The Wheatsheaf

Gig venue for bands and comedy.
  • Food and drink
  • Pub

Smallish venue with emphasis on local rock & indie bands and top quality jazz. Stand out nights include The Spin Jazz Club (Thu): one of the best live contemporary jazz nights in the country, the club won the PRS Foundation Award for new music in 2002 & 2003. Klub Kakofanney (first Fri of each month): a psychedelic box of treats hosted by local legends Redox. Most events have a modest cover charge, typically prices range from about £5 to £12

4 reviews

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6 reviews

Alex Munk's Flying Machines

The Spin Jazz Club
Guitar based jazz-rock fusion More info
Part of The Spin Jazz Club (@The Wheatsheaf)
Thu 19th Sep

Shaven Primates, Crystallite, Emma Hunter

It's All About The Music Presents
Local bands showcase More info
Fri 20th Sep

Born Ideal, Jaguar Milk, Grant Neal

Charity fundraiser for Oxfordshire Mind & The Brodey Cancer Centre. More info
Sat 21st Sep

Osprey, The Holy Fools, Lost Dogs, Scott Gordon

Sunday Social
Local acoustic blues, country & rock artists More info
Sun 22nd Sep
6 reviews

Theo Travis

The Spin Jazz Club
Jazz saxophonist accompanied by The Spin Trio More info
Part of The Spin Jazz Club (@The Wheatsheaf)
Thu 26th Sep

Flintlock Rifles, Be Still, New Depth

It's All About The Music Presents
Local bands showcase More info
Fri 27th Sep

Grudgewood + Out Ink + Oxford Sound Archive at Gappy Tooth Industries

Gappy Tooth Industries
Post-rock prog instrumentals, avant-jazz no wave noise, and modular techno. Doesn't that sound nice? More info
Sat 28th Sep

Rap Battle Special

The Oxford Imps
Improvised comedy More info
Mon 30th Sep

Nervus

Freak Scene & Snuggle Dice Presents
Emo-inflected punks touring third album 'Tough Crowd' More info
Tue 1st Oct
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6 reviews

Nigel Price

The Spin Jazz Club
Jazz guitarist accompanied by The Spin Trio More info
Part of The Spin Jazz Club (@The Wheatsheaf)
Thu 3rd Oct

Smiley & The Underclass, Pandapopalypse, Screamin' Irene

Klub Kakofanney
Eclectic selection from the Klub Kak crew. More info
Fri 4th Oct

Deadbeat Apostles, Mighty Redox, Knobblhead, Enjoyable Listen

Klub Kakofanney
Eclectic selection from the Klub Kak crew. More info
Sat 5th Oct

Monkeyfists, Mark Atherton & Friends, Tony Batey & Sal Moore, Edwin & The Keepers

Klub Kakofanney
Eclectic selection from the Klub Kak crew. More info
Sun 6th Oct

The Oxford Imps - Weekly Wheatsheaf

The Oxford Imps
Oxford's Number #1 Improv comedy night! Edinburgh Fringe 5 Star Comedy! More info
Mon 7th Oct

Dumb, Self Help, Dream Phone

Divine Schism
Vancouver's quirky, frenetic post-punks More info
Tue 15th Oct

Edward Fox + Civil Villains + Pandapopalypse

Gappy Tooth Industries
A new act from gothic abstractionist, London art punk and niggling big beat catchiness. Standard. More info
Sat 26th Oct

Master of None+Stealing Signs+Spill the River @ Gappy Tooth Industries

Gappy Tooth Industries
Dark rock, puzzle pop and lush jazzy folk at tonight's Oxon-Essex sound symposium. More info
Sat 30th Nov

129 High Street
Oxford
OX1 4DF

Opening hours: Mon-Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 12pm-10.30pm

01865 721156 wheatsheaf.oxford

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Great place... Friendly staff, great gigs in what feels like a very genuine kind of pub venue... not club like and trendy but a real local... no mean feat in a city centre like oxford.
The Wheatsheaf has now established itself as Oxford's leading small music venue. The 150 capacity venue hosts live music 4 nights a week ranging from Acoustic to Indie & Heavy Rock. There is also a very popular comedy club on Moday evenings. Every Thursday is The Spin Jazz club which is one of the finest jazz clubs in the UK. It has twice won the Performing Rights Society Awards (2001/2002) and been shortlisted three times for Best UK Jazz Venue in the prestigious Parliamentary Jazz Awards (2006/2007/2008). There is an excellent choice of beer and guest ales and they also have some great value discounts on spirits. Overall a popular and very friendly pub, highly recommended for music lovers of all genres.
A dreadful place for a drink, however good the gigs may be.
The pubs that are hidden away off High Street (this one, The Chequers and The Bear) are some of the best in central Oxford. Just as well they are tucked away down narrow alleys and are missed by the hoards of Japanese tourists and Spanish teenagers.

The Wheatsheaf is a music venue as well as a pub. The ground floor is a pretty standard pub with a pool table, quite a few games machines and a better than average digital juke box. Boddingtons on tap is also a welcome sight. The toilets are across the alley way and are a bit grim though.

The upstairs music venue is not much more than a long room with a small bar and stage at one end, however said all that it does have a cosy tight atmosphere and there are often good local up-and-coming bands plying their wares at weekends. There is usually a door fee of about £3-£4 but on the nights I've been it has been well worth it.
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129 High Street
Oxford
OX1 4DF

Opening hours: Mon-Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 12pm-10.30pm

01865 721156 wheatsheaf.oxford

Previously at The Wheatsheaf

The Spin Jazz Club (@The Wheatsheaf)

Oxford's longest running Thursday night jazz club

Damon Brown with the Spin Trio, Thu 11th April 2019 There was a more laid back mood at the Spin for the last concert before its Easter ...
The Spin Jazz Club (@The Wheatsheaf)

Oxford's longest running Thursday night jazz club

Tria Lingvo featuring Mike Walker, Thursday 4th April 2019 “Isn’t it marvellous how they understand each other?” These are the ...
The Spin Jazz Club (@The Wheatsheaf)

Oxford's longest running Thursday night jazz club

Luca Stoll Quartet - Thursday 28th March 2019 New York in the 1940s was a glorious place to be. Jazz, America's great cultural gift to ...
The Spin Jazz Club (@The Wheatsheaf)

Oxford's longest running Thursday night jazz club

Adam Waldmann, John Law, Mark Hodgson, Corrie Dick, performing on Thursday 21st March 2019 The Spin Jazz Club is a prime example of the ...
The Spin Jazz Club (@The Wheatsheaf)

Oxford's longest running Thursday night jazz club

Henry Spencer's Juncture - Thursday 13th Dec 2018 Downstairs at the Wheatsheaf, you know what to expect - long haired rockers, multiple ...

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