Strummer Room Records
Presents...
2026
Friday 16 January 2026 - The Apothecary Tap
The Borough · NONO · Scene It All
Friday 30 January 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
INDEPENDENT VENUE WEEK
Canned Pineapple · Wrex · NONO
Saturday 31 January 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
INDEPENDENT VENUE WEEK
Aqualine · Big Trousers · Lake Acacia
Friday 6 February 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
Voodoo Rays · Project Overload · Alto Alto
Saturday 7 February 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
Queen Eleanor's Cross · Sebastian Reynolds
Friday 20 February 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
PUNK AT THE TAP
Spinner Fall · Gutter Puppy · The Del-Chronics
Friday 6 March 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
Maisy's Rainbow Dream · Life Underground · Shaun Banks
Friday 20 March 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
Bedd · The Faith Healers · A Happy Salmon
Saturday 21 March 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
Jody & The Jerms · The Foam Heads
Friday 17 April 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
PUNK AT THE TAP
The Battery Farm · Cherry Fuzz Club · Sinews
Saturday 18 April 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
Tom Hingley · Brian & The Onions
Friday 1 May 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
The People Assembly · Midori Wave · Charms Against The Evil Eye
Saturday 2 May 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
TVEMOM - Thames Valley Electronic Music Open Mic
22-24 May 2026 — ApTap Fest '26 at The Apothecary Tap
Black Hats · Maisy's Rainbow Dream · BarrelHaus · Concrete Fun House · Octavia Freud · Mystery Biscuit · Sleep Room · Cholly · Hannah Lou Larsen · Dilemma · Wundabyte · The Faith Healers · King Panic · Dom James Jr.
Saturday 30 May 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
BANBURY PRIDE
Queen Eleanor's Cross · Erinferno · Yaya Jojo · Nico Cabana
Friday 5 June 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
Lucy Leave · Family of Noise · Fun Sponge
Friday 19 June 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
Dead Anyway · Das GHOUL · Wundabyte
Saturday 27 June 2026 — The Pig Place, Adderbury
The People Assembly · Her Alien Flower · Sundaughter
Friday 3 July 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
No Worries If Not · The Phone Call · Final Clearance
Saturday 11 July 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
Strummer Room Records Presents turns 13
Duck Thieves · Tiger Mendoza · iii's · Life Underground · Beard of Destiny
Friday 17 July 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
PUNK AT THE TAP
Beaver Fuel · Las Vedas · Fun Sponge
Saturday 25 July 2026 — The Pig Place, Adderbury
Means of Production · Wundabyte · NONO
Friday 7 August 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
Peerless Pirates · Worried · The Cryptics
Friday 28 August 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
(STRUMMERFEST '26 — DAY 1)
Dilemma · Barrelhaus · Spank Hair
Saturday 29 August 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
(STRUMMERFEST '26 — DAY 2)
Screamin' Irene · Dead Anyway · Selver · HooF · Family of Noise · Erinferno · Matt Philip Hale
Sunday 30 August 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
(STRUMMERFEST '26 — DAY 3)
Neon Nights · Mary's Garden · Sinews · Lunar Kites · Lone Voice
Saturday 5 September 2026 — The Pig Place, Adderbury
Beaker · Emma Hunter · Baby Maker
Friday 18 September 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
Asterix · Matt Philip Hale · NONO
Friday 2 October 2026 — The Apothecary Tap
CGI Goth Wife + Cyph_On
2025
Friday 17 January 2025 — The Apothecary Tap
Analogue Electronic Whatever · Baby Maker · Mortifi'd
Friday 7 February 2025 — The Apothecary Tap
Rufus Goodlove · Black Hats · King Panic
Friday 28 March 2025 — The Apothecary Tap
The Muthas · Concrete Fun House · Shaun Banks
Friday 4 April 2025 — The Apothecary Tap
Vendetta Deluxe · Ria Plays · Ghost In The Photographs
Friday 2 May 2025 — The Apothecary Tap
Tiger Mendoza · The Subtheory (DJ Set) · Yaya Jojo
Friday 23 May 2025
APTAP FEST Day 1
The Dirt · Sinews · Shire
Saturday 24 May 2025 — APTAP FEST Day 2 (PUNK AT THE TAP)
Order#227 · AWAP · The Caroline Bomb · Gutter Puppy · YT-1300 · Das GHOUL · The Long Time Dead · Queen Eleanor's Cross
Sunday 25 May 2025 — APTAP FEST
Seven O'Clock Junkies · Life Underground · Synthanasia · Paul William Gibson · Cole Spencer-Davies
Friday 6 June 2025 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Jody & The Jerms · Bad Blood Recovery · Dom James Jr.
