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ISSUE NO: 96

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Who’s The Daddy?

Parody rapper Chip Daddy plays The Ocelot’s Eighth birthday at The Vic in Swindon on Friday June 6 joining Vienna Ditto + Boss Cloth + The Racket p36

Photo by Mat Steelyard

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What’s in your Ocelot?

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Jamie Hill

Michael Bosley; The Beach at Oxford Castle

Food and Drink p15

Froxfield Beer Festival; Dave for all Seasons

Arts and Culture p25

Alice Day; Abandoman; Breaking a Leg

The Music section p34

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Rising star NIck Mulvey p34

gathered a showcase of the best acts that the region has to offer for a one-off free gig at The Vic in Swindon on Friday June 6 with Chip Daddy, Vienna Ditto, Boss Cloth and The Racket. Come along and enjoy the party. For all the details turn to page 36.

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innocent time. A time for voles and Bassett Rivers. But then things got really weird as the recession came along and turned everything upside down. Despite this, like the brave cat that it is, The Ocelot perservered through thick and thin bringing its readers a mixture of humour and regional entertainment news month in and month out. Now this month it is celebrating its eighth birthday. That’s eight years that the magazine has been the main place for all you lot to find out where to eat, go out, which bands to watch and let you know what’s going on at the theatre or in local music venues. To help us party we have

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Back in the dim and distant past when the world was a brighter place and we were all swimming in money like really weird fish who prefer paper to water, there was a magazine that was born. Born from the ashes of a thousand smashed brain cells. This magazine then took on a life of its own until it took over county after county like a Godzilla in word form. I am of course talking about The Ocelot, the humble magazine that you are holding in your hands. The magazine came into being all the way back in 2006. It was new. It was fresh. And it had a secret weapon. Agony Boy. It was a simpler time. A more

The Ocelot Birthday Gig; Nick Mulvey

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Summer Time! Weston Super Mare yesterday

The Nerd’s Last Word with Michael Bosley

Amongst the obvious positives that summer brings, there are also a host of almost unbearable firstworld problems that accompany them. The British summertime is a fleeting, fickle beast, making itself known only briefly for days at a time, making us slaves to its rare appearances as we stumble to get one leg after another into our shorts and try to remember where we put the sun cream before finally locating it in the back of a dark cupboard somewhere, still encrusted with the beach sand of yesteryear. The enviable residents of California’s golden beaches and the Spanish Riviera carry off an effortless appreciation for their seemingly never ending hours of sunshine, whilst we here in Blighty are spurred by a manic desperation to eke out every last remaining minute we have for fear that we will find ourselves ruminating on our deathbed about how we should have spent that extra five minutes playing lawn darts in the garden, to hell with the risk of sunburn! And burn we do; as our embarrassing lack of exposure to sunlight is coupled with our disregard for sun cream, noses, bosoms and lower arms the length and breadth of the country very quickly turn an angry colour of skin cancer. But even I, a high-risk pasty skinned semialbino with the heat tolerance of a spring bluebell would rather risk the unfavourable odds of being roasted by our nearest star than endure the unspeakable fate of a sunny day spent indoors.

When the sun shines in Britain, every indoor building becomes a dark, drafty cavern that should be avoided at all costs unless you’re quickly popping in to grab beer, water or food. To even admit wanting to stay indoors to watch a Game of Thrones box set on a sunny day is akin to divulging a preference to having one of your major limbs removed with garden shears, sans anaesthetic. “On a day like this!!!???!???!! Are you maaaad!!!?!?!?!?!???!” they’ll warble, almost passing out with utter disgust/shock. The reality is that many of us spend the majority of the summer indoors, at work in some kind of overheating starchy uniform, overlooking the glaring beauty of nature through a window and pawing at the glass like a dog waiting to go walkies. Summer stopped being fun when you started paying tax; make of that connection what you will, but ultimately the government is to blame for us missing out on summer. It’s time for a revolution.

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The Great Escape from Oxford Castle

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Uncover the funny, the frank and the downright stupid escape attempt stories at Oxford Castle Unlocked this summer. From climbing down a rope made of bed sheets to skating away through a snowy Oxford in white camouflage, there are plenty of escape stories throughout the millennium of Oxford Castle’s history. Complete an interactive trail as a family around the castle, exploring the Saxon tower, the ancient crypt and the Georgian prison wing as you go. Plus, watch out during your visit as another dastardly escape attempt may well be underway! The Escape event is part of a series of halfterm events running throughout the year which follow the life of a prisoner at Oxford Castle, culminating at October half term with Execution! Visitors can enjoy the half term events for one fantastic price with a prison pass, which entitles the holder to five visits to Oxford Castle Unlocked at a 70% discount on standard prices. Oxford Castle Unlocked is open daily from 10.00am to 5.30pm (last tour 4.20pm). For further information or to book online, visit www.oxfordcastleunlocked.co.uk .

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This summer Oxford Castle Quarter invites you to spend the summer making footprints in the sand! The return of Oxford’s only beach to Oxford this year will be music to the ears of many. Thirty-two tonnes of sand, palm trees, deckchairs, volleyball nets, peep boards, and cocktail umbrellas will all be making another welcome appearance within the historic site of Oxford’s former gaol and prison. The Beach is yet another example of how Oxford Castle Quarter welcome Oxford communities to enjoy the wonderful space it has to offer. Located in Market Square, just outside of La Tasca, The Big Bang, The Swan and Castle, and the O3 Gallery, The Beach promises to be the centre of another wonderful summer in Oxford. There will be BBQ’s, tapas, cocktails, parties, beach games, sunbathing, competitions, and much more as everyone at Oxford Castle Quarter gets ready for another scorcher of a summer. Sam Pace, Operations Manager says, ‘bringing The Beach back to Oxford Castle Quarter was never really up for debate. It was enjoyed by so many people when it made its debut in 2013 that we couldn’t wait to get started on The Beach for this year.’ The Beach is being built right at the heart of what used to be the Oxford Prison, by local prisoner engagement charity Aspire Oxford. Not only do Aspire’s businesses deliver high quality services at competitive rates, they also come with social impact ‘built-in’: they create work placements and employment opportunities for local people who face barriers to securing meaningful employment. Having opened on May 24, The Beach is the place to be this summer. There is no charge and absolutely everyone is welcome.

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The Goat

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The Goat is our resident grumpy gruff. He’s always bloody moaning. So what has got on The Goat’s ..urm. goat this month?

Off The Grid with Luke Coleman (Our Man in Iraq)

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Getting a buzz from indoor hunting

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It doesn’t matter that I exaggerate the threat from the continent at every opportunity and spread xenophobia to my fellow Daily Mail readers up and down the land. Nor does it matter that I don’t really have any policies at all apart from saying ‘no’ to any form of immigration and “let’s get out of Europe!”. No, all that matters is that I’m quite amusing on Have I Got News For You. No-one cares that I keep going on about foreigners coming over here and taking British jobs whilst at the same time employing my German wife in the role of my secretary. I don’t see the hyprocisy there at all! So come one, come all and have a drink with me as I send Britain back to an age before there was any immigration at all - when we all lived in caves and life was good!

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NIGEL FARAGE Hello everybody. My name is Nigel Farage. The European elections have just happened and I’m in a bit of a good mood as I’ve got those Westminster stiffs who you can’t even have a pint with worried. Unlike Cameron, Clegg and MIlliband I’m the salt of the earth. You’ll probably find me, most days, at the bar recounting the time I accidentally tripped Angela Merkal using an umbrella during one of my thousands of expenses paid trips to Brussels. I’m like that. I’m just a bloody good bloke. Quick to smile and just a damn good laugh. It doesn’t matter that I run a party of closet racists who have views that would not be seen as out of place in Nazi Germany. No, that doesn’t matter as I’m the kind of bloke you can have a bit of a laugh with. I’m not like that Nick Griffin man. No way. He’s an out and out racist. You wouldn’t want to have a pint with him. I’m the acceptable face of racism hiding behind a benign political ideal of isolation from Europe to make Britain stronger and independent from the moneymen on the continent.

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precise moment Morpheus is embracing me. It doesn't help that there is a ridiculous culture of 'street-watering' here and that sewers don't exist. Of all the things that grate my shit, it's watching someone hose down the road outside their house, to rid it of dust – dust which will be there again within an hour. This water, a precious and not limitless resource, then puddles in drains that go nowhere....the perfect recipe. I thought I'd got my English shopping just right on my return; pork products and decent cheese. I forgot the Marmite which apparently repels the flying bundles of nerves and malicious instinct. Never mind, the thrill of the hunt is satisfaction.

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The indoor hunting season is in full swing here in Kurdle Burdle. Various tools and weapons are employed by the majority, whilst others prefer repelling to cold-blooded killing. I'm a lighter and aerosol kinda guy, I like to think my prey regard me as Marlon Brando, corpulently presiding over the smell of Nivea For Men in the morning. Fellow flycopaths prefer to send or tempt the buggers to the chair, positioning fatally attractive fluorescent death-traps on the side or swatting aimlessly with powered tennis raquets, only sure of an ace or passing shot when a crackle confirms it. I hate mosquitoes with a passion that they seem to mirror for me. They cause me to snap my neck in surprise when they stray across my vision, flail like a startled seal as they drone ear bound at the

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There will be local beers and ciders as well as a bbq to give all the alcohol a soft landing. Music comes in the form of Phoenix Brass Training Band, Jazz Band, a singer called JC, Martin on acoustic guitar, Singer/songwriter Angela Jones, Singer Geoff from the Pelican and an open mic which everyone can get involved with. It all takes place on the Village Green or in the Memorial Hall if wet. For more information call Barry on 01488 683136.

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Monica Galetti, who you’d recognise from Masterchef and is also Michel Roux Jr’s soux chef at Le Gavroche. Joining them will be Nathan Outlaw, Gizzi Erskine, Ashley Palmer-Watts, Rachel Khoo, Mark Hix, Martin Morales, DJ BBQ, Levi Roots, Natalie Coleman, Emily Watkins, Aaron Craze and James Graham. They will be joining the likes of Fat Boy Slim, Jamie Cullum and De La Soul for what promises to be a great weekend. For details visit www.bigfeastival.co.uk

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I don’t know what you would call the collective noun for chefs but in my head it will always be a ‘feast’ of chefs. It just sounds right. Anyway, The Big Feastival, Jamie Oliver and Alex James’ annual festival do has announced the line-up of chefs that will be coming down to the farm just outsdie of Chipping Norton from Friday August 29 to Sunday August 31. And it is a veritable feast of top names in the world of cooking. The most obvious example is all round pukka bloke and festival organiser Jamie Oliver who’ll be cooking up a storm in the kitchen for all the festival goers. But Jamie has obviously delved deep into his contacts book this year to bring some of the other top names in cooking world. They include Gennaro Contaldo, the Italian legend who taught Jamie everything he knew,

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A Feast of Chefs

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Right, we like the sounds of this. Froxfield, that lovely village that sits on the Berkshire and Wiltshire border outside of Hungerford, is holding its first ever beer and music festival. If you mention the word ‘beer’ it does tend to get our attention and if you couple that with the word ‘music’ you will not be able to keep us away for love nor money. It all takes place on Saturday June 14 from 2pm.

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This is time of year is when seasonal British produce really delivers, so make the most of it while the nights are long and the weather is, you know, marginally better than usual.

Tapas-style fried spinach and chickpeas

Like all great tapas dishes this is really simple and tastes like much more work went into it than actually did! First off, get a slice or two of bread, cube it into small pieces, and fry in olive oil until crisp and golden. Remove the ‘croutons’, and in the same pan fry 1/2 chopped onion 3 cloves crushed garlic, gently in olive oil until soft. Then add in 500g chopped spinach (or 2-3 heads of spring greens, washed and chopped), a drizzle of water (not too much as the greens release their own – especially the case with salad leaf-style spinach) and then continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the leaves are wilted. Open, rinse and drain a tin of chickpeas, mash a few up with the breadcrumbs to form a paste, and add this paste, together with the rest of the whole chickpeas to the spinach. Season with salt, pepper, and a pinch of smoked paprika. Continue to cook, gently, for 1-2 minutes until everything is incorporated. Add 1-2 tbsp chopped parsley and serve.

Greek Salad

I spent ages trying to get this right, and in the end was very happy with this version. In Greece there are of course, a pantheon of versions of this classic, but on the whole they tend to serve it much less fussy than we typically do – the chunks of veg can be quite large, and the feta often just served in a whole block, on top of everything, for the diner to break up at their leisure. That said, I still prefer a version with smaller pieces, as I don’t find eating half a large tomato half as thrilling as when it is cut a little smaller, and the flavours properly mingled with the rest of the dressing. And on the subject of dressing- I found the trick is to use red wine vinegar, as the acid (as opposed to lemon juice, as many recipes claim) and good quality oregano. Oregano grows wild all over the place in Greece, so seems fitting for this – but if you can’t get any fresh dried is perfectly fine (arguably better, if it’s top notch stuff) just make sure it’s not been lurking in your cupboard for too long else it’ll have lost its pungency. So to the recipe – mix 3 large handfuls very ripe cherry tomatoes (halved), 1/3 cucumber diced into similar sized pieces as the tomato, a generously large handful of de-stoned and very loosely chopped kalamata olives, 3 tbsp finely chopped red onion, 1 tbsp dried oregano, 2 tbsp chopped mint, 2 tbsp chopped parsley in a bowl. Make a dressing from 5 tbsp good quality extra virgin olive oil, 2 tbsp red wine vinegar, and a generous pinch of salt and pepper. Dress the salad, and taste - if you want more of a particular ingredient, go for it. Once the salad is to your liking, add the 100g or so of Greek Feta, broken up ever so slightly into a few large chunks, and leave it sitting on the salad, on top of everything else. Drizzle the cheese with a little extra virgin olive oil, another grind of black pepper and an extra sprinkling of oregano. 16

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Broccoli with garlic butter and lemon zest

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It may seem too simple a recipe to write down, but there seem to be so many tired versions on restaurant menus, using bland tomatoes and claggy bread, which is sad as this really should be a brilliant (and cheap) dish. There are two really, absolutely, non-negotiable fundamentals to a good bruschetta – extremely ripe tomatoes (not sure? Smell them before buying – they should have a strong tomatoey aroma, and should be brightly coloured) and extremely good bread (a good quality loaf from a baker – not a supermarket). Once you’ve got those two ingredients, roughly chop your tomatoes into chunks, scrape all the bits and juices into a bowl and season with a good sprinkling of salt and pepper and 1tbsp good quality olive oil. Preheat the grill to high, and toast thick slices of bread on both sides. Whilst still hot, rub the top side of each bread with ½ clove of raw, peeled garlic, and top with the tomatoes. Add a small amount of chopped basil and/or a sprinkling of grated parmesan or a couple of tiny balls of mozzarella. Give another grinding of black pepper and chilli flakes, if desired, and grill again until the tomatoes are warm. Serve with a white bean or green salad, some dressed olives and a glass of good wine.

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Broccoli’s good for you, as we’ve always known, and apparently now one of the nation’s favourite vegetables, which is perhaps more surprising for this once somaligned vegetable. Say what you will about hipstery food trends, at least it gets people eating their greens! Trim the tougher parts of the stalks (though keep most of the stalk, and chop it into batons). Cut the broccoli into florets, and then blanch both in boiling, salted water for about 2-3 minutes, until brightly coloured but still with a little bite. Whilst they are cooking melt 3 tbsp butter, and when it’s foaming add a pinch of salt, a good seasoning of ground black pepper, 2 crushed garlic cloves and the zest of half a lemon. Fry on a medium-low heat, without browning the butter or garlic, for about 2 minutes. Add the juice of half a lemon into the butter mixture, and dress the blanched broccoli with the buttery-garlicky-lemony mixture. Or, to turn it from a side into a main meal, toss with some linguini, olive oil, dried chilli flakes and plenty of grated parmesan. Top this pasta dish with some pan-fried croutons and a few garlic slices, if you have any stale bread that needs using.

