Events for Friday 1 May 2015
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El Dorado May Day House Party with Walt Frisbee @ The Oxford Retreat, Oxford
El Dorado presents The Oxford Retreat’s first ever House Party – the only event of its kind to ever take place at the venue. Featuring headlining act Walt Frisbee, Oxford’s only 8-bit-hop, Gameboy-produced, nostalgia-filled, dance mayhem makers. More information at www.facebook.com/events/1424776737828275 Find out more »
£23
May Day with Bakermat / Blonde / Eli & Fur @ O2 Academy, Oxford
More information at www.o2academyoxford.co.uk/event/75961/shack-group-presents-may-day-with-bakermat-blonde–tickets Find out more »
6:00 am
Free / £10 (VIP tickets)
May Morning with John Otway @ The Bear, Oxford
A free gig, but with a limited number of special VIP tickets. The VIP tickets will offer guaranteed table and seats, a welcome drink (brought to your table by John Otway himself), and a limited-edition signed commemorative card, with some handwritten lyrics from Josephine inside. More information at www.facebook.com/events/1558488401100907 Find out more »
4:00 pm
Mayfest (day 1 of 4) @ James Street Tavern, Oxford
Mayfest is a four-day event with around 30 Oxfordshire bands, running from Friday 1 May to Monday 4 May. Friday 1 May lineup: 4.00 pm: Vagueworld 5.45 pm: Comfort Zone 6.45 pm: Gemma Moss 7.45 pm: Jesters 8.45 pm: Grandma’s Hands 10.00 pm: Monkfish Find out more »
6:00 pm
£10 (advance)
Balloon Ascents / Vienna Ditto / The Autumn Saints / Osprey & The OX4 All Stars / Les Clochards / Mogmatic @ O2 Academy 2, Oxford
It’s All About The Music’s ‘Mayday Mayday’ event. More information at www.facebook.com/events/574141766054517. Tickets available from www.wegottickets.com/event/306834 Find out more »
7:30 pm
£22 / £18 / £12 (students and under 18s £17 / £12 / £5)
Tom Poster, piano @ St John The Evangelist Church, Oxford
Programme to include Beethoven’s Sonata in D major, Op. 28 ‘Pastoral’ and three pieces by Ravel – Sonatine, Pavane pour une infante défunte and La Valse. More information at www.sje-oxford.org/events/event/2015/05/01//tx_cal_phpicalendar/tom-poster-sje-arts-international-piano-series-2015.html Find out more »
9:00 pm
£2 (before 10.00 pm) / £4 (after)
Sanctum @ The Varsity Club, Oxford
Sanctum is Oxford’s only metal club night. Resident DJs Nitr0gene and The Gravelord will be playing exclusively metal all night, taking your requests and representing any genre of metal that you want to hear, from Heavy to Thrash to Death to Industrial to Power to Prog and more! More information at www.facebook.com/events/1379423982386000 Find out more »