Oxjam Cardiff Takeover

This month Oxjam is over South East Wales. Each year Oxjam conduct music festivals all over the UK for Oxfam’s Oxjam Festival. Everyone one in aid to raise money and put on by all sorts of people, whether it’s your union or your local underground dive.

From a recent press release:

The highlight of the month-long festival will be the Oxjam Cardiff Takeover on Sunday 11th October, to compliment the national Takeover on 25th October when more than 2,000 musicians will fill over 150 venues in more than 20 cities in a single day to raise funds for Oxfam. In Cardiff, the lineup for the Oxjam.

Takeover is:
Race Horses, Jen Jeniro, Just Like Frank, The StopMotion Men, Tiger Please, The Screenbeats, Ex Libras, Santiago Sound, Plyci, Ruffstylz (world record attempt for longest ever freestyle rap), Dead Residents, Metabeats, Mudmowth, DJ Jaffa, Sweet n Tender Hooligans, Lilmizz, Caskade, Junior Position, Starving
Artists, Jimi Alexander & The Satellites, Whistling Biscuits, Zervas & Pepper, OK, Brooke, Lily Green, Julia Harris, Kadesha, The Fuzz Birds, Justine Berry, Susan Richardson (Poetry), Samba Galez, The Interalia, Willy The Wandering Gypsie and Me, Captain Accident, Lowri Evans , Oxfam Guest Speaker, Melopark
(Featuring Sian Evans of Kosheen) and Guest DJs Girls Vs Boys DJ-OFF Closing party feat. Vinyl Vendettas, John Rostron and Gary Twisted. More acts also to be confirmed!

In five of Cardiff’s finest live music venues – Clwb Ifor Bach, Toucan, Dempseys, Y Fuwch Goch, Revolution – hosting the cream of Cardiff’s talent, from folk to hip hop to indie to the best female and welsh language artists on the Welsh music scene, including a very special world record attempt from Cardiff’s Ruffstylz,
attempting to smash his record for the longest ever freestyle rap. Come along and party until you’re blue in the face, and help to raise money and awareness for Oxfam’s ‘Here & Now’ climate change campaign. Be part of something amazing!

Tickets will be exchanged for a wristband on the day, from 2pm at Toucan. Entry to venues is by wristband only – subject to capacity of individual venues. Stars including Editors, VV Brown, Basement Jaxx, Fatboy Slim, Just Jack, Nitin Sawhney and legendary drummer Tony Allen will launch the month-long Oxjam music festival on 28 September with a series of exclusive, intimate performances in a specially-converted Oxfam shop in London.

Local event organiser Gemma White said: “The Oxjam events in South East Wales are just one part of a movement of hundreds of gigs, club nights and events right across the country. It’s fantastic to be able to use the talent of local musicians and the energy and passion of local volunteers to help raise so much
money to fight poverty, and put on a great show at the same time. Last year, the South East Wales region raised £6000 for Oxfam, a target that we would love to smash this year!”

Since 2006, more than 36,000 musicians have played to an audience of over 750,000 people at almost 3,000 Oxjam events, raising in excess of £1 million to fight poverty around the world. This year the festival will be helping poor people cope with the devastating effects of climate change. As well as raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for Oxfam’s work, gig goers will be painting their faces blue as part of a massive
visual statement to the UK government to take action on climate change before it’s too late. Around 50,000 festival-goers are estimated to have signed up to Oxfam’s blue faces campaign already this year, from Glastonbury to Reading and Leeds.

To find out what Oxjam events are going on locally this October,
visit www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam or call 0300 200 1255.

EVENTS

7th October 2009: Oxjam Cardiff Launch Party – Oxfactor, Barfly, Cardiff
The official Oxjam Cardiff launch party, featuring your favourite local bands as you’ve never seen them before… Expect some large riffs and an even larger giggle. Doors 7:30pm £5/£4 NUS 16+ Line up: Shaped By Fate covering Queens of The Stone Age, plus more tbc.

9th October: Oxjam @ The Gate – Cardiff.
Tickets £2 on door. A variety of musical acts, crammed into one fun-packed, fundraising frolic of a night!

11th October: Oxjam Cardiff  Takeover – Various venues, Womanby Street Cardiff.
Tickets £8adv / £10 on door 5 venues – 12 hours – 30+ bands and DJs – PLUS Ruffstylz attempting to beat his own world record for the longest ever freestyle rap! Party for Oxfam until you’re blue in the face!

14 October: Oxjam Cardiff Chill 2009 – The Promised Land
Entry will be £2 (including a raffle ticket) or 2 for £3 (including two raffle tickets)

18th October 2009: Oxjam Tea Party, Ten Feet Tall – Cardiff. 4pm-8pm
Complete with cupcakes, teapots and live music from ffred jones, Three Little Birds and other special guests.

18th October 2009: Oxjam Lazy Sundaze @ Toucan
3pm – 11pm Food, Films, Chilled-out Music. Free entry – donations welcome!

19th October 2009: Oxjam @ Varsity, Roath
A musical evening raising money for Oxfam, hosted by Varsity Roath.

22nd – 24th October 2009: Oxjam Painting the town Blue! @ Swn Festival, various venues, Cardiff.

Swn have kindly invited the Oxjam team to paint your faces blue throughout the festival, to raise awareness of Oxfam’s ‘Here & Now’ climate change campaign. Seen people painted blue at festivals this summer? That could be you! 24th October 2009: Oxjumblesale @SWN Festival, Chapter Arts Centre – Cardiff

Oxjam CD and Vinyl sale, at Loose’s all day event at Swn Festival. Local artists and musos have kindly donated their musical gems, so hopefully you’ll find some treasures (or tat, whichever you prefer!) Albums £1, Singles 20p.

25th October 2009: Oxjam Lazy Sundaze @ Toucan 3pm – 11pm
Food, Films, Chilled-out Music. Free entry – donations welcome!

26th October 2009: Late Night Live: Oxjam Special, 10ft Tall – Cardiff
Live performances from some of the UK’s best up and coming artists entry £4.

27th October 2009: Cardiff Live Music Society Buskathon – Cardiff
Cardiff Live Music Society will be hosting an all day music-a-thon, with buskingband open mic sessions, and a very special guest, taking place at Cardiff University Students Union.

28th October 2009: Oxjam Shyffl @ Nos Da Caerdydd
7pm Line up: Dafydd ap Llwyd, Play Forte, Sion Russel Jones, Them Lovely Boys, El Parisa + more tbc.

1st November 2009: The Oxjam [Fashion and] Music Festival, Buffalo Bar – Cardiff. Tickets £5

“Explore the potential of second-hand fashion, enjoy the music of some of Cardiff’s best local bands, raise money for Oxfam and help to change lives”. The amazing Oxfam Autumn/Winter 2009 Ready-To-Wear Collection- On the Buffalo runway and available to purchase! Vintage, second-hand and recycled Clothes Fayre- beautiful stalls by Cardiff’s very own local fashionistas! Accompanied by fantastic bands and DJs (TBA)