Cherry Brandy, Raspberry and Whipped Cream Crepes

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ALSO IN SEASON: Artichoke, Aubergine, Basil, Blueberries, Broad Beans, Broccoli, Cherries, Chives, Coriander, Crab, Cucumber, Dill, Gooseberries, Lettuce and salad leaves, Mint, Oregano, Parsley, Peas, Radish, Raspberries, Runner Beans, Sage, Sorrel, Spinach, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Watercress

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Make the batter about ½ hour before you want to eat, the resting time seems to help. Whisk 120g plain flour, 1 medium egg, and 1 tsp sugar with 100ml milk until smooth. Then slowly whisk in an additional 150ml of milk until you have a smooth batter. Set aside whilst you make the sauce. De-stone 200g cherries, setting one aside for tasting! If it’s sour, you’ll need to add a little bit more sugar. Proceed to boil the cherries, 2-4 tbsp sugar (depending on sweetness of cherries and your personal tastes), 2-3 tbsp cherry brandy and 100 ml water. Once boiling, reduce to a simmer for 10 mins or so, until you have a gorgeous cherry sauce. Taste for tartness, you don’t want it too sweet but feel free to top it up if you think it needs it. In a large, shallow, non-stick frying pan, melt a tsp of butter and a tsp of veg oil. Add one ladle full of batter, swirl around and cook for 1 minute or 2 on each side. Tip out and fold the ‘crepe’, top with 2-3 tbsp whipped cream whipped cream, a few raw raspberries and a drizzle of the ridiculously good cherry sauce. Any leftover sauce goes excellently with ice cream. But you didn’t need me to tell you that.

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International Pan of Mystery

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Turning up the heat on some familiar and not so familiar ingredients from around the world.

Tamarind

Used across South-East Asia but extensively so in the cooking of Southern India, this sour, treaclelike paste is used to add tartness to dishes, in a similar vein to a vinegar or lemon juice. However, where tamarind differs is by offering a distinct rich, fruity taste to the soups, pickles and vegetable preparations it’s often used in – the spicy lentil and vegetable soup ‘sambhar’ being the prime example, where it’s black, almost date-like colour also darkens the dish, and adds an extra layer of flavour complexity that lemon juice just doesn’t. It also can cope with longer cooking periods, though it does lose some of its impact, so is better added towards the end of dishes most of the time. You can buy tamarind in many forms

–both as an easy to use, but massively inferior in taste, concentrated paste or in dried ‘block’ form. The dried blocks are pulped tamarind flesh which need to be soaked in hot water for 10 minutes before using, then squeezed and strained directly into the dish. The seeds and bulk of the flesh then discarded. You can also buy it fresh in pods, and in parts of India this is even served as a treat to kids – who can suck the flesh and sour-fruity flavour of the flesh from around the seeds. Where to get some: Larger supermarkets now frequently have the fresh tamarind pods in stock, and even more stock the dried blocks, but failing both those any local Indian or SE Asian store will stock it in its various forms. 20

Vinho di Montho

Ascheri Rocca Ripalta Gavi Di Gavi 2012

I’ve got to admit I’m quite excited by this wine as it’s one damn fine bit of alcoholic grape juice. Produced with Cortese grapes. It's an elegant wine of a pale straw yellow colour with a light green vein. It's got a flowery bouquet with citrous and fresh fruit notes. It's delicate and pleasant with a remarkable freshness. As you can probably tell we quite like it here at Castle Ocelot. The Ascheri Cellars originated in La Morra in the early 19th century when the first vines were planted. Even back then it was known for its nnovative methods and the quality of its wine. A wine like this does set you back though as it’s going for £11.99 at Tesco.

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National Frozen Yoghurt Day

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Right. I’m sure all of you are now gearing up for a frozen yoghurt party on Friday June 6. At The Ocelot we would definitely be packing our freezer full of frozen yoghurt but alas that is the day that we’ve put aside to celebrate our eighth birthday. What a shame! Anyway, this is a day of celebration for the lactose intolerant across the land so we shouldn’t really diss it. Should we?

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“You talkin’ to me?” A film column with Jamie Hill

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BLOCKBUSTER!!!

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building falling down!! Woop Woop!!!” All of this city-wide destruction has meant that it now has a lot less impact (or Deep Impact) than it has ever had before. I don’t know if any Hollywood bigwigs are reading this (you never know, Stephen Speilberg could have picked up a copy whilst having a pub lunch in Shrivenham), but if they are please, please, keep this destruction to a minimum or if you are at least going to have a bit of end of the world type antics please show a bit more of the human impact rather than just throwing cars at us willy nilly so that we end up just watching a pyrotechnic show of wooshes and bangs instead of watching the very real destruction of people’s lives. Or if you can’t do that. At least chuck a few more zombies at us. We like zombies. We can’t get enough of them!

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the Transformers movies. In fact, it’s as if Hollywood has taken the word ‘blockbuster’ just that tiny bit too literally. The good thing about Godzilla, actually, is that the director Gareth Edwards knew when to turn away. We saw a lot of aftermath before we saw any destruction effectively building up a lot of anticipation so the end result when you saw the climactic city smash ups packed a pretty good wallop. But, with so much death and destruction everywhere, Hollywood has managed to desensitise us to it all. We see a city block get crushed underfoot by a massive great monster and instead of thinking ‘Oh no! All of those poor office workers, who only came in today because they need to feed their families of five, have just been crushed to death!”, we actually think “Woohoo! Massive

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I’m a bit bored. Just a tiny bit. Since when did citywide destruction become so boring? I blame Roland Emmerich, Michael Bay and the people behind Sharknado. I realised that this Hollywood love of destroying whole metropolises had gone too far when I recently watched Godzilla. Don’t get me wrong. I loved the movie. It was beautifully shot, well scripted and more intelligent than any monster wrecking havoc on a city movie has any right to be. But as Godzilla laid waste to another skyscraper, I just thought to myself, I’ve seen this all before. And you know what? I have. It’s happened in Independence Day. Armageddon. Pacific Rim. The previous Godzilla (you know the one with Ferris Bueller and Leon). The Day After Tomorrow. The Man of Steel. War of the Worlds. All

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quality that undercuts all our fears of the different – empathy.' Nick has been a journalist and a teacher, but left his last job to write full time. He works extensively with young people, running writing workshops and leading theatre based projects. Much of this work is with the RSC with whom he is a Learning Associate. He said: 'What I’ve made, I don’t really know. One night I think it’s about girls’ education. Or the way the creative imagination can react to current events. Or it’s about courage. I do know I want us to see the writer becoming aware that the creeping demonisation of Muslims has infiltrated far beyond the stereotypical Daily Mail reader.'

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This month, from June 19 to 21, Pegasus Theatre in Oxford presents A Girl With A Book. This play explores the events around the shooting of the Pakistani schoolgirl Malala. Nick Wood wrote and also performs as 'the writer' in the play. The writer is so appalled by the shooting of three schoolgirls in Pakistan, all he knows is that he must respond. He describes himself as a Guardian reading liberal but the more he researches the events and the more he goes into the community searching for answers, the more he uncovers attitudes at odds with his liberal convictions. This is a play, not only about a girl’s right to education and violence against children, but also about a man searching to overcome his own prejudices and doubts, to respond in the only way he knows how. Nick Wood said: 'I wanted to do it because I wanted to react to this event. The play isn’t “about” Malala. I wanted the disjoint that would come from seeing a middle aged man wrestling with attitudes and prejudices he finds far too near the surface as he researches the event. “Tying himself in knots, making a fool of himself, venting his anger at the evils religious differences have brought on the world, wondering how a father could let a daughter run such risks, before arriving at the one

Nick Wood (picture by Alex Esden)

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Breaking a Leg with John Palmgren

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Monday June 2 Fancy a laugh? Four Comedians and a compere all for free!

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Head down the rabbit hole

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On Saturday July 5 you’ll be able to come up with six impossible things before breakfast as Ox

Alice's Day is a fantastic annual celebration of the world of Alice in Wonderland - with themed activities taking place all over Oxford. Festivities will take place in Saturday July 5. Each year, Alice's Day in Oxford celebrates a golden afternoon on the River Thames more than a hundred years ago when an Oxford don took a girl called Alice Liddell on a boating picnic. The don - called Charles Dodgson - told them a story during that picnic called Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which he later published in 1865 under the pen name Lewis Carroll. The book went on to become one of the best-loved children's books in the world. For more info visit www.storymuseum.org.uk

Follow the rabbit hole down, down, down! Oxford transforms into Wonderland for one magical day packed with mad tea parties, exhibitions, storytelling, music and Alice activities – and most events are FREE! It’s a little-known fact that the first manuscript of Lewis Carroll’s novel was titled Alice’s Adventures Underground. To celebrate that first incarnation, the theme for this year’s Alice’s Day is underground. Alice’s Shop, 83 St Aldates

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10am – 3.30pm in the Divinity School. A display of children’s fantasy literature, featuring Tolkien and a buried treasure. Central Library

11am – 12.30pm: Children’s Library Local author Tom Moorhouse talks about The River Singers, his popular fast-paced adventure story for 711 year-olds of life underground and along the river for a family of water-voles includes animal maskmaking and crafts. 2pm to 4pm: Children’s Library Come and watch Alice’s Underground Animals balloon modelling. All day: Hunt for clues about Alice’s friends around the main library. Christ Church Library

The real Alice’s favourite sweet shop. Come along for a free bookmark (when you present your map and guide) and hear a short talk about the shop’s connections to an underground stream. Ashmolean Museum 1pm to 4pm Alice’s Day: ‘Underground’ Codes From Lewis Carroll’s Nyctograph to Egyptian hieroglyphs. Try creating your own secret codes and deciphering others. Suitable for children aged 8+ 3pm to 5pm Mad Hatter’s Tea Party – Ashmolean Dining Room Enjoy a ‘frabjous’ rooftop tea party with jam tarts, drink-me potions and eat-me cake. £14.95 adult /£6.50 child. 01865 553823 to book your place. Blackwell’s Bookshop

10am – 4pm Exhibition of Alice illustrations with an underground theme. There will also be original photographs of Carroll and Alice, colourful editions of the Alice books and manuscripts of Carroll’s work. Museum of Natural History & Pitt Rivers Museum

1pm – 4pm Underground Explorers Family drop-in, no booking required. Step into an underground wonderland; come face to face and touch burrowing animals, fossils and minerals in the Museum

11am to 4pm Crafts, drawing, a trail, storytelling and music, with face-painting and balloons.

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ssible things before breakfast as Oxford celebrates a day devoted to Alice in Wonderland

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Giant croquet, giant chess and underground storytelling. The castle mound will also be open for free, with a ‘rabbit hole’ makeover. Oxford Castle Quarter: O3 Gallery

10am, 12pm & 2pm (Not Really) Underground Walk. One hour walk with Mark Davies (local historian and author of Alice in Waterland and Stories of Oxford Castle: from Dungeon to Dunghill), following the course of the underground Trill Mill Stream – from Christ Church to the underground crypt of Oxford Castle. £3 4pm – 6.15pm Pilgrimage Walk A walk of about three miles following the route from Folly Bridge of the famous river outing of 4 July 1862, the day on which the story of ‘Alice’ was first begun. £6 31

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1pm – 4pm Family picnic afternoon. Music, stories, crafts, sowing & growing and refreshments and ice creams. Visitor Information Centre

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Talks on Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, the tale that grew into Lewis Carroll’s famous novel. 10.30am: The story behind the story: how ‘Alice’ came into being. 11am (approx) What became of the “real” Alice: the fascinating life of Carroll’s muse. 11.30am (approx) Down the Rabbit-Hole to the Centre of the Earth and Beyond: magical undergound journeys in children’s literature. 10.30am – 12.30pm -Collective artwork session Ages 7-11. Oxford Castle Quarter: Oxford Castle Unlocked

2.30pm – 3pm Guided Tour – Charles Dodgson & the University Church - Explore the church where Charles Dodgson preached and find out about the . Led by the Lewis Carroll society and University Church tour guides. 3.15pm – 4pm Family Tour - Travel through time with the Oxford University student from the past, listen to Wonderland stories and discover amazing creatures in the windows. University of Oxford Botanic Garden

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Family activities all day. Create playing card character badges or make tasty tea party food, as well as dressing up as Wonderland characters and listening to the stories of Alice. Also discover more about museum objects that belonged to the real Alice with the Alice trail! There will also be special tours of the Crypt. Tours last 15 minutes with maximum 15 spaces. Old Fire Station

Meet the Mad Hatter and Queen of Hearts in the 26 Characters exhibition. Storytelling, crafts and fun for all the family as Wonderland takes over our courtyard. University Church of St Mary the Virgin

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of Natural History and uncover ancient remains from beneath the earth in the Pitt Rivers. Oxford Town Hall and Museum of Oxford

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Bassett Rivers Echo Friday June 6 2014

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Swear words are just sounds that come from mouths given deeper offensive meaning by people. SHOCK STUDY REVEALS. P97 30 kids saved from burning school building by unemployed scum

MUSLIM ASYLUM SEEKINg OUT Of WORK LAYABOUT SAVES SCHOOL KIDS fROM INfERNO

By Ima Racist Education Reporter A MAN is being hailed a hero after breaking into a school building that was on fire to save thirty screaming children despite being a Muslim Asylum Seeking out of work male. Asim Johardi, 29, who is currently seeking asylum in the UK from persecution in Somalia and is out of work until he gets a visa, has been thanked by everybody at the school for saving the students from what would have been certain death. School headteacher Pat Onthehead said: “We all would like to thank Asim from the bottom of our hearts. He is a hero. We would obviously shake him by the hand but because myself and the rest of faculty read the Daily Mail we might find it a bit difficult to get past our own personal prejudices to actually

see the person beyond the negative headline.” Now several right wing parents have complained to the school because they did not want their children to be rescued by a ‘Muslim’ but by a Christian white man. Terry Lugnut, of Aryan Court,

said: “I don’t see why the school has to let Muslim men into their burning buildings to save my children. What’s wrong with letting a hard working British man do the saving? I would have done it myself if it wasn’t for my back! This country is really going to the dogs.”

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Bassett Rivers Echo COMMENT We should all be ashamed of ourselves

It is disgusting that we judge people by the colour of their skin or their religion. We are now in the Twenty first Century so that kind of thing shouldn’t happen any more. But we’ve noticed here at The Echo that there is an increasingly negative view of Darth Maul from Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace. I even heard one office worker, who has since been fired for their vile views, say that the Sith Apprentice is evil. So what if he has red skin and horns coming out of the top of his head! So what if he believes in the religion of the Sith and follows the Dark Side! This is a person who is being judged as different just because of the colour of his skin and his affiliation to a fictional religion. They’re forgetting all of the hours that Darth must have put in with the double light saber to become that good. They’re forgetting that he is a hard working person who probably has a family that he is providing for at home. At The Echo you can be rest assured that we don’t put up with any religious or racial intolerance. You just have to look at our front page today where we even had a scummy Muslim unemployed man being hailed a hero for saving some school children despite the fact that a white male Christian could have done the job just as easily.

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The Echo would like to apologise to 73-year-old Stan forrester after he accidentally won The Echo’s Baby of the Year competition. Echo editor Mark Lawrence said: “It was an easy mistake to make especially as Stan is such a cutie pie with little lovely cheeksie weeksies and look at his little face. Peekaboo Stan! Peekaboo!”

