Rock & roll
ROCK AND ROLL PARADE
New Theatre, Oxford
Tonight (Thurs)
Tickets from atgtickets.com

There’ll be a whole lotta shakin’ going on down on George Street tonight, when The Big Bopper, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Eddie Cochran and Buddy Holly look and soundalikes take over the New Theatre. We should be treated to some fabulous look and soundalikes in this night of ‘50s fun.

Indie-folk
HOZIER
O2 Academy, Oxford
Wednesday
Tickets from ticketweb.co.uk

One of the O2 Academy Oxford’s biggest nights of the year is also among its earliest. Next Wednesday sees the keenly-awaited return of Hozier, following his pre-Christmas cancellation. The 23 year-old Irishman, real name Andrew Hozier-Byrne, was another 2014 breakthrough phenom-enon, his EP Take Me to Church, with its belting UK top 30 title track, establishing him as a voice to take notice of. We expect great things.

Indie-rock
SINKING WITCHES
The Cellar, Oxford
Saturday
Tickets £6 in advance from cellaroxford.co.uk

There’s rock, funk, soul and dance galore at The Cellar on Saturday for a night featuring the eclectic sounds of Sinking Witches, Mogmatic, Osprey & The Ox4 Allstars and Sir Loin & The Steak Knives — a super group featuring Jonas from Oxford ska band Dubwiser.

Swing
CHAIRMAN’S CHARITY CONCERT
* Cornerstone, Didcot
* Saturday
* Tickets from £15 (£13.50 concessions) from cornerstone-arts.org

Shake your stuff to the sound of the self-styled ‘Godfather of Swing’ Ray Gelato and his band, The Giants, who play the chairman of South Oxf-ordshire District Council’s annual charity gig.

Respected for his special brand of swing, jazz and R&B, multi-talented singer, saxman, songwriter and bandleader Gelato comes to Didcot fresh from selling out Ronnie Scott’s and the Blue Note in Milan.

All profits go to the SODC chairman Ann Midwinter’s chosen charities, See Saw, and The Royal British Legion. Cornerstone centre director Les Miller said: “The charismatic Ray Gelato and his Giants are one of the premier swing bands on the jazz circuit. A Ray Gelato performance always delivers a night to remember!