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Community owned co-op set up to be the collective voice of Oxfordshire’s music scene & associated culture. www.CausingAScene.Org Mailing list: bit.ly/cas-mailing Events: WeGotTickets.com/CausingAScene

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Busking and Street Entertainment in Oxford City Centre - Oxford City Council - Citizen Space Find and participate in consultations run by Oxford City Council

Launched today - Oxford City Council wants to hear your views about its busking / street entertainment policies. Deadline for feedback is March 17th.

consultation.oxford.gov.uk/regeneration...

03.02.2026 13:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nightlife contributes £112 billion to UK economy annually, new report reveals The report claims that the nightlife economy is the “most undervalued asset class in culture”

"Nightlife is the most undervalued asset class in culture."

mixmag.net/read/nightli...

29.01.2026 14:34 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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6th International Creative Industries Festival All events are part of the 6th International Creative Industries Festival organised by the Creative Industries Research and Innovation Network at Oxford Brookes University, it is FREE and OPEN TO ALL!

We’ve organised a fascinating ‘mapping music, arts & culture spaces’ panel session for the Oxford Brookes Creative Industries Festival, from 1pm to 3pm on Weds 25 February at Brookes.

Book your free tickets now, & check out the other festival sessions:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/6th-inter...

28.01.2026 10:36 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Pubs and live music venues to get support after business rates backlash Package worth at least £80m a year for England and extra to come for Wales and Scotland receives mixed reaction

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

27.01.2026 18:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Last night we were privileged to attend the launch of the Music Venue Trust annual report at the V&A. Please give the report a read and share with anyone in a position to affect positive change for grassroots music venues. www.MusicVenueTrust.com

21.01.2026 19:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our Annual Report 2025 is now available to read at www.MusicVenueTrust.com.

Venues, artists, promoters, crews, and fans - this is vital reading for anybody in the live music sector. It offers research and information, as well as your blueprint for what we do next.

21.01.2026 00:01 — 👍 9    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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A quick reminder that this is TONIGHT!

11.12.2025 10:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bring back the Coven

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06.12.2025 16:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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1 week today! Our Christmas Oxfordshire music scene Social is on Thursday 11 December at @modernartoxford.bsky.social from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. Come and say hello. There's lots to talk about.

Book your free place at: wegottickets.com/CausingAScene

Socials kindly supported by Truck Store

04.12.2025 16:04 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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We've got lots to talk about, so please join us for the Christmas Oxfordshire music scene Social at @modernartoxford.bsky.social on Thurs 11 December from 6:30pm to 9:30pm.

Book your free place at: wegottickets.com/CausingAScene

Socials kindly supported by Truck Store

21.11.2025 16:31 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown Touts, and ordinary consumers, will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they bought ticket

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...

18.11.2025 08:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tell the UK Government what music fans really think by completing this survey by 31 November & help to inform a 'Music Fans’ Charter’ that sets out the principles by which live music should work, and that the government and live music industry should sign up to.

forms.office.com/pages/respon...

05.11.2025 23:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This will make a difference!

The current risk-averse licensing landscape doesn't help music venues / clubs / hospitality venues) to thrive & build vibrant communities.

Please consider filling in this short survey (& tagging / sharing).

www.homeofficesurveys.homeoffice.gov.uk/s/LicensingR...

05.11.2025 10:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Purpose-built youth music hub opens in Oxford city centre In-Spire Sounds' new hub in Oxford features classrooms and recording studios.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

03.11.2025 15:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We were humbled that so many community spirited people threw their hat in the ring to become a director of Causing a Scene. We honestly could have taken everyone.

Meet our brilliant new board, which includes 4 ‘continuity’ directors and 4 fresh faces. What a team! causingascene.org/people

03.11.2025 10:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pubs could stay open longer under licensing reforms Changes to licensing rules could see relaxed rules around live music and serving food outside.

The plans could make it easier for venues to serve food outside and host more live music, in a bid to "remove unnecessary barriers".

