Some time ago Oxfringe put out the call for performers to get involved in their annual celebratory festival of the arts. The event – or rather events, as the season comprises many different literary, theatrical, comic, artistic and musical happenings – is now all lined up and ready to go. Naturally there will be lots of music, of many kinds, presented as part of this year’s Oxfringe – here is a full line-up…
Opera on Punts (Folly Bridge, punts are £100/£140/£175)
10 June/12 June/17 June/19 June/24 June/25 June/26 June, 3.00 pm/6.00 pm
Live opera performance on chauffered punts on the River Thames
Chris T-T, Listing Ships, Tamara & the Martyrs (The Wheatsheaf, £6)
10 June, 8.00 pm
Brighton-based singer-songwriter with top local supports
Voice (Ashmolean Museum Atrium, free)
11 June, 12.00 pm
Female acapella trio
OCM Open (Pegasus Theatre, £3/£5)
11 June, 1.30 pm/6.30 pm
The finest and most innovative bands and performers in the region
Black Hats, Sketches, Very Nice Harry (Jericho Tavern, £5/£6)
11 June, 8.00 pm
A couple of great local bands along with Leeds’ Sketches
Karaoke at the Copa (Copa Upstairs, free)
11 June, 8.30 pm
Exactly what it says!
Oxfringe Acoustic: Goodwin Sands, Tamara Parsons-Baker (The Honeypot, free)
13 June, 8.00 pm
Lo-fi folk from the Netherlands, with local support
Movin’ Melvin Brown: A Man, A Magic, A Music (Copa Upstairs, £10/£13)
15 June/16 June/17 June/18 June, 7.30 pm
Stories, song, dance, tap, comedy, characters…
Inflatable Buddha, Mustard and The Monocle, Mephisto Minor (The Wheatsheaf, £5/£6)
17 June, 8.00 pm
Eclectic and excellent local music
From Polyphony to Polygamy (Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, £12/£15/£30)
18 June, 7.00 pm
Including works by Bach, Liszt and George Onslow, and an interactive lecture on Onslow
My Piano is My Rocket Ship (St Michael at the Northgate, £6/£8)
18 June, 8.00 pm
Stylish harmonies, powerful vocals and extraordinary lyrics
The Choir of Somerville College (St Columba’s Church, £5/£10)
21 June, 7.30 pm
One of the upcoming choirs of the University
Meaning Machines (St Michael at the North Gate, £6/£8)
21 June, 8.00 pm
A concert of composed and improvised music which incorporates the written word
Gavin Osborn (The Boiler Room at the Jam Factory, £5)
22 June/23 June, 8.00 pm
Solo acoustic songs from Osborn, who has previously supported Belle And Sebastian and Daniel Kitson
Gibb Rishes Songologue: the Pratful Vocal Clown (The Boiler Room at the Jam Factory, £6/£7)
24 June/25 June, 6.30 pm
Surreal threads of Anglo-Irish and original song… apparently!
Afropean Choir & Jali Fily Cissokho (SAID Business School, £7/£10)
24 June, 7.30 pm
Urban/ethnic/Congolese/Senegalese music
Jaggy Edges, The Shapes, Lost Dogs (Port Mahon, £5)
24 June, 8.00 pm
Another eclectic line-up local acts
Little Fish Acoustic, Matt Winkworth Band, Samuel Zasada (Jericho Tavern, £5/£6)
25 June, 8.00 pm
Acoustic songs from Little Fish, with local acts in support
The Ziggurat Builders (The North Wall Arts Centre, £7/£10)
25 June, 8.00 pm
Exploratory music with medieval and contemporary influences
End of the fringe party (Copa Upstairs, free)
26 June, 9.30 pm
The end! All welcome to celebrate the end of Oxfringe
If you need more information than the somewhat sketchy descriptions above, and want to buy tickets for a few of the events, you can find everything you need at the Oxfringe website. You’ll also find there full details of everything else that’s going on as part of this year’s festival – make sure you check it out!