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If we could, we would have gotten all eleven of our Ipswich Music Day performers together for a big photoshoot, but have you ever tried getting eleven musicians together in the same place at the same time? Instead all the names went into a hat and out came Brooke Telling. Brooke is a 19 year old acoustic singer / songwriter hailing from the wilds of East Anglia. Borrowing influence from the likes of Kaleo, Brandi Carlile, The Lumineers, and Johnny Cash, Brooke is now regularly performing at open mic nights, music venues and festivals across the county. Brooke performs on the Grapevine stage at 1pm on Sunday 7th July at Ipswich Music Day.

CONTENTS THE FOSTER FACTOR • 4

Foz reflects on the new-look StowBlues and has details of a book by Phil Jackson

FOLKEAST 2019 • 12

A look forward to the shenanigans about to grace the plains of Eastfolk in August

Interview • 16

Tony Bell talks to Chris Amoo of 70’s Soul sensations The Real Thing

MUSIC TO YOUR EARS • 20 Tony Bell’s quick roundup of what the Grapevine team have been listening to

BANHAMFEST • 24

The region’s newest festival showcasing local and international talent

THEATRE SPOTLIGHT • 28

Molly Richardson’s sneak preview of the region’s forthcoming autumn season

THE DEADLINE for our August issue: 10th July 2019

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Gigs in Essex Monday 1st Colchester r Hole In The Wall r Open Mic r 8pm Gigs in Norfolk Monday 1st Norwich r Arts Ctr. r Mattiel r £17 r 8pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Open Stage r 8pm Norwich r LCR r Sharon Van Etten Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 2nd Cambridge r Junction r Sharon Van Etten r 7pm St Neots r Priory Ctr. r Open Stage r 8pm Gigs in Essex Tuesday 2nd Westcliff r RBL r Na-Mara Gigs in Norfolk Tuesday 2nd Gt Yarmouth r St Georges r Summer Concert r 6pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Gin City r 8pm Norwich r Maddermarket r Magic of The Musicals Gigs in Cambridgeshire Wednesday 3rd Cambridge r The Geldart r Djangos Tiger r 8:30pm Gigs in Essex Wednesday 3rd Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Queen of the Night r 8pm Southend r Palace Theatre r Some Kinda Wonderful r 8pm Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 3rd Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8:30pm Norwich r Gate House r Irish Folk r 8:30pm Norwich r Maddermarket r Magic of The Musicals Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Walnut Big Quiz Norwich r Waterfront r Orchards +... r 7:30pm Gigs in Suffolk Wednesday 3rd Bildeston r Kings Head r Open Mic r 8:30pm Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 4th Cambridge r Portland Arms r Part Chimp +... r 7pm Cambridge r The Geldart r El Hombre sin Nombre r 8pm Peterborough r Key Theatre r British Invasion Show Gigs in Essex Thursday 4th Chelmsford r United Brethren r The Jackson Line r 8:30pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Into The Groove r 8pm Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 4th Norwich r Arts Ctr. r Solana r £10 r 8pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Halo’s Edge r 8pm Norwich r Maddermarket r Yesterday Once More r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Open Mic Norwich r Waterfront r Monuments Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 4th Ipswich r The Salutation r Webbys Jam Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Karaoke Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 5th Cambridge r Blue Moon r Theo Sayers + Guests r 8pm Cambridge r Parker’s Piece r Pop In The Park Cambridge r Portland Arms r Petty Criminals r 8:30pm Peterborough r Key Theatre r Neil Diamond Story

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StephenFoz Foz has been on the radio in Suffolk for well over 40 years. His on air activities began at Hospital Radio Ipswich in 1977. During his five year spell there he began working at Radio Orwell and when Saxon Radio came on air in 1982 Foz secured a full time job working for both stations. The BBC came calling in 1990 and he’s been at BBC Radio Suffolk ever since.