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Policing Cat Safety

BASSETT Rivers Police don’t seem to be suffering from that many budget cuts (as reported May 30). The other Sunday, I returned home at 5pm after a day out to be informed by my neighbour that two police officers had called at my home and, after discovering that I wasn’t in, went round the back to check. Having never been visited by the police in 22 years, my wife and I were worried that something serious might have happened. The police station was closed, but we contacted the police via the 101 nonemergency service - only to be told they couldn’t tell us anything ‘because of the data protection Act’. I explained that we were concerned that a family member might be ill or worse, but they still wouldn’t tell me anything. An officer later phoned to explain that a neighbour had reported that I had nailed a small piece of plywood with four screws sticking out of it to the top of a tree stump in my garden. I did this to deter cats sitting on the stump as I have a problem with them using my vegetable patch as a toilet. The officer warned me that this could lead to a charge if a cat (or person) was injured by the device. How reassuring to know that Bassett Rivers police have a budget large enough to be able to send out two officers on this matter on a Sunday. My wife and I have had the last laugh though as we have since murdered the offending nosy neighbour and eaten his liver in a stew with some nice carrots picked from my cat poo free vegetable patch. Dennis Shrive, 64, Dead End, Bassett Rivers

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I think it is really sad when I read stories of elderly people being neglected. I have an elderly father who lives with me at home and I have never neglected him. In fact I don’t know what I would do without him as his fragile body is a very useful door stop. Kev, Bassett Rivers

Park this!

Bassett Rivers Council’s decision to review parking was always going to invite controversy. Indeed, few subjects can match parking when it comes to the heat generated in local debate. In last week’s edition you highlighted the views of two our own town councillors, Jeff Mutton asserts that ‘Parking is parking’ and should not be confused with helicopters, snakes and Australians. On the other hand Nigel Beowulf is concerned that the cost of parking for the more lowly-paid employees in the town is more than the minimum wage. Meanwhile the debate continues as to how long we should be allowed to stay in the Market Place or, indeed whether we should remove parking from this public space altogether and make it completely inaccessible to everybody by maybe shooting it into space thus solving the parking problems once and for all. My view definitely falls on the latter side as I believe it is only when we get rid of anywhere to park altogether that we will no longer be having to have this incessant debate about where to park. Everybody is obssessed with the debate even to the point where people confuse parking with Australians which can’t be healthy. Tony Sedesuch, Bassett

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NICK MULVEY TAKES ON OCELOTSHIRE The Ocelot was lucky enough to catch Nick Mulvey at a PA at Sound Knowledge Record Store in Marlborough last month and he was fantastic. We’re now planning to catch him when he plays Oxford’s O2 Academy on Sunday October 12. On a beach in Honduras in the summer of 2010, Nick Mulvey experienced his sink or swim moment. Surrounded by strangers, clutching an acoustic guitar, having just told the other members of his band, Portico Quartet, that he needed this two week holiday to decide whether he was permanently leaving them, he started to sing. “I knew that I’d probably never see these people again and also that they didn’t speak much English,” he says. “So I just decided to sing my mumbles really confidently, and suddenly I found all this imagery, all these new songs.” For the 28-year-old whose writing has already influenced acclaimed Mercury Prize victors Alt-J, who quote Portico title ‘Knee Deep In The North Sea’ in their jazzy ‘Dissolve Me’, picking up the guitar again felt like a homecoming after five years as Britain’s foremost player of the hang – the Swiss percussion instrument invented in the early 2000s. He didn’t rush into this new acoustic freedom. The Fever To The Form EP, released through Communion in late Spring 2013 was a long time in the making. For the first six months of his solo “career”, such as it was, he deliberately made no contact with the music industry. “All I wanted to do was play my instrument every day, to be in a room on my own and study my heroes.” He’s hit the road hard too, touring in support of Laura Marling, Laura Mvula, and Lianne La Havas. Whilst the sparse, cleansed beauty of Nick Drake’s music can be heard (“He’s the main dude for

me. It’s a reductionist thing, this boiled down music”), there’s a distinct sense of adventure more akin to the likes of Steve Reich, and even the guitar-picking intricacies of John Martyn that sits alot closer to his sound. It’s difficult to pinpoint but enriching to listen to. Mulvey listened over and over to songs such as Lennon’s Jealous Guy and Prince’s When Doves Cry, pulling them apart to understand their intricacies. “My playing is all about lines, not strumming chords. It’s about having motion and rhythm and groove. It doesn’t have to be complex, but it has to be animated. Singer-songwriter stuff, Philip Glass – it’s all in there.” Following quality studio time, Mulvey followed Fever To The Form with the jaunty, bass-heavy groove of Nitrous in September, and has been putting the finishing touches to his debut album, First Mind which he released last month. It is a record that turns the notion of an acoustic singer-songwriter on its head, a lilting beast of a collection, loaded with influences and sounds from across the globe. It sounds fresh and it sounds alive. When not hunkered down in the studio, Nick took these songs and performed them to sell-out crowds and infront of packed festival audiences. Mulvey may have looked like he was starting afresh, but he insists that everything is connected. “Even though there’s a surface level difference between my music then and now, it’s all the same to me. I do the same things on the guitar that I did on the hang. It’s about repetition, hypnotic music, the groove."

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BACK POCKET PROPHET “A classic metal/thrash head nodding, beer guzzling good band.”

THE SCRIBERS “A spicy Birmingham rock quartet.”

WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WITCH ELM? ”

“Glistening, intoxicating indie-electronica.”

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To celebrate The Ocelot’s Eighth birthday we’ve gathered together the best the region has to of Swindon on Friday June 6 from 8pm. It’s a cracking line-up featuring artists from very different That's right, it's now eight years since a South American big cat entered our lives and we're going to celebrate it like it's 1999. (We were thinking of celebrating it like it's 1939 but then we thought that maybe the outbreak of the second world war would be a bit of a downer.)

The Racket Regular readers of The Ocelot will realise that we have a major bit of love going on for this Reading/Oxford band. Every time they release anything we salivate over it like a dog that has just discovered a bit pile of bones. But don't just take our word for it. Huw Stephens, off of that Radio One thing, said: ""Portishead doing a Tarantino soundtrack... This is great!" Q Magazine said: "Vienna Ditto mix wild-eyed rockabilly riffs with sparse, atmospheric electronica." Let's just say they're something a bit special and their live show is immense. We are still pinching ourselves to make sure that we're not dreaming that they will be playing The Ocelot's birthday bash. They describe themselves as Voodoo Sci-fi Blues. The female fronted duo seem to be getting a lot of attention from magazines at the moment as they can also currently be seen gracing the cover Oxford’s fantastic muso mag Nightshift. 36

Led by the irrepressible Plummie Racket, this Swindon fivesome of likely lads have just returned from a small hiatus and are sounding bloody sick. And they are back louder, brasher and swaggering around with more attitude than a Liam Gallagher convention. There’s even a new member of the band with Jordan O’Sullivan joining them on guitar and to share some of the frontman duties with deal old Plummie. This is a band that needs to be seen live as their cocky swagger is countered by a tightness and professionalism rarely seen in bands today. If you like indie with a bit of sleaze thrown in for good measure The Racket are your boys. New songs to look out for are Too Much Too Soon and Home Domestics which will be their next two singles.

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together the best the region has to offer for a free gig. It all takes place at The Vic in p featuring artists from very different genres on the musical spectrum. Come along!

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Former Ocelot columnist Bane 'Drive-by' Bullet put us onto Devizes rapper and youtuber Chip Daddy. Chip Daddy managed 250,000 views of his song “What The Hell Is Swagger” in just one week a couple of years back. His parody stylings of songs like “Cheese On You Crumpets” and “Jason The Rolo” bring hilarious swipes at modern pop culture, with every show fast becoming, something to say “you were there, you were involved”. He has just got off tour with Goldie Lookin' Chain and will be ending the Ocelot festivities with a bang. We saw him last year supporting Beans on Toast and he was ruddy fantastic. We can't wait to see what he brings to the party. As Bane would say, "He iz like a well stand-up geezer dat will like get all da biatches to throw dere pantiez at him which he won't mind as long as dere are no onez with skidmarkz."

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Boss Cloth

This is where things might just get a bit loud. We mean really loud. Yes. Boss Cloth, although only a twosome, are such loud crashy, bashy metallers that you will have a ringing in your ears for days. These guys even won our breakthrough act of the year last year. Here's what Gig Monkey said when he was making the decision.... "Whilst there have been plenty of brilliant brand new acts out there, one stood head and shoulders above all others for the way they exploded to my attention, releasing one of the best debut EPs I can remember. That recording was hellishly intense and never paused for breath, heavy as hell but laced with grooves and hooks in a gloriously scuzzy statement of intent. However, it was live that these two guys really took your head apart and they have to be seen to be believed. So take a bow Boss Cloth, the future of local music is in safe hands." Expect sweaty dirty metal with more thrashing about on drums than even that Animal bloke off The Muppets. They’re both very nice chaps though.

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This is Bernhoft

Hailing from Norway, residing now in New York but with his latest album Islander recorded on the Isle of Wight, Bernhoft certainly gets about a bit. His music is a mad cross between Richie Havens, Sly Stone and the Dap Kings! He’s one of the artists that is riding the wave of Nu-Soul, which is actually just Soul but the music business likes us to think it’s all new. He can’t walk down the street in his native Norway without being recognized, having sold over 250,00 albums there. He’s wowed fans across the globe with his jaw dropping live performances. Close your eyes and you could easily mistake his music as being something new from John Newman. It's cool, feel good, grown-up pop, from an act that's not afraid to be selfeffacing too, as his latest video proves. Islander was released last month but to try his music out before buying, go visit the website - you can stream it all from there. www.bernhoft.org

This is Lewis Watson

It seems a bit odd to be writing about Lewis Watson here on This is New Music. I’ve been watching him grow his audience for a couple of years now and he’s a DIY hero. Over the last 12 months word-of-mouth buzz has helped him rack up more than six million YouTube views and sell-out concerts (including London's Koko, gigs in LA and NYC that both sold out in a day and even Holland, despite never having been there). After scoring five EPs that all charted in the iTunes Top 10, it's safe to say anticipation is high for his debut album The Morning, due June 16. Musically, Lewis fits into that same arena that's seen the likes of Ed Sheeran and Ben Howard become big stars but there's always room for another passionate, honest songwriter who connects with his audience emotionally. Assured and accomplished, this is his year. www.lewiswatsonmusic.com

This is Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Again this band are not the usual This is New Music fodder. They are celebrating a decade together as a band this year and on their latest single, Coming Down from the Philadelphia band's fourth album, Only Run, due June 3, they’ve teamed up with Matt Berninger from The National. However I wanted to include them here because they have worked so hard over the years to keep connected with their fans in a real way. Led by Alec Ounsworth on vocals, the band are currently rocking up to play live gigs in the living rooms of fans across the US and will be doing the same in the UK and Europe soon, before full proper concert dates this coming October. Whether you're listening to the band for the first time or are one of the many fans who've already seen them at festivals and supported them across the years, I think the current material could be their best yet. Strident, edgy and full of intent, it's a unique and memorable. www.cyhsy.com 38

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Fri 6th The Hook-line Riot Fri 13th Embargo

Weds 18th Salisbury open mic

Fri 20th Solstice special w/The Intercepteurs + Robb Blake Fri 27th Wisefool

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The Total Punt Special

Gig monkey samples the flavour of Oxford’s favourite local festival

A multi-venue festival as a reviewer is hard work, you end up rushing around trying to get a flavour of all of the venues whilst worrying what you are missing elsewhere, you miss bands you wanted to see, end up stuck at the back as you are a late arrival invariably, and end up completely knackered. Luckily, the Oxford Punt 2014 in early May was well worth all these hardships, with a lot of them minimised through the careful planning of organisers - the venues were close to each other and all excellent, starts staggered and best of all, the music was utterly fantastic and varied. Team Ocelot had sworn to uphold the honour of the magazine and capture as much of the flavour of the festival as possible, not get lost and generally stick one up to those who claim local music is dying. We started our journey at Turl Street Kitchen, a rather nice backstreet restaurant/bar not naturally disposed to live music but making a very good fist of it with a light and airy upstairs room equipped with a PA in lieu of the furniture I presume normally occupied the space. First act of our marathon was Jordan O’Shea, playing as a three piece. For the first time as it turns out. And a great decision this was too, as the additional bass / backing vocals and electric guitar sounds added depth to his excellent melancholic acoustica. His easy manner and crystalline voice had the rapidly filling room transfixed, the songs filling the space with downbeat harmony. This particular show was stolen however by the cheeky chap on bass who quite obviously was having a whale of a time! Onwards we dashed to The Purple Turtle to catch what we could of Beta Blocker & The Bodyclock. Musically I couldn’t fault them, their Psychedelia streaked fuzz rock sound was right up my street, the infectious pop melodies and distorted indie tunes dancing merry hell round my ears. However, the

Flights of Helios

whole experience was marred by the band having to play with the house lights on, giving the set the feel of a school band playing assembly. A band like this is surely best heard in semi-darkness, lit only by lava lamps and oil projections? Disgruntled, we hopped next door to The Cellar half-way through the set, trying to make the best of the worst schedule clash of the night and catch what we could of Flights Of Helios. And what a decision that proved to be. Having reviewed the band recently, describing their song Stars as “music that cuddles you to sleep in a spoon position, whispering softly in your ear” I was keen to hear what I could of their electro trip-pop. And by Odins beard I was not disappointed! More driven live than on record, the beats were massive and the music spacey and melodious; a quite extraordinary noise more triprock than trip-pop, with vocals hypnotic to such a degree I would have probably performed a chicken impression if told to. And bonus points go for the casual insertion of an Ocelot joke into the boisterous on stage banter. We hung around at The Cellar to catch Swindlestock, a rather fine country-rock and

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beats affecting primal areas of the brain, sharing more in common with opium than just its addictive qualities. The stunning vocal melodies are pure pop, featuring plenty of opportunities to sing along, which is surely the acid test of any pop music? But Vienna Ditto are not solely about the music, they consider the whole on stage show, with projected images behind the band that were perfectly judged, adding to the songs rather than detracting, helping create an atmosphere that steamed. Although part of this hothouse effect could be credited to the insane and huge audience, who had been forced to occupy whatever space they could find, standing on tables and chairs and even hanging from ceiling fittings it seemed. Towards the end of their set, as Nigel was launching into a customary ramble of thanks he floated the rumour that this was to be the last ever Punt, a rumour met with abject horror from the audience. I for one agree, that cannot be allowed to happen. The Punt is a cracking showcase for the strength and depth of talent bubbling away in the town, a sampler of the future of Oxford music and a valuable window for the lucky acts on the bill to deservedly reach a wider audience. Rohan, if you are reading this, don’t chuck in the towel, you perform a great service to the music scene, a scene that needs your particular heroics every year to stand a chance of success. The Punt is a highly regarded, well established cornerstone of Oxford music that needs to continue to thrive. In fact, The Punt IS Oxford Music.

