It’s a fine year for festivals in Oxfordshire, and this weekend sees the second Arcane Festival take place at Horsenden Meadow, Tetsworth. The lineup takes in some of the cream of the county’s music, from the usual rock and country to dubstep and electro, and looks like this:

MAIN STAGE: InLight, Witches, The Gog, Nagatha Krusti, Shirley, Souljacker, All These Arms, The Gullivers, Bear in the Air, The Youngs Plan

MYSTIC WOODLAND: Danny & The Champions of The World,Stornoway, Maria Ilett, The New Moon, Osprey, Clare Peecock, Anton Barbeau, The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band, Bethany Weimars, Dave Todd, ICO, Holton’s Opulant Oog, MotionInColour, Mark Wood (of Junkyard Choir), Jimi Alexander, Garron Frith

SQUARE ONE: Dougal (H.T.I.D./Slammin’ Vinyl), Ramos B2B Punch, DJ Fear, Sam Eeles, Matt JB, Gsus MC, MC Brookzy,

PURE ALCHEMY: Hyper, DJ Kyte, Micky Ry, The Eclectric All Stars, Rob Dunstone (Fresh Out The Box), SO

Weekend tickets are £20 including camping, and the show runs from 12pm on Saturday. For more information, including directions and so on, check out the Arcane website.

Leftfield London label Brainlove Records team up with our own Coo Coo Club to host a day of experimental music at the Jericho Tavern.  Oxford’s own Keyboard Choir will be performing alongside artists from all around the UK, including the likes of Team Brick, Retro Spankees and Pagan Wanderer Lu. In addition to the live acts, John Brainlove and guests will be DJing. This sounds like a must for the musically adventurous: showtime is 2.00p.m. on Saturday 9 August with £6.00 entry. 18 and over only.

Lineup: (subject to change)
 
23.00-00.00: Keyboard Choir
22.00-22.40: Pagan Wanderer Lu
21.00-21.30: The Retro Spankees
20.00-21.40: Mewgatz
19.00-19.45: Dead Singer
18.00-18.30: Team Brick
17.00-17.25: Pseudo Nippon
16.00-16.25: Ratface
14.00: Doors - Brainlove 2000&ACE DJs