Tuesday 28th October 2025
We are really pleased to be working with ERP to present Courtney Marie Andrews at The Snug Barn, Bishop's Court Farm, a new sustainable venue in Dorchester-on-Thames, situated in the lovely Oxfordshire countryside, just a short journey from central Oxford, Wallingford, Abingdon and Didcot.
Courtney Marie Andrews is no stranger to introspection. From her humble teenage beginnings in the Arizona folk circuit, to her Grammy-nominated album Old Flowers (2020), to her place today as a preeminent voice and perspective in the American songwriting tradition, the celebrated singer-songwriter has always mined the depths of her experience and her sense of self, in order to cultivate a world reaching far beyond her own. Through stories of love, loss and the life lived in between, her work creates a place for others to feel heard and seen, a place for healing and growth of the human heart and spirit.
Now emerging from a distinctly fertile creative period, Andrews is poised for her return to the public eye, wielding a new body of work that includes a wealth of songs, as well as the the August 26th release of her second poetry collection, titled Love Is a Dog That Bites When It’s Scared. Will you follow her there?
Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 11th April 2025.
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Postponed - watch out for new date.
OCM and Wood HQ are sorry to announce that we are postponing this show due to unforeseen circumstances – beyond our secret pop-up venue’s control – meaning that we can’t guarantee that the venue will be ready in time.
All present ticket holders will get a refund, but we remain excited to present these shows at a later date. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, and please watch this space for more information when we have it about the new dates.
This Essex-based harp and synth duo followed their acclaimed collaboration with Ride's Andy Bell with a new album, “The Galloping Cat” last year. The Galloping Cat finds this unlikely pair of “neurodiverse nature lovers” collaborating on six meandering tracks of psychedelic grooves, electronic weirdness and motorik basslines, mostly wordlessly exploring themes of self-discovery – and it’s stunning. Even more so, because, in theory, it’s a musical combination that shouldn’t work. Oz is a Turkish/English harpist, theremin player and vocalist whose middle eastern background is entwined with her western studies in classical music. Meanwhile, Alastair Johnson grew up in Hadleigh, Essex, relying on the library’s record collection for inspiration before he started making experimental electronic music as Alien and Weapon Eyes.
Postponed - watch out for new date
OCM and Wood HQ are sorry to announce that we are postponing this show due to unforeseen circumstances – beyond our secret pop-up venue’s control – meaning that we can’t guarantee that the venue will be ready in time.
All present ticket holders will get a refund, but we remain excited to present these shows at a later date. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, and please watch this space for more information when we have it about the new dates.
Septembersong 2024 saw Lunatraktors cast a spell over us all and we can’t wait to be spellbound again! Lunatraktors is a collaboration between artist, choreographer and percussionist Carli Jefferson (she/her), and artist, vocalist and researcher Clair Le Couteur (they/them).Award-winning ‘broken folk’ experimentalists — Lunatraktors strip Anglo-Celtic traditionals to the bare bones of vocal harmony and percussive dance, expanding into weird, playful spaces with eclectic acoustic beats, accordion, whistles and deep drones. Ancient and contemporary, mournful and joyously deranged, Lunatraktors are ‘simply different’ (RTÉ Lyric FM). MOJO Top Ten Folk Albums 2019 & 2021.
Saturday 22 March, 12 pm - 12 am
Join Wood HQ in celebrating 10 years of Independent Oxford with a day of local music and activities for all the family.
There will be music from midday to midnight, PROOF pastries and pizza, Missing Bean coffee, Tap Social beer, and a whole load of good vibes and festival fun!
Wood HQ kicks off the event, bringing a little bit of the Wood Festival to the Tap Social in the shape of children's activities with Caper bookshop, a singing workshop with Elena Harris and musical performances by The Brickwork Lizards and our own Robin Bennett playing solo... and that's just for starters!
Independent Oxford have done great work over the last decade supporting and promoting independent businesses, not just in Oxford but across the whole of Oxfordshire, and we are are excited to be working with them, and with the other musical partners for the event, Divine Schism and YWMP. Get there promptly for our community singing workshop with Elena at midday!
This event was sold out.
