Festival
Oxford City Festival
Various venues
November 23-29
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Mark ‘Osprey’ O’Brien’s legendary feast of largely locally-sourced live music swings into action this week, with wall-to-wall fun packed into 10 East Oxford venues for seven days of japes.

Electronica
Audioscope
The Bullingdon, Cowley Road, Oxford
Saturday
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Oxford’s annual celebration of electronica buzzes into life at its new venue on Saturday, with a great-looking bill which includes Plaid and Gazelle Twin. And the best bit is, all profits go to homelessness charity Shelter. 

Balkan pop
Balkan Wanderers
The Bullingdon, Oxford
Tomorrow
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The Balkan Wanderers are among the most exciting bands to have emerged from Oxford in recent years. Fronted by charismatic Croat Antica Culina, they look good, sound great and leave audiences grinning. They launch EP So It Goes…

New wave
Heaven 17
O2 Academy Oxford
Saturday
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Martyn Ware’s 80s Sheffield synth-pop sensations return for another nostalgia-fuelled trip back to the decade of excess. Tempted?

Jazz
The Budapest Café Orchestra
St Giles Church, Oxford
Saturday
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Violinist Chris Garrick provides the Gypsy stomp rhythm in this fiery gypsy ensemble, who play this Saturday’s Jazz at St Giles show. Expect scorching sounds that, we guarantee, you will not be able to sit still for. 

Glam-rock
T*Rextacy
Mill Arts Centre, Banbury
Tomorrow
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The ultimate tribute to the music oif Marc Bolan and T Rex present a celebration of his seminal 1976 album I Love to Boogie.

Easy
Caro Emerald
New Theatre, Oxford
Monday
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Sophisticated elegance with a sense of fun has been Cara Emerald’s calling card since her 2009 debut Back It Up. Now the Night Like This singer is back for more, with tunes from chart-topper The Shocking Miss Emerald.