This is the ticket for the early show 6:30 pm - 8 pm (doors open 6 pm) Join Jericho Comedy at the super cool Common Ground. A different mix of comedians on every show, hosted by Alex Farrow - "a well-spoken, amiable but razor-witted comedic maestro" - Oxford Mail With a friendly and electric atmosphere, Saturdays at Common Ground are one of the best places to see live comedy around. Jericho Comedy has recently been recommended in the Times, The Sunday Times, the iPaper and the Telegraph. Our Saturday shows have won the Chortle industry award two years in a row in 2019 and 2020 for being the best comedy night in the area. 'Top 4 most memorable shows of 2020' Chortle. Nominated for the 2021 Spirit of the Leicester Comedy Festival. As heard on BBC Radio 4. The room gets very full so latecomers risk not being able to get in after the show start. Age guidance is 16+. Expect some adult themes. Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. There are no steps at this venue. Excessive or disruptive chat during performances isn't cool, a bit like in the theatre or cinema. We encourage large groups above 6 to contact us before booking. Stag and hen bookings are discouraged. Message us if you'd like to know more about the setup :)

Divine Schism have loved Nap Eyes for years and are very happy to be bringing them to Oxford for the first time! Nap Eyes still bring to mind the bucolic ennui of the Silver Jews and Daniel Johnston's jittery naïveté, but the sheen and maturity they boast lends a wide-angle appeal. Nap Eyes metamorphic fifth long-player collects a cache of nine fascinating songs recorded over the four years since their last album. The Neon Gate reveals classic touchstones (the uneasy interplay of physics and philosophy, perambulatory meditations, self-interrogating soliloquies, apertures of surreality, video games), but also evidence of divergent impulses toward nonlinear abstraction and longform improvisational composition (resulting in their most discursive, deconstructed, and deliquescent songs to date) and narrative and lyric formality, imparting the sense that Nap Eyes have transmuted, as has their understanding of what a song is, what it can do, where it might go. https://napeyes.bandcamp.com/

We're so excited to be hosting Ez Dickens and her band on her EP Release Tour. Ez Dickens is a South-West solo artist and front-woman of festival band Drop in the Ocean, brings her fiery energy and singer-songwriter roots to a fusion of alternative reggae. With a sound comparable to Tash Sultana, Binbag Wisdom and The Undercover Hippy; Ez combines rhythmic grooves and crafty lyrical content, bringing flavours of hip-hop, folk-like storytelling and an energy-fuelled blend of ska and reggae together to deliver a heartfelt yet energetic live performance. Playing a handful of EP release shows with her band this Spring to promote the release of her EP 'Words That Mean Nothing', this show is not one to be missed. The night will begin with Chris from FLOW Records playing some vinyl to get you in the dancing mood. Tickets are £12 online, £15 on the door. Grab them before they sell out!

A laid-back, guided life drawing class open to people of all abilities. Expect comfy chairs, a spacious setting, luscious plants, and atmospheric lighting. Tickets cost £8 and become available online at 10am on Saturdays. There will be 10 tickets available to buy on the door on the night. Drinks and drawing materials will be available to buy upon arrival, and please show your email with your ticket to the person behind the bar . You are very welcome to bring your own drawing materials and sketchbook too.

Jericho Comedy presents an hour stand-up special from Alex Kealy with a fabulous opening act (opening act tbc) Alex Kealy: The Fear After a 5-star, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Alex Kealy is taking his new stand-up show about fear on a national tour.One of the countrys most exciting up-and-coming comedians, Alex has been the tour support for Jack Dee, Shaparak Khorsandi, Tom Rosenthal and Kieran Hodgson.Along with Ivo Graham, he hosts hit podcast Gig Pigs, and his sharp joke-writing and political takes have been featured on multiple guest appearances on BBC Radio 4s The Now Show, Catherine Boharts TL;DR and Rhys James What Are You Talking About (both Radio 4). Hes also been a regular writer for Mock The Week and The News Quiz. A career-defining show. Broadway Baby "Sharply witty, almost sexily cerebral...Kealy is going places" - The Telegraph"Breakneck pace with surprising turns in eloquent comics wonderful new hour" - The List "Fresh, insightful, and original...a great hour of cerebral stand-up" - FringeGuruA storming show from the whimsical funnyman The Sunday TimesThe Times' Top Jokes of Edinburgh 2024"Excellent...dynamite Interstellar routine which I wish I had written!" - Mark Kermode"5 comedians to see if you like James Acaster" - Edinburgh Evening News

Leo Middea was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1995 and currently resides in Barcelona, Spain. He is a singer, composer, and instrumentalist. Over his 10-year career, Leo has studio albums, each reflecting different phases of his life and career: Dois (2014), A Dança do Mundo (2016), Vicentina (2020), Beleza Isolar (2020), and Gente (2023). Leo is reinventing Brazilian music by blending traditional genres with influences from diverse cultures. His music has garnered over 10 million plays on Spotify, and his captivating performances have sold out concert halls across Europe and Brazil.