There’s plenty of food for thought after the recent StowBlues festival. The now firmly established annual event at the Museum of East Anglian Life took place last month and while it did attract several hundred people numbers were down on previous years. There were a few factors behind the drop in attendance, not least the wet weather which didn’t really clear until teatime, by which time many had decided to give StowBlues a miss for this year. There was also a free family music day at Stowmarket Town Football Club happening on the same day which can’t have helped either cause. I’m far from convinced a town the size of Stowmarket can successfully hold two open air music events at the same time and see little to gain in running both sideby-side in future. Some StowBlues regulars may have found the price hike to £15 too

Blues Situation

much to stomach but as I pointed out previously in this column that is still an small price to pay for seven great acts. There was a time when StowBlues was a free event and the bands played for nothing, but that arrangement became unsustainable for a variety of reasons which I won’t bore you with here. On a more positive note StowBlues 2019 was still a success. Legendary Essex rhythm and blues band Automatic Slim were, for me, the group of the day very closely followed by the Dave Thomas Blues Band. Slim are now sounding even better than they did in their pomp and I’d urge you to catch them at The Railway in Ipswich when they return there on Saturday, September 6. The following month they’re at Kelvedon Labour Club (26/10) and then on Saturday, November 30 perform their final reunion gig of 2019 at The Queen’s Head in Burnham-on-Crouch. Thanks to all the acts who graced the new site for StowBlues. The set up behind Abbott’s Hall was excellent and bodes well for the future. Sadly one of my StowBlues co-founders, Patsy Cane, is bowing out so my sincere thanks and very best wishes to her. Over the coming weeks on my BBC Radio Suffolk show I plan to bring you highlights

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of the performances by all the artists who also included Goofa Dust, Mark Harrison, Ben Joseph, Blues Situation and Lee Ainley’s Blues Storm.

Phil Jackson It’s not often a local musician publishes a book so it’s great to see Ipswich-based singer, songwriter and pianist Phil Jackson (pictured above) putting pen to paper to do just that. In recent years he has become a key member of The Rutles and Phil’s first publication, Socks On (Life As A Rutle), is a diary covering the group’s 2018 jaunt around the UK. Phil has come up with an amusing read which tells of life on the road as part of Neil Innes’s zany pop combo. It doesn’t come as any surprise to me that being on tour is far from glamorous. The gigs themselves are usually great fun but getting to them, setting up the gear (musical equipment, not drugs!), tucking into the ‘hospitality’ and then packing up and heading off to the next destination can certainly test any musician’s patience and resolve. Knowing Phil as I do, I feel sure he remains good natured throughout and is able to laugh off any of the nonsense often associated with life on the road. He’s clearly lapping up his time as a Rutle and is only too happy to take the rough with the smooth. Do check out Socks On (Life As A Rutle) and also look out for Phil’s latest solo album.

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Gigs in Essex Friday 5th

Basildon r Holiday Inn r Aynsley Lister Brantham r The Ark r Open Mic r 8pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Downtown Roundabout Clacton r West Cliff r Travelin Man r 7:30pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Sons of Boudicca Colchester r The Bull r Hit List r 9pm Manningtree r Red Lion r Tom Waters & the Ferocious Five r £12 r 8pm Southend r Chinnery’s r The Trusted r 7:30pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Cher Tribute r 7:30pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r The Real Thing r 8pm Southend r Palace Theatre r Roy Orbison Exp. r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Friday 5th

Hunstanton r Princess Theatre r Oye Santana r 7:30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Addictive Mix r 8pm Norwich r Christ Church Ctr. r Teacups Trio Norwich r Gate House r Vic Salter r 8:30pm Norwich r Maddermarket r Through The Decades r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Glamtastics Norwich r Waterfront r Part Chimp West Acre r The Field r Folk in a Field

Gigs in Suffolk Friday 5th

Bury r Risbygate S&SC r John Richards r £12 r 7:30pm Easton r Easton Farm Park r Maverick Festival Felixstowe r Dolphin Hotel r Adam Harrod r 9pm Haverhill r Arts Ctr. r One Night of Adele r 8pm Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r Solana r 7:30pm Ipswich r Steamboat Tavern r Underline The Sky + r £4 Ipswich r The Railway r Colourblind Hedgehogs r 9pm Ipswich r The Rep r Ace Styg r 8:30pm Ipswich r The Salutation r Five Ska r 8:45pm Lowestoft r Marina r Complete Madness r £21 r 7:30pm Snape r Maltings r Margaret Catchpole r 7pm Stoke by Nayland r SbN Hotel r Art Themen Trio Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Jam Night Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Soul Project

