[Event Chat] Oxjam Evening Festival @ - 01/10/10

WOW!!! 280 hit on our event so far thats amazing now we just need you all to turn up to this fantastic event.. We have so much going on apart from the amazing music!!!

Come on guys don't anyof you wanna talk or have any questions about why we are so proud to be putting this event on!!!!

Nicola why are you so proud to be putting this event on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I added a few extra exclamation marks, is that good enough ;-]

Deleted Post

Keltrix !!!--No thanks

Morning All

I, like Nicky, am pleased to help organise this event to raise much needed funds for Oxfam. Oxjam is Oxfam’s month-long UK music festival.

It runs all through October with hundreds of events around the UK, which make it the UK’s biggest festival line-up . It has been going since 2006 and has raised more than £1.2 million, enough to buy 10,619 emergency shelters or 705 classrooms.

Several other cities across the UK have Oxjam Takeovers (multi-venue events like this weekend's 'Wish you Were Here' or Camden Crawl, which showcase local emerging talent). It would be great to talk to local people interested in helping to put on a Cambridge Oxjam Takeover for next year (and we have set up a facebook goup - Oxjam Cambridge if you would like to get involved in this).
In the meantime, this event at the Haymakers this year is a chance to see a host of Cambridge´s finest festie bands and performers indoors in the warm. There are seven talented local acts on the bill, and there should be something for everyone.

more info on Facebook and http://www.oxfam.org.uk/Oxjam/Info/Event/OxjamCambridge%40TheHaymakers

Hope to see some of you a week on Friday .... mike :-)

Here Here Rockin....I am really glad that we are working together to make this event happen for the reason Rockin has explained above. It is about bringing people together and making them aware that there are people out there that are a lot worse off than we are and if we can help build awareness for that and raise fund to give these people a better life then it is worth while to be organising an event such as this. It is good when you can think about others apart from your self we are one big world and we all have to live in it and by helping each other it makes it a better place.

So Dagg this is why I am so proud of putting an event on like this!!!!!

"Humankind" is the oxjam moto (It gives you something to think about doesn't it!!!!)

I hope to see you all there on Friday 1st October Door open @ 7pm

This is the first year that we are putting on such a worthy event and as Rockin said if you are interested in getting invovled next year please let us know. We would like to organise an 1 day or weekend multi -venue event a takeover of the city!!!!!!!

Either contact on here or via our facebook page to get involved and stand up and be counted for the biggest month long music festival in the UK

Nicola :-)

great line up, great cause i will be there.

Bot bump.

You're being very public spirited today Mr Ohmygod. Thank you.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just had to do that!!!!!!!!! Ooh and again!!!!!!

Wishing I had an Android bump at this point ....

Look forward to see you there Mac...Thankyou for your pre support of our event!!

Apart from the seven great acts, we will be including a few other bits and pieces on the night (check out our facebook event page for the latest info.) http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152075538143482&ref=mf

One of these is a raffle to raise more funds for Oxfam - big thanks to Johnny Borrell (Razorlight) and his band for signing a drum-skin that will be one of the prizes. Johnny is one of the star performers that are launching the national Oxjam event up in London next week.

You should be seeing the posters and flyers around Cambridge now. Please come along and/or share the event with your on-line friends and tell/drag along your real live friends :-)

Only a week to go...can't wait

Only 3 days to go..really excited about this and the amount of support we have been getting on the run up to the event..... This afternoon on Star FM's Local Secret show there will be a live interview about the event!!!! So tune in and listen guys and see you all on Friday :-)

Don't forget we have a competition as well for the best dressed frestie goer of the evening so get those glad rag festie outfits on see you on the dance floor!!

Not to hijack this thread but there is someone putting a gig on for Oxjam at the porty on the 15th.
http://www.theportlandarms.co.uk/mbbs2//calendar/event-view.asp?eventi...
I will direct him to you guys so you can join forces for next year maybe?

Thanks for mentioning the Portland gig...We have already contacted the organiser, put a link to the Portland gig on our Oxjam Cambridge Facebook Page, and invited him along to tomorrow's gig, where we will also be publicising his event....I have put it in my diary to attend as well.....cheers mike :-)

Mike and myself would just like to say a massive thank you to everyone that came on Friday and helped to make our event the huge success that it was. Thank you to the bands and our lovely compere for giving there time and raisin the roof....Thank you for everyone that came along and volunteered there time to help.

We reached our target and still have some bits and bobs to collect in. O and not forgetting to say thanks to the Haymakers for letting us use there venue.

Yes there are another 2 fantastic Oxjam events going on in Cambridge throughout October:

Friday 15th October - African night @ The Protland Arms
Sunday 17th October- Samba and Stand up night- Slug and Lettuce in Town

They are both going to be fantastic nights so please go down and check them out!!!!

Thank you once again for all your support!!

'Local Music Global Impact'

NickyRed :-)