On Friday 15 March there’s Huck and The Xander Band at The Bullingdon in Oxford. Huck, previously known as a solo performer as well as being part of Sextodecimo, Huck And The Handsome Fee and Tamara And The Martyrs, has been working on a concept album based around Alexander the Great. The gig launches an EP that marks the first part of the project, and also features support acts Flights Of Helios and The Keys.

A huge line-up on offer at The Oxford Blue in Oxford on Saturday 16 March. ‘Anthems For Chilomoni’ is a fund-raising event for a Malawi daycare centre, and will see performances from Dubwiser, Duchess, Nairobi, Tiger Mendoza, Death Of Hifi and many more. The whole thing will be hosted by Asher Dust. Good music, good cause!

Alternatively, also on Saturday 16 March, is a tip-top local showcase at O2 Academy 2 in Oxford. Gunning For Tamar lead the charge in advance of their latest EP ‘Camera Lucida’, and backing them up will be Phil McMinn (ex-Fell City Girl and The Winchell Riots) and Salvation Bill (ex-ute and The Old Grinding Young). Also in the line-up is the oddly-named Wot Gorilla? from Halifax.

The legendary Stranglers will be creepy-crawling their way around the O2 Academy Oxford on Monday 18 March, as they stop by during their national tour, supported by the nearly-as-legendary Godfathers. We’ve got two pairs of tickets to give away for this gig – find out how to win them here.

Irregular Folk return to turn The Cellar in Oxford into a magical wonderland on Thursday 21 March – they’ll be presenting alternative folk of many forms with Maia, The May Birds and Alice Ream. These nights also tend to feature artisan sausage rolls and specialist beers – what more could one want?

Frontier Ruckus were described by Rolling Stone as “…what might happen had Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum been raised in a log cabin”. Unpick that description by checking ’em out at The Jericho in Oxford on Friday 22 March. Make sure you get there in time for the Oxfordian support acts – Adam Barnes and Empty White Circles.

Weirdo blues-infused hard rock is promised of Honky – featuring (very excitingly) JD Pinkus of Butthole Surfers. They’ll be playing The Wheatsheaf in Oxford on Sunday 24 March and if that’s not enough, the remaining part of the roof is likely to be torn off by Oxford’s chunky-riffs-abound stoner rockers Desert Storm.

Full details of these and loads more gigs can be found in the events calendar.