Events for Saturday 22 November 2014
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10:00 am
Free
Sound Explorers @ The Story Museum, Oxford
Join sound artist Dan Fox to explore the hidden sounds around us. Don wireless headphones and be plunged into a world you never knew existed as Dan delves into the sounds of water, of buildings, of everything! Revel in the sounds for the rest of the day through Dan’s own Wok-a-bolic speakers! Register from 10.00 […] Find out more »
12:00 pm
Free
Play House by Alex Allmont @ The Old Museum, Oxford
Play House is an automata that mechanically performs ever changing hooky, hypnotic acid house. Like a generative musical loom, its sequence of LEGO gears, levers and latches mutate riffs and rhythm patterns. These are played out on analogue drums and synthesisers from the halcyon days of 1980′s dance music, whilst the machine gradually shifts the […] Find out more »
4:30 pm
Free
Pod by Alison Ballard and Mike Blow @ Oxford University History Faculty Garden, Oxford
Tactile and alluring sonic sculptures which hum and vibrate with pulsing low frequency sound. Audience members are encouraged to place hands and ears on the giant orbs, to feel and hear mysterious sounds coming from within. Discover Pod nestled in the Oxford University History Faculty Garden, an undiscovered corner right in the heart of the […] Find out more »
6:30 pm
£17.50 / £49 (VIP)
The Pretty Reckless / Heaven’s Basement / Nothing More @ O2 Academy, Oxford
Led by singer Taylor Momsen, The Pretty Reckless’ single ‘Heaven Knows’ is the most successful song this year at Active and Mainstream Rock Radio. The song spent five weeks at #1 on Active Rock and 12 weeks #1 on Mainstream Rock in the US. Whilst in the UK, the band did the Radio 1 Live […] Find out more »
7:00 pm
Salvage / I Cried Wolf / Evavoid / Godsbane @ The Bullingdon, Oxford
Macmillan Cancer Research fundraiser. Find out more »
8:00 pm
£20 (gallery) / £15 (stalls) / £5 (student)
Panufnik Centenary Concert – Clare Hammond (Piano) @ Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford
Panufnik, A: 12 Miniature Studies, 7-12 Szymanowski: Métopes, Op. 29 Panufnik, R: This Mighty Heart Panufnik, A: Dreamscape & Love Song Szymanowski: Bestimmung, Op. 22 No. 5 Chopin: Was ein junges Mädchen liebt Chopin: Zwei Leichen, Op. 74 No. 11 Panufnik A and R: Modlitwa Chopin: Selection from Études, Op. 25 A centenary celebration of […] Find out more »
£5
Bright Works / Kancho / Foundry @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford
Bright Works are a four-piece mafrobeat band from Oxford. They play catchy pop riffs in odd time signatures and have a poet for a lead singer. Kancho are a clattering two-piece post-hardcore band from Oxford. Foundry are a three-piece alt-rock band from Bicester. More information at www.facebook.com/events/1562640230634318 Find out more »
11:00 pm
£5
Bedrock (rock club) @ The Bullingdon, Oxford
More information at www.facebook.com/events/731752683547400 Find out more »
£5
What You Call It, Garage?! @ The Cellar, Oxford
A night of strictly the finest UK Garage, Bass and Grime music. And a lickle piece of vibes thrown in for good measure. Dedicated followers still digging for the real tunes they loved and now joined by a new crew untainted by the mainstream commercial success Garage had and keen to explore the riddims, basslines […] Find out more »