OxjamBrum is proud to announce that this year’s OxjamBrum Takeover will take place on Saturday 16th October and will feature live sets from:

More bands to be announced in the next few weeks.

Our venues this year are:

• The Victoria
• Island Bar
• The Yardbird
• The Flapper
• The Prince of Wales
• Cafe Blend

who will play host to the best the Birmingham scene has to offer, with 12 hours of live music and top DJs.  From hip-hop to rock and folk to funk, there’s something for everyone.

Normal price tickets cost just £6 for a wristband which will give you access to all the venues throughout the day and night.

We have 44 early-bird tickets on sale from today for just £4 exclusively from oxjambrum.org.uk. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Money raised from the night goes to help Oxfam fight poverty across the world.

Click to buy tickets:

Please give what you can… donate

September is going to be a special M4TP – we’re taking over M4TP.

We are going be the “People’s DJ’s” for September, on the decks from 8pm, playing all their best party tunes as well as tracks from the bands that will be performing at the main OxjamBrum Takeover event in October. We’ll also be recruiting volunteers to help out on the day, as well as waving a bucket or two about to take donations for what is a very good cause.

As ever, the M4TP crew will also be staggering around behind the decks – they’ll play anything you bring along and our giant jukebox will be available, to give you the tunes you want to hear. Although seeing as it’s all for charity they might just bump tracks up the running order if you’re generous when the collection bucket passes you by…

It’s going to be great, so save up your pennies, dig out your favourite tunes and put the date in your diary…

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Originally played on the Shaun Keaveny Show on Wednesday 1st September 2010 on BBC 6 Music

Thank you to everyone that came along to support our musical themed ‘Top 40 Singles’ Speed Dating night last night.  The night raised over £200, which is enough to buy four goat couples for a family in need.  The night was a first for the OxjamBrum team and we are happy to say was a great success. With lots of first time speed daters the atmosphere to begin was little tense, but after the free Pimms had been drained and the first track – the Proclaimers, I wanna be (500 miles), had been spun, the conversation (and drinks) were flowing.

The songs provided a great conversation starter (or stopper in the odd case) and its a braver man than us that admits to a Will Young track as his favourite tune.  The night continued onto the Vic as new friendships began and people tried to ply us with alcohol to find out who’d given them a yes.  But we were keeping schtum.  So the matches have been made and now we’ll just wait and see, we’re not rushing out to buy a new hat just yet.  But watch this space.

Missed out?  Speed Dating not your thing?  Already Taken?  Then join us at one of our other events, not an awkward silence to be heard.

Next up: Floods of Music: Oxjam Fundraiser for the Pakistan Humanitarian Disaster

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One of Birmingham’s top music venues, Yardbird, is collaborating with Oxjam Brum for the first time for a night of hip-hop, funk, soul and jazz to raise money for those affected by the worst flooding Pakistan has experienced in a generation.

LIVE SETS FROM…

Soweto Kinch
www.myspace.com/sowetokinch

Heducation
www.heducation.com

Silverbacks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hPXU9MzTYI

DJ Jam Fu
http://innersanctum74.blogspot.com/

Sam Redmore
www.myspace.com/samredmore

Karl Jones (aka Malicious from Brotherhood of Filth and Bass Operations)
http://soundcloud.com/malciousdj

Hamish & Friends live jazz band

R.e: (aka Lanre Diko)

AND Breakdancing!

If you would like to perform at this gig, or get involved in any other way, please email oxjam.birmingham@googlemail.com

More people than the 2004 tsunami, the Pakistan earthquake in 2005, and the Haiti earthquake combined have been affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan. Oxfam are trying to reach 1 million if them to provide them with urgent clean water, sanitation and hygiene.

To see more on Oxfam’s response and to donate go to www.oxfam.org.uk/pakistan

Please invite your friends to the facebook event link

Oxjam presents the latest in speed dating with our musical themed ‘Top 40 Singles’ at Café Blend. We’re looking for 20 male and 20 female, music loving singles to come and take part in an evening of romance to raise money for Oxfam.

When you purchase your ticket let us know the artist and title of your favourite single for our DJ to spin on the night. Spend the length of a track getting to know another music loving soul, before… moving onto the next ;o)

So, if, like us, you want your other half to know their MGMT from their M-People and that Caspa is a happening dubstepper, not a friendly Ghost, then this is the Speed Dating event for you.

Tickets cost £10 (includes a free drink on arrival).

Remember spaces are limited!!!

Please invite your friends to the facebook event.

THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED