November’s Oxford’s Slow Session is on this Sunday, 2nd November 2025, from 4pm, upstairs in The Slow and Steady, Abingdon Road (the former White House pub).

See link for menu if you would like to come along to lunch there beforehand –
Unfortunately the brunch is no more… but there are lots of burgers, pizzas and sides. I will be there from 2.30pm setting up and having lunch, so feel free to join us.

The tune of the month for November is Kilnamona

If you want to start planning ahead… some more good tunes coming…

7th Dec Three Around Three
4th Jan 2026 Sunshine
1st Feb 2026 The Mouse in the Kitchen
1st March 2026 The Cat’s Meow
5th April 2026 The Mouse in the Cupboard

Just in case you fancy a reminder of some of the new tunes added to the website in 2025…
Go to Berwick Jonny
Tes Jolis Patins Blancs
The Wise Maid
McLeod’s Farewell
Foul Weather Call
The Hundred Pipers
The Bonny Miller
Pull the Knife Out and Stick it Again

If you can’t make it to Oxford on Sunday, you can join on Discord. (Although more fun and brownies for those who can make it to the Slow and Steady)
Discord link: https://discord.gg/eGSrrYCXTF

Instructions for Discord: https://oxfordslowsession.com/about/how-to-listen-in-on-discord/

Hope to see you on Sunday!

October’s Oxford’s Slow Session is on Sunday, 5th October 2025, from 4pm, upstairs in The Slow and Steady, Abingdon Road (the former White House pub).

See link for menu if you would like to come along to lunch there beforehand –
NB Burgers and/or brunch (and the brunch menu is especially good!) have to be ordered by 3pm, but the other pizzas and sides continue until 5pm. I will be there from 2.30pm setting up and having lunch, so feel free to join us.

The tune of the month for October is Pull the Knife Out and Stick it Again

If you want to start planning ahead… some more good tunes coming…

2nd Nov Kilnamona
7th Dec Three Around Three
4th Jan 2026 Sunshine

Just in case you fancy a reminder of some of the new tunes added to the website in 2024-25…
The Teetotallers
L’Air Mignonne
A Fig for a Kiss
Father Kelly’s
I Buried My Wife and Danced on her Grave
King of the Fairies
Lord Frog
Maid Behind the Bar
Midsommerschottish
Brennan’s
Millhouse in G
Go to Berwick Jonny
Tes Jolis Patins Blancs
The Wise Maid
McLeod’s Farewell
Foul Weather Call
The Hundred Pipers
The Bonny Miller

If you can’t make it to Oxford on Sunday, you can join on Discord. (Although more fun and brownies for those who can make it to the Slow and Steady)
Discord link: https://discord.gg/eGSrrYCXTF

Instructions for Discord: https://oxfordslowsession.com/about/how-to-listen-in-on-discord/

Hope to see you on Sunday!

September’s Oxford’s Slow Session is on Sunday, 7th September 2025, from 4pm, upstairs in The Slow and Steady, Abingdon Road (the former White House pub).

See link for menu if you would like to come along to lunch there beforehand –
NB Burgers and/or brunch (and the brunch menu is especially good!) have to be ordered by 3pm, but the other pizzas and sides continue until 5pm.

The tune of the month for September is The Bonny Miller

If you want to start planning ahead… I’ve added tunes for the rest of this year (I’ve been given a lot of good suggestions recently!)

5th Oct Pull the Knife Out and Stick it Again
2nd Nov Kilnamona
7th Dec Three Around Three

Just in case you fancy a reminder of some of the new tunes added to the website in 2024-25…
The Teetotallers
L’Air Mignonne
A Fig for a Kiss
Father Kelly’s
I Buried My Wife and Danced on her Grave
King of the Fairies
Lord Frog
Maid Behind the Bar
Midsommerschottish
Brennan’s
Millhouse in G
Go to Berwick Jonny
Tes Jolis Patins Blancs
The Wise Maid
McLeod’s Farewell
Foul Weather Call
The Hundred Pipers

If you can’t make it to Oxford on Sunday, you can join on Discord. (Although more fun and brownies for those who can make it to the Slow and Steady)
Discord link: https://discord.gg/eGSrrYCXTF

Instructions for Discord: https://oxfordslowsession.com/about/how-to-listen-in-on-discord/

Hope to see you on Sunday!

August’s Oxford’s Slow Session is on Sunday, 3rd August 2025, from 4pm, upstairs in The Slow and Steady, Abingdon Road (the former White House pub).
See link for menu if you would like to come along to lunch there beforehand –
NB Burgers and/or brunch (and the brunch menu is especially good!) have to be ordered by 3pm, but the other pizzas and sides continue until 5pm.
And they are now also selling little tubs of ice cream: vanilla, chocolate and salted caramel (vegan).

The tune of the month for August is 250 to Vigo

If you want to start planning ahead… I’ve added tunes for the rest of this year (I’ve been given a lot of good suggestions recently!)

