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I love long car journeys.
When I was a kid stuck in traffic jams with my parents, my brother and I would stick handkerchiefs in our mouths and writhe around on the back seats to make other drivers in the traffic jam think we had been...
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Cuban dancers Pasion De Buena Vista, who arrive at the City Hall Salisbury on Saturday 13 February!!
But due to a scheduling conflict there will now only be one performance of the show at 7.30pm instead of two (with one due to...
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Thousands scream...what? its been a month already!?
That's right folks, the February issue of the Ocelot can now be found at a local pub, theatre, cafe, coffee shop, college, cinema, takeaway, restaurant, tourist information...
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Yes, we know, we couldn't quite believe we went with that headline either...
The reason for such a cheap, attention grabbing trick like that? Well, its that our website has gone stratospheric! You see, theocelot.co.uk, that...
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The County Ground Hotel on County Road, Swindon is a great sports pub with big screens all over the place. You’d expect it to be, being so near Swindon Town’s ground.
It is also a great music pub and has brilliant acts playing regularly....
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There’s nothing like a good ol’ mic night to give you a good musical fix.
The brilliant thing about them is that you always get surprised at the amount of talent that is just hanging about on your doorstep. You never know what to expect....
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On Tuesday 27th April Sandi Thom will be playing at Swindon's 12 Bar and she will be supported by Marcus Bonfanti.
Sandi Thom (real name Alexandria) is a Scottish singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist from Macduff in Aberdeenshire. In...
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Britain's Greenest festival is back and tickets are now on sale.
The 3rd annual WOOD festival will take place on May 21st /22nd/ 23rd 2010 at Braziers Park, Oxford. As well as celebrating great music it also celebrates nature.
The event...
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A new exhibition called ‘Domesticated’ will be on display from Friday February 5 to Saturday February 27 at the Postmodern Gallery in Theatre Square, Swindon.
Artsite are proud to present an exhibition of 7 contemporary artists work:...
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The Three Horseshoes in Bradford on Avon is a cracking venue in a beautiful town.
This month they’ve got loads on, starting with Lodestone on Friday February 5 and then Uber Groove doing an acoustic set on Sunday February 7 followed by a full...
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Some of you might have noticed last year that there was no Sugarhill Festival.
Well, it’ll be back on Saturday July 31. That’s right, having skipped 2009 altogether, it’s back. With bells on.
The festival last took place in September...
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Midnight Mango & SNG are proud to present, at
KOMEDIA, BATH
Wednesday March 10th
HAYSEED DIXIE
Plus support
LOCAL BAND THE BOOTHILL ALLSTARS ...
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The Folk Club at the Village Pump, Trowbridge is going to have a blinding 2010!
This legendary folk club that first opened back in the 1970s has been going from strength to strength since it re-opened in 2009 and some of the top roots music acts...
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Alistair Darling Turns Gloomy Graph Upside Down
Joy in the streets! Hurray! It was announced in figures published yesterday by the ONS that the economy had grown 0.1%! OK, it doesn't mean we're completely out of the woods yet,...
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The gig of the month? Probably. So says our very own music columnist Drew Brammer, everyone in Oxford under 95, and even the cleaner at our office. The Maccabees, whose album 'Wall of Arms' is out now and made many critics top tens of '09, will be...
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Random musings
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More misery is to be piled on the dirty smokers....
There are now plans to push smokers further...
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I, like most men (and women), desire good beer. Ale more to the point.
By far the best place to...
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Oh joy ! Again I am told that Apple plan to revolutionise the planet with a new product that is...
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If, like me, you like to waste the precious free hours of your ever depleting life roaming the web...
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A letter from Alan Johnson, as received this morning at Ocelot HQ
Dear...
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The North of England bore the main brunt of this cold snap with over twenty centimetres of snow...
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When Alistair Darling announced the introduction of the scrappage scheme earlier in the year, there...
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Sgt Celio Ruiz presses the nose of the suspect against the window bars of the sparse, musty...
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We never state the obvious here at The Ocelot. But here's a sign that does. Urmm or something like...
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Opinions - they're everywhere. Even here!
This will obviously seem like...
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