Saturday 7 June 2025 — The Red Lion, Brackley
The Exact Opposite · Nothing Dreams · Shire
Friday 20 June 2025 — The Apothecary Tap
Sugarbully · Moogieman · Wundabyte
Friday 4 July 2025 — The Apothecary Tap
Beard of Destiny · Hybrid Kid · Page of Swords
Saturday 5 July 2025 — The Red Lion, Brackley
Spinner Fall · Gutter Puppy · Queen Eleanor's Cross
Friday 18 July 2025 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Screamin' Irene (Aylesbury) · Nothing Dreams · The Atomic Prune
Friday 1 August 2025 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Das GHOUL · Queen Eleanor's Cross · Wundabyte
Saturday 2 August 2025 — The Red Lion, Brackley
The Muthas · Concrete Fun House · Lunar Kites
Friday 22- Sun 24 August 2025 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
ApTap Fest 3 (for BARKS)
Friday: Wilderness States · Analogue, Electronic, Whatever · Radiochuj
Saturday: Beaver Fuel · Scared Little Toaster · Beard of Destiny · Worried · Baby Maker · The Gadgets · The Cryptics
Sunday: Flinch · Spank Hair · Means of Production · Dead Anyway · Dilemma
Friday 5 September 2025 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
The Arboretum · Mystery Biscuit · Baby Maker
Friday 3 October 2025 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
PUNK AT THE TAP
Crash Induction · YT-1300 · Siouxsie Suicide
Friday 17 October 2025 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Aqualine · iiis
Saturday 25 October 2025 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Red Texas · Dom James Jr.
Friday 7 November 2025 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
The Shapes · Selver · Shanghai Hostage
Friday 21 November 2025 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Synthanasia · Analogue Electronic Whatever · Wundabyte
Friday 5 December 2025 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Beaker · Emma Hunter · Baby Maker
Friday 5 December 2025 — The SMRP, Gloucester
Dead Anyway · Means of Production · Wundabyte
Friday 19 December 2025 — The Apothecary Tap
Duck Thieves · The Caroline Bomb · Lone Voice
Saturday 20 December 2025 — The Apothecary Tap
Rufus Goodlove · Beard of Destiny
2024
Saturday 3 February 2024 — Strummer Room Records Cafe
Spinner Fall · 46 Prime · Mystery Biscuit
Friday 16 February 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
The Pink Diamond Revue · The Long Time Dead · Queen Eleanor's Cross
Saturday 2 March 2024 — Strummer Room Records Cafe
Emma Hunter · Dolly Mavies · Secret Rivals
Friday 15 March 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Lake Acacia · The Arboretum · Simon Dwight
Friday 22 March 2024 — Strummer Room Records Cafe
Whiff of Horse
Friday 19 April 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Dead Anyway · The Exact Opposite · Life Underground
Saturday 20 April 2024 — Strummer Room Records Cafe (Record Store Day)
Simon Dwight · Helen Pearson · Dom James Jr.