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 6th

Cambridge r CB2 Bistro r Acoustic Night r £4 r 8pm Cambridge r Corn Exchange r The Boys Cambridge r Parker’s Piece r World Music Cambridge r Portland Arms r Soundwave St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Machines r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Saturday 6th

Billericay r Barleylands S&SC r Alan Glen All Star Band Braintree r Arts Theatre r Annie Jr r 4pm Chelmsford r Central Park r Fake Festival: Chelmsford

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Chelmsford r Hideaways r I Wanna Rock r 8pm Chelmsford r Hylands Park r Fling Festival Chelmsford r United Brethren r The Velvet Tree r 9pm Clacton r Princes Theatre r Whole Lotta Shakin r 7:30pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Alex Patterson Colchester r The Bull r High Frequency r 9pm Southend r Chinnery’s r Scully Ward r 7:30pm Wivenhoe r Greyhound r Hoaxx Wix r The Waggon r Undercover r 9pm

Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 6th

Norwich r Blueberry Music House r Icarus Vision r 7pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Skaface Uk r 8pm Norwich r Gate House r Will Allinson r 8:30pm Norwich r Maddermarket r Soul of Santana r 7:30pm Norwich r The Forum r Lord Mayor’s Celebrations r 5pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Johnny Jump r Norwich r Waterfront r Mengelmoes

Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 6th

Bramford r Social Club r Rhythm Roctitts Bury r Hunter Club r Bessie Turner + More r 6pm Claydon r Greyhound r Jax&Co r 9pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Neil Diamond Exp. r 7:30pm Halesworth r The Cut r Alice Howell r 7:30pm Haverhill r Arts Ctr. r Cann Twins r 4pm Ipswich r California Club r Hayley Kaye r 7pm Ipswich r Case is Altered r Ed Sheeran Tribute r 8:30pm Ipswich r Earl Kitchener r Rude & Reckless r 9pm Ipswich r TGA r Seventh House r 9pm Kesgrave r Social Club r Infrared r 7pm Mellis r Railway Tavern r The Expletives r 9pm Stowmarket r RBL r Man in the Hat r 8:30pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Storm r Sudbury r Prince of Wales r The Good The Bad The Ugly & Jim Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Karaoke

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Sunday 7th

Cambridge r Parker’s Piece r Mela Cambridge r The Geldart r Sure Can Playboys r 1:30pm Peterborough r Brewery Tap r Oakham Mic Peterborough r Charters Bar r Dizzy Miss Lizzys

Gigs in Essex Sunday 7th

Chelmsford r United Brethren r Lyz Le Fay r 4:30pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Antonio Forcione + guests Halstead r Public Gardens r Music in the Park Marks Tey r Parish Hall r Sussex Jazz Kings

Gigs in Norfolk Sunday 7th

Banham r The Barrel r James Veira r 4pm Kings Lynn r The Guildhall r Springtime Singers r 6:30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Lee Vasey Big Band r Noon Norwich r Open r NCYO r 7:30pm

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been part of Ipswich Music Day in one shape or form since it began twenty-five plus years ago, most recently with our very own stage. This year we have eleven amazing guests performing for you on the lawn of Christchurch Mansion, which is fast becoming the preferred home of the Grapevine acoustic stage - right by the Soane Street entrance to the park. Come say hello to the Grapevine team, stay awhile and listen to some amazing music.

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Jon Halden James Nunn Brooke Telling Rob Lewis Dusky Sunday Beth White Adam Thomas Lisa Redford Holly D Johnson Philip Marino Lightbody

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Ipswich r The Salutation r Groovy Disco r 7:45pm Lowestoft r Hotel Hatfield r The Readers Lowestoft r Stanford Arms r Lampshades of Swing r 3pm Stowmarket r Gladstone Arms r Kill me Kate r 4pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Beer Valley Drifters r 4pm

Gigs in Norfolk Monday 8th

Norwich r Brickmakers r Open Stage r 8pm Norwich r Waterfront r Flogging Molly r £18 r 7:30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Monday 8th

Bury r The Apex r Nancy Kerr & James Fagan r 7:30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 9th