RWKUS is an electronic jazz trio from Bristol, blending Jungle and Broken-Beat with a jazz sensibility. Their music is rooted in improvisation, weaving songs together in a spontaneous and dynamic way, much like a great DJ set. The band features members of Snazzback, Cousin Kula, and Madly, and their extensive experience playing together in various projectsalong with years of running jam sessionshas created a deep musical connection. Their live performances are known for their energy and unpredictability. Recently, they have been performing live interpretations of classic 90s Jungle and Hardcore music to packed-out nightclubs in Bristol, while their original work has drawn comparisons to artists like Yussef Kamaal, Richard Spaven, and Kaidi Tatham. RWKUS has played extensively throughout the UK and is a well-known name on the festival circuit, performing at events such as Glastonbury, Shambala, and Boomtown. They have also completed two European tours, visiting France, Belgium, and Germany. The trio released their debut EP, Music from the Chamber, in the summer of 2022 and is set to release new music in the summer of 2025. Their most recent release is a live video titled Ricochet, filmed in the derelict upstairs of Ashton Court in Bristol. Joe Wilkinson - Drums/Samples Hal Sutherland - Keys/Synth Bass Alfie Grieve - Trumpet/Samples/Synth

Three excellent acts to celebrate 23 years of Gappy Tooth Industries, including two who played In A Different Place, our December all-dayer. Come and celebrate and enjoy the cultured trip-hop grooves of The Subtheory, the spookily spacious electronica of Morwell (now resident in the north-east of England, but once a local lad), and the oddly intriguing songs of Lord Bug, one of the city's very best solo acts. See www.gappytooth.com for more info in the weeks leading up to the gig, or use the contact box on the site to ask any questions. Also, find us on Facebook and Instagram, should that tickle your digital fancy. DON'T BE AN ARSE Our gigs are often highly eclectic, so there might be a wide variety of punters in our little venue. We want everyone to have a good time, so relax, express yourself and have a good gig, but be thoughtful of other people and don't ruin their night with your fun. Basically, just be considerate and nice, and everyone will be happy. Naturally, anyone who is actively aggressive, or who abuses anyone else on the grounds of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, Monster Munch flavour preference, or whatever the hell else might make a bigot irrationally angry, is out the door. WE'LL DO OUR BEST TOO In return, we'll make every effort to create a warm and pleasant environment, and we'll try our hardest to keep to the timetable (music starts at approximately 20.20, and will go on till about 22.35). Also, we've kept the door price as low as we can, but rest assured that GTI is a non-profit event, and all the money after expenses goes to the performers. ACCESSIBILITY NOTE Our venue is a smallish, relatively simple room, but it is at ground level, and so should be accessible to most people (although there is no accessible toilet). We will also have some chairs available if standing for the duration might be a challenge. We are also able to admit under-18s. There is no dedicated parking at the venue.

Morning Tourist is founded by London-based indie folk rock artist Sean McKinney. Since the release of his 2018 debut EP Quiet Lives, Morning Tourist has played extensively on the London circuit, toured Europe, supported Mel C, and performed at Glastonbury. In November last year he headed out on an extensive tour across the UK with shows in Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, London and more. Over the past few years he's received international attention from Amazing Radio, Pinguin Radio, Unrecorded, to name a few. With a new single release and UK shows around that he's due another great year this year! Delivered solo-acoustic, or in full guitar-driven band form, the album expresses less of an emotional stagnation, and more of the exhaustion our subject feels as they struggle to draw the line through past laments and unmet expectations at the end of young adulthood. Swelling with atmospheric synth, bold percussion and soaring harmonies, the album is firmly anchored by assured production and assertive melodies. Morning Tourist has been touring Europe and the UK in 2024, with fantastic shows in Amsterdam, The Hague, Carlisle, Bristol, and London, and is ready for the next step; to reach the incredible audience that will undoubtedly again be attending your festival. His alternative folk style will fit in seamlessly with the others that have been performing on your stages the past few years and aside from his soft yet powerful and emotive storytelling, he also brings a great stage presence and bags of humour to make sure no one will be looking at their phones during his set. Tickets are £11, more on the door. Support act TBC.

