Events for Friday 26 April 2013
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6:30 pm
£8
Peace / Superfood @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford
Peace, who made an instant impact with their debut single ‘Follow Baby’ and are currently leading the way for the next generation of guitar bands, embark on their biggest headlining tour to date. More information at www.o2academyoxford.co.uk/event/51371/peace-tickets Find out more »
7:30 pm
£15 advance / £17 door
Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express @ The Bullingdon, Oxford
In some parallel dimension Chuck Prophet is a star, though for the real-world fans he’s amassed over the past three decades, beginning with his stint in Green on Red through his well-regarded solo career, he may as well already be one. Certainly Prophet stands as a revered writer’s writer, earning the respect of such peers […] Find out more »
£12 / £9 (concessions)
Mopomoso On Tour @ The Newman Rooms, Oxford
A special event in which Oxford Improvisers have collaborated with Sound and Music and long-standing improvised music promotor Mopomoso to bring you some of the finest improvising talent in the UK today. Line up: Alex Ward (clarinet) and Kay Grant (vocals); Alison Blunt Trio: Alison Blunt (violin), Benedict Taylor (viola), David Leahy (bass); Oxford Improvisers; […] Find out more »
£8
The Buffalo Gals @ The Three Horseshoes, Towersey
The UK’s favourite old-time country string band featuring first-class fiddling from Kate Lissauer, tight harmony vocals, the exquisite dancing of Sibs Riesen (the UK’s best Appalachian freestyle dancer), and… they are the best dressed band, ever! More information at www.musicallymonstrous.co.uk/2013-04-26-TheBuffaloGals.html. Tickets available from www.wegottickets.com/event/212240 Find out more »
7:45 pm
£11
A Hawk And A Hacksaw @ St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford
New Mexico’s A Hawk And A Hacksaw will be playing Oxford’s St Michael At The North Gate church as part of a full European tour to support the release of their new album – You Have Already Gone To The Other World: Music Inspired By Paradjanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. The album will be released […] Find out more »
8:00 pm
£3.95 / £2.22 early bird
The Half Rabbits / Black Hats / ArtClassSink @ The Jericho, Oxford
Daisy Rodgers Music Promotions celebrate their fourth birthday with a great night of new music. More information at www.facebook.com/events/326798984087880. Tickets available from www.wegottickets.com/event/210410 Find out more »
£5
Late Night Envy / Torn Like Colours / Late Night Lights @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford
More information at www.facebook.com/events/494278133954011 Find out more »
£5
Mr Woodnote + Lil Rhys & Eva Lazarus / Marvellous Medicine / Preacherman @ The Cellar, Oxford
Mr Woodnote + Lil Rhys & Eva Lazarus: Funky, fresh and unmistakably phat Mr Woodnote, Lil Rhys and Eva Lazarus ignite stages and streets from Bristol to Bombay and beyond. With a sax, loop pedals and practically whatever he can get his hands on, Mr Woodnote creates every track live on the spot from scratch […] Find out more »
£20 gallery / £15 stalls / £5 students
Piatti String Quartet @ Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford
The Piatti Quartet is emerging as one of the UK’s leading young string quartets. Winners of the St Martins-in-the-Fields Chamber Music Competition in 2010, Park Lane Group Young Artists in 2009/10, and finalists at Oxford Faculty of Music Quartet Competition in 2011, theirs is a concert not to be missed. Tickets available from www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/#promoter=340 Find out more »
9:00 pm
£3
Roots Guidance / Red I / Dan I / Field / Frequency Hi-Fi @ East Oxford Community Centre, Oxford
Foundation nights at East Oxford Community Centre have now been running for nearly five years, but reggae music has been played in the centre for well over 30 years, so Foundation are keeping their community traditions going. The Community Centre is now thriving again, with new building projects going on, so Foundation are looking to […] Find out more »
9:30 pm
Free
Paul Rose All-Star Band @ Brasenose Arms, Cropredy
Paul has been in the studio with his All-Star Band including Sweetpea Atkinson (WasNotWas/Brian Wilson/Elton John), Terry Evans (Ry Cooder) sharing vocals, Randy Jacobs (WasNotWas/Bonnie Raitt/Willie Nelson/Tina Turner) on bass, Kenny Hutchison and Jim Drummond on drums. Paul Rose is acknowledged as one the most gifted guitarists in the world today. Learning his craft on […] Find out more »
10:00 pm
£15
Switch with Chase & Status @ O2 Academy, Oxford
More information at www.o2academyoxford.co.uk/event/52818/switch-feat-chase-and-status-tickets Find out more »
11:00 pm
£5
[HQ]:DB @ The Cellar, Oxford
Oxford’s longest-running drum & bass night, purveyors of cutting-edge, forward-thinking music. More information at www.cellaroxford.co.uk/event/hqdb-3 Find out more »