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Events for May 2015

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				1 El Dorado May Day House Party with Walt Frisbee @ The Oxford Retreat, Oxford May Day with Bakermat / Blonde / Eli & Fur @ O2 Academy, Oxford May Morning with John Otway @ The Bear, Oxford Mayfest (day 1 of 4) @ James Street Tavern, Oxford Balloon Ascents / Vienna Ditto / The Autumn Saints / Osprey & The OX4 All Stars / Les Clochards / Mogmatic @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford Shushians @ The Bullingdon, Oxford Tom Poster, piano @ St John The Evangelist Church, Oxford Bronwyn Leonard’s Evening of Jazz & Soul @ The Bullingdon, Oxford Sanctum @ The Varsity Club, Oxford	2 Mayfest (day 2 of 4) @ James Street Tavern, Oxford ‘Time No Longer’ with Stephen Johnson @ St John The Evangelist Church, Oxford Professor Brian Cox lecture / Messiaen ‘Quartet For The End Of Time’ @ St John The Evangelist Church, Oxford Boot Led Zeppelin Presents Earls Court ’75 Revisited – A Night Of Rock History Recreated @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford Bloodstock Metal To The Masses 1st Semi Final @ The Bullingdon, Oxford Zurich / Redhead / Jack Little @ The Jericho Tavern, Oxford Thomas Truax / Rainbow Reservoir / FaceOmeter @ The Cellar, Oxford WhiskeyDick / Mother Corona @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford Switch ft. Wilkinson @ O2 Academy, Oxford	3 Mayfest (day 3 of 4) @ James Street Tavern, Oxford Mobb Deep ‘The Infamous…’ 20th Anniversary Tour / Rodney P & Daddy Skitz / DJ 279 / Dr Erbz / Benofficial / The Book Thieves / The Voodoo Collective @ O2 Academy, Oxford Toliy Vyacheslavov Trio @ Oxford Wine Café, Oxford Trevor Nelson / Tony ‘Naked’ Nanton / Count Skylarkin / Sir Sambo Sound @ O2 Academy, Oxford
4 Mayfest (day 4 of 4) @ James Street Tavern, Oxford	5 Fearless Vampire Killers / Annisokay / Myth City @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford Hugh Turner Band @ The Bullingdon, Oxford	6 U.F.O. @ O2 Academy, Oxford Sunset Sons @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford Sweet Pink / Amoral Compass / Wardens / Alias @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford	7 Arcane Roots / Black Peaks / Gallery Circus @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford Gaz Brookfield / Little Red / Water Pageant / Mie de Lange / Donal Hill @ The Jericho Tavern, Oxford Black Hats @ Joe’s Bar and Grill, Summertown, Oxford Tori Freestone with The Spin Trio @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford	8 The One Hundred / Being Eugene / The Reaper @ The Courtyard, Bicester Bunty / Esther Joy Lane / Mary James @ The Bullingdon, Oxford Voice & Piano Recital: Sarah Hobbs & Magdalena Nasidlak @ St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford Kairos 4tet @ St John The Evangelist Church, Oxford The Destroyers / DJ Dan Ofer @ The Cellar, Oxford Zed Bias Soundsystem / Flowdan / Champion / Terror Danjah @ The Bullingdon, Oxford	9 Crows’ Reign / Jabroni Sandwich / Ambush At Dawn / Silk Road / K-Lacura @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford Bryan Ferry @ New Theatre, Oxford Dub FX @ O2 Academy, Oxford Vagueworld / Storyteller / Decovo / The Aureate Act / The Haze @ The Cellar, Oxford Nanook Of The North – A Live Soundtrack by Dead Rat Orchestra @ The North Wall, Oxford London Bulgarian Choir Charity Concert @ St Barnabas Church, Oxford Undersmile / Earthmass / D. Gwalia @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford Oxfolk Ceilidh with Haddo / caller Jo Freya @ Village Hall, Kennington, Oxford The Blues Brothers Tribute Show @ The Bullingdon, Oxford	10 Thurston Moore / Hannah Lou Clarke @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford
11	12 CANCELLED: 8:58 (Paul Hartnoll) @ O2 Academy, Oxford Performing Colour/Staging Sound (Spectra Ensemble) @ Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford Big Colours (16-piece band) @ The Bullingdon, Oxford	13 Brookes Big Night Out @ The Bullingdon, Oxford Oxford Punt 2015 @ Various venues, Oxford Performing Colour/Staging Sound (Spectra Ensemble) @ Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford	14 Torn Like Colours / Get Loose / Chris Gillett @ The Bell, Bicester Ben Holder Trio @ Joe’s Bar and Grill, Summertown, Oxford Jonathan Gee with The Spin Trio @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford	15 Wood Festival @ Braziers Park, Ipsden Novana (Nirvana Tribute) / Wet Nightmare / Vagueworld @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford We Aeronauts / The Half Earth / Sväva @ Oxford University Museum Of Natural History, Oxford Adderbury Ensemble with Viv McLean, piano @ St John The Evangelist Church, Oxford Pedro Lopez (flute): Debussy, Franck and new works @ Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford Peerless Pirates / Secateurs / The Military Arcade / 31hours @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford The 2 Strokes @ Thame Snooker Club, Thame	16 Wood Festival @ Braziers Park, Ipsden Jack Garratt / Billie Black @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford Super Squarecloud / Beaver Fuel / Amoral Compass @ The Bullingdon, Oxford The Greasy Slicks / Monkfish / Tony Batey @ The Cellar, Oxford James Bell & Friends / Troubshort / Turnipseed @ The Swan, Ascott-under-Wychwood Mozart’s Requiem – 20th anniversary concert performed by Old Bradfieldian Choir and Orchestra @ Exeter College Chapel, Oxford Red Seas Fire / I Cried Wolf / Death Remains @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford Bedrock (rock club) @ The Bullingdon, Oxford	17 Wood Festival @ Braziers Park, Ipsden Sara Mitra Quartet @ Oxford Wine Café, Oxford Stile Antico – Music for Compline @ St John The Evangelist Church, Oxford Megan Henwood / Matt Chanarin / Rachel Ries @ Holywell Music Room, Oxford