St Neots r Priory Ctr. r Stanley Accrington r 8pm

Gigs in Essex Tuesday 9th

Westcliff r RBL r Flossie Malavielle

Gigs in Norfolk Tuesday 9th

Norwich r Brickmakers r Guns For Hire r 8pm Norwich r Playhouse r Spooky Men’s Chorale r 7:30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Wednesday 10th

Cambridge r Portland Arms r Girlpool Cambridge r The Geldart r Jay B Jazz r 8:30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Jam Night r 8pm

Gigs in Essex Wednesday 10th

Chelmsford r United Brethren r Open Mic r 8pm Clacton r Princes Theatre r Tendring Vocal Festival r 7pm

Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 10th Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8:30pm Dereham r Various Places r Dereham Blues Festival Norwich r Epic Studios r Normandie + Lightscape r £10 r 7:30pm Norwich r Gate House r Irish Folk r 8:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Tree House Comedy Sheringham r Little Theatre r Hayley Moss & Benjamin Lake Gigs in Suffolk Wednesday 10th Bildeston r Kings Head r Open Mic r 8:30pm Bures r Various Places r Bures Music Festival Bury r The Apex r Spooky Men’s Chorale r 7:30pm Edwardstone r White Horse r Folk & Acoustic Session r 8:30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 11th

Cambridge r CUC Wine Bar r Alex Hitchcock Quintet r Cambridge r Portland Arms r Major Rat Run + Combover

Gigs in Essex Thursday 11th

Chelmsford r Bassment r Kaine + Walk in Coma +... Clacton r Princes Theatre r Tendring Vocal Festival r 7pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r NoiseM + Corrupt Moral Alter +... Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Roberto Wonder + Suzy Cramer r 8pm Colchester r Various Places r Roman River: Colchester Weekend Gt Bardfield r Friends Meeting Hse r Delta Ladies

Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 11th

Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r Deaf Havana Norwich r Brickmakers r Mahatmas r 8pm Norwich r Epic Studios r Guana Batz + r £17 r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Open Mic

Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 11th

Bungay r Fisher Theatre r All Hail Macbeth r 7:30pm Bures r Various Places r Bures Music Festival Bures r Eight Bells r Open Mic r 8pm Bury r The Apex r Dutch Swing College Band r 7:30pm Ipswich r The Salutation r Webbys Jam Snape r Maltings r Composition & Performance r 4pm S.Elmham St Michael r Hulver Farm r World Music Workshop Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Karaoke

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 12th

Cambridge r Portland Arms r Local Distortion r 7:30pm Ely r Ely Folk Festival Site r Ely Folk Festival Peterborough r Key Theatre r Them Heavy People St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Bad Monkey Driver r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Friday 12th

Basildon r Holiday Inn r Malone Sibbun Band Brentwood r Brentwood Ctr. r Brentwood Festival Chelmsford r United Brethren r Andy Twyman r 9pm Clacton r Princes Theatre r Fast Love r 7:30pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Sam Eagle r £10 r 7:30pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r BOF! r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Grounds For Divorce Colchester r Various Places r Roman River: Colchester Weekend West Mersea r Mersea Ctr. r Sound of Musicals

Gigs in Norfolk Friday 12th

Norwich r Arts Ctr. r Wolf Number r £8 r 8pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Exit Stage Left r 8pm Norwich r Epic Studios r The High Points + r £6 r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r The Roosters

Gigs in Suffolk Friday 12th

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Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 13th Cambridge r Various Places r Cambridge Summer Music Peterborough r Key Theatre r Simon & Garfunkel Story St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r The 142’s Band r 9pm Gigs in Essex Saturday 13th Ardleigh r Little Rabbit Barn r Eve Selis + The Flyin’ A’s r 7pm Billericay r Barleylands S&SC r Debbie Bond Trio Chelmsford r Bassment r Mandeville Chelmsford r United Brethren r Hardy Perennials r 9pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Elly Tree + Litter of Kings r 8pm Colchester r Various Places r Roman River: Colchester Weekend

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Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 13th