Friday 17 May 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Ghosts in the Photographs · Dogmilk · Nothing Dreams
Friday 21 June 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
The Faith Healers · BarrelHaus · Helen Pearson
Friday 5 July 2024- The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
The Long Time Dead · Das Ghoul · Queen Eleanor's Cross
Saturday 13 July 2024 — Banbury United Football Club
STRUMMERFEST '24
GHOSTS IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS · LAKE ACACIA · PEERLESS PIRATES · THE EXACT OPPOSITE · SPINNER FALL · THE LONG TIME DEAD · MAISY'S RAINBOW DREAM · SECRET RIVALS · BEARD OF DESTINY · QUEEN ELEANOR'S CROSS · 46 PRIME
Friday 19 July 2024 - The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
The Foam Heads · iiis · Dom James Jr.
Friday 2 August 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Top Shortage · Septic & The Tanks · MorTi
Friday 23 / Saturday 24 August 2024
APTAP FEST
Friday night: BushFieldSmith · The Kokroachez · Moogieman
Saturday: Means of Production · Tiger Mendoza · Neon Nights · Dead Anyway · Spank Hair · Wundabyte · Helen Pearson · Simon Dwight
Friday 6 September 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Wundabyte · The Muthas · Hybrid Kid
Friday 20 September 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Shaven Primates · London Graffiti · Safety Jacket
Friday 4 October 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Order#227 · In-Flight Movie · z-x
Friday 18 October 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Balkan Wanderers · Beard of Destiny · Nothing Dreams
Friday 1 November 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Septic and the Tanks · Means of Production · Dream Phone
Friday 15 November 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
PUNK AT THE TAP
Spinner Fall · 46 Prime · Gutter Puppy
Friday 6 December 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Maisy's Rainbow Dream · Vendetta Deluxe · Water Chestnuts
Friday 20 December 2024 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
The Pink Diamond Revue · Peerless Pirates · Cholly
2023
Saturday 22 July 2023 — Strummer Room Records Cafe
The Pink Diamond Revue · The Long Time Dead
Sunday 20 August 2023 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Ghosts in the Photographs
Saturday 30 September 2023 — Strummer Room Records Cafe
Beard of Destiny · BarrelHaus · The Long Time Dead
Sunday 1 October 2023 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
The Long Time Dead
Saturday 7 October 2023 — The Apothecary Tap, Banbury
Beard of Destiny
Saturday 14 October 2023 — Strummer Room Records Cafe (National Album Day)
Life Underground · Simon Dwight · Paul William Gibson
Saturday 28 October 2023 — Strummer Room Records Cafe
Ghosts in the Photographs · The Exact Opposite · Life Underground
Saturday 25 November 2023 — Strummer Room Records Cafe
Dead Anyway · Maisy's Rainbow Dream · The Foam Heads
2017
Saturday 30 September 2017 — The Jericho Tavern, Oxford
(Spinner Fall EP Launch)
Spinner Fall · The Workhouse · Ghosts in the Photographs
2016
Saturday 26 March 2016 — The Wheatsheaf, Banbury
PDMC EP Launch
Punch Drunk Monkey Club · Ravens · Daniel Eagle · Charlie Leavy
Saturday 3 September 2016 — The Wheatsheaf, Banbury
The Pink Diamond Revue · Cherokii · Spinner Fall · Ravens