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Americana band who totally owned the stage with a presence normally seen in seasoned arena bands. The music was upbeat, fun and exuberant, it’s rootsy style ingrained in dusty roadside dives and whiskey drenched backstreet bars. It sounded as if it was being played by grizzled old-timers, to such an extent it was a disconcerting feeling seeing the young performers up on the stage, almost as if they were miming for a promo video. Impressive stuff indeed. A dash over to old favourite The Wheatsheaf for more Americana was next as we checked out Huck & the Xander Band. Although they turned in a very good set, had we seen them before Swindlestock they would have made a bigger impression. But their more folky songs seemed a little lightweight in contrast and the stage presence was not comparable. However, they are definitely a band that deserves a second opinion I feel, especially as they construct their music as a complete conceptual story, telling tales of characters like Alexander and Johnny as they travel the South Eastern music hub of America, an idea that intrigued. Final sprint of the night was up to The White Rabbit for festival closers Vienna Ditto, the only act I had seen before, and one of my main motivations for attending the night. The venue itself was “intimate” to say the least, another pub back room messed around to suit a music event. This soon became incidental as we muscled our way to the front in readiness for what was to come. The front is always the best place to catch this band, as part of the entertainment is witnessing the bands musical maestro Nigel seeming to make things up as he goes along, bumbling his way through the complexities of the electronic set up of each song, like an eccentric English inventor pottering in his shed whilst the cool, calm and collected figure of singer Hatty next him looks on in amusement. The duo really do have the unlikely stage appearance of a Mad Professor and a gangsters moll, an unusual seeming pairing but one that works brilliantly well. Musically their slow burning groove buries itself deep within your soul, the combination of sultry vocals, fuzzy guitars, electronic wizardry and hip

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Wormfood presents... Arlington Arts in Newbury has never been afraid to do things a bit differently to other venues. And you don’t get much more different than what they’ve got planned for Thursday June 19 in what will be a new regular collaboration between the venue and those weird and wonderful promoters Wormfood. That’s right, they’ve gone and got The Cyborgs with support from The Harry McIntosh Project. The Cyborgs play their own dirty blues elektro vibes on guitar, drums, bass and keys. Nobody knows their identity…they are the same thing at the same time. Nobody is sure how much of human there is left in their body but the story goes that they come from 2110 where there’s no more blues and the world is without sunlight, music and dreams; they have travelled back through the centuries to discover the true blues that they can take back to their time. In their songs they sing about their world, and how much it’s wasted. “We come from the future, in the present, to keep the past alive...” Sounding like The Jesus Lizard and The Birthday Party being molested by The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Cardiacs, The Harry MacIntosh Project first formed in 2005. Wilfully abrasive and unconventional they gained a reputation for being truly unique among their young punk and metal peers at the time. Following a six year hiatus, the band reformed 42

in 2014 and, older, wiser and some would say better, they have re-recorded all of their old material - as well as some new tracks on the soon to be released full-length album “The Craniofacial Blues”. “Like the salad that hides the steak, the cream that hides the cake and the dog that killed your cat...” Join Arlington Arts for the first night of what they hope will become a series of events showcasing contemporary beats, international voices and alternative noises - this is Wormfood presents... Entry costs £8 and you can find out more info at www.thecyborgs.it/music and book tickets at www.arlingtonarts.co.uk

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courier in a feral weedchoked city. Cracked surveillance cameras film the atrocity from multiple angles, sending the footage to data banks that shall never be accessed. A rusty blues mechanism marching to a burnt out war, a conflict that has become meaningless habit to a cyborg militia. Ballistics flash on the horizon, scarring the brown dusk, but are ignored by trudging chrome feet. Forces clash. Infantry fall. The final result is ambiguous. A trio made up of members from much missed Oxon acts Dr Slaggleberry and 50 ft. Panda has made a record of abstract rock and brutally ornate dynamic switches played with a winning mixture of improbable precision and sweaty metal abandon. It is available in digital form on a pay what you wish basis from Bandcamp, or in a fetching handmade sleeve on CD. Pretentious rubbish by ponces who wouldn’t know a proper tune if it bit them on the balls in 13/8. At least one of these is a fair description of Masiro’s debut EP.

By David Murphy Vegetable fronds uncurling against an alien horizon. Exasperated scientists arguing with hidebound politicians in a striplit bunker. Thick teak tables are pounded, plastic coffee skiffs upended, sheaves of closely scrawled paper collapse in the slipstream of a flailing white-coated arm. An unearthed Neanderthal riff mutating on contact with air, spinning into Mandelbrot patterns, engulfing camera crews and lone hikers alike. A light drizzle on the heaving, writhing hell creature, as it rests before the next attack. Augmented hyenas tearing at the carcass of a lost

Musical terrorism 101

By Dave Franklin of Greenmanmusic.biz In the process of moving house (musical witness protection scheme if you must know) I stumbled across a lot of musical paraphernalia and ancient hoardings, including some old Ocelot magazines from when I had my first stint at putting pen to paper on behalf of the local scene. Back in those days the article style was one of general commentary rather than review and as getting my hands on new music to review these days is like getting blood out of a particularly impervious stone, I thought I’d return to

that approach. A lot seems to have changed since my first Ocelot literary outings (6 years ago…blimey) and Swindon’s main problem is still the way it views itself. Maybe it’s the result of being one too many punch lines on the likes of Have I Got News For You, maybe it is the Council’s reticence to get behind the towns musical endeavours, maybe we have just become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Okay, the amount of venues available to acts is at a low ebb, but for creativity the town still punches well above its weight, doesn’t that just mean it’s time to think outside the box. All meaningful musical legacies happened away from the mainstream anyway - punk, hip-hop, rave, so why not create, if not a new genre, at least a new way of doing things. Organise acoustic gigs in cafes

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and restaurants, throw basement parties, hire out halls and pub back rooms and put your own show on. Embrace the technology that enables you to by-pass the traditional first rungs of the ladder of gigging - stream your shows to far-flung audiences, be your own recording studio, it’s all about innovation not quality. Record “found sounds, ” play guerrilla gigs, busk on unauthorised spots. Avoid the normal patterns and approaches, never explain yourself. Be legendary. Don’t give them what they want, give them what they didn’t even realise it was what they wanted and do it when they least expect it. Be a musical terrorist, a poetic hand-grenade. Viva la Revolution.

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What more could you want than the Trowbridge Village Pump Festival? This year’s takes place from Friday July 25 to Sunday July 27 at Westbury White Horse Country Park. Big name performers in a small festival with a friendly atmosphere and in a stunning location, overlooked by one of Wiltshire's famous White Horses.

It sounds perfect. Three stages - all under cover - and access to the Country Park's indoor facilities including dance hall, restaurant and toilets! Bring your instruments and dancing shoes for the open mic, sessions, dancing shows, ceilidhs and workshops. A full programme of clowns, magic shows, games and activities makes this a festival for all the family. Throw in yoga, dance sides, street theatre, food stalls, traders and real ale bars. Camping on flat fields and parking included in the price. Children under 10 free, 10-17 half price. And what a line-up. It includes Peatbog Faeries, Seth Lakeman, Three Daft Monkeys, Eliza Carthy Band, The Blues Band, Brass Monkey, Steve Knightley, Phil Beer, O'Hooley and Tidow, Martin Simpson, Mabon and loads more. For the full details see the ad on page 45 or visit www.villagepumpfolkfestival.co.uk

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What is in a name? Does it really matter? I do not think so. After all the Beatles is a pretty silly name for a beat combo. Oh come on, yes it is. Luke Paulo And The Grapefruit is the brain child of their front chap, who goes by the name of Luke Paulo. He is a social science professor by day, a great singer and song writer by night.The guy and his band, have

It a wonderful challenge to pigeon hole their sound. Which is great news.They are not just a throw away Arctic Monkeys wannabe band. They throw in a bit of jazz, a dash of Eastern European fierceness, some fabulous piano parts, thumping clarinet; all topped with some rather dark and sexual lyrics. His song 'Clear Water' is a great example of his talent. Arguably his best song to date. It sounds like a long lost Tom Waits ,Lenoard Cohen or a Nick Cave long lost classic. They are currently working on their debut EP 'Mirrors'-schedule release in September They are supporting The Ocelot faves Vienna Ditto on aturday June 21 at the Rising Sun Arts Centre in Silver Street Reading. Tickets cost £5 on the door or £4 in advance from www.wegottickets.co.uk

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Abandoman rocks up at The Corn Exchange in Newbury

After several years cutting a truly original path between rap music and comedy, Abandoman are stepping up their award-winning game. Now with a full band, they present their newest and biggest show to date: Moonrock Boombox. In it they innovate mixtape mashups and futuristic jams live on stage, using the history of hip-hop as their blueprint and you as their inspiration. From Kanye to Jay Z, from country to funk, this show contains musical, lyrical and comical scenes of a seriously awesome nature. Are you ready to take the trip? Well, are you? Because they are plaing at The Corn Exchange in Newbury on Friday June 13. Winner of Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, the Musical Comedy Awards and the 2012 Adelaide Fringe Festival’s Best Comedy Newcomer Award, Abandoman creates hilarious freestyle songs at lightening speed based on audience suggestions. 2012 saw Abandoman support multi-platinum artist Ed Sheeran on his sell-out UK tour that culminated in two nights at London’s Brixton Academy; in February this year, Abandoman performed in Australia for the first time, where the show was nominated for the two comedy awards at the Adelaide Fringe Festival (“Best Comedy” and “Best Comedy Newcomer”) and won the latter. Abandoman has appeared on BBC3′s Live at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, BBC2′s The Stephen K Amos Show, on Sky Arts as part of their Latitude

coverage and many radio shows, including BBC Radio 1′s Fun And Filthy Cabaret, alongside Dappy from N Dubz. The show has recently appeared at festivals such as Bestival, Latitude, Altitude, Rockness, Glastonbury, Hop Farm, V Festival. They performed at the 2010 Brits after-party, Daisy Lowe’s 21st birthday party, hosted the 2012 St. Patricks Day event in Trafalgar Square and have opened for numerous comedy and music acts such as Micky Flanagan, Tommy Tiernan and DJ Yoda. The gig starts at 7.45pm and costs £12.50.

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COMEDY Thursday June 12 New Greenham Arts ALFIE MOORE: POLICE COMEDIAN Former Humberside Police Sergeant turned stand-up comedian, Alfie Moore is tasering his way through the comedy world 8pm £12/£10

Sunday June 22 Corn Exchange STAND UP FOR NEWBURY 7.45pmJoin us for night of hilarious comedy with some of the best stand up comics on the circuit.

Thursday June 26 Corn Exchange BOND! AN UNAUTHORISED PARODY 7.45pm Spoofing the characters adored by millions, and exploding every cliché in the book(s)

Thursday June 12 South Street Arts Centre GARY DELANEY - PURIST - Expect: Jokes. Don't Expect: Narrative! 8pm

Saturday June 14 Jongleurs Comedy Club BENNETT ARRON + NATHAN CATON + JAVIER JARQUIN + KATHERINE RYAN Doors 7:00 pm | Show 8:30 pm prices from £17

Saturday June 21 Jongleurs Comedy Club DAN EVANS + RHYS MATHEWSON + SMUG ROBERTS Doors 7:00 pm | Show 8:30 pm prices from £17

Saturday June 21 Arlington Arts Centre DANCE IN THE PARK 3pm READING

Wednesday June 4 and Thursday June 5 South Street Arts Centre PARC Dance (Reading College) presents Live to Dance - Dancing for a living and living to dance... 7.30pm Tuesday June 17

The Hexagon PASHA KOVALEV AND KATYA VIRSHILAS 7.30pm DJ NIGHTS

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Saturday June 7

Corn Exchange NICK COPE: FAMILY MUSIC on the Corn Exchange Balcony Bar 10.45am £3

Friday June 27 to Saturday June 28 Corn Exchange THE ENERGY SHOW Check times - The Energy Show: explosive family theatre for curious minds. READING

Thursday June 19 to Sunday June 22 The Hexagon SCOOBY DOO: THE MYSTERY OF THE PYRAMID - Zoinks! Book Early! 1pm, 2.30pm, 4.30pm, 6.30pm FILM

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Every Thursday Oakford Social Club REMIX CLUB NIGHT 8pm to 1am Sub89 PROPAGANDA CLUB NIGHT 10.30pm Every Friday Face Bar RELOADED CLUB NIGHT 9pm

Tuesday June 3 Sub89 ITCHY FEET 10pm @ The Bowery District £5 Thursday June 5 Face Bar CLOCKWORK - RELAUNCH PARTY 7pm

Friday June 13 Sub89 SYSTEMATIK W/ GORGON CITY + HANNAH WANTS + Full lineup TBA 10:30pm *2 FLOOR* £12

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Friday June 6 to Thursday June 12 Corn Exchange FADING GIGOLO (15) Verging on insolvency, old friends Fioravante (John Turturro) and Murray (Woody Allen) hit upon the idea of upscale male prostitution, Murray offering to pimp out Fioravante to their well-heeled female acquaintances. Times vary £5.50/£7.50 READING

Thursday June 12 Caversham Court Gardens ANCHORMAN 2 7pm

Friday June 13 Caversham Court Gardens AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON 7pm ( full moon) Thursday June 19 Caversham Court Gardens

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Wednesday June 25 South Street Arts Centre MARK THOMAS - Work In Progress - South Street favourite returns with a new work in progress show. 7pm & 9pm

Wednesday June 4 Corn Exchange BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Ballet Cymru brings to life this timeless story using the company’s unique blend of classical technique and storytelling. 7.45pm £16/£14

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Friday June 20 Olympia COMEDY AND CURRY @ The Olympia doors 7pm, curry served at 7.30pm, last admission at 8pm

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Saturday June 28 South Street Arts Centre DARKLANDS - Club night playing post-punk, fuzz, C86, Goth, Electronic, Indie pop and Industrial. doors 8pm

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READING Saturday June 7 Jongleurs Comedy Club JIM SMALLMAN + LATEEF LOVEJOY + PHIL BUTLER Doors 7:00 pm | Show 8:30 pm prices from £17

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Friday June 27 Sub89 FUSION & HECTIC RECORDS - RHYTHM STATION 21ST ANNIVERSARY RE-UNION 10:30pm £19.50

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Friday June 13 Corn Exchange ABANDOMAN: MOONROCK BOOMBOX After several years cutting a truly original path between rap music and comedy, Abandoman are stepping up their awardwinning game. 7.45pm

Saturday June 28 Jongleurs Comedy Club KEVIN MCCARTHY + TOM PRICE + PAUL RICKETTS + STEVE SHANYASKI Doors 7:00 pm | Show 8:30 pm - prices from £17

Saturday June 14 Face Bar BMT BK 2 BK SESSION PRESENTED BY SERIOUS SOUNDS, TRI COUNTY SOUNDS, SUB AUDIO AND REVIBED 9PM TILL 4AM

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Friday June 27 The Hexagon JASON MANFORD : FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS - Extra Date Added Due To Demand 8pm

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Friday June 20 Caversham Court Gardens THIS IS SPINAL TAP 7pm Thursday June 26 Caversham Court Gardens RESERVOIR DOGS 7pm

Friday June 27 Caversham Court Gardens THE BREAKFAST CLUB 7pm GIGS AND CONCERTS

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Thursday June 5

Arlington Arts Centre SIMON MAYOR'S MANDOLINQUENTS 8pm Mandolin virtuoso Simon Mayor and his merry crew of Mandolinquents. Fantastic fun with a unique mix of classical folk ballads, 1930s hot swing fiddle, tangos, and brilliant bluegrass banjo party-pieces not to mention sparkling Mayor mandolin originals. A great evening guaranteed. Saturday June 7 Arlington Arts Centre THE NEWBURY CHAMBER CHOIR: SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE 7:30pm - A programme of English music, dance and opera featuring a rare staged performance of Holst’s beautiful chamber opera Savitri. Based on an incident in Hindu mythology, Savitri outwits Death who has come to claim her husband... The title role is taken by Elaine McKrill.