Milkweed are going on tour this May in support of their new album, Remscéla. - out on 2nd May via Broadside Hacks. They come to Oxford alongside a stellar bill of experimental touring field and folk artists The Silver Field and bell lungs to enchant Common Ground! For three years Milkweed have refined a formula taking existing source material (a folklore journal, a book on Welsh myths, another on bronze age human remains), cutting up the words and feeding them through a woodchipper of lo-fi production and experimental folk music. This time, however, they decided to push themselves further to use all 400 pages of Thomas Kinsella's masterful translation of the Táin Bó Cúailnge, rather than manipulated snippets. After it took an entire year just to process 20 pages, however, G found herself humbled. It made me appreciate oral traditions in a completely different way, the intensity with which you had to engage with the work to feel like you could understand and transmit it. Exile of the Sons of Uisliu is one of many remscéla, or pre-tales, leading up to the Táin. In the text, Derdriu, the loveliest woman in all Ireland, has been raised in isolation until she is ready for the bed of Conchobor, high king of Ulster. Derdriu falls in love with Noisiu, one of the sons of Uisliu, and together they escape to Alba where they again find themselves in peril. They are lured back to Ulster by Conchobor, but are ultimately betrayed.

Divine Schism worked with the Klittens in 2023 for a rad sold out show at the Library and they're back! Since their birth in 2018 The Klittens have climbed from the cracks of the Amsterdam underground indie and onto some acclaimed stages. Mixing the catchiness of pop and fuzz with a hint of dark post punk, they've crafted a sound that's truly and twistedly their own. What initially began as an outlet, both creatively and politically, mutated into a musical life mission for its members. Their DIY approach, from songwriting to booking shows and tour management, is what make The Klittens the ragtag bunch of misfits they are. The band consists of Yaël Dekker (vocals), Winnie Conradi (guitar), Katja Kahana (guitar), Marrit Meinema (bass guitar), and Laurie Zantinge (drums). Their most recent EP Butter released on March 8th 2024 on streaming services and limited edition vinyl. With singles such as Universal Experience, Atlas and Reading Material, the EP got the attention of magazines such as So Young Magazine, NME, La Blogotheque and Under The Radar, and got support on both BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 6. The EP is a follow-up to The Klittens debut-EP Citrus which was released in April 2022 and led to international press and shows and festivals in The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. For Butter, The Klittens explored their tastes on a further scale and dived deeper into their songwriting skills. The demo of each song was written by a different band member and later developed into a complete whole in the rehearsal room with the entire band. That is why you hear five slightly different ingredients on the EP that were later melted into a five-song EP, an EP called Butter.

Jeanines and Lightheaded, two of the brightest American indiepop bands, have new albums coming out. Skep Wax Records (UK and Europe) are delighted to be co-releasing them alongside Slumberland Records (US). Jeanines third album How Long Can It Last sees the New York band in total control of their songcraft, with thirteen miniature pop gems. Jeanines can fit in more melody and more breathtaking choruses in two minutes than most pop bands manage across an entire album. First single On And On demonstrates this perfectly. How can such a brief pop song be so overwhelming Lightheaded, from New Jersey, are one of the most exciting new US pop bands, and this album combines a brand new set of songs with five tracks from their delightful Good Good Great EP, a cassette-only release on Slumberland, now available on vinyl for the first time. Lightheaded bring together the songwriting discipline of Nancy and Lee with a modern appetite for noise and reverb. It's possible to get utterly lost and absorbed in this album. The songs echo classics of the past but also feel like they've arrived from the distant future. It's quite disorienting, but very exciting.

Anton Barbeau is famously unknown. A cult hero, he's worked with members of XTC, The Soft Boys, The Bevis Frond, Talk Talk and Cake. He's one-degree of separation from both Paul McCartney and David Bowie. His biggest viral hit, at 17,000,000 views, was a song about oily hair. He's released over 30 acclaimed albums on a number of independent labels in Europe and North America. Barbeau has returned to his native California after living abroad (Oxford, Cambridge, Berlin) for many years. In July, he'll release two albums, Glitch Wizard and Dig The Light. "He's a genius and I think we need to adopt him as our own." - BBC Oxford "Cerebral, memorable, melodic but also adventurous and inventive." - Monolith Cocktail "Anton Barbeau is one of the most insanely talented and creative people currently making music in the undercurrents in the world of music." - babysue He'll be support by Charms Against The Evil Eye in his return to Oxford gig at Common Ground.

