Where families explore, experiment and let curiosity run wild!

🚀 About this event:

The Oxford Brookes Science Bazaar returns for 2027 with another exciting day of discovery, creativity, and hands-on fun for the whole family!

This FREE family festival brings together incredible research, interactive activities, creative workshops, live demonstrations, and inspiring experiences designed to spark curiosity in young minds. From engineering and technology to nature, health, space, and the unexpected, there’s something for every future scientist, inventor, maker, and explorer.

Perfect for children aged 5–12, with plenty for parents, carers, and older siblings to enjoy too.

🎉 What to expect in 2027:

✨ Brand-new interactive activities inspired by real research

✨ Hands-on challenges where families can build, test, create, and experiment together

✨ Live shows and demonstrations full of surprises

✨ Creative workshops, storytelling, and immersive experiences

✨ Opportunities to meet researchers and discover how science connects to everyday life

✨ Dedicated quiet and sensory-considerate spaces, including our expanded Autism-Friendly Relaxed Early Opening session for families who prefer a calmer environment

🧠 Whether your child loves getting messy, solving problems, designing inventions, or simply asking “why?”, the Science Bazaar is a chance to explore, imagine, and discover together!

🌍Where:

The event is held at Oxford Brookes University at our Headington Campus across our Clerici and John Henry Brookes buildings. A map of the campus can be found here.

🕘 When:

Relaxed autism-friendly early opening: 9:30 - 11:30 - our visual guide can be found here.

Open to all: 11:30 -16:00

🧪What to expect:

Over 70 hands-on activities led by scientists, students and local organisations.

Bookable workshops & live shows.

Meet real scientists and ask them all your biggest questions.

Discover together - from making, crafting and experimenting to watching, listening and playing!

Whether you want to design, build, race, code or simply explore, the Science Bazaar is a place to let your imagination run wild.

Accessibility:

Relaxed autism-friendly early opening: 9:30am – 11:30am (limited tickets available)

Open to all: 11:30am – 4pm

🎟️Tickets:

General entry ticket – free, required for all visitors.

Relaxed autism-friendly session - free, limited numbers

Spaces go fast – book early so you don’t miss out!!

💡Why come?

Because science is for everyone. Because it’s a chance to explore, experiment and discover as a family. And because where else can you see exciting shows, exploding experiments, creepy-crawly crafts, and racing robots all in one day?

👉 Join us for an unforgettable day of fun, discovery and imagination!

Contact Us:

Website: www.brookes.ac.uk/science-bazaar

Email: sciencebazaar@brookes.ac.uk

Description supplied by the event organiser.