Saturday 12 November 2016 — The Wheatsheaf, Banbury
Kanadia · Noe & The Pastel Frontier · Jasmine Beth
Saturday 10 December 2016 — The Wheatsheaf, Banbury
Callow Saints · auralcandy · The Other Dramas
2015
Friday 16 January 2015 — The Jericho Tavern, Oxford
Torn Like Colours · The Shapes · Silverspark
Saturday 7 February 2015 — The Jericho Tavern, Oxford
auralcandy · Webs & Marionettes · Katy Jackson
Thursday 12 February 2015 — The Bell, Bicester
Beware This Boy · Safety in Numbers · Alice Victoria
Saturday 28 February 2015 — The Montebello, Brighton
Saturday 7 March 2015 — The Jericho Tavern, Oxford
Matt Edwards Band · Robot Swans · Leper King
Thursday 12 March 2015 — The Bell, Bicester
Webs & Marionettes · Callow Saints · Paul Gibson
Saturday 21 March 2015 — The Jericho Tavern, Oxford
The Pink Diamond Revue · Sam Martin · Rob Lanyon · Emma Hunter
Thursday 9 April 2015 — The Bell, Bicester
Arcane · Blame Fate · After The Thought · Graham Hooper
Saturday 18 April 2015 — The Cellar, Oxford
Zounds · Yorkshire Rats · Spinner Fall
Saturday 2 May 2015 — The Jericho Tavern, Oxford
Zurich · Redhead · Jack Little · Sam Martin
Thursday 14 May 2015 — The Bell, Bicester
Torn Like Colours · Get Loose · Chris Gillett
Wednesday 20 May 2015 — Fat Lils, Witney
The Other Dramas · Spinner Fall · Beard of Destiny
Saturday 6 June 2015 — The Jericho Tavern, Oxford
Death of HiFi · Tiger Mendoza · Half Decent · Kid Kin
Friday 12 / Saturday 13 June 2015 — The Bell, Bicester
STRUMMERFEST 15
auralcandy · The Missing Persians · The Other Dramas · Cardboard Castle · Ben Pilston Music · Vienna Ditto · Matt Edwards Band · The Pink Diamond Revue · Callow Saints · Sam Martin · Safety in Numbers · Chris Gillett · 31hours · Robert Lanyon · Erin Tiger Lilley · Alice Victoria · Paul Gibson · Alan Jaggs
Wednesday 17 June 2015 — Fat Lils, Witney
Solidarity · Emi McDade · Jasmine Beth
Wednesday 29 July 2015 — Fat Lils, Witney
Punch Drunk Monkey Club · Leper King · Blame Fate
Thursday 13 August 2015 — The Bell, Bicester
Noe & The Pastel Frontier · Ravens · S&M
Saturday 22 August 2015 — St. leonards Church, Grimsbury, Banbury
GRIMSBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL
Callow Saints · The Other Dramas · Punch Drunk Monkey Club · Cardboard Castle · Half Decent · Katy Jackson
Wednesday 2 September 2015 — Fat Lils, Witney
Callow Saints · Factory Lights · Charlie Leavy
Thursday 10 September 2015 — The Bell, Bicester
Haze · The String Project · Mudslide Morris
Wednesday 23 September 2015 — Fat Lils, Witney
Haze · Georgie Bird · Daniel Eagle · Alan Jaggs
Saturday 26 September 2015 — The Atic, Banbury
auralcandy · Freddie Le Cragg
Wednesday 30 September 2015 — Fat Lils, Witney
Seven O'Clock Junkies · 31 Hours · Kid Kin
Wednesday 7 October 2015 — Fat Lils, Witney
Cosmosis · Ghosts in the Photographs
Thursday 8 October 2015 — The Bell, Bicester
Leper King · Silo 18 · Beaver Fuel
Saturday 24 October 2015 — St. Leonards Church, Grimsbury, Banbury
GRIMSBURY FRINGE
Matt Edwards Band · Beard of Destiny · Sam Martin · All Is Worth
Thursday 10 December 2015 — The Bell, Bicester
Sinfiction · La Phooka · Factory Lights
2014
Friday 24 January 2014 — Castle House, Banbury
Spinner Fall · Eagle & Weeks · Bradley Taylor · Simon Dwight
Friday 28 February 2014 — Castle House, Banbury
