Plans are still in the making but we will be heading to London this November for drinks at The Folly, near Monument, on Tuesday 18 November 2025.
Old Members who joined Queen’s in 2010 or after will be invited to join us for an evening of meeting, greeting and networking.
Invitations will be sent out in September, but in the meantime, please save the date in your calendars.
On Saturday 26 July 2025, we are delighted to be organising a reception for Old Members near Juillac in Gironde, just over an hour’s drive east of Bordeaux.
As part of this special evening, the College Choir, conducted by Waverley Fellow in Music Professor Owen Rees, will be performing a selection of madrigals before and after dinner.
Old Members are invited to bring a guest, but spaces are limited and priority will be given to Old Member bookings.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide overnight accommodation but rooms should be available in either Bordeaux or the surrounding area. You can find a list of recommended accommodation here.
Booking is now closed. Please contact the Old Members’ Office to enquire about any last-minute spaces becoming available.
17:00 Welcome
17:30 Madrigal performance
18:30 Buffet dinner, followed by more madrigals
20:30 Close
The performance in Juillac will mark the first stop on the Choir’s wider summer tour of France. On Sunday 27 July, the College Choir will sing Sunday morning Mass in Saint-André Cathedral in Bordeaux (10.30am), and you can hear them perform later that day (6pm) at the Église Notre-Dame in Gensac (c5 minutes’ drive south) as part of the village’s annual summer festival. On Monday 28th July they will sing an evening concert in Saint-Sernin in Toulouse, and will finish their tour with a concert at La Madeleine in Paris on 29 July from 6pm (free admission). For more information about the Choir’s French Tour please visit the Choir’s website.
We will celebrate our traditional Needle and Thread Gaudy on Saturday 10 January 2026 for Old Members who matriculated in the years 2008 or 2009.
Invitations will be sent in September.
Traditionally held at the beginning of the New Year, this dinner involves the College’s Bursar threading a needle into each guest’s jacket and advising them to be thrifty in the coming year. Needles were historically popular as Christmas gifts but it is thought that this Gaudy’s customs are a pun on the College founder’s name, Eglesfield – the French words ‘aiguilles et fils’ meaning needles and threads.
The Gaudy dinner is free of charge. B&B is available for Saturday 10 January at £50pppn.
Please note that due to space restrictions in Hall, this is an Old Member only event (for matriculation years 2008 and 2009).
SATURDAY 10 JANUARY
4.00pm Tea & cake in the Shulman Auditorium
4.30pm Welcome
6.30pm Drinks in the Upper Library
7.00pm Dinner (Black Tie)
SUNDAY 11 JANUARY
8.15–9.45am Breakfast in Hall
8.45am Holy Communion
We will celebrate our traditional Boar’s Head Gaudy on Saturday 20 December 2025 for Old Members who matriculated in the years 2000 or 2001.
Invitations to join the ballot for places will be sent in September.
The programme will begin with tea and Christmas cake in the Shulman Auditorium, followed by a recital of seasonal music in Chapel with the College Choir.
The Gaudy is combined with the Boar’s Head Ceremony, which takes place before dinner. Guests are asked to assemble in Hall by 6.25pm when the Boar’s Head will make its ceremonial entrance.
After the Ceremony, champagne will be served in the Upper Library, followed by dinner at 7.15pm. Holy Communion will be celebrated in Chapel on Sunday morning.
The Gaudy dinner is free of charge. B&B is available for Saturday 20 December at £50pppn.
Please note that due to space restrictions in Hall, this is an Old Member only event (for matriculation years 2000 and 2001).
SATURDAY 20 DECEMBER
3.30pm Tea & cake in the Shulman Auditorium
4.00pm Welcome
5.45pm Recital of Seasonal Music in Chapel
6.30pm Boar’s Head Ceremony
6.45pm Drinks in the Upper Library
7.15pm Dinner (Black Tie)
SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER
8.15 – 9.45am Breakfast in the Hall
8.45am Holy Communion
We will celebrate the Jubilee Matriculation Lunch on Saturday 18 October 2025 for Old Members who matriculated in the years 1955, 1965, 1975.
Invitations will be sent in August.
SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER
The event commences at 12.15pm for the commemorative photograph, but refreshments will be available from 11.30am for guests arriving early.
12:00 Commemorative photograph
12:30 Drinks in the Upper Library
13:00 Lunch (Dress code: Lounge suits)
14:30 Talk by College Archivist Mike Riordan in the Shulman Auditorium
15:30 Tea, coffee and cake the Shulman Auditorium Foyer
16:00 Close
Lunch is free of charge for Old Members.
If you would like to bring a guest, please register their details when booking. Tickets for guests are £25.
Revisit College, meet up with friends and enjoy listening to our fantastic Choir at Evensong.
We are sorry to say that sold out in record time again. You can join the waiting list here.
Tickets cost £65 per person for a 5-course dinner, including wine. Discounted tickets are available for those who matriculated in or after 2015.
Due to the continuing popularity of this dinner, we are only able to take bookings from Old Members (no guests). If you would not be able to attend without the assistance of a guest, please contact us.
B&B rooms are available in College, for the Saturday night only, at an extra charge of £50 per person. Twin (not double) rooms are available. Book at the same time as your dinner ticket. Breakfast in Hall is included. Check-in from 2pm, check out by 10am prompt.
Dress code: Black-tie preferred
Meet our Artists in Residence
Last year, Queen’s launched a new creative residency programme. The programme brings artists working in any field of the creative arts – creative writing, film, fine art, music, or performance – to live and work with us in College over the course of a term. The aim is to support an artist’s work, to learn from their practice, and see our community through a new lens.
Join us to meet Kayoon and Di, to hear about their experience of creating art among the College community, and to discover more about the future of art at Queen’s.
SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER
4.00pm Refreshments
4.30pm Afternoon programme: “Meet our Artists in Residence”
5.30pm Time to get changed
6.15pm Evensong in Chapel
7.00pm Pre-dinner drinks in the Upper Library
7.30pm 5-course dinner in Hall
9.30pm Post-dinner drinks in the SCR
11.00pm Carriages
SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
8.15am – 9.45am Breakfast in the Hall
8.45am Holy Communion in Chapel
Please note that this event coincides with Meeting Minds, the University-wide alumni weekend. Do look out for interesting sessions at the Maths Institute and at colleges and departments across Oxford from 19-21 September. Registration for Meeting Minds will open shortly.