7th Sept The Bonny Miller
5th Oct Pull the Knife Out and Stick it Again
2nd Nov Kilnamona
7th Dec Three Around Three

Just in case you fancy a reminder of some of the new tunes added to the website in 2024-25…
The Teetotallers
L’Air Mignonne
A Fig for a Kiss
Father Kelly’s
I Buried My Wife and Danced on her Grave
King of the Fairies
Lord Frog
Maid Behind the Bar
Midsommerschottish
Brennan’s
Millhouse in G
Go to Berwick Jonny
Tes Jolis Patins Blancs
The Wise Maid
McLeod’s Farewell
Foul Weather Call
The Hundred Pipers

If you can’t make it to Oxford on Sunday, you can join on Discord. (Although more fun and brownies for those who can make it to the Slow and Steady)
Discord link: https://discord.gg/eGSrrYCXTF

Instructions for Discord: https://oxfordslowsession.com/about/how-to-listen-in-on-discord/

Hope to see you on Sunday!

Shelley and her enthusiastic son, Key, are moving to San Francisco, but before they go, Shelley has organised a FREE concert in the JHB Lecture Theatre, in the main building of the Headington Campus of Brookes University on Sunday 20th (from 6.30-9.30pm) . There will be a first half of Chinese music organised by Shelley. And a second half of an Open Mic… and the Oxford Slow Session has been invited to contribute a couple of sets.

You can also volunteer yourself (email Shelley: stao@brookes.ac.uk) if you would like to perform something. And Shelley is also looking for someone (or some people to share) the compering, of introducing the performers.

For the Oxford Slow Session sets, I was thinking we could play Inisheer (with harmony parts) and then a set of Kerfunken and Out on the Ocean… How does that sound? I’m open to suggestions and please email me at oxfordslowsession2014@gmail.com to say that you will be joining us.

I hope you can join us!

July’s Slow Session is on Sunday, 6th July 2025, from 4pm, upstairs in The Slow and Steady, Abingdon Road (the former White House pub).
See link for menu if you would like to come along to lunch there beforehand –
NB Burgers and/or brunch (and the brunch menu is especially good!) have to be ordered by 3pm, but the other pizzas and sides continue until 5pm.
And they are now also selling little tubs of ice cream: vanilla, chocolate and salted caramel (vegan).

The tune of the month for July is The Hundred Pipers

If you want to start planning ahead… I’ve added tunes for the rest of this year (I’ve been given a lot of good suggestions recently!)

3rd August 250 to Vigo
7th Sept The Bonny Miller
5th Oct Pull the Knife Out and Stick it Again
2nd Nov Kilnamona
7th Dec Three Around Three

Just in case you fancy a reminder of some of the new tunes added to the website in 2024-25…
The Teetotallers
L’Air Mignonne
A Fig for a Kiss
Father Kelly’s
I Buried My Wife and Danced on her Grave
King of the Fairies
Lord Frog
Maid Behind the Bar
Midsommerschottish
Brennan’s
Millhouse in G
Go to Berwick Jonny
Tes Jolis Patins Blancs
The Wise Maid
McLeod’s Farewell
Foul Weather Call

If you can’t make it to Oxford on Sunday, you can join on Discord. (Although more fun and brownies for those who can make it to the Slow and Steady)
Discord link: https://discord.gg/eGSrrYCXTF

Instructions for Discord: https://oxfordslowsession.com/about/how-to-listen-in-on-discord/

Hope to see you on Sunday!

June’s Slow Session is tomorrow, Sunday, 1st June 2025, from 4pm, upstairs in The Slow and Steady, Abingdon Road (former White House pub).
See link for menu if you would like to come along to lunch there beforehand –
NB Burgers and/or brunch (and the brunch menu is especially good!) have to be ordered by 3pm, but the other pizzas and sides continue until 5pm.

The tune of the month for June is Foul Weather Call

If you want to start planning ahead… I’ve added tunes for the rest of this year (I’ve been given a lot of good suggestions recently!)

6th July The Hundred Pipers
3rd August 250 to Vigo
7th Sept The Bonny Miller
5th Oct Pull the Knife Out and Stick it Again
2nd Nov Kilnamona
7th Dec Three Around Three

Just in case you fancy a reminder of some of the new tunes added to the website in 2024-25…
The Teetotallers
L’Air Mignonne
A Fig for a Kiss
Father Kelly’s
I Buried My Wife and Danced on her Grave
King of the Fairies
Lord Frog
Maid Behind the Bar
Midsommerschottish
Brennan’s
Millhouse in G
Go to Berwick Jonny
Tes Jolis Patins Blancs
The Wise Maid
McLeod’s Farewell

If you can’t make it to Oxford on Sunday, you can join on Discord.
Discord link: https://discord.gg/eGSrrYCXTF

Instructions for Discord: https://oxfordslowsession.com/about/how-to-listen-in-on-discord/

Hope to see you on Sunday!

The Oxford Folk Festival 2025 is starting today. It is quite hard to be in more than one place at once… so you are likely to find it quite frustrating! However, it is an opportunity to hear for free many many local musicians, support the festival and pay for some great concerts and ceilidhs and enjoy lots of sessions in different venues…. Good luck!

Please visit the Folk Festival Linktree and the Info page on FolkinOxford… Both are very useful for maps of the many venues… and here’s the list of the local performers who can mostly be heard for FREE!

Friday at the Folk Festival
Saturday at the Folk Festival
Sunday at the Folk Festival

There are also workshops for learning new skills; singing, melodeon, intermediate guitar, special educational needs, and balfolk dancing.

The Oxford Slow Session as part of the Festival is at 4pm, Sunday 13th April, upstairs in The Slow and Steady as usual, but an extra session for this month.

If you fancy trying other sessions, there are lots to try this weekend:

Hope to see you all in many places at once!