Festival
Oxford City Festival
Various venues
Today-Sunday
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Mark ‘Osprey’ O’Brien’s annual feast of homegrown talent continues at venues across town. Highlights include Duotone at The Jericho Tavern, Ags Connoly at The Bear, and Balloon Ascents, The Aureate Act, the Russian Cowboys at the Jericho Tavern, and Arthur Turner’s Lovechild (ATL) and Les Clochards at The Wheatsheaf – all tomorrow.

Folk-pop
Stornoway
St John the Evangelist, Oxford
Tonight
Sold out

A show by Oxford’s gentle, nature-loving acoustic heroes Stornoway is always cause for celebration. So get the party poppers out tonight for the second of a brace of shows at this sublime venue, at which they’ll treat us to tunes from their acclaimed album Bonxie. It comes as no surprise that it is already sold out.

Christian music
Matt Redman
King’s Centre, Osney Mead, Oxford
Tonight
Tickets have sold out

Double Grammy award-winning Matt Redman has been a full-time worship leader since he was 20, and has sung in such venues such as Wembley Stadium, St Paul’s Cathedral and the Royal Albert Hall.

Tonight he appears in Osney Mead in an event organised by child development charity Compassion UK and Big Church Night In.

Also performing will be Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter Kari Jobe; 

Reggae
The Wailers
O2 Academy Oxford
Tonight
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The late Bob Marley’s backing group, still featuring original bassist Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, return for a complete run-through of the seminal album Legend. Expect all the favourites from Is This Love to Jamming.

Americana
The Epstein
The Handle Bar, St Michael’s Street, Oxford
Wednesday
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With their gorgeous harmonies, soaring melodies and beautiful songwriting, The Epstein are  among Oxford’s best-loved bands. So, after something of a fallow period, it is great to see the lads back with a new single, Finally Forgive, from their forthcoming album. They will be joined at this great new venue by Great Western Tears, who launch a single of their own, and special guest Robert Chaney.