Wednesday June 11 Arlington Arts Centre DODGY: OUT IN THE OPEN with support from Dyed White 8pm “Dodgy Out In The Open” will feature the first performances of the new songs written for their forthcoming album, to be released on Cherry Red Records in Summer 2014, plus a fine selection of songs from the band’s enviable back catalogue, including hits such as Good Enough, Staying Out For The Summer, In A Room. Thursday June 12 Arlington Arts Centre THE BLUES BAND 8pm - If music matures like fine wine, 1979 was a vintage year. That’s when Paul Jonesand Tom McGuinness, from the hugely successful Manfred Mann, returned totheir first love, the Blues. Talent goes to talent. Into the ranks came slide guitar ace and superb vocalist Dave Kelly, legendary exJohn Mayall drummer Hughie Flint. Friday June 13 New Greenham Arts CHRIS WOOD: NONE THE WISER 8pm Winner of the BBC Radio Two Folk Singer Of

The Year award in 2011 Arlington Arts Centre THE BLOCKHEADS 8pm - Starting out as the band behind Ian Dury, the Blockheads are a legendary outfit that has grown in stature from the early days of the Stiff tour in 1977, right up to the present day. Backing up Ian Dury’s poetic lyrics, this is the band that brought you ‘Hit Me with your Rhythm Stick’, ‘What A Waste’

Sunday June 15 Corn Exchange NEWBURY YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR FINAL 2014 7.45pm - The final of this exciting competition that started before Christmas is to find the local, talented young musician winner of this year’s title Friday June 20 Corn Exchange CAFÉ CONCERT: LES SIX FRANÇAIS An atmospheric programme evoking Paris in the early 1900s Arlington Arts Centre VOODOO ROOM 8pm - The UK music scene of the late sixties was a melting pot from which classic Blues Rock emerged, establishing the power trio format as the driving force of the era. At the forefront of this movement were Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Voodoo Room are a new and exciting classic Power Trio Saturday June 21 Corn Exchange FAREWELL TO NEWBURY: THE BAND OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS - Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to enjoy the music of the Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers Saturday June 28

Arlington Arts Centre OXFORD GOSPEL CHOIR 8pm - Don’t miss your chance to see the Oxford Gospel Choir take to the Arlington stage for one night only. The Oxford Gospel Choir is a group of enthusiastic individuals from all walks of life, from absolute beginners to experienced session singers, who come together through the love of singing inspirational soulful music. READING

Wednesdays Pavlov’s Dog OPEN MIC 8pm free Thursdays

The Walkabout OPEN MIC 8pm free - all styles welcome

Sunday June 1 Sub89 NICK OLIVERI (Solo Acoustic) 7:30pm @ The Bowery District £7.50

Risc and Global Cafe Readifolk presents BROOKS WILLIAMS 8pm £6 (www.brookswilliams.com) Ranked as one of the world’s top acoustic guitarists – a rich and silky voice and writer of wonderful songs. Tuesday June 3 South Street Arts Centre HANNAH JANE WALKER & CHRIS THORPE - I Wish I Was Lonely- part of South Street's SITELINES 2014 season 8pm Wednesday June 4 Sub89 MALEFICE + WHEN WE WERE WOLVES + RISE OF ROME 7:30pm @ The Bowery District £7

Thursday June 5 Sub89 TOPLOADER 7pm @ The Bowery District £16 Friday June 6

The Hexagon ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Classical Music Alive 7.30pm Progress Theatre JAZZ AT PROGRESS: MICHELSON MORLEY 7.30pm South Street Arts Centre DODGY - Out in the Open (acoustic) performing the hits and new material as an acoustic trio 7.30pm

Saturday June 7 South Street Arts Centre PANIC ROOM - Incarnate Tour 2014 -MultiAward-Winning alt-rock 5 piece fronted by 'Best Female Vocalist' Anne-Marie Helder 7.30pm Jazz Café SHOWCASE - Chain Gang with DJ Energetic, professional entertaining band! The Chain Gang are a 100% live, 12-piece soul band featuring powerful female and male vocalists, dynamic horns and a funky rhythm section...!!! Dinner Including Entry : £34.50 Entry Only Tickets : £8.00

Sunday June 8 Risc and Global Cafe Readifolk presents SINGERS NIGHT 8pm £2 Come and sing, play or just listen. A warm welcome is guaranteed. Tuesday June 10 South Street Arts Centre READING COLLEGE - GIG AT SOUTH STREET -Reading College students perform a wide range of musical genres. doors 7pm Thursday June 12

Sub89 FLOGGING MOLLY 7pm £17.50 Friday June 13

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Saturday June 14 Concert Hall THE KING'S SINGERS - Classical Music Alive 7.30pm

Thursday June 19 South Street Arts Centre THIRDSDAY BLUES - MARK HARRISON Monthly Blues Night doors 8pm Friday June 20 Sub89 GUNS 2 ROSES 7pm £10 Saturday June 21

Sunday June 22 Risc and Global Cafe READIFOLK ‘JUST THE JOB’ THEME NIGHT 8pm £2

Saturday June 28 Douai Abbey BACH AT DOUAI - Douai Abbey is the setting for Basingstoke Choral Society's next concert QUIZ NIGHTS READING

Every Monday Oakford Social Club THE OAKFORD SOCIAL PUB QUIZ 9pm TALKS AND POETRY NEWBURY

Wednesday June 18

Corn Exchange POETRY FOR THE PETRIFIED Corn Exchange Balcony Bar (except where specified) READING

Monday June 16

The Hexagon CATHERINE IRETON - WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT NIGHT? Performed backstage at The Hexagon, as part of South Street's SITELINES 2014 season 7pm & 9pm

Friday June 20 South Street Arts Centre POETS' CAFE - CARRIE ETTER - Monthly poetry night hosted by A F Harrold doors 8pm THEATRE NEWBURY

Thursday June 26 Sub89 GARY NUMAN + ROMAN REMAINS 7pm £25

New Greenham Arts A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL - Out The Box Performance Group present 8pm £12/£10

Wednesday June 25 The Hexagon THE ILLEGAL EAGLES 8pm

The Hexagon CHAS AND DAVE 7.30pm

Friday June 27 South Street Arts Centre MUSIC IN THE DARK BY ACOUSTIC DUO JP & XOCHITL Music to wow the senses! doors 8pm

Friday June 6

Corn Exchange THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE by Thatcham Park Primary School pupils. 7pm Saturday June 7

Corn Exchange KNIGHTMARE LIVE - Riddles, magical characters and hideous monsters 7.45pm £15 Tuesday June 10 to Wednesday June 11 Corn Exchange CARRIE’S WAR - When the Second World War air raids threaten their safety in the city, Carrie Willow and her brother Nick, are

Thursday June 5 The Hexagon LET'S HANG ON 7:30pm

Monday June 9 to Saturday June 14 The Hexagon DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS - The smash hit musical direct from the West End! 7.30pm.

Wednesday June 11 South Street Arts Centre Headway Thames Valley presents RETURN TO THE RIGHT SIDE 7.30pm Saturday June 21 South Street Arts Centre Serrated Edge Theatre present BEHIND THE BLINDS - a new show 7.45pm Monday June 23 to Saturday June 28 Progress Theatre GOD OF CARNAGE 7.45pm

Sunday June 29 South Street Arts Centre Third Angel - CAPE WRATH part of South Street's SITELINES 2014 season 12 noon, 2.30pm & 5pm THEATRICAL SCREENINGS NEWBURY

Sunday June 8

Corn Exchange GLYNDEBOURNE - DER ROSENKAVALIER New to the Corn Exchange Live and Encore screenings from Glyndebourne Opera 4.30PM £14/£12 Thursday June 12 Corn Exchange NT LIVE: A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS A riotous exposure of entrepreneurial greed by playwright Alan Ayckbourn 7pm £14/£12 Wednesday June 18 Corn Exchange RSC LIVE: HENRY IV PART II 7pm A live broadcast of the RSC's Henry IV Part II.

Thursday June 26 to Tuesday July 1 Corn Exchange NT ENCORE: A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS 7pm VINTAGE FAIRS AND CRAFT MARKETS READING

Saturday June 28 The Hexagon REAL VINTAGE AND GOOD FOOD MARKET 10am - 4pm

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Sunday June 29 Sub89 READING BLUES, RHYTHM & ROCK FESTIVAL 2014 2pm £24 Risc and Global Cafe Readifolk presents BOB WOOD (www.bobwood.co.uk) Bob is a highly

Thursday June 5 Corn Exchange THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY Projection photos, original film footage and a live band 7.45pm £17/£16

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Tuesday June 24 Sub89 THE MISFITS 7:30pm £17.50

evacuated to a small Welsh village £15/£13/£9 7.45pm

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Rising Sun Arts Centre Bandoramma/Club Velocity presents VIENNA DITTO + LUKE PAULO AND THE GRAPEFRUIT + PUNCH DRUNK LOVER 8pm 16 plus £5 (door) £4 (advance) www.wegottickets.co.uk

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Sunday June 15 Risc and Global Cafe Readifolk presents TOM LEWIS 8pm £6 (www.tomlewis.net) - Widely acknowledged as one of the finest exponents of contemporary nautical songs, Tom brings to the stage wry humour, button accordion, ukulele and a great voice.

accomplished finger-style guitarist. 8pm £6

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Sub89 ATOMIC BLONDIE 7pm £8 Sub89 JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR 7pm @ The Bowery District £15

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New Summer Season at BT Studio

Oxford Playhouse’s studio theatre, the Burton Taylor, has announced its enew line up taking you through June to October. The studio’s intimate 50-seater venue showcasing some of the best small-scale productions being produced for children, teenagers and adults alike. This season’s highlights include What To Do When You Find a Dinosaur, a brand new Oxford Playhouse production for everyone aged 4 to 8 years and their families – perfect for explorers young and old. Poetry Joe also promises to be a fun-packed family show, which incorporates shadow puppetry, magic lanterns, and the chance for every child to write their own poem. For two to six year olds, charming and award-winning story Shoe Baby is must-see sing-a-along adventure. Other unmissable theatre this season comes from EyeStrings, who are renowned for their striking interpretations of classic texts. Previously at the BT with the acclaimed The Duchess of Malfi, their new show See What I See is a daring dissection of the notion of sanity in Shakespeare’s works. For lovers of storytelling, Storysmith’s Radical Women is an intimate evening celebrating literary heroines, whilst ambitious performer Superbard weaves

lyricism, animation and music, to immerse you in the drowning world of The Flood. The season also features the return of Francesca Millican Slater with offbeat one-woman-show The Forensics of a Flat (and other stories), following the success of the touching Me, Myself and Mrs Gibbs. Fringe First winners Hannah Jane Walker and Chris Thorpe, who brought the Oh F*ck Moment to Oxford last year, present their new interactive show about contactability, I Wish I Was Lonely. To book tickets contact 01865 305305 or visit www.oxfordplayhouse.com

Experience Oxfordshire is pleased to promote the many wonderful cultural events, shows, exhibitions and festivals that take place across the city and county. In June, we have discovered some fantastic new music festivals. 20th – 22nd June 2014: Tandem Festival, a pan-European festival with an eco-twist, is a new festival presenting a variety of folk, jazz, afrobeat, gypsy, and experimental music. There will also be exciting workshops, inspirational speakers and great documentaries, not to mention Disco Soup. It’s all happening at Hill End on the Eynsham

Road, just outside Oxford. www.tandemfestival.com 21st & 22nd June 2014: ALSO Festival, Small and perfectly formed, Also Festival brings together science, art and psychology in a beautiful lakeside setting, close to Compton Verney. Get up close and personal to the biggest minds and freshest ideas, swing dance under the stars and sip a brand new cocktail or craft ale while watching the sun go down on the longest day. www.also-festival.com For information on all arts and events in Oxfordshire, visit: www.visitoxfordandoxfordshire.com/whats-on

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ART EXHIBTIONS Sunday June 1 to Monday June 30 WR Harvey and Co (Antiques) Ltd, Corn Street “BACK TO THE FUTURE” EXHIBITION ANTIQUES IN THE 21ST CENTURY CABARET OXFORD

Sunday June 22 New Theatre SPOTLIGHT PERFORMS VARIETY SHOW 7.30pm WITNEY

Sunday June 1 Fat Lil's FLEURLESQUE THE BURLESQUE SHOW 6.30pm. Price Adv: £8 / Door: £10 COMEDY Friday June 6

Cornerstone Arts HARDEEP SINGH KOHLI: HARDEEP IS YOUR LOVE £14.50/£13 7.30pm Sunday June 22 Cornerstone Arts CHARLIE BAKER: BAKER'S DOZEN 8pm £12/£10 OXFORD

Sunday June 1

Old Fire Station BEN CHAMPION: CRACKING UP - Comedy / Music / Oxford Fringe Tuesday June 3

Old Fire Station HOLLY WALSH: WORK IN PROGRESS Comedy / Oxford Fringe 7.30pm

Old Fire Station SIMON MUNNERY SINGS SOREN KIERKERGAARD - Comedy / Oxford Fringe

Monday June 16 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court THE FREE BEER SHOW Doors 7pm / Show 8pm / £13 (£11 NUS) with RICHARD HERRING + support and compere tbc Saturday June 21

Glee Club SOL BERNSTEIN + FREDRIK ANDERSSON + DANNY MCLOUGHLIN + COMIC TO BE CONFIRMED £14.50 Full Price/ £5.00 NUS Doors open 7:15pm Last Entry 8:00pm

Tuesday June 24 Burton Taylor Studio TWINS - BT Studio | Comedy - Jack Barry and Annie McGrath are a unique young double act whose curious sketches are filled with flights of fancy and offbeat charm. Saturday June 28

Glee Club PHIL WANG + MIKE WILMOT + JOE BOR + HENRY PAKER £14.50 Full Price/£5.00 NUS Doors open 7:15pm Last Entry 8:00pm DANCE DIDCOT

Saturday June 28

Cornerstone Arts CAMINO DEL FLAMENCO PRESENTS: FLAMENCO NIGHT 6.30pm £12/£10 OXFORD

Thursday June 5 Pegasus Theatre DugOut present a brand new work D-

Old Fire Station THE HEART’S DESIRE ‘The Heart’s Desire’ aims to bring to life the six famous medieval tapestries New Theatre FLASH MOB 7.30pm DJ NIGHTS/DISCO OXFORD

Every Wednesday O2 Academy, Cowley Road 0844 4772000 BROOKES BIG NIGHT OUT w/ Dub Focus - Students only 10.30pm to 2am O2 Academy 2, Cowley Road 190 CLUB NIGHT 10pm to 2am Over 18s Every Friday

O2 Academy, Cowley Road 0844 4772000 SWITCH DJ NIGHT 11pm

Every Saturday O2 Academy, Cowley Road Tel - 0844 4772000 PROPAGANDA + TRASHY + ROOM 101 + JACK FM Oxford’s biggest indie night. 18+ 10:30pm £5-£6 The Cellar, Frewin Court EXTRA CURRICULAR weekly electronic and bass-heavy music night FREE B4 11pm £5after Wednesday June 4

Cellar Bar, Frewin Court SUBVERSE PRESENTS: CLOSER 10pm - 3am / £4 before 11.30/EDMS Members / £5 after Friday June 6

Cellar Bar, Frewin Court SKYLARKIN' SWEET MEMORY SOUNDS SPECIAL NINE TON PEANUT SMUGGLERS + NATTY BO 10pm-3am / £5 adv/£6 otd

Saturday June 7 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court WHAT YOU CALL IT GARAGE!? 11pm-3am / £5

Tuesday June 10 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court INTRUSION 8.30pm-2am / £4 otd with Resident DJs DOKTOR JOY + BOOKHOUSE + Guests - Goth / EBM / Industrial

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Wednesday June 4 Old Fire Station GARY COLMAN: CHUNT (*the verb to grumble) - “Highly inventive and very funny”

Saturday June 14 Glee Club JAMES ACASTER + MARK MAIER + JIM TAVARE + COMIC TO BE CONFIRMED £14.50 Full Price/ £5.00 NUS - Doors open 7:15pm Last Entry 8:00pm

Friday June 13 to Saturday June 14

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Old Fire Station THE VOYAGE OF THE NARWHAL - Comedy / Oxford Fringe - A bowel-clenching, riproaring, swashbuckling comedy show

Old Fire Station ALL THE THINGS I’M NOT - Comedy / Oxford Fringe - Simon is a “Compelling to watch… unashamedly feelgood” (Chortle) comedian.

