Events for Friday 3 May 2013
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5:00 pm
Free
Reggae Sound Splash @ The Plough Inn, Witney
Part of Witney Music Festival 2013. After last year’s Reggae Sound Splash, the second installment. Jason Hughes hosts the event with special guests spinning proper Reggae – Jason Hughes (Do The Ska) / Johnny Roots (Addis Ababa) / Jason Mcnally (Tuesday Takeover) / Stuart Foster (WMF) Cath D90 (1 Drop Radio). More information at www.witneymusicfestival.com Find out more »
7:30 pm
Free
Wittstock Charity Festival 2013 @ The Railway Inn, Culham
Wittstock introduces you to some of Oxfordshire’s great live musicians and raises money for local charities. This year the charities are My Life My Choice (www.mylifemychoice.org.uk) and Headway Oxfordshire (www.headwayoxford.org.uk). There is no entry fee, but purchases of raffle tickets, programmes, t-shirts and CDs, or donations, will help to raise money for charity. Many volunteers […] Find out more »
8:00 pm
£14 / £10 (concessions)
Sons Of Kemet @ The North Wall, Oxford
If there’s a band which sums up how exciting the UK jazz scene is at the moment it’s Sons of Kemet. Headed up by BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Shabaka Hutchings (saxes), with two mighty and intricate drummers Tom Skinner and Seb Rochford, the quartet’s unlikely line-up is topped by tuba star Oren Marshall. […] Find out more »
£11 / £9 (concessions) / Festival pass available for £26 (£21 concessions)
BJ Nilsen / Bjarni Gunnarson @ Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
Part of the three-day Digital Is Dead festival of post-digital music practice. More information at www.musicinoxford.co.uk/2013/03/23/digital-is-dead-oxford-festival-in-may-with-tim-hecker-and-more and www.facebook.com/events/395887830508910 Find out more »
£5
Johnny Payne (Deer Chicago) / Noé And The Pastel Frontier / Sweet William @ Port Mahon, Oxford
‘A Night Of Loud Bands Playing Quietly': all three acts will be playing their usual material, but in a more subdued, acoustic and intimate way. Johnny Payne: The driving force and riff-machine behind Deer Chicago – the Witney-based post-rock inflected epic rock band who just headlined a BBC Introducing night at the O2 Academy, in […] Find out more »
£5
These Are Our Demands / Purple May / Charms Against The Evil Eye / Joe Swarbrick @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford
Legendary freakout club night Klub Kakofanney presents a typically ecelctic bill. More information at www.facebook.com/events/396329683814873 Find out more »
9:00 pm
£5 advance / £6 door
Wrongtom meets Deemas J / Mighty Leap / Count Skylarkin’ / Sultan @ The Cellar, Oxford
Wrongtom Meets Deemas J In East London is a deep, fresh and bouncing reggae, dancehall and dub-fuelled LP, with a vibe rooted in East London and paying homage to the culture and sound that first got them both hooked back in the 1980s, when Fashion Records topped the charts and the likes of Smiley Culture […] Find out more »
11:00 pm
£10
Switch featuring Cyril Hahn / Dusky @ O2 Academy, Oxford
The one and only weekly electronic night for the best of house, drum and bass, electro, future garage and more. More information at www.o2academyoxford.co.uk/event/52819/switch-feat-cyril-hahn-tickets Find out more »