Rock
Hippy Haze
Kidlington Football Club
Tonight
Tickets £2.50

Turn in, tune on, drop out... relive the days of flower power tonight in the presence of those crazy cats Hippy Haze. The flare-loving dudes are great interpreters of the music of the golden age of hippydom, from 1966 to ’69, with tunes by The Kinks, Stones, Hendrix, Santana and the rest. 

Blues-rock
Ben Ottewell
O2 Academy Oxford
Tomorrow
Tickets £12.50 from Ticketweb.co.uk

Former frontman of Mercury-nominated indie-blues darlings Gomez, Ben Ottewell goes it alone with his own accomplished set of tunes from albums Shapes & Shadows and last year’s Rattlebag.

Songwriter
Art Garfunkel
New Theatre, Oxford
Saturday
Tickets £39.90+fee from atgtickets.com

One half of the legendary duo Simon and Garfunkel, Art is a performer with an exceptional back catalogue. As well as a successful musician with 12 solo albums under his belt, the diamond-selling artist is a renowned film maker and poet. More than just Bright Eyes!

Comic folk
Richard Digance
Nettlebed Folk Club
Monday
Tickets from nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk or on the door.

Part comedian, part musician, Digance is a hugely entertaining artist. A fixture at Cropredy Festival, the singer-guitarist is now hitting the road with a show at the intimate Nettlebed Village Club. Expect to laugh. A lot.

Guitarist
James Blackshaw
Modern Art Oxford
Tuesday
Tickets £8 (£6 in advance from modernartoxford.org.uk)

A night of soaring music by the incredible 12 string acoustic guitarist James Blackshaw. Intricate finger-picking contributes to a swirl of sound, which dazzles with complex patterns and cascading notes.  He is supported by writer, poet and demon guitarist Humphrey ‘Huck’ Astley, and another solo genius, My Crooked Teeth, aka  ToLiesel frontman Jack Olchawski.

Indie-rock
Family Machine
The Bullingdon, Oxford
Wednesday
£6 from wegottickets.com

One of Oxford’s finest bands launch their long-awaited second album with a bash at the Bully, alongside Merz.