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

09.10.2025 07:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Oxford crowned UK's rock capital per capita | National Album Day Oxford has beaten iconic music destinations such as Manchester, Liverpool, and London to be crowned the UK’s most successful rock city.

www.nationalalbumday.co.uk/news/oxford-...

08.10.2025 19:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New role created to champion Oxford's nightlife Councillor James Taylor will champion Oxford's night-time economy.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

07.10.2025 12:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Reminder - the next Oxfordshire music scene Social is tomorrow - Thurs 25 Sept at Tap Social Botley from 7:30pm to 11pm.

There’s free pizza on a first-come-first-served basis courtesy of support from those nice people at Truck Store

Book your free place at: wegottickets.com/CausingAScene

24.09.2025 11:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Reminder that our next quarterly Oxfordshire music scene Social is at Tap Social Botley on Thurs 25 Sept from 7:30pm to 11pm. And there’s free pizza on a first-come-first-served basis courtesy of support from those nice people at Truck Store.

Book your free place at: wegottickets.com/CausingAScene

15.09.2025 12:28 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

If you'd like to get involved and help to shape the Oxfordshire music scene of the future, you can nominate yourself to stand for the Board of Directors by filling in this form ASAP: forms.gle/rPkRePjJd14J...

If you have questions, email us at: CausingASceneOxford@gmail.com

29.08.2025 10:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our next Oxfordshire music scene Social is at Tap Botley on Thurs 25 Sept. Book your free place at: wegottickets.com/CausingAScene

We're holding our AGM immediately beforehand from 6:00pm to 7:15pm. Sign up to attend that here:
forms.gle/Pk6a15CbUms8...

Socials kindly supported by Truck Store

29.08.2025 10:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You have just 7 hours left to donate to the Nest - @ywmp's new music space in Little Clarendon Street. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/takingupsp...

21.07.2025 10:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Causing a Scene is preparing a collective submission on behalf of Oxfordshire’s music community, which will focus on the Plan’s potential impact on music, culture and community spaces, so please get in touch if you have expertise in planning regulation.

consultation.oxford.gov.uk/planning-ser...

17.07.2025 07:47 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We’re trialling a new monthly drop-in session where anyone can rock up and discuss their hopes, fears, needs & ideas about the Oxfordshire music scene.

Come and say hello.

2-4pm at Common Ground, Little Clarendon Street on:

Tues 22 July

Weds 27 August

Weds 24 September

11.07.2025 16:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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SAVE SAC We only have until August 2025 to save a space that is so important to Summertown. Can you help?  Summertown United Reformed Church was built by Oxford builder Thomas Kingerlee in the 1890s with...

Summertown Arts Community is campaigning to secure the United Reformed Church in Summertown as a multi-use venue for creative arts, including music, before a 28 July funding deadline and they need leafletting volunteers.

summertownarts.weebly.com/save-sac.html

summertownartscommunity@gmail.com

13.06.2025 09:14 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Very sad news. Our thoughts are with the friendly and knowledgeable staff who've made PMT such a central part of the Oxfordshire music scene for so many years (in happier times, Oxford was the chain's first new store outside its native Essex). bsky.app/profile/oxfo...

12.06.2025 13:48 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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It's our birthday. 12th June marks 1 year since Causing a Scene officially formed as a community owned Community Benefit Society.

If you love the Oxfordshire music scene, you can become a member and co-owner for just £1.

Sign up, join the mailing list, volunteer and donate at: CausingAScene.org

12.06.2025 09:24 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Free pizza tonight. A reminder that the third Oxfordshire music scene Social is tonight from 6:30pm til late at Common Ground, with free pizza (until its gone) courtesy of our sponsor Truck Store. If you haven’t registered, just turn up

12.06.2025 08:17 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Agent of Change: How a Planning Clause Became a Gig-Saving Anthem What if we stopped blaming venues for being noisy and started planning like adults?

This is being debated in parliament today and would be a gamechanger for music venues if it’s adopted as primary legislation

markdavyd.substack.com/p/agent-of-c...

09.06.2025 09:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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