Events for Saturday 13 April 2013
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6:30 pm
The Kooks @ O2 Academy, Oxford
An intimate, one-off UK show at O2 Academy Oxford before headlining festival dates in Australia, Indonesia and South Africa. More information at www.o2academyoxford.co.uk/event/52436/the-kooks-tickets Find out more »
7:00 pm
£20
Beth Orton / Dan Michaelson @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford
The extraordinarily talented Beth Orton is back and ready to take her critically acclaimed album Sugaring Season on tour. Starting in Cambridge and ending in Bristol, the tour takes in shows in Newcastle and Oxford along the way. More information at www.o2academyoxford.co.uk/event/51005/beth-orton-tickets Find out more »
7:30 pm
£6
Brickwork Lizards / The Mechanisms / The Hawkhurst @ The Cellar, Oxford
Brickwork Lizards: Purveyors of the finest Turkabilly hip-hop mashup, blending Arabic melodies and spaghetti western soundscapes, this eight-piece is guaranteed to bring the house down. The Mechanisms: A band of immortal space pirates roaming the universe in the starship Aurora. If you’re very lucky, they might sing you a story before they shoot you. The […] Find out more »
£8 (£7 concessions)
Thomas Truax / Ratatosk @ Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
Thomas Truax: Straight outta Wowtown via New York City, Thomas Truax (pronounced troo-aks) and his “band” of bizarre self-made instruments and mechanical contraptions (including the near-legendary ‘Hornicator’) make a welcome return to the UK this April for a limited run of live dates. More than just a vaudevillian inventor and entertainer, Truax crafts some potent […] Find out more »
8:00 pm
£14 / £12.50 (concessions) / £11.50 (members)
Faustus @ Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot
Benji Kirkpatrick is member of folk supergroup Bellowhead and played on Seth Lakeman’s Kitty Jay; Saul Rose was a long-time member of Waterson: Carthy; Paul Sartin is also a member of Bellowhead and composer of theatre scores. Faustus make a stunning return with their lovely arrangements and superb playing. More information and tickets at www.cornerstone-arts.org Find out more »
9:00 pm
Free
Mike Mayfield @ The Golden Pheasant Inn, Burford
More information at www.goldenpheasantburford.com/85-live_music.htm Find out more »