Oxjam is a festival with a difference: thousands of events put on by music lovers from large-scale festivals to local sponsored busks during October will produce the equivalent of 500 days of continuous music, all raising money to fight poverty around the world. Last year, around 20,000 music lovers took part in 1,100 music events, and the festival generated £500,000 for Oxfam.
The charity shop gigs officially launch the Oxjam month of music, in which around 40,000 musicians and an audience of 300,000 are expected to take part, making it the biggest music festival ever in the UK.
The target of £1 million from Oxjam this year would be enough to provide safe water for almost 1.4 million people, 20,000 emergency shelters or essential medicines for 10,000 villages.
To find out what Oxjam events are going on in your area this October, visit www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam or call 0870 905 9060.
The charity shop gigs officially launch the Oxjam month of music, in which around 40,000 musicians and an audience of 300,000 are expected to take part, making it the biggest music festival ever in the UK.
The target of £1 million from Oxjam this year would be enough to provide safe water for almost 1.4 million people, 20,000 emergency shelters or essential medicines for 10,000 villages.
To find out what Oxjam events are going on in your area this October, visit www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam or call 0870 905 9060.