🎉 After 25 years of dreaming, we finally have the keys.
YWMP is building Oxford’s first independent, inclusive music space for young women, trans and non-binary people - and we need your help to make it incredible.
Thanks to Youth Music, our core running costs are covered for three years - but now we’re asking for community support to complete the transformation.
Your donation will help us:
🎧 Install high-spec music equipment
🎨 Decorate and furnish the venue
🏫 Reach more schools and marginalised communities
🎟️ Provide free access to music education for those who need it most
💡 Cover essential costs like utilities and staffing
This space will be a home for creativity, education, community and resistance - all rooted in YWMP’s Safer Spaces policy. It’s more than a venue; it’s a movement.
💜 Donate now and be part of our her-story.
📅 Doors open July 2025 — we’d love to welcome you in.
Art Fair @ The Pavilion - Florence Park
Come and get your hands on some local makers goods.
Free entry
Lunch Money Presents: YWMP Fundraiser
Come and join us for a night of live music at EartH Kitchen to help YWMP raise funds for their new inclusive space centering young women, trans, and non-binary people. ywmp.org.uk
Live performances by:
Nouria Bah combines her love of close harmonies, silly puns & catchy basslines to create bricolage-like grooves.
https://nouriabah.bandcamp.com/album/don-b4-ep
Zahra Haji Fath Ali Tehran is an Iranian-Irish composer and multi-instrumentalist whose music explores the emotional terrains of intimacy, memory, and belonging through experimental sound.
https://www.zhfatehrani.com/
Tiiva is a producer, remix artist, composer and songwriter who uses their instrumental skills on piano, violin, guitar and voice to compose and create sound design.
https://www.tiivamusic.co.uk/
Gingham - grunge lounge jazz rock 4 piece
https://www.instagram.com/ginghambanduk
Tickets here: https://wegottickets.com/event/662248/
Team Drum
Team Drum is open to total beginners. We create and learn drum beats for carnivals, parades and protests. These beats are inspired by songs we love.
Come and join us for a night of group drumming, live performances, and mark-making.
Below the Belt
The closing event for YWMP's Crowdfunder campaign will be a "Below The Belt" daytime DJ event hosted by Mom Was Right DJ collective
Music Quiz
Join us at The Star pub for a music-themed pub quiz! All proceeds will go toward our Taking Up Space campaign fundraiser.
Buy tickets here: https://wegottickets.com/event/660560
WHIPLASH presents LEIBNIZ + REBUILT BOYS + WORRY
WHIPLASH is an Oxford live music night centering extreme/alternative genres, marginalized artists, and openly radical politics.
For the second event, we welcome:
LEIBNIZ - Brighton, grungecore/queercore
https://www.instagram.com/leibnizband/
REBUILT BOYS - Peterborough, electronic/noise/post-punk
https://www.instagram.com/rebuiltboys/
WORRY - Oxford, hardcore punk
https://www.instagram.com/abandcalledworry/
With leftist pop-up library Far Out holding a table through the night!
https://www.faroutshop.co.uk/
NOBODY WILL BE REFUSED FOR LACK OF FUNDS. If you can't afford a ticket, just let the folks at the door know or get in touch ahead of time at whiplash.oxford@gmail.com
Free ticket for carer if needed, please get in touch.
We encourage all attendees to wear a face mask, and test for COVID-19 ahead of time if you are feeling under the weather! Free masks and LFTs will be on offer at the door.
Please consider donating and/or buying a Pay-It-Forward ticket if you can afford it to support the artists and the promoter!
TICKETS:
The Final Feeling
Listen to DJ sets, drink coffee or cacao made by the amazing Mostro baristas, or raid the fridge for cold softies and beers. The coffee shop will be open late so you can just hang and soak up the vibes. We'll be raising money for our new space, so donations will be gratefully received.
This is just to say
Oxford Poetry Library presents their monthly open mic night, with this month’s theme being PACIFIC.
