SINGER-songwriter Gaz Coombes is to play a hometown show in Oxford as part of a one-day music festival on the city’s Cowley Road.

Gaz, the former frontman of Supergrass, will headline the Ritual Union festival on October 20.

The Wheatley artist, a star of last weekend’s Truck Festival in Steventon, joins a bill already featuring Ghostpoet, Jane Weaver and Nadine Shah – who was yesterday revealed as a nominee for this year’s Mercury Prize. Also announced today are South London post-punk act Madonnatron.

Gaz will be playing songs from his latest album, the acclaimed World’s Strongest Man.

Hosted by venues including the O2 Academy, Oxford, The Truck store, The Bullingdon and The Library, the indoor festival will also feature sets by Oxford’s Cassels, Suuns, The Lovely Eggs, Ghod, Boy Azooga, Warmduscher, Lice, Husky Loops, Fontaines DC, Self Help, The Homesick, John, Lacuna Common, Brook Bentham, easter Island Statues and Vive La Void. There will be DJ sets from Steve Davies amd Kavus Torabi and Drowned in Sound.

A spokesman for Oxford promoters Future Perfect, who organise the festival, said: “This year’s ambitious event offers the chance for local music fans to congregate and enjoy a stellar line-up of live music.

“The impressively diverse line-up is a showcase of talent from around the world, while staying true to the festival’s ethos of promoting upcoming home-grown artists.

“Heavily involved in the area’s already thriving music scene, the festival is above all a celebration of young bands, fittingly held in the city famous for producing such legendary talent as Radiohead, Swervedriver and Ride. On top of this we are giving local fans a chance to see quality bands from around the world on their doorstep.

“We at Ritual Union are cementing ourselves as Oxford’s primary tastemakers, bringing the very best upcoming acts to one of the country’s most picturesque cities."

Tickets priced £33 are now on sale from ritualunion.co.uk