Thursday June 12 to Friday June 13 Pegasus Theatre WONDERLAND 7.30pm -An exciting mix of dance styles from City of Oxford College students

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Saturday June 7 Glee Club PIERRE HOLLINS + PAUL MYREHAUG + COMIC TO BE CONFIRMED + COMIC TO BE CONFIRMED £14.50 Full Price/ £5.00 NUS Doors open 7:15pm Last Entry 8:00pm

Tuesday June 10 New Theatre THE GREAT BIG DANCE OFF 7.30pm

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Every Thursday East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Rd CATWEAZLE CLUB 8pm to 11pm the city’s longest running and best cabaret show

Thursday June 5 Old Fire Station KELLY KINGHAM: INSIDE OUT - Comedy / Oxford Fringe - It’s never too late to find the funny… if you dare!

CONSTRUCTED 7.30pm Price £7, £5 concs., £4 U18s

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Frank Skinner “Quality Geordie stand-up” TNT Magazine “A seasoned gagsmith...

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Wednesday June 11 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court FREERANGE 11pm-3am / £4adv / £6otd Drum & Bass / Hip Hop / Dub step Tuesday June 17 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court 0P21 7pm / £5 - Electronica Night Wednesday June 18

Cellar Bar, Frewin Court SUBVERSE PRESENTS: RESIDENTS PARTY 10pm - 3am / £4 before 11.30/EDMS Members / £5 thereafter Thursday June 19 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court DEEP COVER 10pm - 3am. £5 w. flyer, £7 otd with THE BUG + Flowdan + Zyklon Sound Grime / Dub / Hip-Hop

Sunday June 15 Jacqueline de Pre Music Building CUSHION CONCERT – FAMILY PROM 11:00 am - 1:00 pm FILM

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Sunday June 1 Oxford Castle Unlocked KILL BILL V1 7pm Wednesday June 25

Friday June 20

Malmaison PHILOMENA 7pm Rooftop Cinema, Malmaison, Oxford

Wednesday June 25 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court FREERANGE 11pm-3am / £4adv / £6otd Drum & Bass / Hip Hop / Dub step

Friday June 27 Malmaison THE USUAL SUSPECTS 7pm Rooftop Cinema, Malmaison, Oxford

Cellar Bar, Frewin Court LATE SLOT: HEATWAVE 11pm-3am Bashment / ragga / reggae

Saturday June 28 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court LATE SLOT: EXTRA CURRICULAR 11pm-3am / Price - £3 FB list or £5 otd Techno/Bass/House FAMILY EVENTS DIDCOT

Sunday June 1

Cornerstone Arts A REAL FAIRY STORY - Mrs Buttersnap needs to photograph a fairy for her book. Using an assortment of gadgets, a sprinkling of comedy and the help of her cat she sets out to do so. 2pm £8/£6 Sunday June 8 Cornerstone Arts YUMMM! 11am and 2pm £8/£6 Chomp, chomp, chomp. Tables will dance and plates will spin as we celebrate food and see mealtime through children’s eyes.

Sunday June 15 Cornerstone Arts SCREAMING WITH LAUGHTER 2pm £8/£6 A comedy cabaret show for babies, children, parents, grandparents… everyone really! Lucy Porter and other top comedians present an afternoon of fantastic family entertainment.

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Cuttleslowe and Sunnymead Park OXFORD FESTIVAL OF NATURE starts at 6pm on Friday 6 June until 5pm on Saturday 7 June

OXFORD

Friday June 6 to Saturday June 6

Thursday June 26 Malmaison TOP GUN 7pm

Saturday June 28 Malmaison THE BREAKFAST CLUB 7pm Rooftop Cinema, Malmaison, Oxford Sunday June 29

Malmaison THE GRADUATE 7pm Rooftop Cinema, Malmaison, Oxford GAY

OXFORD

Friday June 6 to Sunday June 8

Oxpens Rec OXFORD PRIDE www.oxford-pride.org.uk GIGS AND CONCERTS

ABINGDON

Mondays Old Anchor Inn MONDAY NIGHT MUSIC GROUP (folk singing, poetry reading etc). 8:30pm and all welcome Tuesdays Old Anchor Inn OPEN MIC NIGHT 8:30pm all welcome Saturdays Old Anchor Inn LIVE BANDS 9pm free DIDCOT

Friday June 13 Cornerstone Arts THE PAPERBOYS 8pm £14/£13 - The folk of fiddle and flute, mixed with horns and Latin and African rhythems. The Paperboys are fantastic live and this gig will raise the roof!

Saturday June 21 Cornerstone Arts JAZZ REEDS INCORPORATED 8pm £14.50/£13 - Swinging jazz as Cornerstone favourite Alvin Roy returns to us with a brand new instrumental six-piece of sax, clarinets, piano, drums and bass. FARINGDON

Thursday June 5 Swan at Faringdon FOLK NIGHT 8.30pm free Saturday June 7

Swan at Faringdon Live Music - THE WIREBIRDS FT. JENNY HAAN (FROM BABE RUTH FAME) 9.00pm free Thursday June 12 Swan at Faringdon OPEN MIC (all acts welcome) 7.30pm free Thursday June 19 Swan at Faringdon FOLK NIGHT 8.30pm free

Saturday June 21 Swan at Faringdon Live Music - LOG OFF 9pm free

Thursday June 26 Swan at Faringdon OPEN MIC (all acts welcome) 8.00pm OXFORD

Every Monday The Port Mahon OXFORD UKULELES WORKSHOP 8pm £5 Every Tuesday

The White Rabbit OPEN MIC 8pm free Play for a drink! The James Street Tavern THE SPARK SIDE OF THE MOON 8.30pm free Every Wednesday Cape of Good Hope, The Plain OPEN MIC 8.30pm free

TheJolly Postboys, Florence Park Road OPEN MIC 7.30pm free

Every Thursday Cape of Good Hope, The Plain LIVE LOUNGE CAPE 8.30pm free The Half Moon, St Clements SPARKY’S FLYING CIRCUS - Weekly open music, poetry and song session 9pm Free Every Sunday

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Tuesday June 3 O2 Academy 2 EAST INDIA YOUTH 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £7.50

Old Fire Station TWO’S COMPANY 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm Big Bang Restaurant, Oxford Castle TIM DAWES TRIO - MODERN PIANO TRIO 7.30pm New Theatre NIGEL KENNEDY AND OXFORD PHILOMUSICA 7.30pm O2 Academy 2 DRENGE 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £10 New Theatre THE ILLEGAL EAGLES 7.30pm

Thursday June 5 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC PRESENTS... MONKFISH + Jack Chown + Wardens + Andy Robbins 7pm – 10.30pm / £5 Saturday June 7

O2 Academy 2 ULTRASOUND + SINKING WITCHES + PEERLESS PIRATES 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm £7

Tuesday June 10 Big Bang Restaurant, Oxford Castle JULIA GEORGE - vocal led trio 7.30pm

Tuesday June 17

Big Bang Restaurant, Oxford Castle BEN HOLDER - piano/violin/bass 7.30pm

Thursday June 19 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) RISE AND SHINE - A multicultural evening featuring local and world music artists celebrating Refugee Week in Oxford. Performers include: Rise Kagona (of the Bhundu Boys); Mizike; and the Milton Keynes Crownhill Choir (featuring singers from Zimbabwe, Congo, South Africa, Ivory Coast and the UK, accompanied by local musician Ben Avison). 7PM – 10PM

Friday June 20 O2 Academy 2 THE MECHANISMS + MEGAN HENWOOD + VIENNA DITTO + THE OTHER DRAMAS 6pm 10pm £7

Jericho Tavern MORELAND & ARBUCKLE BAND (USA) 9pm Famous Monday Blues £12

Tuesday June 24 Old Fire Station THE LISTENING ROOM - Welcome to The Listening Room in its new monthly Tuesday slot! Three local bands. Thursday June 26 O2 Academy 2 PARQUET COURTS 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £12.50

Cellar Bar, Frewin Court ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC PRESENTS... BLACKTHORN. + Mark Atherton Band + Beware This Boy 7pm / £6 - An evening of traditional & new folk

Saturday June 28 O2 Academy 2 SALVAGE + THE ONE HUNDRED + DEAD MESA + K-LACURA + RETRIBUTION 6:30 pm 11:00 pm £7 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court FRACTURE .+ 7 O’Clock Junkies + Crayon 7pm / £6

Wheatsheaf, High Street DON’T GO PLASTIC + BLUNDERBUSTER + THE AUGUST LIST 8:20 pm - 11:00 pm £3.50 (advance) / £4.50 (door) Monday June 30 Jacqueline de Pre Music Building MOVING MUSIC CONCERT 11:00 am - 3:00 pm £5 (including refreshments) The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) Haven Club presents RON SAYER Doors 8:00pm Music 8:30pm £8 adv. £10 door SHRIVENHAM

Thursday June 12

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Thursday June 12 O2 Academy 2 STARSAILOR 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £13.50 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court ISIS PRESENTS... CROSS KEYS + Jam Shack + DJs Franky Murray Brown and Greg Mostyn 10pm / £5 (£3 with flyer)

Monday June 16 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) RYAN MCGARVEY 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm £10 Jericho Tavern GRAINNE DUFFY BAND (IRELAND) 9pm Famous Monday Blues £10

Monday June 23 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) STARK 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm £6

Music

Monday June 9 Jericho Tavern ANGELA BROWN & THE MIGHTY 45?s (USA) Famous Monday Blues 9pm £12

Sunday June 15 New Theatre EELS 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm Cellar Bar, Frewin Court JEFFREY LEWIS & THE JRAMS + THE COOLING PEARLS 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm £8

Saturday June 21 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court OXROX LAUNCH PARTY with FIREROAD + Western Sand Doors 7pm / £4 adv £5 Otd New Theatre ABBA MANIA 7.30pm

Arts & Culture

Wednesday June 4

Saturday June 14 O2 Academy 2 ANDY JORDAN 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm £8 / £15 (VIP) Cellar Bar, Frewin Court CHURCH OF THE HEAVY PRESENTS... ENDLESS MILE + Black Tish 11 + Twisted State of Mind. + Blue Shift 7pm – 10.30pm / £6 heavy metal / heavy rock night Pegasus Theatre OCM Youth Open 7.30pm Annual youth music showcase featuring new young bands from around Oxfordshire Prices £7, £5 concessions, £4 U18s

New Theatre OUT OF THE BLUE 7.30pm Old Fire Station CUBA CALIENTE - Celebrate the arrival of summer with Ran Kan Kan! Get down to classic Cuban songs... Jacqueline de Pre Music Building CAVALERI QUARTET 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm £20 (gallery) / £15 (stalls) / £5 (students)

Food and Drink

Monday June 2 Jericho Tavern HAMILTON LOOMIS (USA) Famous Monday Blues 9pm £12

Friday June 13 O2 Academy 2 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR + RUSHIL + LIES OF ELIZABETH + ADAM MCMILLAN + THE BALKAN WANDERERS 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm £7 O2 Academy Oxford INSPIRAL CARPETS 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £18 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court BOSSAPHONIK Live: BAILA LA CUMBIA + Bossaphonik resident DJ Dan Ofer 10pm 3am, band on at 11pm / £6 adv (+ 60p booking fee) / £7 otd

For Starters

The Crown, Cornmarket Street JAZZ AT THE CROWN with OXFORD JAZZ KITCHEN 4pm to 6pm free The Half Moon, St Clements FOLK SESSION - A mix of folk led by Mick Henry. Open session, all welcome. 8pm Free The Harcourt Arms, Jericho HOAM OPEN MIC 8pm Free The Old Bookbinders Arms, Victor Street BOOKIE’S OPEN MIC hosted by Chris Padmore 8pm Free

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For Starters

Prince of Wales, High Street CLIVE MORTON ALEX STEELE DUO 8.30pm free Thursday June 26

Prince of Wales, High Street ERICA LYONS DUO 8pm free

Friday June 27 Barrington Arms IMPERIAL G-MEN 9pm free VINTAGE ROCKNROLL/JUMP/JIVE WITNEY

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

Saturday June 7 Fat Lil's FUSED 8pm D. Price Adv: na / Door: £5 Saturday June 14

Fat Lil's RHYTHM & BLUES REVUE 8pm D. Price Adv: na / Door: £4

Friday June 20 Fat Lil's JOHNNY WARMAN'S MAGIC BUS - MOD & ROCKER SHOW 8pm £10 Saturday June 21 Fat Lil's W.A.M. 8pm D. Price Adv: na / Door: £4 Friday June 27 Fat Lil's FRY'S CREAM 8pm £7adv £8dr Sunday June 29

Fat Lil's MONTHLY BLUES JAM 3pm Free QUIZ NIGHTS FARINGDON

Tuesday June 24 Swan QUIZ NIGHT 8.30pm £1 per person entry

Music

SPORTING EVENTSEVETNS

OXFORD

Sunday June 1 Bury Knowles Park HEADINGTON ACTION HEADINGTON FESTIVAL 1pm to 5pm - Sunday Festival and Sports Day www.hoda.org.uk Sunday June 22 Cuttleslowe THE GREAT BRITISH GREYHOUND WALK greatbritishgreyhoundwalk.org.uk/

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TALKS AND POETRY DIDCOT

Saturday June 7

Cornerstone Arts SEX, DRUGS & ROCK 'N' ROLL 8pm £14.50/£13 with Mike McGear McCartney In his first tour in 42 years Sunday June 29 Cornerstone Arts VIRGINIA IRONSIDE: GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY 6pm £14.50/£13

OXFORD

Tuesday June 10 Old Fire Station HAMMER AND TONGUE - The heart of Oxford’s live spoken word scene for over a decade, delivering glittering performances... Friday June 13

Old Fire Station POETRY ARMY Main Stage | Poetry

Saturday June 14 Old Fire Station A DISCUSSION ON WORLD LITERATURE: Marina Warner, Flora Drew and Rebecca Carter THEATRE DIDCOT

Saturday June 14 Cornerstone Arts JULIE MADLY DEEPLY 8pm £15.50/£14 - for everyone who loves Julie Andrews. Friday June 27

Cornerstone Arts Bristol Old Vic Theatre School: SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE 8pm £14.50/£13 OXFORD

Tuesday June 3 to Wednesday June 4 North Wall Arts Centre THE EPIC ADVENTURE OF NHAMO by TIATA FAHODZI Tuesday June 3 to Saturday June 7 Oxford Playhouse BETTY BLUE EYES check times

Wednesday June 4 to Saturday June 7

Old Fire Station SCHOOL ASSEMBLY and CONDEMNED TO LIVE (double bill) - Oxford Fringe / Theatre

Old Fire Station CONTRACTIONS - Comedy / Oxford Fringe / Thursday June 5 to Saturday June 7 Old Fire Station AN EXTRAORDINARY LIGHT Oxford Fringe / Theatre - Rosalind Franklin’s innovative experimental work. Friday June 6 New Theatre

IMMORTAL CHI - check times

Friday June 6 to Saturday June 7 Old Fire Station HORROR VACUI Oxford Fringe

Saturday June 7 Pegasus Theatre FAME! 2.30pm & 7.30pm - Abingdon and Witney College performing arts students bring their passion to the stage. £7, £5 concs Saturday June 7 to Saturday June 14 North Wall Arts Centre OTHELLO: DECONSTRUCTED with OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA Tuesday June 10 to Saturday June 14 Oxford Playhouse CATCH-22 - The brilliant Northern Stage brings to life the literary work Thursday June 12 Old Fire Station ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Saturday June 14 New Theatre A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES 7.30pm

Tuesday June 17 to Saturday June 21 Oxford Playhouse DEALER'S CHOICE - Play the man, not the cards. Thursday June 19 to Saturday June 21

Pegasus Theatre A GIRL WITH A BOOK 7.30pm (Thursday matinee at 12.30pm) - Writer Nick Wood discovers the story behind Malala Yousafzai Saturday June 21 North Wall Arts Centre EMILY BROWN AND THE THING by TALL STORIES Tuesday June 24 to Saturday June 28 New Theatre ANNIE GET YOUR GUN 7.30pm

Wednesday June 25 to Saturday June 28

Oxford Playhouse NOËL COWARD'S TONIGHT AT 8.30 times vary Thursday June 26 to Saturday June 28

Old Fire Station BLITHE SPIRIT check times Oxford Playhouse CAPE WRATH - A minibus (meet outside OP) | Playhouse Plays Out - An epic journey in a stationary minibus. Friday June 27 to Saturday June 28

BT Studio SEE WHAT I SEE - See What I See is a bold dissection of the notion of sanity within Shakespeare.

