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MUSIC POETRY STORY SONG
all manner of acoustic artistry
Since 1994

1st & 3rd Thursdays
The Slow & Steady
38 Abingdon Road
OX1 4PD
List 7pm Doors 7.30pm

"Magical" - RADIO 4

"Britain's most intimate performance space" - The TIMES

"Essential" - GUARDIAN Completely Unplugged, Utterly Magical, since 1994

An intimate and magical space for musicians, singers, poets, storytellers and performance arti

sts of every imaginable hue. A chance to sit, to listen, to connect, to inspire and to be inspired …

no PA, anything goes, turn up by 7pm to book a slot.

1st & 3rd Thursday of the Month, Common Ground Cafe, Little Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX12HU

28/03/2025

I think they call it. Anyways, here’s me in another lifetime, aged 24, and shooting a vid with my then band in Trinidad. Free and happy times.

We were airlifted out of a fiendish London February and dropped into carnival in Port of Spain. The director said: whatever you do, don’t go in the sun, and don’t get stoned - it’ll look dreadful on camera.

So the first thing we did was go find the bushman, which didn’t take long, and then stake ourselves out on the beach for the rest of the day. Obviously.

Spring is finally here, and we’ll be celebrating tomorrow night down at The Slow & Steady on Abingdon Rd.  Here are a fe...
19/03/2025

Spring is finally here, and we’ll be celebrating tomorrow night down at The Slow & Steady on Abingdon Rd. Here are a few snaps of our last, heart-warming session a couple of weeks ago. 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the month…

Pierre, The King of The Oxford Canal - and, in his own mind, The Rightful King of England - has finally slipped his moor...
14/03/2025

Pierre, The King of The Oxford Canal - and, in his own mind, The Rightful King of England - has finally slipped his moorings.

Sail on, mystical, magical, moonmad traveller…

I look forward to singing Pierre’s Blues at the next Catweazle, a song I wrote for him 30 years ago, which opens:

He hangs out on the Astral
Stardust in his beard
Signs on down the Social
Where they all think he’s weird
But I know
He’s just like you and me..

📷 Jeff Slade

Gorgeous session last night: so much beauty and inspiration in the room! We’re back on March 20…
07/03/2025

Gorgeous session last night: so much beauty and inspiration in the room! We’re back on March 20…

Imminent
06/03/2025

Imminent

I’ve been away for the last couple of sessions - huge thanks to Alan Buckley and Phoebe Nicholson Phoebe Nicholson for h...
05/03/2025

I’ve been away for the last couple of sessions - huge thanks to Alan Buckley and Phoebe Nicholson Phoebe Nicholson for holding the reins. I’m back in the saddle tomorrow night and I’m very excited to see what’s in store… x Matt

I’m selling my beloved sitar, made for me 30 years ago in Varanasi. A most beautiful instrument but I don’t play it anym...
02/03/2025

I’m selling my beloved sitar, made for me 30 years ago in Varanasi. A most beautiful instrument but I don’t play it anymore. £300 (with original case).

We’re back on tonight at the gorgeous Slow & Steady.  What a totally wonderful run of sessions we’ve already had there. ...
20/02/2025

We’re back on tonight at the gorgeous Slow & Steady. What a totally wonderful run of sessions we’ve already had there. Wonder what this evening will bring…

Last Thursday evening, we had another immaculate, vintage session at our new venue, The Slow & Steady on Abingdon Road. ...
30/01/2025

Last Thursday evening, we had another immaculate, vintage session at our new venue, The Slow & Steady on Abingdon Road. So much beautiful talent on display, and a gorgeous space in which to bathe in it.

We are not on tonight, but as of next Thursday, Feb 6, we are reverting to 1st an 3rd Thursdays of the month.

Feb 6, 20
March 6, 20
April 3, 17
May 1, 15 etc.

See you down the front,

x Matt

A beautiful start to our new session a couple of weeks ago. We are back on THIS Thursday night, Jan 23rd, and then 1st a...
21/01/2025

A beautiful start to our new session a couple of weeks ago.

We are back on THIS Thursday night, Jan 23rd, and then 1st and 3rd Thursdays from February:

Feb 6, 20
March 6, 20
April 3, 17
May 1, 15 etc. etc.

Last time we had in the region of 22 performers - amazing.

Please arrive early to get a slot or a seat, depending on your preference.

The Slow & Steady serve food from 5.30pm - 9pm

A new era has begun...

Beautiful start to a new Catweazle chapter last week at The Slow & Steady. We’re NOT on tonight: back next Thursday, Jan...
16/01/2025

Beautiful start to a new Catweazle chapter last week at The Slow & Steady. We’re NOT on tonight: back next Thursday, Jan 23rd, and 1st and 3rd Thursdays thereafter 🧨💥🚀

wot 'e said
14/01/2025

wot 'e said

Lift Off!Tonight: Sign up 7pm, doors 7.30pm
09/01/2025

Lift Off!
Tonight: Sign up 7pm, doors 7.30pm

We are back!I'm delighted to announce that, from the beginning of January, we we will be kicking off another year of The...
11/12/2024

We are back!

I'm delighted to announce that, from the beginning of January, we we will be kicking off another year of The Catweazle Club (our 31st) in a brand new venue (both for us, and for Oxford!)

From January 9th, 2025, we will be taking over the gorgeous, newly-refurbished upstairs room at:
The Slow & Steady
38 Abingdon Road
Oxford
OX1 4PD

It's a brand new Dodo pub (formerly The White House), sibling to The Rusty Bike and others, and the team are very supportive and super exicted to have us join them. The pub also does great food, serving from 5.30pm, if you want get supper in beforehand, and will hopefully to stay open after the show for hang-time too: something I'm especially looking forward to. I've dearly missed the apres-Weazle sessions in which we can all more deeply foment and connect.

We kick off January 9th and then a fortnight later on the 23rd, before reverting to the 1st & 3rd Thursdays of every month from February. Please help spread the word...
https://www.facebook.com/events/9017366308286559

Can't. Bloody. Wait.

Our move to The Slow & Steady marks our tenth venue in total, since we first began in October 1994.

Prize of a year's free entry for anyone who can list them all...

It's an enormous privelege for me to still be holding space for the countless talented people who continue to grace our stage: The Catweazle Club still feels to me to be a vital resource in the world - perhaps now more than ever.

It remains a beautiful place to connect, to be a part of something both simple and profound at the same time: where we all get to share our stories, and be heard in return.

I am just as inspired now as I was when I began hosting the space in the Autumn of 1994. Sitting at the feet of someone sharing so intimately - and often so beautifully - will never get boring for me. And so, I intend to keep doing it for as long as I am able.

After an unexpected couple of months off, I am looking forward to welcoming you all back in to the fold come January, and in the meantime would like to wish you all a hearty, healthy and hairy Solstice/Hannukah/Christmas/Zarathosht Diso/Kwanzaa/Ōmisoka/Soyal & New Year..

See you in '25,

x Matt

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The Slow And Steady, 38 Abingdon Road
Oxford
OX14PD

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7:30pm - 11pm

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