Three acts bursting with character will keep you guessing constantly in a night of musical twists, turns, and possibly tumbles. Double Yellow Lines are a new and wildly inventive Oxford act, a mariachi klezmer metal version of The Bad Seeds. Sort of. Agents Of The Lexicon come from London, and will deliver twisted avant hip-hop whilst dressed as clowns. mOrTiFi'D are a punk-pop trio full of pep and bounce, with a wide and bewildering range of lyrical topics. See www.gappytooth.com for more info in the weeks leading up to the gig, or use the contact box on the site to ask any questions. Also, find us on Facebook and Instagram, should that tickle your digital fancy. DON'T BE AN ARSE Our gigs are often highly eclectic, so there might be a wide variety of punters in our little venue. We want everyone to have a good time, so relax, express yourself and have a good gig, but be thoughtful of other people and don't ruin their night with your fun. Basically, just be considerate and nice, and everyone will be happy. Naturally, anyone who is actively aggressive, or who abuses anyone else on the grounds of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, Monster Munch flavour preference, or whatever the hell else might make a bigot irrationally angry, is out the door. WE'LL DO OUR BEST TOO In return, we'll make every effort to create a warm and pleasant environment, and we'll try our hardest to keep to the timetable (music starts at approximately 20.20, and will go on till about 22.35). Also, we've kept the door price as low as we can, but rest assured that GTI is a non-profit event, and all the money after expenses goes to the performers. ACCESSIBILITY NOTE Our venue is a smallish, relatively simple room, but it is at ground level, and so should be accessible to most people (although there is no accessible toilet). We will also have some chairs available if standing for the duration might be a challenge. We are also able to admit under-18s, though anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult There is no dedicated parking at the venue.

Common Ground welcomes NOFLIPE in their tour from France! NOFLIPE is a band composed of seven individuals on the fringe of society. In their songs, we learn their story from the origin of the band to the discovery of the one who will become their worst enemy. At the heart of an increasingly superficial and inhuman society of appearances, the story plunges us in the gloomy atmosphere of DullTown. Then, the seven characters experience the world on their way : Doctor E, the vigilante of shade, Flush, the «scum of the society », Natch, the swindler, Rudy Tiger that nothing prevents from creating, Pew, the blind, SLow, the « offbeat » and TokToc, amnesiac in spite of himself. It's time to enter the NOFLIPE Universe ! NOFLIPE is also two EP and three albums autoproduced with a music influenced by bands like Beastie Boys, Transplants, Stupeflip, Puppetmastaz, Funkadelic ou or Bad Brains. All of this with an aesthetic aspect inspired by comics like Métal Hurlant or comics illustrators such as Franck Miller or Robert Crumb. By building their universe step by step, NOFLIPE have first transpired their energy on stage with a particularly communicative dynamism! Tickets are £10 and £12 on the door. More of NOFLIPE: www.noflipe.com https://www.facebook.com/Noflipe https://soundcloud.com/noflipe https://www.youtube.com/@NoFlipe

Holy shit, Jackie-O Motherfucker are coming to Oxford! Founded by Tom Greenwood in the mid 90's, the group has had more than forty members over the years drawn from the U.S. experimental scene, notably Natalie Mering, who now records under Weyes Blood, briefly on bass. The current line up is a 4 piece lead by Tom Greenwood. Jackie-O Motherfucker's music draws from a variety of subgenres including various folk musics of the world, drone, free jazz, psychedelia, and noise rock, and is heavily improvisational in its nature. The group has had recordings released by many different labels including Fire Records, Ecstatic Peace, Feeding Tube Records, ATP Recordings and their own U-Sound Archive and has been on several international tours including several performances at All Tomorrow's Parties Festivals by way of Sonic Youth. The band played the 2002 and 2004 festivals curated by Sonic Youth and the 2007 festival curated by Thurston Moore

Divine Schism have loved Nap Eyes for years and are very happy to be bringing them to Oxford for the first time! Nap Eyes still bring to mind the bucolic ennui of the Silver Jews and Daniel Johnston's jittery naïveté, but the sheen and maturity they boast lends a wide-angle appeal. Nap Eyes metamorphic fifth long-player collects a cache of nine fascinating songs recorded over the four years since their last album. The Neon Gate reveals classic touchstones (the uneasy interplay of physics and philosophy, perambulatory meditations, self-interrogating soliloquies, apertures of surreality, video games), but also evidence of divergent impulses toward nonlinear abstraction and longform improvisational composition (resulting in their most discursive, deconstructed, and deliquescent songs to date) and narrative and lyric formality, imparting the sense that Nap Eyes have transmuted, as has their understanding of what a song is, what it can do, where it might go. https://napeyes.bandcamp.com/

A stand-up comedy show from Jericho Comedy host and former philosophy teacher Alex Farrow. "An intelligent new star with a skill for strong joke writing" - British Comedy Guide. A mix of new material from the last year in a new order. 'Perfect' ★★★★★ (Scotsman). Alexs solo comedy shows have sold out at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2019, 2021 and 2022 as well as being a British Comedy Guide top ten pick. "Very Talented" - Chortle. 'Packs a philosophical punch' ★★★★★ (Edinburgh Student). "'Laugh out loud' ★★★★ (EdinburghGuide.com). Featured in The Times as part of the Best Jokes of the Fringe. As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra.