sun 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. 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 were valid at March 2008.) Discounts are possible for 6+ hour reservations and some organisations may qualify for concessionary discounts. All rooms are wheelchair accessible.
• Tree Hotel/Annora International Restaurant, 63 Church Way, Iffley, Oxford OX4 4EY
• 01865 775974 fax 01865 747554 enquiries@treehotel.co.uk
  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.
• WISC Lecture Room, George St, Oxford OX1 2AY
• 01865 201132 housing@oxfordstudy.com
  Seats up to 60. Available for £100 per day (negotiable for more frequent use).
• West Oxford Community Centre, Botley Rd, Oxford OX2 0BT
• 01865 245761
  Purpose-built centre 5-10 mins walk from Oxford rail station. Offers 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 under "Hiring rooms".
• The Wheatsheaf, Wheatsheaf Alley, High St, Oxford OX1 4DF
• 01865 721156
  Capacity 100, bar provided, available during opening hours, price varies according to event.

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