YWMP will be there from 8:30PM to the end so drop by, perform your poems, hang out and come ask us about our Taking Up Space campaign.
The session starts at 7.30pm (performers are advised to arrive in time for 7pm), at The Community Works (21 Park End St, OX1 1HU). £5 entry (£2 concessions), performers free.
More information: https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/this-is-just-to-say-spoken-word-open-mic-29/
Divine Schism: Ex-Agent + Scounge + bighandsandallgristly
Sick, stacked bill of wildly brilliant and interesting bands as we welcome Bristol's Ex-Agent, London's Scrounge (back so soon for more!) and Oxford's bighandsandallgristly for an evening of left-field, off-kilter hits!
Sitting restlessly between post-rock and free-jazz, Ex Agent throw together dissonant symphonies of sax and piano, alongside frantic guitars, drums, and haunting vocals. Combining elements of gonzo journalism, punk and free-jazz, the five piece sprinkle a taste of noir into a salty no-wave cacophony!
We will be doing a talk and running a stall at this show..
Drag Karaoke
Join us for a unique experience at our Time-Capsule Karaoke Evening, hosted by the fabulous Scarlet Skylar Rae! Every hour, we’ll take a musical journey through the decades, featuring iconic songs that defined each era. Gather your friends, unleash your inner superstar, and sing your heart out to the hits of the past. Don’t miss this chance to relive the magic of music through the years!
The Hip Crowd
“Oxford Poetry Library and Makespace Oxford bring you The Hip Crowd, an open mic event especially for folks with babes-in-arms, but also open to all and everyone. The entire event will be baby friendly and baby welcoming, with lots of floor space at the front, changing facilities, buggy parking area outside, and clear walkways to exit the performance area easily if needed. There will also be that most beautiful and warmly appreciated of gifts: free tea and coffee provided.
The event is non-ticketed, but costs £5 to spectate (£2 for concessions) and is totally free to performers. Cash only (there are nearby cashpoints)!”
They have generously invited YWMP to speak, and we will be running a stall, so come out, watch some lovely poetry performers and learn more about the Taking Up Space Campaign!
Divine Schism: Eilis Frawley + Liv Wynter + EB
We welcome Eilis Frawley to Oxford 5 years after we initially said we'd do it - Eilis was one of the artists who was going to play our first ever Oh, Community! in April 2020!
The Australian-born musician finally lands in Berlin after a stopover in Seoul. As a classically trained percussionist, she has always found connections in queer communities and FLINTA band projects. Eilies has played in various well-known groups such as ‘Laura Lee & The Jettes’, ‘Party Fears’ and ‘I Drew Blank’, and plays currently with her own bands Kara Delik (Turkish post punk) or Restless (noisy punk).
Now, after several singles and two EPs, Eilis Frawley is releasing her first full-length solo album ‘Fall Forward’ with ten songs on 7 March 2025 on Sinnbus. The record was co-produced by Kat Frankie, who has long been a fan of Eilis Frawley. Together, the two artists have recorded a sophisticated, experimental indie album with influences from pop, jazz and krautrock. ‘Fall Forward’ is a unique cosmos of sound - innovative, clever and always stylistically confident. It is made up of present drums, experimental spoken word and layered vocals, sometimes spherical, sometimes playful synthesiser sounds and groovy basslines.
We will be doing a talk and running a stall at this show..
Film Screening
Join us for an exciting double feature showcasing Teaches of Peaches and What’s Left After the Wave Hits! Don’t miss the chance to dive deeper into the films with a lively Q&A session featuring members from YWMP.
Buy tickets at: https://uppcinema.com/show/young-womens-music-project-presents-teaches-of-peaches/
Crowdfunder Launch Party
Join us for an exciting daytime event featuring live music and a variety of stalls offering cakes, instruments, nail art, and more! Help us celebrate the launch of YWMP’s Taking Up Space Crowdfunder and enjoy a fun-filled day with vibrant activities and local vendors. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to support a great cause!
Get your tickets here: https://wegottickets.com/event/660555