Speakeasy cocktail bar on Iffley Road running live jazz and open jams alongside weekly karaoke - a Great British Pub Awards finalist for Best in Spirits.
Venue at a glanceThe Mad Hatter · Oxford
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Speakeasy cocktail bar on Iffley Road running live jazz and open jams alongside weekly karaoke - a Great British Pub Awards finalist for Best in Spirits.
The Mad Hatter is a speakeasy-style cocktail bar on Iffley Road in Oxford, describing itself as a place of *"English eccentricity, drinks of distinction and timeless distractions"*. It has been a Great British Pub Awards finalist for Best in Spirits.
Live music sits alongside the drinks programme. The Oxford Jazz Collective brings live jazz and an open jam, the Mad Mario Jam runs as its own night, and Kanpai! Karaoke is on most Saturdays from 7pm. The bar also runs the Prohibition Smokers' Club, cocktail masterclasses and private karaoke rooms, and has guestrooms upstairs.
The jam nights make it one of the more approachable Oxford rooms for a musician looking to play rather than be booked.
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43 Iffley Road, Oxford, Oxford, OX4 1EA
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