St Giles' Fair

The fair has survived medieval times and is organised for a two-day duration in September each year[2] by the Oxford City Council with the London and Home Counties section of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.

[5] Another custom was that any householder in St Giles itself could sell beer and spirits during the fair by hanging the bough of a tree over their front door.

The whole of St Giles' and even Magdalen Street by Elliston and Cavell's right up to and beyond the War Memorial, at the meeting of the Woodstock and Banbury roads, is thick with freak shows, roundabouts, cake-walks, the whip, and the witching waves.

[6] It is unusual for an English fair, being held in a major street of a city and blocking traffic for its two-day duration in September each year.

[2] It is organised by the Oxford City Council with the London and Home Counties section of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.