18 Virgil & The Accelerators @ The Bullingdon, Oxford	19 The Lanner Quartet’s Musical Treat @ Wolfson College Auditorium, Oxford Black Skies Burn / Annero / Empire Divided @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford Guitar Summit @ The Bullingdon, Oxford	20 PinDrop Vinyl DJ Night with OCM / Flights Of Helios DJs @ The Library, Oxford John Etheridge & Pete Oxley @ Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford The Other Dramas / Spinner Fall / Beard Of Destiny @ Fat Lil’s, Witney Decovo / Puppet Mechanic / The August List / Rayzo @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford Fishy Fingers presents Beach Party @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford	21 As It Is / This Wild Life / Seaway / Boston Manor @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford JP Harris And The Tough Choices / Ags Connolly @ The Bullingdon, Oxford Wayne Marshall, piano – ‘From Bach To Gershwin’ @ St John The Evangelist Church, Oxford Tenth Listen / Pet Cat / Second In Line @ The Library, Oxford Absolute Bowie @ Joe’s Bar and Grill, Summertown, Oxford Tom Green Septet @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford Mr Woodnote & Lil Rhys feat. Eva Lazarus @ The Cellar, Oxford	22 Swervedriver / Dearly Beloved / Bad News @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford Willie J Healey @ Truck Store, Oxford Set It Off @ The Bullingdon, Oxford Vic Godard & Subway Sect / Les Clochards / Fishwife’s Broadside @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford USA Nails / Girl Power / Workin’ Man Noise Unit @ The Cellar, Oxford Bloody Knuckles @ The Bullingdon, Oxford	23 Soweto Spiritual Singers @ Old Fire Station, Oxford Bloodstock: Metal To The Masses 2nd Semi-Final @ The Bullingdon, Oxford George Ezra @ O2 Academy, Oxford Wessex Male Choir and Rutgers University Choir @ St John The Evangelist Church, Oxford Ex-Easter Island Head / Lee Riley @ The Cellar, Oxford Death Of Hifi / Tiger Mendoza / Half Decent / Kid Kin @ The Jericho Tavern, Oxford Drawl / One Wing Left / Amoral Compass / Samuel Edwards @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford Stone Love @ O2 Academy, Oxford	24 Soweto Spiritual Singers @ Old Fire Station, Oxford Des Barkus / Beard Of Destiny / Stem / Purple May @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford Sunday Soul Jazz @ The Nags Head, Abingdon The Foghorn Stringband @ The Three Horseshoes, Towersey Roger Beaujolais Trio @ Oxford Wine Café, Oxford Ozric Tentacles @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford Cantaloupe / Model Village / Alnegator @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford Trevino / DJ Lee (Sideways) @ The Bullingdon, Oxford
25 James Arthur @ O2 Academy, Oxford	26 Flights Of Helios / Catalano @ The Library, Oxford Alvin Roy’s Reeds Unlimited @ The Bullingdon, Oxford	27 Indiana / Tremorheart @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford Shirley Smart / Liam Dunachie @ Warneford Chapel, Oxford An Evening With Slaid Cleaves / Scrappy Jud Newcombe @ The Bullingdon, Oxford Double Experience / Sinfiction / Fluorite / Pipeline @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford	28 De La Soul / Pete Rock / Dr Erbz @ O2 Academy, Oxford Pokey LaFarge @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford Matt Edwards Band @ The Bullingdon, Oxford All Tamara’s Parties goes Spanish @ Medley Mange-Tout, Oxford The Epstein / Paul McClure @ Fat Lil’s, Witney Open Improvisation – Karaoke for Improvisers @ Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford Sax & Honey @ Joe’s Bar and Grill, Summertown, Oxford The Spin 16th Birthday Bash with John Etheridge @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford	29 Tinariwen @ Oxford Town Hall, Oxford Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express @ The Bullingdon, Oxford Kristine Balanas, violin @ St John The Evangelist Church, Oxford The Amorettes / 13 Burning / Sertraline / Toadstool @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford ‘Heaven Adores You’ and music from Salvation Bill / Reichenbach Falls / Ian De Quadros @ Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford Switch presents Pulse @ O2 Academy, Oxford The Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra @ The Bullingdon, Oxford	30 Man Make Fire / Elm Tree Street / Evavoid / The Mark @ The Bullingdon, Oxford Bad Touch / Broken Chords / Cherry Scream @ The Cellar, Oxford Maki Sekiya (piano): Bartók, Beethoven, Ravel, Baldwin @ Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford CANCELLED: Subset @ The Jericho Tavern, Oxford Sugar Darling / Jeep / Spectra @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxford White Magic Sound @ The Bullingdon, Oxford	31 Lawrence Casserley and Martin Hackett, electronics; Julian Faultless, horn @ Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford Rebecca Poole Quartet @ Oxford Wine Café, Oxford Dub FX @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford

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