The Shapes · Masiro · Punch Drunk Monkey Club · Blood Red Stars
Friday 14 March 2014 — Castle House, Banbury
Matt Edwards Band · Small Time Hero · Cardboard Castle
Friday 28 March 2014 — Castle House, Banbury
Peerless Pirates · Vienna Ditto · Myrrh Room · DJ Screaming Jack Hawkins
Saturday 12 April 2014 — Castle House, Banbury
Half Decent · Punch Drunk Monkey Club · Charlie Leavy · BLNK (DJ set)
Friday 25 April 2014 — Castle House, Banbury
The Missing Persians · Beard of Destiny · The August List
Sunday 18 May 2014 — The Bell, Bicester
Spinner Fall · Blood Red Stars
Friday 30 May 2014 — Castle House, Banbury
The Traps · The Other Dramas · The Trophy Cabinet · Swindlestock
Friday 27 June 2014 — Castle House, Banbury
Barry & The Beachcombers · The Lucky Club · Webs & Marionettes
Friday 11 / Saturday 12 July 2014 — Castle House, Banbury
STRUMMERFEST 14
2 twenty 2 · auralcandy · Punch Drunk Monkey Club · The Reckless Sleepers · Spinner Fall · The Other Dramas · Kastaphor · Dash the Baptist · Freddy Le Cragg · Charlie Leavy · Jack Little (Musician) · Alice Victoria · Beaver Fuel · Myrrh Room · Simon Dwight · Eb Hill · Bradley Taylor · Katy Jackson · Small Time Hero · Pipa Moran · Rob Lanyon · BLNK Dan Nash · Karl Herring · Erin Tiger Lilley · Taylor Taylor-Louise · Alan Jaggs · Joe Dolman
Friday 29 August 2014 — Castle House, Banbury
Bright Works · Flights of Helios · Wardens
Thursday 11 September 2014 — The Bell, Bicester
The Matt Edwards Band · Punch Drunk Monkey Club · Alice Victoria
Friday 3 October 2014 — The Jericho Tavern, Oxford
Peerless Pirates · Vienna Ditto · The Other Dramas · Charlie Leavy
Thursday 9 October 2014 — The Bell, Bicester
Sunday 12 October 2014 — Pig Pen Pottery, Bloxham
APPLE DAY
Charlie Leavy · Katy Jackson · Freddy Le Cragg · Alice Victoria · Alan Jaggs · & Will Homewood
Thursday 13 November 2014 — The Bell, Bicester
The Pink Diamond Revue · The Other Dramas · Kid Kin
Thursday 11 December 2014 — The Bell, Bicester
Beard of Destiny · Leper King · Alan Jaggs · Pipa Moran
2013
Saturday 13 July 2013 — BodFest '13
Uninvited · Peerless Pirates · The Cellar Family · X-1 · Dance a la Plage · Von Braun · Punch Drunk Monkey Club · ArtClassSink · HalfDecent · Mundane Sands · Manny O · Ioneye · BushFieldSmith · Tiger Mendoza · Jordan O'Shea · The Drakes · Argos & Monster · Chris Living · The Headington Hillbillies · The Method · Simon Dwight · Barney Beauregard · Nijinxsy
Monday 26 August 2013 — Seacourt Bridge, Botley, Oxford
Punch Drunk Monkey Club · Argos & Monster · Chris Living · Barney Beauregard
Friday 27 September 2013 — Millers Bar, The Mill, Banbury
ROAD TO BODFEST 14
Punch Drunk Monkey Club · BellyEyeSmile · Chris Living · Manny O · DJ Screaming Jack Hawkins
Friday 25 October 2013 — Millers Bar, The Mill, Banbury
ROAD TO BODFEST 14
Small Time Hero · Half Decent · The Method · Domino Fire · DJ Screaming Jack Hawkins
Friday 29 November 2013 — Millers Bar, The Mill, Banbury
ROAD TO BODFEST 14
Mundane Sands · Tiger Mendoza · Mary BendyToy · X-1 · DJ Screaming Jack Hawkins
Saturday 7 December 2013 — Seacourt Bridge, Botley, Oxford
Lucky Club · Charlie Leavy
Friday 13 December 2013 — Castle House, Banbury
Small Time Hero · BushFieldSmith · Charlie Leavy · Rob Lanyon · Bradley Taylor
Sunday 15 December 2013 — Castle House, Banbury
Jack Little · Rob Lanyon · Bradley Taylor