

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Divine Schism: Shovel Dance Collective + The Worm
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+00:00)
- **Event Description**: Oh yes, back in Oxford after a few years, Shovel Dance Collective are a group of nine musicians united by a passion for the beauty, force, and political charge of the traditional musics of Britain, Ireland and beyond. They are committed to Folk music not as an archaeological artifact to be unearthed, but as a living communal activity - inviting and generous to those it speaks to. They arrange the source material into a kind of musique boue (mud music), simultaneously traditional and experimental they engage a deep, cross-temporal synthesis of free improvisation, tape manipulation and field recordings. Their music appears as a patchwork as pieces are stitched together, rearranged and recontextualised. The yarn is threaded with their sense of aesthetic innovation, and with a deep sense of the ways in which traditional music holds the voices of the oppressed and those who, by their labour, create the wealth of the world.

They have performed sold out shows across the UK, with headline concerts at venues such as Cafe OTO, Kings Place and Cecil Sharp House. The collective have appeared at many major festivals: Glastonbury, Roskilde, SXSW, Rewire, Green Man, End of the Road, Sidmouth Folk Festival, Supernormal and Supersonic festivals among others. Publications such as The Wire, Loud and Quiet, NME, Financial Times and The Times have heralded their live performances across the years. Their albums ‘The Shovel Dance’ and ‘The Water is the Shovel of the Shore’ have been championed by The Wire, MOJO, Uncut, KLOF, Songlines et al. and both were named albums of the year by The Quietus.

Their second album ‘The Shovel Dance’ was released in October 2024 by American Dreams Records.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oxford/divine-schism-shovel-dance-collective-the-worm/200029475357428
- **Event Categories**: festivals, music, entertainment, concerts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 57

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://wegottickets.com/event/688175?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=oxford-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Oxford
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Nest, 33-35 Little Clarendon St, Oxford, OX1 2HU
- **lat**: 51.75783
- **long**: -1.26325
- **full address**: The Nest, 33-35 Little Clarendon St, Oxford, OX1 2HU, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Divine Schism (https://allevents.in/org/divine-schism/5516212)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+00:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Nest, 33-35 Little Clarendon St, Oxford, OX1 2HU, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Divine Schism
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** festivals, music, entertainment, concerts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Divine Schism: Shovel Dance Collective + The Worm ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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