December 17, 18 and 19 could be the busiest three days of your gig-going year, if you want them to be. There are two cor what a biggun-scale events planned by the friendly fellows at both Gappy Tooth Industries and Quickfix Recordings.

Gappy Tooth have their annual ‘Winter Warmer’ event all lined up, presenting, as they have done for the past few years, a vast cross-section of Oxford music in a couple of venues. What that means is…

The Wheatsheaf, Oxford, 17 December, 8.00 pm-12.00 am, £5
The Yarns
A Scholar & A Physician
Tiger Mendoza
The Workhouse
Spring Offensive

Cafe Tarifa, Oxford, 18 December, 12.00 pm-7.30 pm, free
Midnight Boatman
Trev Williams
Jess Hall
King Of Cats
Matt Winkworth
Marc Nash
James Bell
Samuel Zasada
Prohibition Smokers Club

The Wheatsheaf, Oxford, 18 December, 8.00 pm-12.00 am, £5
Secret Rivals
Deer Chicago
Volkenfunk
Alamakota
Dial F For Frankenstein

Cafe Tarifa, Oxford, 19 December, 12.00 pm-7.30 pm, free
Helen Pearson
Ross Bennett
Dan Holloway
Ally Craig
D Gwalia
George Chopping
Huffenpuff
Anton Barbeau
Braindead Collective

If you find yourself Witneywards on 19 December, you could avail yourself of the Quickfix Recordings ‘Merry Quickfix-mas’ musical smorgasbord, with…

Fat Lil’s, Witney, 19 December, 12.00 pm-1.00 am, £5
Andrew Douglas
Tommy Guns
Ursa Minor
Billy Ray Cypher
Bethany Weimers
Samuel Zasada
Prohibition Smokers Club
June
Ways Across
Player 2
Deer Chicago
Prospekt
Mutagenocide
Desert Storm
Smilex
Supafunk 4
Half Decent
Episodic

Phew-wee. If you’re not knackered out after a hard year, those three days should do for you pretty comprehensively. What a way to reduce yourself to a tired, gibbering fool, though. Find out more about the events and bands, and buy tickets, from Gappy Tooth Industries and Quickfix Recordings.