Strummer Room Records Presents... Independent Venue Week at The Apothecary Tap

Fri 4 DecDoors 19:00

The Pink Diamond Revue + Means Of Production + Wundabyte

The Apothecary Tap · Banbury

Join us for an unforgettable evening with The Pink Diamond Revue, a unique electro-psych live experience blending pulsing beats, surf guitar, cinematic visuals, and immersive performance art. Expect a high-energy show packed with atmosphere, spectacle, and the band's signature retro-futurist style. Oxford's electro-post-punk duo Means of Production deliver acid-infused beats, driving basslines, sharp social commentary and immersive visuals. Blending post-punk, techno and electronic experimentation, their live show delivers equal parts dancefloor energy and thought-provoking performance. Wundabyte is a Banbury-based electropunk solo artist known for fusing electronic beats, punk energy, and offbeat performance art. Blending DIY creativity with a quirky, unpredictable stage presence, Wundabyte delivers immersive live shows that sit at the intersection of underground music, digital culture, and artistic experimentation.

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Fri 29 Jan 2027Doors 19:00

Index For Working Musik

The Apothecary Tap · Banbury

STRUMMER ROOM RECORDS PRESENTS... By arrangement with Outsider Artists INDEX FOR WORKING MUSIK with support from Sundaughter INDEPENDENT VENUE WEEK 2027 For our first Independent Venue Week 2027 show, we're delighted to welcome the brilliant Index For Working Musik to The Apothecary Tap, Banbury, for a very special headline show. Emerging from an East End bunker in 2023, the band released their striking debut Dragging the Needlework for the Kids at Uphole on Tough Love Records, followed by the experimental Indexe’e. Their acclaimed second album, Which Direction Goes The Beam (2025), was described by Uncut as “arcane, post-industrial Anglicana, with guitars as its sacrament”. Their latest release, Bunker Intimations II (2026), captures 50 minutes of spontaneous experimentation, praised by The Guardian as “a brilliant, haunting set of recordings, lurking between hypnotic space rock and creaking post-rock instrumentals”. With their third studio album and accompanying tour scheduled for spring 2027, this is a fantastic opportunity to catch the band in an intimate grassroots venue ahead of an exciting new chapter. Support comes from Sundaughter, a four-piece from Reading blend...

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Sat 30 Jan 2027Doors 08:00

STONEGARDEN live at the Aristocrat, Aylesbury

The Aristocrat · Wendover

GigsTributeRock

Sat 30 Jan 2027Doors 10:30

Lancaster Old-Time Gathering

Gregson Community & Arts Centre · Lancaster

Join us at the Gregson Community & Arts Centre on Saturday 30 January 2027 for a day of Old-Time Appalachian music, featuring workshops for players of fiddle, banjo and guitar from beginner to advanced level. The evening concert features Lancaster-based old-time musicians and friends including Ruth Eliza, Matthew Ord, Damon Kilcawley, Philippa Ogden, Sid Hibbert and Lily Stephenson and will be followed by a square dance with caller – no prior experience required! All ticket holders are welcome to take part in jamming throughout the day in the main bar. If you are local, or staying in Lancaster overnight, there will be more jamming opportunities on Sunday at the venue. These will be free and open to the public. Schedule (exact times may be subject to change) Saturday 10.30am: Arrival 11.00am-12.30pm: Morning workshops 12.30pm-2.00pm: Lunch break (food available for purchase at the venue) 2.00pm-3.30pm: Afternoon workshops 3.30pm-5.30pm: Slow jam in Olive Bar and regular jam in Main Bar 5.30pm-7.00pm: Break for tea/dinner (food available for purchase at the venue) 7.00pm-10.45pm: Evening Concert & Square Dance (7.00pm doors) 10.45pm-midnight: Jam in Main Bar Sunday 11.00am-12.00pm:...

GigsFolkBlues

Sat 30 Jan 2027Doors 12:00

SKAMANIA Festival 2027

HMV EMPIRE COVENTRY

hmv Empire & Ska UK presents. With THE BEAT - ft. Ranking Junior, BUSTER SHUFFLE, THE SKAPONES, THE SKANGSTERS and AKA THE SYNDICATE

GigsSka

Sat 30 Jan 2027Doors 13:00

Queer Punk All Dayer 4 | London

Signature Brew Haggerston · London

GigsPunkPop-Punk & Emo