Tues 10th, Doors open 9pm, show 9.15pm
OFS Cafe | Free
Listening Party #14: Music of Oxford
What is it?
We love discovering new music, and the best way to discover is to share.
Listening Parties are a space to share the music you’re passionate about. You’ll hear it on a great sound system, discover something new, and meet other music enthusiasts. This edition takes place in partnership with Offbeat Festival: your festival of local talent, new voices and limitless creativity.
How does it work?
Like an open mic, let us know when you arrive if you’ve brought something to share. We’ll have inputs for LP, CD and for minijack, and a computer, so you can bring a track on vinyl, CD, on your phone, or as a name in your head.
We’ll have two sessions of music with a short break in between, and ask you to attentively enjoy every offering as you would at a live gig. We’ll limit contributions to four minutes each so that we can fit in lots of contributions. If you’d like to introduce your track, we’d like to hear what you love about it.
We’ll also have an open Spotify playlist setup that you can add to during the event, if what you hear inspires you - we’ll play the night’s bespoke playlist during the break and after the formal sharing part of the evening is over.
Drinks will be on sale from the Old Fire Station Cafe.
Edition 14: Music of Oxford
This session is for celebrating music that has a connection with Oxford in some way, whether that’s public or personal.
This could be music by a local artist (including underground ones!), one of the first things you heard when arriving in the city, or something that reminds you of the city and surrounding area.
A track to get you started:
Moziki by Staff Benda Belili https://open.spotify.com/track/0gbOo8YBGsPzr8u8Hw6BO6?si=aad80eb86b2545ec
We wish to provide an open forum for people to share music that is meaningful to them without censorship, including sensitive topics and explicit language. The Listening Party aims to be an open and welcoming space - as such we ask everyone to respect each other as well as the diverse music we are likely to listen to.
