OXFORD: Common Ground

Monday 16th December, 2024

6:45pm

Event information

Theme for this edition

Bring along the tracks that shaped your year—whether new releases from 2024 or timeless finds you uncovered for the first time. We welcome underground selections and niche genres which might have come across your radar this year through live performances, recommendations of friends or a lucky turn of the radio dial.

What is it?

We love discovering new music, and the best way to discover is to share.
Listening Parties are a space to share the music you’re passionate about. You’ll hear it on a great sound system, discover something new, and meet other music enthusiasts.
This time we’re in the relaxed, welcoming atmosphere of Common Ground.

How does it work?

Like an open mic, let us know when you arrive if you’ve brought something to share. We’ll have inputs for LP, CD and for minijack, and a computer, so you can bring a track on vinyl, CD, on your phone, or as a name in your head.

We’ll have two sessions of music with a short break in between, and ask you to attentively enjoy every offering as you would at a live gig. We’ll limit contributions to four minutes each so that we can fit in lots of contributions. If you’d like to introduce your track, we’d like to hear what you love about it.

We’ll also have an open Spotify playlist setup that you can add to during the event, if what you hear inspires you - we’ll play the night’s bespoke playlist during the break and after the formal sharing part of the evening is over.

Note:
We wish to provide an open forum for people to share music that is meaningful to them without censorship, including sensitive topics and explicit language. The Listening Party aims to be an open and welcoming space - as such we ask everyone to respect each other as well as the diverse music we are likely to listen to.

Co-promoted by Oxford Contemporary Music and Divine Schism. Poster image: Aiden Canaday.

OCM is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. OCM is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner supported by PPL. Supported with funding from Oxford City Council. Affiliate Organisation of Oxford Brookes University.
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Accessibility
There is step free access to the main cafe area where the Listening Party will take place. There is a lowered bar with a height of 930mm high (3ft 1inch). The toilets are step free, but unfortunately are not accessible by wheelchair due to insufficient turning space. There is an arrangement to allow customers to use the accessible toilets at the nearby Oxford Wine Cafe during evening hours. There is no hearing loop.
Full info here: Common Ground Accessibility Info

If you have any requirements not mentioned already, please reach out to sofia@ocmevents.org and we will do our best to accommodate you while confirming with the venue.

Any audience member with a disability who requires a companion or personal assistant in order to attend a performance is entitled to a free companion ticket. To book, please email sofia@ocmevents.org or contact the box office on 01865 419002.

Booking Terms and Conditions

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37-38 Little Clarendon Street
Oxford
OX1 2HF

www.commongroundoxford.com/