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#109 Carnival, rowing and Cornbury Wed 2nd Jul 2014

Carnival, rowing and Cornbury

It's a weekend celebrating diversity and fiction in Oxford with both the Cowley Road Carnival and Alice's Day! There's also great local theatre, the Queen of comedy Dawn French and Henley Royal Regatta. Listen to the Oxcast for details on all of this and more!

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Events featured in this episode

Cornbury Music Festival
Alice Explore Oxford Gallery Trail
Alice Day
Cowley Road Carnival
Henley Royal Regatta 2014
Dawn French: 30 Million Minutes
What Became of Harley Warren?
Alice's Day

Alice 3.0: An Alternative Wonderland
Dancin' Oxford - Baby Boogie
Peter Doherty, Adam Barnes
Making journalism pay in the digital age
Alice in Wonderland themed Oxford Guided Tour
Alice's Day at the Museum of Oxford
OVADA's 10th Anniversary Party!
Blackwell's Bookshop: Alice Day
Alice Day Picnic Afternoon
The Return to Homs [15]

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