Norwich r Brickmakers r Slayer’d r 8pm Norwich r Gate House r Vic Salter r 8:30pm Norwich r Salhouse Lodge r Jax&Co Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Magic Robot Norwich r Waterfront r Punk Rock Stars In Their Eyes Old Catton r Maids Head r Egypt r 9pm

Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 13th

Benhall r Benhall Music Day r 2-9pm Bramford r Social Club r Double D Band Bures r Various Places r Bures Music Festival Bury r The Apex r Let’s Go To The Movies Felixstowe r Copas Bar r Stone Tiger r 8:30pm Hadleigh r RBL r Jim Bob Duo r 9pm Haverhill r Arts Ctr. r Haverhill Singers r 3pm Ipswich r California Club r MJ Soul r 7pm Ipswich r New Wolsey Theatre r Majestic Voices r 7:30pm Ipswich r The Railway r Soap Your Auntie r 9pm Ipswich r The Salutation r Talk of the Town r 8:45pm Ipswich r Town Ctr. r Mini Global Rhythm Kesgrave r Social Club r Longshot r 7pm Leiston r White Horse Hotel r Hurricane Alley Needham Market r Three Tuns r Words & Music r 9pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Junkyard Preachers Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Robbie Gladwell & Guests

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Sunday 14th

Peterborough r Charters Bar r Third Stone from the Sun Peterborough r Key Theatre r Freedom! r 7:30pm

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Gigs in Essex Sunday 14th

Chelmsford r Hideaways r Pearl Jam Tribute r 8pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Rich Young r 4:30pm Clacton r West Cliff r Heroes & Villains r 3pm Colchester r Various Places r Roman River: Colchester Weekend Kelvedon r Kelvedon Labour Club r Words & Music Manningtree r Winyl r Songwriting Circle r 2pm Marks Tey r Parish Hall r Tony Pitt All Stars

Gigs in Norfolk Sunday 14th

Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r BBC Concert Orch. r 7pm Kings Lynn r Market Place r Music on the Market Place Norwich r Brickmakers r Lee Vasey Big Band r Noon Norwich r Epic Studios r Number One: Live Final r £5 r 4:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Those Deadbeat Cats Norwich r Waterfront r Drug Church r 7pm

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Gigs in Suffolk Sunday 14th Bungay r Falcon Meadow r JC & The Moonshine Band +... Bures r Various Places r Bures Music Festival Bury r The Apex r Reformation, Fascination in Suburbia Chillesford r The Froize r Phil Beer r £20 r 7:30pm Ipswich r Christchurch Park r Summer Mela Ipswich r Isaacs r Yellow r 3pm Ipswich r Red Lion r Popback 60’s r 3pm Ipswich r Steamboat Tavern r Ady Johnson r 2pm Ipswich r The Railway r Ice Breakers r 2:30pm Kessingland r Sailors Home r East Coast Blues Band r 3pm Lowestoft r Stanford Arms r Fools Blues r 3pm Mellis r Railway Tavern r Shane & the Korrados r 5pm Stowmarket r Gladstone Arms r James Nunn r 4pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Teenage Kicks Charity Day r 3pm Sudbury r Brewery Tap r Jason’s Acoustic Afternoon Gigs in Cambridgeshire Monday 15th Cambridge r Junction r Hot 8 Brass Band r 7pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r The Murder Capital Gigs in Essex Monday 15th Colchester r Hole In The Wall r Open Mic r 8pm Gigs in Norfolk Monday 15th Kings Lynn r Minster r Even You Song r 6:30pm Kings Lynn r The Guildhall r John Lenehan r 8pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Open Stage r 8pm Norwich r Waterfront r Bursters r 7:30pm Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 16th Cambridge r Flying Pig r Matthew Dames & Anna Talbot Kings Lynn r All Saints Church r Sirinu r 7:30pm St Neots r Priory Ctr. r Keith Pearson Trio r 8pm Gigs in Essex Tuesday 16th Westcliff r RBL r Fran & Belinda Gigs in Norfolk Tuesday 16th Norwich r Bedfords r Appel4 Norwich r Brickmakers r Pirate Radio r 8pm Norwich r Waterfront r Living Colour + Wayward Sons Gigs in Cambridgeshire Wednesday 17th Cambridge r Portland Arms r Catenary Wires r 7pm Cambridge r The Geldart r Late Risers r 8pm Ely r Old Dispensary r James Hickman & Dan Cassidy r 8pm Gigs in Essex Wednesday 17th Wix r The Waggon r Blackwater Band r 8:30pm Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 17th Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8:30pm Kings Lynn r Town Hall r Contemporary Consort r 6pm Norwich r Gate House r Irish Folk r 8:30pm Norwich r Waterfront r Malcolm Middleton r Gigs in Suffolk Wednesday 17th Bildeston r Kings Head r Open Mic r 8:30pm Ipswich r Halberd r Julie Usher r 8:30pm

