We all know that donating to charity is A Good Thing, but there’s no denying that getting ambushed by head-tilting, backwards-walking, clipboard-waving fundraising freaks on pedestrianised city streets makes you want to remove their fake smiles with a collection tin to the chin. Just Giving.

Thankfully, there are ways you can be charitable that are less stressful than running a gauntlet of self-righteous do-gooders. Oxjam is an October-long music festival with hundreds of events around the UK, all organised by volunteers. Here’s what’s going down in Scotland.

OXJAM PAISLEY
WHERE
Paisley Arts Centre
WHEN
October 15 (1pm-1am)
LINE-UP
Alan McKim, Stonesthrow, Dirtyface, Squishy Lemon, The Giddy Things, Turning Plates, Diane Jardine, The Regiment, Terry King, The Toi, Jamie Reid, Marie Collins, Daniel Docherty, Stephen Henry, Alan McKim, Joanne Summer, Steven Hillcoat, Stevie Dunlop, Dannii Yelo, Stephen Henry, Enigami, Adriann Blom, Ross Hanney, Scott Beaton.
TICKETS
Via Paisley Arts Centre café and bar – £5 before Saturday, £7 on door

OXJAM BIG DAY OUT (AYR)
WHERE
Harley’s Bar
WHEN
October 16 (1pm-11pm)
LINE-UP
17:00 Cherri Fosphate
18:00 The Tenemants
19:00 The Mode
20:00 Melisa Kelly & The Harmless Thieves
21:00 MakethisRelate
22:00 LightGuides
TICKETS
Via WeGotTickets, £5 on door

OXJAM INVERARAY
WHERE
The George Hotel
WHEN
October 16 (2pm-midnight)
LINE-UP
The Camans, Starsky, Dr Hip, The Lush Puppies, Marianne Fraser, The Inveraray Pipe Band, John Graceland Burnett (Elvis impersonator)
TICKETS
Free entry

OXJAM EDINBURGH TAKEOVER
WHERE
The City Cafe, Sneaky Pete’s, Medina, Cabaret Voltaire, The Wee Red Bar, Electric Circus, The Banshee Labyrinth
WHEN
October 21 (6pm-3am)
LINE-UP
The City Cafe
18:00-18:30 I Build Collapsible Mountains
18:45 Smithsonian
22:15 DJ sets
Electric Circus
18:30-19:00 Loch Awe
19:15-19:45 Letters
20:00-20:30 Verse Metrics
20:45-21:15 Sebastian Dangerfield
21:30-22:00 Endor
Sneaky Pete’s
19:15-19:45 The Spook School
20:00-20:30 Dead Boy Robotics
20:45-21:15 FOUND
21:30-22:00 Black International
Medina
19:15-19:45 Trapped Mice
20:00-20:30 Esperi
20:45-21:15 Broken Records (solo)
Cabaret Voltaire
19:45-20:15 Trapped In Kansas
20:30-21:00 PAWS
21:15-21:45 Meursault
The Wee Red Bar
20:00-20:30 The Last Battle
20:45-21:15 French Wives
21:30-22:00 The Machine Room
The Banshee Labyrinth
20:30-21:00 Vasquez
21:15-21:45 As In Bear
22:00-22:30 Citizens
TICKETS
Wristbands £10 from Avalanche Records or via WeGotTickets with wristband exchange at The City Cafe

OXJAM DUNDEE
WHERE
Chamber East
WHEN
October 21 (7pm-11.30pm)
LINE-UP
The Trade
Cha Cha Heels
Silent Nothing
That Girl Gail
Inveiglei
Vanaishing People
Ed Muirhead
The Ovarian Cysters
TICKETS
£5 on door

OXJAM GLASGOW TAKEOVER
WHERE
Bloc, Box, Buff Club, Flat 0/1, G2, The Griffin, Nice ‘n’ Sleazy
WHEN
October 22 (6pm-1am)
LINE-UP
Bloc
21:15-21:45 Café Disco
22:00-22:30 Baldego
22:45-23:15 Verse Metrics
23:30-00:00 Adopted As Holograph
00:15-00:45 Suspire
Box
18:00-18:30 Holly Ogilvie
18:45-19:15 Acrylic Iqon
19:30-20:00 Luca
20:15-20:45 Echofela
21:00-21:30 The Windows
21:45-22:15 Dirty Keys
22:30-23:00 Kiss To Kill
23:15-23:45 Herculean
Buff Club
19:05-19:35 Will Hanson
19:50-20:20 The NK Jays
20:35-21:05 Lonely & Lola
21:20-21:50 Rose Parade
Flat 0/1
19:45-20:15 Plum
20:30-21:00 Voltergeist
21:15-21:45 Miss Baudelaire
22:00-22:30 Lizzie Nightingale
22:45-23:15 Integra TV
23:30-00:00 Jumpers Knee
00:15-00:45 Binary Zero
G2
18:45-19:15 Kevin Young
19:30-20:00 I’m Sick
20:15-20:45 Sean Vs The Robots
21:00-21:30 Fiction Faction
21:45-22:15 Vigo Thieves
The Griffin
18:45-19:15 Callum Baird
19:30-20:00 Two Rivers
20:15-20:45 Shambles Miller
21:00-21:30 Laura Healy
21:45-22:15 Gillian Christie
22:30-23:00 Tragic O’Hara
23:15-23:45 Hector Bizerk
Nice ‘n’ Sleazy
19:45-20:15 Sonic Hearts Foundation
20:30-21:00 Skippy Dyes
21:15-21:45 The Black Hand Gang
22:00-23:00 How To Swim
TICKETS
Via TicketSoup, with wristband exchange at Bloc

OXJAM ABERDEEN TAKEOVER
WHERE
The Blue Lamp, Cafe Drummond, Snafu, The Tunnels 2, Kilau
WHEN
October 22 (2pm-4pm and 7pm-10pm)
LINE-UP
The Blue Lamp
Jerry Gablonski
The Lorelei
Deerstalker
Cafe Drummond
The Little Kicks
Stanley
Leighann & Jan
The Blitz
Snafu
Katerwaul
Carson Wells
Min Diesel
The Tunnels 2
Taco & The Sharpies
Stanley Odd
Craig John Davidson
Broken Alphas
Always Obvious
Kilau (2pm-4pm, free)
Tim Courtney
Steven Milne
Craig Henderson
Lauren Hart & Paul
TICKETS
Via WeGotTickets

Sebastian Dangerfield – The Sycamore Tree

Cafe Disco – Persona