There’s another doozy of a festivalmania weekend from Thursday 8 August. Fairport’s Cropredy Convention takes place from then until Saturday 10 August, and features Fairport Convention as well as Alice Cooper, 10CC, The Levellers and a lot more; Wilderness Festival (at Cornbury Park) runs from the Thursday until Sunday 11 August, with a massive line-up of food, arts and music that will include live performances from Rodriguez, Empire Of The Sun, Noah And The Whale and more; and the beautifully strange Supernormal (at Braziers Park) runs from the Friday until the Sunday and has a line-up of fantastic treats including Clinic, Shit & Shine, Terminal Cheesecake, Mugstar and lots more. Looks like that tent is going to take a bit of a beating. If that doesn’t sound too pervy…

A bit of a quiet week follows the excitement of all those recent festivals… but there are at least a couple of gigs worthy of your attention. On Friday 16 August at O2 Academy 2, Oxford, there’s a metal/rock showcase from new local promoters Black Bullet Live: they’ve lined up Driven, Martyr De Mona, Komrad, K-Lacura and Salvage to bring the noise on a Friday night.

Alternatively, also on Friday 16 August you could swing by the Wheatsheaf in Oxford. The increasingly popular Mayors Of Miyazaki will be doing just that as part of their second-album-promoting tour, and they’ll be supported by the sublimely-named Punching Swans, Jumpstart The Jungle, and the fantastic Oxes-style math-rocking loonies Masiro.

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