This Week's Jazz and Blues (August 11 - 17)

At Freud this week, you can catch Dymock Brett on the Jazz Piano, Neil Mason on the Spanish Guitar, Martin on the Flamenco Guitar, and the Karl Demata Blues Duo; The Bullingdon Arms has The Rudy Rotta Band from Italy on their famous Monday Blues night and Live Jazz with the Tom Grey Quintet; The Old Parsonage has Steve Kaldestad (sax) with piano and double bass; Gee's Restaurant has Olivia Tebbutt (vocals) Tim Lapthorne (piano) Tim Dawes (dbl bass); The Big Bang Restaurant has Hilary Palmer & Tim Coulson; Bar Milano has a Jazz, Blues, & Folk Night with Chiarina Darrah; Jamie Baum, a renowned Jazz Flautist, performs with the Luis D'Agostino Trio at the Wesley Memorial Hall on New Inn Hall Street; and QI Club has Katy Bennett + Luke Smith.

Get information for all jazz and blues music events in Oxford

For all other music in oxford, check out our extensive gig guide

This Week's Classical Music (August 11 - 17)

Magdalen College Auditorium is this week's location for Sunday's Coffee Concert with James Lisney on piano, as well as Jack Gibbons playing Chopin; The Sheldonian Theatre will host the City of Oxford Orchestra's Glorious Baroque evening; Christ Church Cathedral has the Cathedral Singers performing Alpha & Omega; Jack Gibbons plays "Pictures at an Art Exhibition" at Wadham College Chapel; and finally, Exeter College Chapel will host Charivari Agreable four nights this week, performing Vivaldi: Stabat Mater & Nisi Dominus, Songs Across the Oceans, A Sweet Concord of Winds, and Mazes & Madness.

Get information for all classical music events in Oxford

What's in the Theatre this week? (August 11 - 17)

There's only one week left to enjoy The Taming of the Shrew and The Importance of Being Earnest at the Wadham College gardens and The Merchant of Venice at the Oxford Castle. Buy your tickets now!

You can still catch Macbeth or Robin Hood at the Headington Hill Park through the beginning of September.

Also showing this week: The Oxford Playhouse is running Charley's Aunt; The Old Fire Station is showing The Life and Crimes of President Ubu and Ben Elton's Popcorn; The Burton Taylor Theatre is showing the child-friendly The Firebird; and finally, The Abingdon Touring Theatre Company will be bringing Canterbury Tales to Thame, Cumnor, and the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building in Oxford.

For all theatre information, times and dates, click here

What's in the Cinema this week? (August 11 - 17)

Opening this week is the animated Monster House. Three kids discover that their neighbour's house is a living monster determined to eat trick-and-treaters on Halloween. The problem is getting others to believe them so they can save their neighbourhood. The film is rated PG, and stars the voices of Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Jason Lee.

Also out this week is the fantasy/mystery Lady in the Water, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan (Sixth Sense, The Village, Signs). When a building manager rescues a mysterious young woman he discovers that she;s actually a character from a bedtime story trying to get back to the world she knows. The film is rated PG, and stars Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Jeffrey Wright.

Get showtimes for all the theatres in Oxford