Alternative pop
Billy Bottle & Martine 
The Jam Factory
Sunday
Tickets are £5 advance, £7 on the door

It’s not easy to pigeon hole this idiosyncratic, psych-folk duo, but their tasty blend of jazz, folk, funk and avant garde pop make them unique. Billy, who previously performed with Giffords Circus, teams up with soul mate Martine to launch new album The Power.

Festival
The Rollright Fayre
Little Rollright
Tomorrow-Sunday
therollrightfayre.co.uk for tickets.

Get back to the true spirit of festival-going at this lovely little hippy style party on the edge of the Cotswolds.

Expect good vibes aplenty from the likes of The Correspondents, Tankus the Henge, John Langan Band, Bunty, Colombolocco, Tantz, The Turbans and lots more artists you have probably never heard of – but will undoubtedly love.

Festival
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention
Cropredy, near Banbury
Today-Saturday
Tickets on the gate

Emmylou Harris, The Proclaimers, Fish, Katzenjammer and Dreadzone join more folky acts and festival hosts Fairport Convention at this celebration of music, friendship and real ale.

Blues
Des Barkus
Tomorrow
James Street Tavern, East Oxford
Free

Oxford-based, but inspired by years of living in Texas, singer-songwriter Des mixes blues, Americana and country into a spicy, wholesome mix of original music, humour and heartfelt observation.

Guitarist
Jamie Felton
The Mill, Banbury
Saturday
Tickets £10 from themillartscentre.co.uk

Aged just 18, Jamie has nonetheless forged a reputation as an impressive young artist, playing upwards of 200 gigs as a solo performer and self-releasing three CDs of his own music.

Dance music
Simple Weekender
Friday, August 21-Monday, August 24
Waterstock Meadows,
Tickets £40 from simpleproductions.co.uk

Oxford’s house music crew pull out all the stops with a full weekend of beats with a line-up including PBR Streetgang and Document One.