What’s Oxjam?

This blog has been put together by people involved with the Oxjam music festival, whether working for Oxfam or helping to put on one of the thousands of events across the UK in October.

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.

Around 40,000 musicians and an audience of 300,000 are expected to take part in 3,000 music events in October for Oxjam, the biggest music festival ever in the UK.

Find out how you can get involved and what events are going on in your area here.