Hopefully there’ll be a very unhealthy amount of hallucinogenic madness, and perhaps a spot of naked stage dancing, as Hawkwind take the stage at O2 Academy in Oxford on Monday 4 November. They’ll be playing their legendary, formidable classic album Warrior On The Edge Of Time in its entirety. It’ll be a proper wig-out.

As a warm-up to their annual all-day Shelter-fundraising festival, which takes place on 23 November, Audioscope have a local showcase gig taking place at Oxford’s Port Mahon on Friday 8 November. Flights Of Helios (who just released a new single) will be supported by Mother Corona, The Half Rabbits and After The Thought. As with all things Audioscope, profits raised will go to Shelter, and it’ll be a ton of fun.

OCM Events have a knack for arranging interesting and unique gigs with some big names, and their latest, on Sunday 10 November, is no different. They’re presenting South African jazz legend Hugh Masakela – along with long-time collaborator Larry Willis – in the gorgeous environment of St John the Evangelist Church in Oxford. Special!

It seems that bands that did well in the 1990s have a habit of resurfacing these days, and so it is for My Life Story, who play O2 Academy 2 in Oxford on Thursday 14 November. Providing able support to their flamboyant, elaborate pop tunes will be two good’uns from Oxford; Peerless Pirates and The Scholars.

Good old Gary Numan, he’s still ploughing his serious-sounding alien electro furrow over thirty years since his initial hits, and he’s still providing inspiration for many young bands. He’s at O2 Academy, Oxford on Friday 15 November, ostensibly in the lead-up to a new album, but hopefully flinging out a few of his old faves. If you’re going along, the best mode of transport is, er, ‘Cars’…

Some interesintg music for a good cause on Sunday 17 November: the HOPE Charity Concert at Jacqueline du Pré Music Building in Oxford has a varied programme including Bach, Chopin and John Williams, as well as a selection of Japanese folk songs. The concert raises money to help the victims of the earthquake, and subsequent tsunami, that hit Japan in 2011. “More than two years after the disaster, the recovery process is still proceeding slowly and the victims are worried that the rest of the world will forget them.”

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