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On Tuesday evenings, at 8pm, the Big Bang provides some of the best Jazz, Soul and Blues in Oxford, helping promote local musicians and local food and drink. Providing a unique, candle lit, intimate setting for a wonderful evening of entertainment.

• 13th May - Josephine Arthur (vocals) with Martin Pickett (keys) & Paul Jefferies (bass)
• 20th May - Kelvin Christiane (saxes) with Alex Hutton (keys) & Paul Jefferies (bass)
• 27th May - Sara Mitra (vocals) with Martin Pickett (keys) & Paul Jefferies (bass)

The fourth in a series of magical evening events at the Pitt Rivers and Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Last years visitors found it a memorable experience as one person remarked that it was "Awesome- much better than excellent".

This year will include a lively fusion of music and dance by local and international performers. The Museum of Natural History will be filled with the energetic music of Horns of Plenty, along with traditional folk dances performed by the Albanian group Shpresa. The enchanting sound of the kora (African harp) played by Jali Fily Cissokho and the Eastern European tunes of Kismet will be heard in the Pitt Rivers, further enhancing the experience of exploring the ground floor collections by torchlight (free, timed-tickets available on the night).

Local beer, wine and soft drinks along with cake and savoury nibbles will be available on the night.

All ages are welcome but the event is best suited to children 12 and over.
If the Museums reach capacity visitor numbers will be restricted for health and safety reasons.
Press contact: Kate Gardner, 01865 270945 or kate.gardner@prm.ox.ac.uk
For MORE information visit www.prm.ox.ac.uk

Museums and Galleries Month is the UK-wide celebration of museums and galleries taking place during May 2008.
If you are supporting M&G month and would like us to help promote your event please send a press release to tourismevents@oxford.gov.uk

The Museum of Oxford says: This the perfect time to visit. For May 2008 the Museum of Oxford is offering a special family gallery trail throughout the month.

Follow the ‘Ideas and Innovations' trail through the galleries from stone axes to Morris engines and discover the amazing ideas Oxford people have had in the past.

Also on at the museum this month is
• ‘Bird's Eye View'
• Craft workshop for Oxfordshire Artweeks 2008
• Family drop-in arts and crafts: making Morris Motor models in the galleries
• Family drop-in arts and crafts: brass rubbing trail
• Family drop-in arts and crafts: activities inspired by Lewis Carroll's favourite word and number puzzles
• The museum's ‘A-Z of Literary Oxford' exhibition.

For more information telephone 01865 252761 or email museum@oxford.gov.uk
Places on workshops are limited, cost from £2.50 to £4.00 and pre-booking is recommended.
Drop-in crafts cost £1.00 per pack.
Entry to the museum's galleries is free at all times.
Museum of Oxford St Aldates Oxford OX1 1DZ

Oxford Philomusica
The Professional Orchestra in Residence at the University of Oxford
Friday 9 May 2008 - Sheldonian Theatre 8pmThe Magic of Mozart:

Mozart Divertimento in D major, K. 136
Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

Enrique Batiz conductor
Three facets of Mozart's unique and constantly evolving genius are captured in this programme - the boyish energy of an early Divertimento, the precocious teenage urbanity of the 1774 Symphony in A major, and the near-Beethovenian emotional intensity of the great G minor symphony.

For one night only!  The Frankenstein Manuscript a central attraction of ‘An Evening with Dr Frankenstein’ will be the opportunity to see the original manuscript of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. One leaf, on special loan from the Bodleian Library, will be on display all evening. The Museum’s annual evening opening for the European festival of museums (La Nuit des Musées) will include:

• Family activities
• A talk on ‘Writing Frankenstein’ by Dr Matt Bradley
• An address from Victor Frankenstein
• The 1931 classic film with Boris Karloff 
•  ... and you might meet The Monster
www.mhs.ox.ac.uk