Illustration: Tim Smedley, 2014
ISSUE 31: OXJAM SPECILA EDITION 2014 FREE
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t’s here again! We’ve barely recovered from last year, and BOOM! The OXJAM Takeover comes rocking ‘round the corner again; a burgeoning juggernaut of cracking music, top notch artists, tons of activities and a full on day-long party for Beeston to revel in. Oxjam is a huge festival; cracking off in towns and cities all over Britain. Despite being one of the geographically smaller places to host a Takeover, we’re one of the best at raising money, last year taking over £10,000 – double our target. Inside this special issue, we’re giving you all you need to know to survive the festival: a map, a programme, and a guide to a few of the artists you’ll find on the day. We’ve even got our in-house music genius Jimmy Wiggins to show the festival from a musician’s perspective. It’s the fourth Beeston OXJAM, and the biggest by far. We’ve got extra venues, more bands, and even an official OXJAM Sausage to go with our OXJAM FestivAle. Last year, the OXJAM Beeston team won the award for Best Community Festival, to recognise the way the event brought different elements of Beeston together. With the stress of the tramworks and Square development, we like to
Ode to Oxjoy! think OXJAM has been giving the town a bit of a boost each year. While it’s great fun, and a top day out - there is a point to it all. The money raised goes towards the fantastic work Oxfam does abroad and at home, developing permanent solutions to pull people out of poverty; while reacting to crises when they strike. Every penny you donate really makes a difference. There’s also more going on ‘round town than just bands. You’ll find Carnival of Monsters art festival in Bartons, alongside ‘THIS IS IS BEESTON’, a University of Nottingham special event: you’ll find more details of these on the back page. The Creative Corner by Cator Lane will also be throwing a hue party in the day: its not too be missed. This will be the last OXJAM held while the tramworks tear through the town (well, we really hope so, anyway), and rumour has it (at least when we went to press) that Chilwell Road will open on the same weekend, after 18 months cut off by car. As if we needed even more reasons to celebrate. Beeston OXJAM. A bit like Glastonbury, but without the mud, portaloos and hordes of glamping yuppies. Lord Beestonia Buy your tickets online, and get live event information at: oxjambeestontakeover.org and follow @oxjamBeeston and #oxjambeeston on Twitter and Facebook for all the action as it happens.
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