Folk
Bellowhead
New Theatre, Oxford
Saturday
Tickets: atgtickets.com

Oxford Folk Weekend patron John Spiers teams up with sparring partner Jon Boden and the rest of their 11-piece group for a show by Britain’s most dynamic folk band. Punchy, raunchy and technically brilliant, this is folk like you’ve never heard it before.

Country-pop
The Shires 
O2 Academy Oxford
Saturday
Tickets: ticketweb.co.uk

This Home Counties-based duo have been beating the Americans at their own game, conquering Nashville and becoming the first British country band to get an album into the Top 10 of the UK album charts.

Easy listening
Sinatra - The Movie Years
Cornerstone, Didcot
Tonight
Tickets £11.50/£10 from cornerstone-arts.org

Few people can sing Sinatra as well as Robert Habermann. Hear him sing the songs from Old Blue Eyes’ film career, with such tunes as The Lady is a Tramp, Ol’ Man Riverand All the Way.

Rock
Demob Happy 
Jericho Tavern, Oxford
Tomorrow
Tickets: wegottickets.com

Expect raucous chord-thrashing garage rock with melo- dic undertones from the Brighton young guns. The band follow last year’s debut Succubus with the dynamic new Young & Numb.

Electronica
Maiians
The Bullingdon, Oxford
Tomorrow
Tickets: wegottickets.com

Heights of instrumental brilliance from intoxicating Oxford five-piece Maiians, who follow debut Tokyo EP with new single Sionara and a hometown show.

Folk
The Fureys 
St John the Evangelist
Tomorrow
Tickets: wegottickets.com

A night of classic hits to kick off Oxford’s weekend of folk from one of Irelan’'s legendary bands. Sing-along to the likes of Sweet Sixteen, Red Rose Cafe, The Lonesome Boatman and the poignant The Green Fields of France.

Funk
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic 
O2 Academy Oxford
Tonight
Tickets: ticketweb.co.uk

The godfather of funk touches down on Cowley Road tonight for a trip through his vast back catalogue, which includes Atomic Dog and One Nation Under a Groove. The 73-year-old star also plays tunes from latest offering First Ya Gotta Shake The Gate.

Country pop
James Bay 
O2 Academy Oxford
Sunday
Tickets: ticketweb.co.uk

Millinery-loving buzz artist and Brits Critics Choice Award-winner brings tunes from his country-folk style album The Chaos and The Calm — which hogs the iTunes top 10 across the world.