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Traditional Oxford Pub with Irish Roots 🇮🇪 Warm Fire, Cold Guinness & Great Company 🍻

16/10/2026

The Last Tuesday returns on 27th October, featuring Oxford’s deep-groove-meisters Time Is Of The Essence.

The band consists of virtuoso guitarist Peter Oxley, founder and band leader of the world renowned Hejira - Celebrating Joni Mitchell and includes the superb Ollie Weston on sax, the ever inventive Martin Pickett on keys and the beating heart Rick Finlay on drums! 🎸 🎷 🎹 🥁

Plus we will be launching our new w**e list on the night!! 🍷

You can book your seat for free by emailing [email protected]. There is limited availability so BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment.

Free entry, doors from 7pm, 8pm start

20/09/2026

🎻Folk song of the week🎻

This week’s tune is The One-Horned Sheep, a traditional Irish jig that first appeared in Francis O’Neill’s Dance Music of Ireland (1907) under the title The Old Horned Sheep. He later published a related tune called The Original One-Horned Sheep in his collection Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody (1922) where he noted that the melody was associated with an older Irish song praising the many virtues of an “old horned sheep” which provided food, clothing, and other necessities to its owner.

In some older traditions, references to a “one-horned sheep” or “one-horned cow” sometimes referred to a poitín still, apparatus used to brew moonshine.

Sláinte, and enjoy this week’s tune! 🍀

19/09/2026

The Last Tuesday returns on 29th September, featuring Oxford’s deep-groove-meisters Time Is Of The Essence.

The band consists of virtuoso guitarist Peter Oxley, founder and band leader of the world renowned Hejira - Celebrating Joni Mitchell and includes the superb Ollie Weston on sax, the ever inventive Martin Pickett on keys and the beating heart Rick Finlay on drums! 🎸 🎷 🎹 🥁

You can book your seat for free by emailing [email protected]. There is limited availability so BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment.

Free entry, doors from 7pm, 8pm start

19/09/2026

🎶 LIVE JAZZ AT THE HALF MOON 🎶

On Tuesday 22nd September we welcome back FM², the newest jazz TRIO in town, superbly led by Matthew Faulk 🎸 and Stuart Miller 🎷 and now boosted by the eclectic maestro Max on drums.

Very relaxed. Chat, laugh, raise a glass (it isn’t one of ‘those’ kind of jazz gigs!)… Ease your way into the week.

It’s free entry and an 8pm start 🎸🎷🎶

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18/09/2026

Oxford’s newest country night is back on Friday 25th September with Brook Ellingworth and HUX playing a night of original songs from Nashville Tennessee! 🇺🇸

8pm start. Bring your boots and get stuck into some cold b**r and I nice bourbon! See you there 🤠 🍻 🥃 🎸

14/09/2026

☘️ 🎉 🚨 FRESHERS 🚨 🎉 ☘️

Welcome to The Half Moon, your new favourite late night pub, open until 2am, 7 days a week.

Whether it’s pres or afters, live music or socials we’ve got you covered 🙌

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28/08/2026

📣 WE ARE HIRING 📣

Would you like to join our small team here at the Half Moon, Oxford?

All levels of experience welcome

SIA license holders and Personal license holders encouraged to apply

Flexible hours and competitive rates

Email us your CV at [email protected] or DM us

24/08/2026

Oxford’s newest country night returns on Friday 28th August with Brook Ellingworth and HUX playing a night of original songs from Nashville Tennessee

8pm start. Bring your boots and get stuck into some cold b**r! See you there 🤠

21/08/2026

The Last Tuesday returns featuring Oxford’s deep-groove-meisters Time Is Of The Essence.

The band consists of virtuoso guitarist Peter Oxley, founder and band leader of the world renowned Hejira - Celebrating Joni Mitchell and includes the superb Ollie Weston on sax (ex Amy Winehouse), the ever inventive Martin Pickett on keys and Rick Finlay on drums, the beating heart of Hejira.

Fresh from their ground breaking American Hejira tour, Pete, Ollie and Rick step straight into our setting for an intimate gig, which is a fixed feature in our monthly calendar.

You can book your seat for free by emailing [email protected]. There is limited availability so get in touch to avoid disappointment.

Free entry, doors from 7pm, 8pm start

26/07/2026

🎻 Tune of the Week: Molly Quinlan’s Jig 🎻

This week’s tune is Molly Quinlan’s Jig, a lively double jig that has been part of the Irish traditional repertoire since at least the turn of the twentieth century. The tune appears in Francis O’Neill’s landmark collection The Music of Ireland (1903), although its exact origins are uncertain.

Here we have it played by Callum Beck and Jack Evans 🎶

We don’t know whether Molly Quinlan was a real person - perhaps a local dancer or musician - but we do know that the name Molly appears again and again throughout Irish music. Molly Malone, Handsome Molly, the list goes on… That’s because Molly is a derivative of the name Mary, which has been one of the most common names in Ireland for centuries.

Sláinte, and enjoy this week’s tune! 🍀

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17 St Clement's Street
Oxford
OX41AB

Website

http://www.halfmoonoxford.com/

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