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Food and Drink

For Starters

Two and a half weeks of pure culture in Devizes Devizes Festival is now 32! That’s a pretty damn good achievement and it has grown from just a couple of days to the two and a half week extravaganza that we now have. It takes place from June 4 to June 22 across the Wiltshire town of Devizes and this year’s is set to be fantastic. Here’s some of the highlights. It kicks off with comedienne Jenny Eclair at the Corn Exchange on (June 4) but that’s not the end of the comedy delights. There’s Mrs Barbara Nice (June 8) at The Bear Hotel and Arabella Weir (June 15) at The Town Hall. Music wise there’s The Blockheads with support from Gaz Brookfield (June 6) at The Corn Exchange, the folky goodness of The Roving Crows (June 6) at The Bear Hotel’s Cellar Bar, The

Barflys (June 8) at The British Lion, Guitar Virtuoso Eduardo Niebla (June 9) at The Corn Exchange, 4 Girls 4 Harps (June 12) at the Town Hall, the fantastic local music showcase featuring The Vooz (June 13) at The Corn Exchange, Le Vent du Nord (June 18) at The Corn Exchange, and let’s not forget Mr B Gentleman Rhymer (June 21) at The Corn Exchange, There’s also some interesting talks with former SAS man Andy McNab (June 7) at The Corn Exchange, Liz Lochhead, the National Poet for Scotland (June 8), Howard Marks (June 19) at The Corn Exchange, and David Starkey - The Tudors and Us (June 21) at The Corn Exchange, For something a bit different you could try a special screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show (June 10) at Palace Cinema, The

Howard Marks

Only Way is Downton (June 22) at The Town Hall and Devizes Film Festival (June 22 from 6pm) at The Corn Exchange Merchants Suite. For the full line-up visit www.devizesfestival.co.uk

Pewsey Music Festival heats up

The full line-up of Pewsey Music Festival, which takes place on Saturday August 2 will be announced in early June. Confirmed so far are The Rocckingbirds and Ultimate Elton & The Rocket Band. Defiantly bucking UK trends of the early ’90s, The Rockingbirds anticipated the alt-country revolution, alongside US contemporaries The Jayhawks and Uncle Tupelo, and are still going strong today. Their 1992 self-titled debut attracted critical acclaim and appealed equally alternative music fans and country aficionados. The band toured extensively and played all the major festivals -Glastonbury, Reading, Cambridge, Phoenix - “enjoying” a reputation for their shenanigans both off and on stage. Their third album The Return of the Rockingbirds was released last year and they are currently working on their

fourth album. The Ultimate Elton & The Rocket Band are one of the top tribute acts in the country and were awarded Official UK No 1 at The National Tribute Awards 2013. Quite simply, the best Elton tribute you will see or hear anywhere. To keep up to date with the line-up announcements visit www.pewseymusicfestival.org

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ART EXHIBITIONS & CRAFT WORKSHOPS Wednesdays Riffs Bar, Greatfield ART CLASSES WITH MIKE YORK 18:30 to 20:30

Fridays Riffs Bar, Greatfield CAFE @ RIFFS 10am - 2pm - Crafty Coffee Morning! WEST LAVINGTON

Thursday June 5 to Sunday June 22

BEER FESTIVALS

SALISBURY

CABARET

SWINDON

Monday June 2 Wyvern Theatre MONDAY NIGHT MAGIC in the Wyvern Restaurant CHARITY EVENTS

BLUNSDON

COMEDY

CHIPPENHAM

First Sunday of every month Old Road Tavern COMEDY CLUB 8pm DEVIZES

Sunday June 8

Bear Hotel, Market Place

SWINDON

Monday June 2

The Vic THE OCELOT COMEDY CLUB with COLIN COLE + RYAN MCDONNELL + MAT EWINS + BECKY BRUNNING + COMPERE DONALD MACK 8pm free Saturday June 28 Wyvern Theatre FAWLTY TOWERS DINNER SHOW in the Wyvern Restaurant DANCE

SALISBURY

Wednesday June 4 Salisbury City Hall MOTIONHOUSE: BROKEN 7:45pm Friday June 13

Salisbury City Hall AN EVENING OF DIRTY DANCING 7:30 pm SWINDON

Saturday June 14 Wyvern Theatre TERESA'S SCHOOL OF DANCE 7.30pm Monday June 16 Wyvern Theatre LPA DANCERS PRESENT 7.30pm

Fridays

AZUZA, Hughendon Yard Tel - 01672 513380 TOP DJS 11pm to 2.30am only £2 all night. Drink promos... Saturdays

AZUZA, Hughendon Yard Tel - 01672 513380 TOP DJS 11pm to 3am £3 before midnight £4 after FAMILY EVENTS

SALISBURY

Saturday June 7 Salisbury Arts Centre MONSKI MOUSE'S BABY DISCO DANCE HALL - Why toddle when you can dance, dance, dance?! Parents and under-fives are let loose on the dance floor in this friendliest of discos. Saturday June 14 and Sunday June 15 Salisbury Playhouse CHARLIE AND LOLA’S BEST BESTEST PLAY times vary Saturday June 28

Salisbury Arts Centre A REAL FAIRY STORY - A show full of comedy, shadow puppetry, wonder, mayhem and close encounters of the fairy kind. SWINDON

Sunday June 22

Wyvern Theatre BANANAS IN PYJAMAS check times FESTIVALS

CALNE

Saturday June 7 The Rec CALNEFEST DEVIZES

Wednesday June 4 to Sunday June 22 Venues across Devizes DEVIZES FESTIVAL COMEDY: Wednesday 4th June / Corn Exchange / Jenny Eclair MUSIC: Thursday 5th June - Sacconi Quartet (Classical) @ Town Hall

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Wednesday June 4 Devizes Corn Exchange JENNY ECLAIR part of Devizes Festival

Thursday June 19 Salisbury Arts Centre EDINBURGH COMEDY PREVIEW WITH PAUL MCCAFFREY & MATT FORDE - Enjoy a taste of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival right here in Salisbury.

MARLBOROUGH

Music

Saturday June 28 Blunsdon House Hotel SWINDON ARMED FORCES DAY-CHARITY AUCTION DINNER

Salisbury Arts Centre MARK STEEL'S BACK IN TOWN: SALISBURY Radio 4 favourite Mark Steel brings his award-winning show to Salisbury as he travels around the country researching the history, culture and heritage of each town he gigs in and offers a bespoke evening of comedy.

DJ NIGHTS/PARTY NIGHTS

Arts & Culture

Friday June 13 to Saturday June 14 Salisbury Arts Centre SALISBURY BEEREX - Music, merriment and a selection of over sixty of the finest real ales and ciders: it's the annual Beer Festival and your first half pint is FREE!

Saturday June 7

Monday June 30 Wyvern Theatre FLASHMOB 8pm

Food and Drink

West Lavington Manor EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE 11am – 6pm, Thursdays – Sundays - Adults £6, accompanied children under 16 free Work by leading artists in stunning garden setting

SALISBURY Thursday June 5 Salisbury Arts Centre LUKE WRIGHT: 'ESSEX LION' - Ever seen a lion? In the wild? In England? In Clacton in 2012 some campers thought they did. They didn’t of course. Lions aren’t native to northeast Essex. This not-sighting triggered something in the brain of Radio 4 favourite Luke Wright.

Thursday June 19 to Saturday June 21 Wyvern Theatre ESTELLE SCHOOL OF DANCE times vary

For Starters

SWINDON

Mrs Barbara Nice in the Ballroom – Devizes Festival Fringe – – 4pm Free entry Book your cream tea @ £5.75 per person or full afternoon tea @ £11.50 from The Bear Hotel Reception – 01380 722444

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

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Friday 6th June - The Blockheads (rock n roll) @ corn exchange Friday 6th June - The Roving Crows (folk / rock) @ Bear Hotel Saturday 7th June - The Untouchables (blues / rock) @ Bear Hotel Sunday 8th June - The Barflys (Folk / rock) @ British Lion Monday 9th June - Eduardo Niebla (Latin American) @ Corn Exchange Tuesday 10th June - Archer Pearce Duo (folk) @ St Andrews Church Thursday 12th June - 4 Girls 4 Harps (Classical) @ Toan Hall Friday 13th June - The Voos, Jimmy Moore & Year Of The Thief & More @ Corn Exchange (rock / metal / alt) Friday 13th June - Steve Roux & Bare Knuckle Band (BLues / rock) @ Bear Hotel Friday 13th June - The Shudders (folk rock) @ The Lamb Friday 13th June - Flash Harry (Folk rock) @ The Southgate Saturday 14th June - Antonio Lulic & Faye Rogers (acoustic / roots / folk) @ Beat Hotel Wednesday 18th June - Lu Vent De Nord (Latin / folk / roots) @ Corn Exchange Friday 20th June - Caladh Nua (Celtic / roots / folk) @ Corn Exchange Saturday 21st June - Gilmore & Robets (classical / folk) @ Bear Hotel Saturday 21st June - Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer (hip hop / rap) @ Town Hall Sunday 22nd June - Brook Williams (Americana / roots / acoustic) @ Hare & Hounds FILMS

MARLBOROUGH

Friday May 2 Theatre on the Hill ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH ( PG) Marlborough Downs Movies present: 6.30pm, tickets £3 adults £5 - Box office www.kvat.co.uk or White Horse Bookshop or Sound Knowledge. SALISBURY

Monday June 2

Salisbury Arts Centre THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST - Aki Kaurismäki’s droll and decidedly Nordic ultra deadpan comedies take place in an almost timeless Helsinki

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Wednesday June 4 Salisbury Arts Centre Double Bill: HEIMA + DANCER IN THE DARK

Thursday June 5 Salisbury Arts Centre EXPEDITION TO THE END OF THE WORLD Join a team of scientists, artists and explorers

sailing on a three-mast schooner into the previously un-charted territory of northern Greenland. Tuesday June 10 Salisbury Arts Centre WILTSHIRE COLLEGE FILM SCREENINGS Session 1 to 4 - A selection of short films created by Wiltshire College Students.

SWINDON

Thursday June 5 Old Town Bowl TOP GUN 7pm

Friday June 6 Old Town Bowl DIRTY DANCING 7pm Saturday June 7 Old Town Bowl ANCHORMAN 7pm

FOOD AND DRINK

Tuesday June 10 The Swan Bradford on Avon Folk Club presents PHIL KING - one of the best singer/ songwriters in the South West. Floor spots. Free entry. 8pm. Friday June 13 Three Horseshoes BITE THE HAND 9pm free

Saturday June 14 Three Horseshoes STRANGE FOLK 9pm free Sunday June 15 Three Horseshoes DUENNA 9pm free

Tuesday June 17 The Swan Bradford on Avon Folk Club presents SINGAROUND – Floor spots. Free entry. 8pm. Friday June 20

DEVIZES

Saturday June 7 Bear Hotel, Market Place ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ Dinner IN THE BALLROOM – @ £32.50 organised by www.comedy-dining.co.uk – call Mike 0800 7720561 for details GIGS AND CONCERTS

ASHTON KEYNES

First Sunday of the month White Hart OPEN MIC NIGHT 8pm free BRADFORD ON AVON

Sunday June 1 Three Horseshoes THE LEWIS CREAVEN BAND 9pm free Tuesday June 3

The Swan Bradford on Avon Folk Club presents SINGAROUND - Floor spots. Free entry. 8pm. Friday June 6

Three Horseshoes THE HOT 27'S AND THE LONE SHARKS 9pm free Saturday June 7 George, Woolley Street THE WORRIED MEN 8.30pm free

Three Horseshoes THE BOOT HILL ALL-STARS 9pm free

Sunday June 8 Three Horseshoes HANDSOME AL AND THE BEAUTICIANS 9pm free

Three Horseshoes THE HI CLASS JOES 9pm free Saturday June 21

Three Horseshoes THE REFUSAL 9pm free Sunday June 22 Three Horseshoes HIP ROUTE 9pm free

Tuesday June 24 The Swan Bradford on Avon Folk Club presents SANDY BRECHIN & EWAN WILKINSON - traditional sounds from over the border. Floor spots. Free entry. 8pm. Friday June 27 Three Horseshoes THE SCOUT KILLERS 9pm free CALNE

Tuesday June 24

Calne Club, Marden House CATHERINE SYKES sings the tunes plus Clive Morton (double bass) and Paul Buck (piano) 7 for 7.30pm £8 CHIPPENHAM

Second Sunday of the month

Old Road Tavern FRENCH OPEN FOLK SESSION 8pm free Third Sunday of the month Old Road Tavern OPEN FOLK SESSION 8pm free Fourth Sunday of the month Old Road Tavern OPEN MIC NIGHT 8pm free DEVIZES

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Sunday June 1

Monday June 2 The Lamb Inn, Devizes DEVIZES FOLK CLUB All Welcome Night Lots of floor spots. Raffle. £4. 8pm

Saturday June 7 Bear Hotel, Market Place THE UNTOUCHABLES in the Cellar Bar – Devizes Festival Fringe – - Doors 8pm, Music 9pm, Free Friday June 13

Bear Hotel, Market Place STEVE ROUX AND THE BRASS KNUCKLE BLUES BAND in the Cellar Bar – Devizes Festival Fringe – - Doors 8pm, Music 9pm, Free

Saturday June 21 Bear Hotel, Market Place GILMORE & ROBERTS in the Cellar Bar – Devizes Festival Fringe – - Doors 8pm, Music 9pm, Free Thursday June 26

Bear Hotel, Market Place OPEN MIC NIGHT in the Cellar Bar – – Doors 7.30pm – Free

LOCKERIDGE

Friday June 6 Kennet Valley Hall BROOKS WILLIAMS 8pm guitarist singersongwriter - Tickets for the Brooks Williams concert are £13 each, available from 01672 512465, Sound Knowledge, and www.marlboroughfolk-roots.co.uk. MARLBOROUGH

Saturday June 14 Green Dragon GRUBBY JACK 9pm free FOLK ROCK TRIO

Saturday June 21 Green Dragon FLY ON THE WALL 9pm free CLASSIC ROCK COVERS Saturday June 28 Green Dragon ACOUSTIC JUNKIES 9pm free

ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT

Saturday June 7 Waggon and Horses KEVIN LOVATT /JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE 9pm free Saturday June 21 Waggon and Horses ANGEL UP FRONT 9pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS Saturday June 28

Waggon and Horses SHADES OF BLUE 9pm free SALISBURY

Sunday June 1 Salisbury Arts Centre NORTH SEA FOLK 8pm

Friday June 6 Winchester Gate THE HOOK-LINE RIOT 8.30pm free Friday June 13 Winchester Gate EMBARGO 8.30pm free Wednesday June 18

Winchester Gate SALISBURY OPEN MIC 8pm free

Friday June 20 Winchester Gate SOLSTICE SPECIAL W/THE INTERCEPTEURS + ROBB BLAKE 8.30pm free Sunday June 22 Salisbury Arts Centre SHOOGLENIFTY - Heritage and hedonism

Saturday June 28

Salisbury Arts Centre ALTAR CLUB with LAS PISTOLAS + SUPER SQUARE CLOUD plus more tba 8pm Sunday June 29 Salisbury Arts Centre Live Lunch: PETE CHRISTIE Free

SEEND

Wednesday June 4 Seend Acoustic Club FRANC CINELLI - free-wheeling alternative folk from Franc Cinelli ,support from Jordan Whatley. £4. Floor singers welcome. 8pm Wednesday June 18

Seend Acoustic Club KIRSTY CLINCH – young singer/ song-writer, support from TBA. £4. Floor singers welcome. 8pm SWINDON

Wednesdays The Vic WACKY WEDNESDAY 8.30pm free Riffs Bar, Greatfield BLUEGRASS JAM Free entry. starts at 7:30pm. Thursdays Riffs Bar, Greatfield CROONER NIGHT WITH STEVEN COLEMAN bringing the Rat Pack to Riffs! 8pm Fridays Riffs Bar, Greatfield THE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS with featured artists and Open Mic, starts at 19:30. Free

Sunday June 1 The Plough, Devizes Road ANDERS OLINDER TRIO 3pm free The Vic ANNUAL KARAOKE COMPETITION HEAT ONE 8pm free Tuesday June 3 Baker Street CHRIS COBBSON QUARTET 8pm free Current guitarist with Jazz legend Courtney Pine this session will feature more than a hint of African and Caribbean themes - A very rare appearance in the South West, Not to be missed !

