Legendary Scottish pop-folk duo The Proclaimers will be at the O2 Academy on Thursday 1 November. Something something something about walking five hundred miles to get to the gig… if you’re going, you can tell your friends that you’ll be ‘On My Way’ as you’re travelling there. No end of jokes here, folks. But The Proclaimers are actually really good, despite being oft-written off as a bit of a joke!

There’s something called Punkolympia taking place on Saturday 3 November at The Cellar in Oxford: “A night of local punk rock faves to celebrate a truly historical year” is how the organisers describe the event. If that sounds like your cup o’spit then it kicks off from 5.30 pm until 11.00 pm, and includes performances from The Twat Daddies, The Barmy Army, Nuclear Skyline, The Great Big Bargain, Big Society, Cocaine Cowboys, Jane Likes Books, Mar and Beaver Fuel. “It’s like punk never happened” is a thing that some people say. For this gig, it’ll be more like punk happened and then nothing else changed in the last thirty years…

A gig organised by the always refined, always measured PinDrop Performances takes place on Monday 5 November at The Cellar in Oxford. They’re presenting Edinburgh epic indie kids Meursault along with Oxford supports in the form of the always excellent Family Machine, These Are Our Demands (a new post-punk influenced trio featuring Harry Angel’s Chris Beard) and bluesman Huck. The gig is a fundraiser for Helen & Douglas House hospice.

On Saturday 10 November this year’s Audioscope festival takes over the Jericho in Oxford from 1.00 pm until midnight. The line-up is as eclectic and quality-packed as ever, with Can frontman Damo Suzuki being backed by a selection of Oxford’s finest musicians (including members of Youthmovies, Kill Murray and ute), and nine more acts including Oxford’s Message To Bears, Gunning For Tamar and Listing Ships. As always, all money raised from Audioscope will be donated to national homelessness charity Shelter. Be there!

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

If you’re so inclined, tell us about gigs you’ll be checking out in the next two weeks in the comments!