Bid a decent local band a fond farewell on Thursday 11 July, as Very Nice Harry play their last ever gig. They’ll be at the Cellar in Oxford, and have lined up pretty excellent supports in the form of Black Hats and The Scholars. So long, guys! It’s been real…

Saturday night is Excellent Local Music night on Saturday 13 July – firstly with a BG Records-curated Upstairs in association with BBC Introducing in Oxford night at O2 Academy 2, Oxford, with Adian Coker and local acts ShaoDow & Zuby, Death Of Hifi and Yungstar…

…and secondly, also on Saturday 13 July, the next Irregular Folk ‘Summer Sessions’ event at the delightful Perch in Oxford. The May Birds, We Aeronauts and Ballina Whalers will be bringing the musical pleasantries in a lovely setting, and if enough people sign up for it, the organisers are setting up a boat trip to the gig as well!

Bodfest is nothing to do with the odd yellow-clothed cartoon character of the ’70s, but instead it’s the name of a one-day festival in Bodicote, taking place on Saturday 13 July. No idea what Bodicote is like? Go check it out with a super-fine line-up of music that includes ArtClassSink, The Cellar Family, Half Decent, Ioneye, The Method, Jordan O’Shea, Peerless Pirates, Tiger Mendoza, Von Braun, X-1 and a whole ton more.

Thursday 18 July will see the latest ‘Frankie’s Whisky night’ take place at the Port Mahon in Oxford. It’s a fun concept – some decent acoustic-type music (this time including Francis Pugh & The Whisky Singers, Lewis Newcombe-Jones and Dan McKean) and an appreciation of fine-quality single malt whiskies. How refined.

It’s a big couple of days in Oxford’s musical calendar over Friday 19 July and Saturday 20 July, as that’s when this year’s Truck Festival happens! Our favourite celebration of music (both local and not) in a couple of fields is located, as usual, at Hill Farm in Steventon, and the big ol’ line-up includes big names like Spiritualized, Ash and The Horrors as well as a slew of local talent. See you there, tent/beer/banana smoothie in hand…

If you can’t make it to Truck, there’s some tasty alternative entertainment to be had on Saturday 20 July at the Holly Bush Inn in Oxford. Agness Pike will be supported by Samuel Zasada, Supremis and Gemma Moss at a ‘One Gig Closer’ night of music. Pop along with a tent/beer/banana smoothie if you feel the need to recreate that festival feeling… otherwise normal gig etiquette will suffice!

Full details of these and loads more gigs can be found in the events calendar.