Oxfam Plan UK's Biggest Festival

Oxfam has announced that it is planning to stage the UK’s biggest festival due to take place across the month of October.

The charity says it plans to host 2,500 individual gigs across the country for ‘Oxjam’ with 650 already being organised by members of the public including Gigwise’s very own Neil Condron.

They hope a host of big names stars including Goldfrapp, Kaiser Chiefs and Franz Ferdinand will be able to play the event and raise money at the same time.

Speaking about the event Alison Goldfrapp said: "We are playing lots of big festivals across Europe this summer but Oxjam is different. Anyone can join in and help make poverty history through making good noise."

Kaiser Chiefs Ricky Wilson added: "Big or small, it doesn't matter. Please sign up and make a noise."

Watch this space for more news on the gigs around the country.