Live & Local

To kick off the Sounds of the City: LIVE events programme, we are welcoming Mick Quinn's DB Band and Emma Hunter to the Museum of Oxford. This evening event, Live & Local, will feature stripped-back performances from two stars of the local music scene.

DB Band: DB Band is fronted by Supergrass bassist Mick Quinn, picking up his six string for a stripped-back session. He is joined by bandmates and local legends Paul Wilson (Shake Appeal), Dec McCarthy (various guises of St Bald Diddley), and Chris Caddick (The Asylum). Mick, Dec, and Chris were in an early school band, and they got together when Mick was not busy playing with Oxford bands Supergrass and Swervedriver. Their recent EP 'Empty Highways' is out now, produced by Pete Brown (son of Joe Brown). More about the DB Band can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/theDBBand/.

Emma Hunter: Oxford-based experimental singer-songwriter Emma Hunter combines emotive Morricone-esque guitar with layered loops, percussive trip-hop and complex, harmonius vocals in an evocative, cinematic soundscape. Her album Yolanda was released in September 2025, and her single 'Snake' is out now. More about Emma Hunter can be found here: https://www.emmahuntermusic.co.uk./.

Tickets to this event includes free entry to the museum and Sounds of the City exhibition. Doors open at 6:30pm, with a chance to explore the museum before the performances start promptly at 7pm.

Access

There is step-free, level entry access to the Town Hall via the entrance closest to Carfax Tower (to the left of the main steps as you face the Town Hall). Inside the Museum, Museum Makers is accessible via a platform lift to the Galleries and then a lift to the basement.

Accessible toilets are available in the Museum (close to Museum Makers) and in the Town Hall on the ground floor, before entering the Museum. Please contact the Museum team if you’d like to talk to a member of staff about your access requirements. Further access information can be found on our page dedicated to access at the museum.