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Tell us your priorities for the Oxfordshire music scene at our first Open Meeting tomorrow night. Anyone and everyone welcome! Tues 7 July from 6pm to 7.30pm + drinks afterwards Upstairs Room The Oxford Retreat Hythe Bridge Street Oxford, OX1 2EW

This upcoming Oxford music exhibition looks brilliant. It’s the starting point for a wider project - ‘City Stories 'Oxford's Music History.' Contribute your own memories, tickets, flyers, set lists, photos etc below. museumofoxford.omeka.net/contribution museumofoxford.omeka.net/contribution

Open Meeting postponed until Tues 7 July. After much consideration of tomorrow’s predicted 36 degree heat, we’ve decided to postpone our Open Meeting for 2 weeks until Tuesday 7 July. Same time (6 to 7.30pm) & same venue (the Oxford Retreat). In the meantime, stay cool and stay safe

It’s time to ramp up the conversation about what the Oxfordshire music scene needs to thrive, so Causing a Scene is excited to announce its first Open Meeting. Everyone welcome! Just turn up. Tues 23 June 6 to 7:30pm (drinks afterwards) Upstairs Room The Oxford Retreat, Hythe Bridge St, OX1 2EW

Oxford comes high up in its appetite for partying mixmag.net/read/bristol...

Study reveals Top 10 UK cities that love to partyNew research from online searches shows the cities where a night out is most in demandmixmag.net

We just reached our 100th member. Welcome Richard Lawrence, whose letterpress works in Hurst Street are where some of Stanley Donwood’s most celebrated linocuts were printed. richardlawrenceprinter.co.uk If you haven't yet, please consider parting with £1 yourself. CausingaScene.org/Membership

A massive thank you to our brilliant panel of community ownership experts at The Bullingdon last night for their mixture of insights, information and inspiration. Micaela Tuckwell of the Ultimate Picture Palace Lenny Watson of Sister Midnight Steve Henwood of The Bell Inn

A quick reminder that this brilliant free event is tonight (Mon 18 May) at the Bullingdon. If you can't make the panel event at 18.15, come for the Social afterwards from 19.30 (see details on previous post). Book your free tickets at: WeGotTickets.com/CausingAScene

Free Grassroots Community Panel Session + Music & Arts Social - Mon 18 May @theBullingdon Oxford GOOD DEEDS - How collective grassroots community action can save, create & own spaces for music & the arts. Book your free tickets at: WeGotTickets.com/CausingAScene

Here’s a local authority led music, arts & culture survey for anyone who lives or works in, or even just visits South Oxfordshire / Vale of the White Horse. You all know what to do (hint - we need more community-oriented music and arts spaces). www.smartsurvey.co.uk/t/SouthernOx...

Southern Oxfordshire arts, culture and creativity surveyPlease take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.www.smartsurvey.co.uk

Causing a Scene is owned by & accountable to its members, so as we close in on our 100th member, we're giving our community a nudge to help us reach that milestone. It costs a measly £1 & gives you a say on what we do and who runs the organisation. Join today: causingascene.org/membership

Inspirational BBC Radio 4 feature on Beaker, putting the Oxfordshire music scene, past and present, on the map. Catch them live at the Jericho Tavern on Friday 8th May. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oxford indie band Beaker on returning after 25 yearsBeaker first emerged from Oxford's 1990s music scene and have reunited more than 25 years laterwww.bbc.co.uk

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Oxford live music funding will make 'massive difference'Last month, Oxford City Council agreed to invest £40,000 over the next two years to help live music.www.bbc.co.uk

Music Venues Day is always the most inspirational, thought provoking, and genuinely useful event in the grassroots music activism Calendar. So as well as CAS, it was great to see Oxfordshire represented on stage by record label manager, Josie Faulkner, of Oxford’s very own Big Scary Monsters.

Great little CAS / Live Music Fund feature on BBC Oxford yesterday morning, featuring James Taylor, Paul Williams and Hannah Bruce at 35:30 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Sophie Law - 16/03/2026 - BBC SoundsWake up with Oxfordshire's latest news, great music and conversation with Sophie.www.bbc.co.uk

Save the UPP! It’s not strictly music related, but this relates to a very important local community owned arts space, so please sign and share. c.org/JPfhkbmsFM

Sign the PetitionSave the Ultimate Picture Palacec.org

On Weds we hosted a panel at Oxford Brookes on the importance of mapping music & arts ecosystems/audiences in making policies that help creative economies thrive. Big thanks to our panellists, Jett Glozier of Sound Diplomacy, Dr Patrycja Rozbicka of Live Music Mapping Project & our own Oli Steadman.

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Oxford's live music scene to get huge funding boostOxford’s music scene, known for Radiohead, Glass Animals and Foals, will get a £40k funding boost over the next two years.www.oxfordmail.co.uk

We’re pleased to report Oxford City Council’s new £20k a year Live Music Fund was approved at a full council meeting on Mon 23 Feb. Here’s a 5 min impassioned speech our director Paul made at the meeting in support of the Oxfordshire music scene and the new fund. youtu.be/kwrl1PgyArE?...

Full Council - 23rd February 2026YouTube video by Oxford City Councilyoutu.be

There are a handful of remaining places for our free to attend Oxford Brookes Creative Industries Festival event at 1pm on Weds 25 Feb, featuring leading music industry experts discussing the importance of mapping music and arts spaces. Book your free ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/everything...

Everything in its right place: Panel on mapping music, arts & cultureA panel session discussing the role of mapping music, arts & culture ecosystems, and audiences, in making informed, evidence-led policywww.eventbrite.co.uk