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“Fantastic event”
Sep 2018
Really enjoyed the entire experience! It grew so much since the catweazle events I remember in Northgate hall roughly 20 years ago! Matt offers the Same Wonderful fun loving friendly quality open stage event with a delightful artistic twist and a loving attentive audience ! So many wide opened curious eyes and ears it was delightful! Great stuff to express yourself safely within the local community! Handy to get feedback too and test new material on willing punters! Looking forward to the next evening I am available to attend there! Thank you great team!!:)
“Always a pleasure”
Jul 2018
No two nights the same, the acts are often of a high standard and occasionally utterly unique. Tonight was the typical mix of the bonkers, beautiful and breathtaking that I have come to expect. If you are in Oxford for any length of time, then you should come to this at least once.
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Anne-Elise H
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Fantastic event
Sep 2018 • Friends
Really enjoyed the entire experience! It grew so much since the catweazle events I remember in Northgate hall roughly 20 years ago! Matt offers
the Same Wonderful fun loving friendly quality open stage event with a delightful artistic twist and a loving attentive audience ! So many wide opened curious eyes and ears it was delightful! Great stuff to express yourself safely within the local community! Handy to get feedback too and test new material on willing punters! Looking forward to the next evening I am available to attend there! Thank you great team!!:)
Written 3 October 2018
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Christopher M
7 contributions
Always a pleasure
Jul 2018 • Solo
No two nights the same, the acts are often of a high standard and occasionally utterly unique.
Tonight was the typical mix of the bonkers, beautiful and breathtaking that I have come to expect.
If you are in Oxford for any length of time, then you should come to this at least once.
Written 19 July 2018
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Clare B
1 contribution
You never forget your first time
Jul 2017 • Family
Back in 1996, as a twenty-one year old backpacker from Australia with a guitar I could barely play, I decided to pluck up my courage, head down to the Catweazle Club that a friend had told me about, and - for the first time - sing and play guitar to one of my own songs, in front of an audience. What I remember was how extraordinarily kind, nurturing and encouraging Matt Sage was, and how at home I felt. It was the first of now many thousands of shows I have played, but you never forget your first time. I am so thrilled to see that this night has continued. I live back in Melbourne now, but I do dream about returning one day, just to connect back with that incredibly special feeling of community and comradeship that is so rare to come by. I feel so lucky to have stumbled into that experience. With love and thanks from the year 1996, Clare Bowditch (Australia) xo
Written 28 June 2018
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CarlTomlinson
Oxfordshire, UK14 contributions
A unique community of performance
Jun 2018 • Friends
Last time I was here we had haunting Lithuanian lyrics, C&W comedy songs, a capella blues covers, new tunes, old tunes, poems, a touring band drop by...

A typical evening at this most atypical of (acoustic) Open-Mics.

If you’re in Oxford and you’re not here, what are you doing that’s more uplifting?
Written 14 June 2018
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SimonVeaney
Shabbington, UK10 contributions
Through the looking glass into a secret Folk happening in Oxford
May 2018 • Couples
Every Thursday night this little club appears as if by magic and transports a small, dedicated audience to a 1960s Greenwich Village style open mic. The mics are so open there are no actual microhphones, just a hushed, respectful crowd, and a cross generational set of performers. Each week is different but there is always some poetry in the air, as the hall fills with sea shanties, Laura Marling style folk, beat poetry and creative expression in all its shapes. This is the true essence of a local music scene hidden in the boho enclave of the Cowley Road, and well worth seeking out. Get there around 7.30 latest as it fills up quickly.
Written 14 June 2018
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Dave F
Nottingham, England9 contributions
Just go - this place is so uplifting
Jun 2018 • Friends
This is the most wonderful little venue, so supportive to all the performers, welcoming, friendly. Just go! Go to listen. Go to learn. Go to be entertained And please, go to perform, you will not regret it. My future trips to Oxford will be planned on Thursdays just so I can go back!
Written 12 June 2018
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Catweazle P
Thanks Dave! Great to have you along...Matt
Written 13 June 2018
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rdorourke
Oxford, United Kingdom1 contribution
An evening of chilled out and positive solidarity for artists.
Jul 2017 • Friends
A positive and supporting atmosphere and crowd where diverse artists and musicians can feel free to really express themselves creatively.
Written 24 July 2017
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LornaK643
Perth, Australia8 contributions
Catweazle Club, East Oxford Community Centre, 40 Princes Rd, East Oxford
Jul 2017 • Solo
If you are looking for a break from the arcane and the tourists the Catweazle Club, which opens every Thursday night, 8pm to 12pm, is the place. This popular performance venue hosts a wide range of gifted poets, musicians, singers and storytellers whose works vary from folk, blues, jazz, humour, polemics and more.
It's an interesting scene and clearly attracts an interesting bunch or regulars. I went twice and would be there every week if I lived in Oxford.
Written 19 July 2017
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Catweazle P
Thanks for the love, Lorna! See you next time around..
Written 24 July 2017
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Polly B
Stoke-on-Trent, UK2 contributions
Cool and friendly!
Mar 2016 • Friends
A very chilled friendly lovely place, perfect for enjoying some great music, poetry, singing and what not! Loved it!
Written 9 June 2016
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Newbury, UK29 contributions
One of the best of its kind
Mar 2015 • Friends
I went with a couple of friends to provide a change from the usual open mic night we go to in Newbury. It has a pleasant bohemian vibe and exudes cosiness. Every performer gets to perform one piece, be it a song, a poem etc which may seem too little but there's quite a few slots on the night so at least it won't drag on. My only gripe is the entry free- £6. Just a little bit too steep in my opinion but performers get in free. I still highly recommend it as you're guaranteed to be entertained at their unpredictable shows.
Written 1 February 2016
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