The Vic SHAUN BUSWELLS TUBE ORCHESTRA CHALLENGE - EDINBURGH PREVIEW SHOW Music, comedy and Powerpoint, delivered by

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First Friday of the month Marlborough Football club OPEN MIC NIGHT 8pm free (except Jan)

Friday June 13 Bear Hotel, The Parade THE WORRIED MEN 9pm free

Friday June 27 Winchester Gate WISEFOOL 8.30pm free

Music

Friday June 27 Bear Hotel, Market Place COLETTE CASIN 9pm in the Cellar Bar

Saturday June 7 Green Dragon SWITCH 9pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS

collide in a fiery and infectious blend of Celtic traditional music and dance grooves.

Arts & Culture

Saturday June 14 Bear Hotel, Market Place ANTONIO LULIC in the Cellar Bar – Devizes Festival Fringe - - Doors 8pm, Music 9pm, Free

Lamb Inn IMPERIAL G-MEN 9pm free VINTAGE ROCKNROLL/JUMP/JIVE

Food and Drink

Friday June 6 Bear Hotel, Market Place THE ROVING CROWS in the Cellar Bar – Devizes Festival Fringe – - Doors 8pm, Music 9pm, Free

Friday June 6

For Starters

Bear Hotel, Market Place Jazz Sunday Lunch with MATTHEW SULLIVAN - Bear Grills Bistro & Bar – Noon – 2.30pmbook your table with Reception – 01380 722444

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Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

musician and comic performer Shaun Buswell 8pm free Thursday June 5 The Vic SONGS OF PRAISE PRESENTS.... NUDY BRONQUE + PORT ERIN + OUI LEGIONNAIRES 8pm free Friday June 6

The Vic The Ocelot Eighth Birthday Bash with THE RACKET + VIENNA DITTO + BOSS CLOTH + CHIP DADDY 8pm free Wyvern Theatre BON JOVI EXPERIENCE 8pm Rolleston TEDDY WHITE 9pm free BEAT BOOGIE RHYTHM & BLUES

Saturday June 7 The Vic Paul Rodgers Tribute HEARTBREAKER 8pm £5 Woodlands Edge CATCH 22 9pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS Rolleston METAL GODS 9pm free METAL/ROCK COVERS Royal Oak, Newport Street NO MIDDLE GROUND 9pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS

Sunday June 8 The Plough, Devizes Road DAVE NEWTON TRIO 3pm free The Vic THE VIC ANNUAL KARAOKE COMPETITION HEAT TWO 8pm free

Tuesday June 10 Baker Street KENTWOOD JAZZ CHOIR 8pm free - Led by Sheila Harrod, The Kentwood Show Choir have notched up some prestigious concerts including performing with Dame Cleo Laine and Sir John Dankworth at the Royal Albert Hall and singing for HRH Prince Philip’s birthday at Windsor Castle. We are proud to have them preform for us as part of their 50th year celebrations Swindon Arts Centre SINATRA: THE MOVIE YEARS 8pm

The List

Thursday June 12 Wyvern Theatre JOE MCELDERRY 8pm Swindon Arts Centre THE PAPER BOYS 8pm

Friday June 13 The Vic INTERLIGHT - Top Party Covers Band 8pm free

Rolleston HIP ROUTE plus sam green 9pm free UK ROOTS MOVEMENT

Saturday June 14 The Vic THE MEMBERS 8pm £10adv £12dr The GW Bar and Grill GW Acoustic Showcase Featuring ABBY ELLA' SMITH + JACK SUMMERS + TYLER HARVEY + ALL EARS AVOW (FIRST EVER ACOUSTIC SET) + EMI MCDADE + CALEB ASSIRATI + THE PHILLY WOOD BAND 7/12pm all ages welcome Woodlands Edge DARREN HUNT 9pm free ROCK COVERS Rolleston IMPERIAL G-MEN 9pm free VINTAGE ROCKNROLL/JUMP/JIVE Castle, Prospect Place REPLICA 9pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS Sunday June 15 The Plough, Devizes Road CATHERINE SYKES TRIO 3pm free

Tuesday June 17 Baker Street JON DALTON QUARTET 8pm free - A club debut from this incredible international artist.You will hear hints of Wes Montgomery and Ted Farlow in those solos ! Thursday June 19

The Vic Songs of Praise presents.... BRITISH HARLEM + THE JAMES WARNER PROPHECIES + CAVALIER 8pm £3 Friday June 20 Castle, Prospect Place DAVID MARX 8.30pm free Rolleston MIKE HODDINOTT BLUES ALLSTARS 9pm free BLUES /ROCK/ R&B Saturday June 21 The Vic THE URBAN LIONS + ERIN BARDWELL 8pm £3 Rolleston HAMSTERS FROM HELL 9pm free Woodlands Edge INTERLIGHT 9pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS Royal Oak, Newport Street GET CARTER 9pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS Sunday June 22

The Plough, Devizes Road JOHN DALTON TRIO 3pm free The Vic THE VIC ANNUAL KARAOKE COMPETITION

HEAT THREE 8pm free

Tuesday June 24 Baker Street KEVIN FIGES QUINTET 8pm free - An all star quartet of sax man Figes, pianist Jim Bloomfield, bassist Will Harris, and drummer Mark Whitlam The Vic OPEN MIC NIGHT 8pm free Wednesday June 25 Swindon Arts Centre ELIO PACE PERFORMS THE BILLY JOEL SONGBOOK 8pm

Friday June 27 The Vic PENFOLD 8pm free Swindon Premier Indie Party Covers Band! Rolleston THE BLUE TREES 9pm free RAW & ROCKIN’ 3 PIECE The Messenger COVER ADDICTS 9pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS Saturday June 28 Wyvern Theatre ITALIA CONTI 7.30pm The Vic STATE OF QUO 8pm £6

Woodlands Edge DODGING THE BULLET 9pm free CLASSIC ROCK COVERS Rolleston ALL CRAMPED UP -TRIBUTE TO THE CRAMPS 9pm free Brookhouse Farm NICK TAYLOR - 60S TO TODAY 9pm free Sunday June 29

The Plough, Devizes Road JOHN PEARCE TRIO 3pm free The Vic THE VIC ANNUAL KARAOKE COMPETITION HEAT FOUR 8pm free

TROWBRIDGE

Saturday June 7

Trowbridge Bandstand MR LOVE & JUSTICE as part of an afternoon of live music in the bandstand 11.00 - 16.00 sorry don't know other bands. LADIES NIGHT

SWINDON

Friday June 13 Wyvern Theatre THE DREAMBOYS 8pm SINGLES NIGHT

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DEVIZES

Monday June 30 Bear Hotel, Market Place SINGLES SOIREE Cellar Bar - – Doors 7pm £5.00 TALKS AND POETRY

SALISBURY

Saturday June 7 Salisbury Arts Centre MARK BOSTRIDGE - 'THE FATEFUL YEAR: ENGLAND 1914' - Mark Bostridge is an award-winning historian, biographer and author of The Fateful Year: England 1914, a book described as ‘a truly gripping chronicle of the mood of a nation moving unwittingly towards catastrophe’.

Salisbury Arts Centre LOGIC OF NOTHING - Welcome to the world of Oscar Boffin: a slightly obsessive compulsive hoarder, inventor and a man who has filled his home with gadgets and contraptions to make his life easier (or harder, depending on how well they work). Friday June 6 Salisbury Arts Centre VOLCANO - A show about eruption and tension, release and geology, human beings and a pilot and the Righteous Brothers’ Unchained Melody, Volcano is both funny and deadly serious. Tuesday June 17 to Saturday June 21 Salisbury Playhouse AS YOU LIKE IT times vary SWINDON

Monday June 2 to Wednesday June 4 Wyvern Theatre CARRIE'S WAR times vary Tuesday June 3 to Saturday June 7

Swindon Arts Centre SWINDON GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY presents THE GONDOLIERS 8pm Saturday June 14 Swindon Arts Centre BEHIND THE BLINDS in the - FoSAC Studio

Wednesday June 18 to Saturday June 21 Swindon Arts Centre THE WESTERN PLAYERS - NIGHTMARE check times

Tuesday June 17

Marlborough Town Hall LIVE FROM THE ENO BENVENUTO CELLINI, DIRECTED BY TERRY GILLIAM 7pm, tickets, £13 in advance £15 on the door. Wednesday June 18 Marlborough Town Hall THE RSC LIVE HENRY 1V PART 2 7pm, tickets, £15 in advance £17.50 on the door. Thursday June 26

Marlborough Town Hall An encore of THE NATIONAL THEATRE’S A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS BY ALAN AYCKBOURN 7pm, tickets, £15 in advance £17.50 on the door.

Friday June 27 to Saturday June 28 Swindon Arts Centre BLACKADDER check times WROUGHTON

Thursday June 12 to Saturday June 14 Ellendune Centre THE VICAR OF DIBLEY - presented by Wroughton Amateur Dramatic £8/£6 7.30pm THEATRICAL SCREENINGS

MARLBOROUGH

Tuesday June 3 Marlborough Town Hall MATISSE LIVE FROM TATE MODERN presented by Marlborough Downs Live screen 7.15pm, , tickets £13 in advance £15 on the door. Thursday June 5

The List

Thursday June 12 Salisbury City Hall SIR RANULPH FIENNES LIVING

Tuesday June 3

Music

Thursday June 5 Salisbury Arts Centre JOANNA KAVENNA - 'A LITERARY TOUR OF THE FAR NORTH' - Compelling and wonderfully eloquent, The Ice Museum journeys through the Far North as you have never experienced it before

SALISBURY

Marlborough Town Hall DON QUIXOTE, THE ROYAL BALLET WITH CARLOS ACOSTA ( U) presented by Marlborough Downs Movies 7.30pm tickets: £5 in advance and £6 on the door. Box office www.kvat.co.uk or White Horse Bookshop or Sound Knowledge.

Arts & Culture

Wednesday June 4 Salisbury Arts Centre LEO JOHNSON - 'BUSINESS AND THE CITY OF THE FUTURE' - Brother of Boris, Leo Johnson examines the social, economic and environmental challenges confronting us and delivers a comprehensive overview of the innovators driving the next wave of growth for business. Salisbury Arts Centre JOHN CAREY - 'THE UNEXPECTED PROFESSOR' - Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues, English Professor at Oxford, controversial commen-tator and book critic John Carey reflects on a life immersed in literature, the rewards of his 40-year career as the Sunday Times lead book reviewer and his inspiring meetings with writers and poets.

THEATRE

Food and Drink

Monday June 2 Salisbury Arts Centre ROBERT SACKVILLE-WEST - Author of the critically acclaimed social history Inheritance and chair of Knole Estates, which runs the Sackvilles’ interests at Knole House in Kent, Robert Sackville-West comes to the Festival to talk about The Disinherited, a story of family, love and betrayal.

DANGEROUSLY 7:30pm

For Starters

Monday June 2 Bear Hotel, Market Place Cellar Bar – SINGLES SOIREE – Doors 7pm £5.00 (instead of Mon 26th May)

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Agony Girl

Everybody’s favourite advice columnist!

Seven-year-old Agony Girl has only just celebrated her birthday but she still has time to help with your problems. We read her the questions and these are her answers. Honest!

DEAR ANNABEL I’m really scared of dying so I have invested every last penny into a search for everlasting life. This has led me on a trip across the universe in search of immortality but alas I feel my search has failed. How do you live forever? Peter Weyland, Deep Space I’m not sure. You’d have to be dead to be a zombie and then you’ll live. Zombies are scary and they eat your brain and they make a sound like ‘hurrrrgghh’ and they walk really slowly so you probably won’t be very good in the Olympics. DEAR ANNABEL I’m an aspiring comedian and have been gaining in confidence

at the few slots I’ve taken part in. But I would like some more material. Do you know any good jokes? Phlemmy, Swindon Why did the orange jump on the car? Because it wanted to have a disco.

DEAR ANNABEL My boyfriend keeps dressing up as scary clowns and then just stands silently at the window at night waiting for me to look up and notice him. It’s horrifying. I’m obviously leaving him but how can I let him down gently? Christina, Theale Throw him out the house. Tell him to stop dressing up as clowns. You could dress up as a real witch and scare him back.

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DEAR ANNABEL I hear you’re a really good big sister to your little baby sibling Amy. I want to become as good as you. Have you got any advice? Gracie, Marlborough Well, you should just copy me. I tickle her behind her neck as she likes that and pull a gremlin face at her.

DEAR ANNABEL Do you know a good way to get rid of ants without using poison? My wife doesn't want poison in the house so we now have a small ant army growing by the day. Help! Shaun, Swindon Ant Spray Send your questions to stuff@theocelot.co.uk

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JUNE LISTINGS

Sun 1st

Annual Karaoke Competition Heat One 8pm free

Tues 3rd

Shaun Buswell’s Tube Orchestra Challenge Edinburgh Preview Show 8pm free

Mon 2nd

Thurs 5th Fri 6th Sat 7th

Sun 8th

Thurs 12th Fri 13th

Sat 14th

Mon 16th

Thurs 19th Fri 20th

Sat 21st

Sun 22nd

Tues 24th

Thurs 26th Fri 27th

Sat 28th

Sun 29th

The Ocelot Comedy Night 8pm free

Songs of Praise Presents Nudy Bronque + Port Erin + Oui Legionnaires 8pm free

The Ocelot Eighth Birthday Bash with The Racket + Vienna Ditto + Boss Cloth + Chip Daddy 8pm free Heartbreaker Paul Rodgers Tribute 8pm £5

Annual Karaoke Competition Heat Two 8pm free

Tom Humber Tribute Night with In The Absence of Light + Shadows of Serenity + DJ Dust 8pm £5 Interlight Covers Band 8pm free

The Members 8pm £10adv £12dr

Swindon Academy of Music and Sound - A college showcase for the Alzheimers Charity 7pm free

Songs of Praise Presents British Harlem + The James Warner Prophesies + Cavalier 8pm £3 Rockabilly Rumble Rockabilly covers Band 8pm free The Urban Lions + Erin Bardwell 8pm £3

Annual Karaoke Competition Heat Three 8pm free Open Mic Night All Welcome 8pm free

The Damned and The Dirty + Vanarin + Skinhorse 8pm free Penfold Covers Band 8pm free

State of Quo Status Quo tribute 8pm £6

Annual Karaoke Competition Heat Four 8pm free

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