Gappy Tooth Industries was formed in 2002 with the intention of promoting artists and encouraging creativity.
With our monthly showcase events we aim to provide an outlet for anyone wanting to perform or exhibit their material. No genre (or medium) is privileged within this space, in fact we endeavour to always juxtapose contrasting interests so as to present as varied a night as possible.
Anything is up for consideration providing it falls within boundaries of time, space and the law!
We do this gig once a month and it has an odd line-up. "Come for the black metal, stay for the string quartet", that sort of thing. We very occasionally also have spoken word artists or other non-musical acts somewhere in the whirlwind of genres.
Because that's what other promoters do. No point doing anything unless you can justify it as essential, is there?
At Common Ground, 37-38 Little Clarendon St, Oxford OX1 2HU.
Common Ground is a community café and arts space in the heart of Oxford which also also hosts a variety of evening events including live music and comedy clubs. There is a fully-licensed bar serving craft beers and wine.
The cafe is located approximately two thirds of the way down Little Clarendon Street in what was previously Barclays Bank, around a 6-7 minute walk from the Ashmolean Museum in the city centre.
Our night happens on the last Friday of every month (it was the last Saturday for many years but after having to move venues due to closures we are now on a Friday). Doors are at 20:00, the first act usually starts at about 20;20 and we try to have it all done by 22.35, so everyone can get the last bus home.
Because the last weekend in December isn't a great day to be booking a gig, we skip that one. However, most years we end up putting together a Winter Warmer weekend festival earlier in December to compensate: the venue and nature of the event changes every year.
£5 on the door for our standard nights. Cheaper advance tickets are available. We try to keep the price down, so that as many people as possible can afford to attend. The bar is a damn sight cheaper than the big venues, too.
Vast profits! Cute. But, anyway, GTI is a non-profit organisation, and once costs have been covered, the excess is shared equally amongst the performers.
Nope, what you see is what you get. We split all profit between the performers, but we don't guarantee any fixed sum, and we don't supply riders, or anything extra like that. And, yes, that means if nobody turns up to the gig you get nowt - our average door take is easily healthy enough to pay all the acts a good few quid, but fate can be a cruel mistress, so don't mortgage your house to come and perform!
Just whisk us something to watch/listen to/experience so we can see what you get up to. Contact Us, or send us a good old fashioned demo CD (we always like that):
Gappy Tooth Industries
126 Balfour Rd
Oxford
OX4 6BT
Absolutely any style is considered. We get tons of contacts though, so not everyone will get a gig, and even those who do wait a while as we always have a shortlist bubbling away, if that's not a hideously mixed image. Which it is. We tend to book our gigs three months in advance.
So, in short, if you contact us saying, "We want to play a gig on Thursday 12th next month, and all you need is to do is give us £300 and a lobster vindaloo each", we'll ignore it. So don't bother. We try to acknowledge every serious contact, however.
Yep. An average night will feature two acts from Oxfordshire, and one from beyond. We've had great performers from Australia, Canada, Germany and all over the place, as well as regular visitors from London, Birmingham, Bristol, and all points in between.
No. We try never to repeat an act at our normal monthly events, to keep things fresh. Part of our mission to be Oxford's most exciting promoters, and all that. Individual performers have turned up in various outfits, though.
Saying that, if you're flexible and an act has to pull out at the last minute then we are more than happy for someone who's played before to step up and take their place... so make sure you follow us on Facebook
We used to. But we'd get about one student every two months on average. So we stopped. Market forces, chum. It's a really cheap night out as it is, anyway.
Probably not, but thanks for the interest. We have pretty much everything we need supplied by the GTI team. People have occasionally designed posters for us, so get in touch if you fancy that, but please note a) it'd be for your portfolio only, we can't pay you (except in a free ticket and a pint), and b) we only do black and white photocopies of posters at work when nobody is looking.
Having said this, if you have a PA and might be interested in being on our back-up list of engineers, do get in touch.
Yeah, sounds about right. Thanks for noticing. Obviously, we'd never have made such a claim ourselves, but seeing as it was you...