What’s On in Abingdon (Mid April 2026)

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Beauty and the Beast
7–11 April | 7:30pm  Saturday Matinee 2:30pm
Amey Theatre, Abingdon
Abingdon Operatic Society brings Disney’s Broadway musical to Abingdon.

Musica Medievalis – Medieval Music Concert
10 April | 7:30pm (doors 7:00pm)
St Nicolas Church, Abingdon
Join Marco Cannavò and Steve Tyler for a  journey back to medieval Europe, featuring hurdy-gurdy, harp, lute, and organ. A blend of sacred and secular music.

Clubs & Societies Day 2026
Saturday 11 April | 10:00am – 2:00pm
Guildhall, Unit 25, St Nicolas Church & Market Place, Abingdon
Discover the wide range of local groups and organisations in Abingdon. A great chance to meet people, learn something new, and get involved.

Creating Ponds for Wildlife
Wednesday 15 April | 7:30pm
Abingdon Baptist Church
An illustrated talk by Jeremy Biggs exploring how to create ponds that support biodiversity and wildlife.

Author Talk: Carolyn Kirby – Ravenglass
Thursday 16 April | 6:00pm
Abingdon Library
Novelist Carolyn Kirby discusses her historical novel Ravenglass, set during the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Tickets: £2 (includes a welcome drink).

History Talk: Unremembered Allies
Thursday 16 April | 7:45pm
Northcourt Centre, Abingdon
A talk by Rev. Mark Nam on the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI – the often overlooked story of over 140,000 men who supported Allied efforts during the war.

Celtic Songs & Music Evening
Saturday 18 April | 7:30pm
St Helen’s Church, Abingdon
An evening of traditional Celtic music with Valentine Roland, performed on violin, guitar, and tin whistle.

MGA at 70: New Exhibition at Abingdon Museum

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This year marks the 70th anniversary of the MGA, built at the MG Car Company’s factory in Abingdon.

To mark the occasion, Abingdon Museum has opened a new exhibition featuring information boards, photographs, model cars, and a Pathé news film, ‘The Sports Car of the Year (1955–1956)’. The exhibition runs until 28 June.

The MGA was launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1955 and marked a significant change from MG’s earlier T-Series cars. The T-Series retained pre-war features — separate wings, running boards, and an upright driving position — while the MGA introduced a low, streamlined body, with the driver sitting closer to the road, aimed at the export market.

Just over 101,000 were built between 1955 and 1962, the majority sold in the United States. For Abingdon, that meant steady employment at the MG works.

The MGA was followed by the MGB, MG’s most commercially successful model. An MGB, along with other MG artefacts, is on permanent display at the museum, as well as the temporary MGA exhibition.

Abingdon Museum is run by Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council.

Not a Hoax – The Monk is back

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Despite what this blog reported on April 1st, the monk has really appeared on the Marcham Road Roundabout this Easter Day morning – as a big surprise.

The work to lift him in and bolt him down must have happened early this morning.

It has been arranged by the Abingdon Freemasons, who really do have ties with the original monk, although not the hoax ones put on this blog on April 1st. The previous monk also had a Masonic connection as the original monk was sponsored by the Abbey Press which was run by one of their members.

Easter Activities Around the Town Centre

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An “eggspedition” around the town centre gave children the chance to hunt for twelve egg-themed words and win a chocolate Easter egg.

On the Market Place, there was live entertainment, including performances by the Stagecoach singers,

and the Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers. All this formed part of the Easter Eggstravaganza – a family event welcoming the spring, with crafts and local stalls.

Among the stalls was the One Wish Dog Foundation, founded in 2025, a new charity working to rescue and rehome unwanted and abandoned dogs across Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.

Elsewhere around the town centre, shop windows joined in with Easter displays. Happy Easter!