At Oxford’s O2 Academy 2 on Thursday 5 July is the latest Upstairs in association with BBC Introducing showcase of local music, which will see out-of-towners We Augustines supported by Deer Chicago, Highway Alaska, Yellow Fever and ArtClassSink. If the previous Upstairs nights are anything to go by, it’ll be a well-attended night of brilliant music and, if you’re so inclined, your ticket will also get you free entry to the Propaganda club that follows the live music and runs until 2.00 am!
The Truck Store folk have yet to provide details of what they’ll entail, but they’re presenting Truck Festival warm-up events at their Cowley Road shop on Saturday 7 July and Sunday 8 July. All being well (and if it’s anything like last year), expect to see lots of the acts playing Truck to turn up for some intimate live performances with, we hope, beer being served in the shop!
MusicInOxford.co.uk run our own gigs from time to time, and we have one lined up for Friday 13 July. Despite one act dropping out recently – they were from outside Oxford; an Oxford band wouldn’t do that, would they? – we’re still very pleased and proud to present The Old Grinding Young and ToLiesel at The Wheatsheaf in Oxford. We’re in the process of locating another excellent act to slot in between those two, but hey, just those two alone easily merit your attention, surely? See you there, yeah?
The Bullingdon in Oxford presents its Americana Weekend on Friday 13 July, Saturday 14 July and Sunday 15 July. What does that mean? Well, there’s a gig there on each of those evenings, with Eve Selis Band on Friday, Alejandro Escovedo on Saturday and Dawes on Sunday. Get your laid-back California cool on and get along there, if that’s your bag.
A bit of a ‘woah, really?’ moment takes place on Friday 13 July (which seems to be a pretty popular night for musical events in Oxford, despite it being Friday The Thirteenth!): if you’re at the Jericho in Oxford that night you can see a performance by Charlotte Church. Yes; Charlotte Church, the Welsh pop singer who one might expect to appear at a more ‘concert’ venue than the ‘gig’ environs of the Jericho. Maybe she’s going back to her roots, or something. But anyway, if you’re going, give her a warm Oxford welcome.
Find out more about these and loads more Oxford gigs in our gig calendar.