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Now well-established as the ‘go to’ folk festival in the region, FolkEast returns to the plains of Eastfolk for another year from 16th to 18th August. I have long since referred to the Glemham Estate as Eastfolk for the simple reason that for those three days in August it is as if another county has sprung up – sandwiched between the north folk and the south folk and welcoming folk from all over.

Year, Karine Polwart will bring Friday night to a close on the main stage. On Saturday, Irish songstress Cara Dillon and her friends will close the day whilst on Sunday folk legend Richard Thompson will perform a solo set. That is but the tip of the iceberg and just The Sunset Stage. There is also the Soapbox Stage hidden deep in the woods, the Broadroots Stage, the Moot Hall – there is even a village hall!

What Becky & John Marshall-Potter have created at Glemham Hall is very special and is about far more than music alone. It is about the heritage of our region, the industry, the land, the sea, the stories, the art, oh yes – and the songs.

If you have been to FolkEast you won’t need any recommendation from me to return. If you’ve never been I would highly recommend it, you are unlikely to find another festival like it.

It is not the sort of festival that when you get there you rush up to the crowd barrier in front of the main stage and stay there until the headline act appears. It is more a village you meander through bumping into old friends, making new ones and discovering that the bloke beside you in the beer tent IS the headline act! Above all there is space. No matter how many people attend there always seems to be space to do whatever you want. You can always find a quiet corner to doze, to write, to paint, to play or just to people watch. Then, when the mood takes you, head off to a ceilidh and dance the night away. But it would be remiss of me to ignore the music altogether, for there is a fine line-up of acts waiting to entertain you. The 2018 BBC2 Folk Singer of the

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Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 18th Cambridge r The Geldart r Pillars of Creation r 8pm Gigs in Essex Thursday 18th Castle Hedingham r Bell Inn r Open Mic r 8pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Minstry of Mojo r 8:30pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r ELO Experience r 8pm Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 18th Kings Lynn r The Guildhall r Endellion Quartet r 7:30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Coronation Kings r 8pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Open Mic Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 18th Bury r The Apex r Rocket Man r 7:30pm Ipswich r The Salutation r Webbys Jam Lowestoft r Marina r Mary Duff r 7:30pm Needham Market r Community Ctr. r Open Mic r 8pm Southwold r Henham Park r Latitude Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Karaoke Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 19th Cambridge r Blue Moon r Moonstrips r 8pm Cambridge r CB2 Bistro r Ben Smith Trio r 9pm Peterborough r Brewery Tap r Tallawah St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Electric Fanny r 9pm Gigs in Essex Friday 19th Chelmsford r Hideaways r Indie Vs Alt Rock r 8pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Lee Live Trio r 9pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r The Afrocentrics Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Tom Parkes & His Blackwater Boys r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Psycho Dehlia Colchester r The Grapes r Words & Music r 9pm Halstead r The Dorrington r DJ Indiehead Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r New Purple Celebration r 8pm Gigs in Norfolk Friday 19th Gt Yarmouth r St Georges r UK Beach Boys r 7:30pm Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r Skipinnish r 7:30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Uprising r 8pm Norwich r Gate House r Vic Salter r 8:30pm Norwich r Open r A.I.R Fest: Vision Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Alternative Lobster Gigs in Suffolk Friday 19th Bury r Risbygate S&SC r Kelly & Woolley r £8 r 7:30pm Bury r The Apex r Bon Jovi Experience r 8pm Felixstowe r Dolphin Hotel r Andre Smith r 9pm Haverhill r Arts Ctr. r Hollies & Searchers Exp. r 7:30pm Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r Elie Rees r 8pm Ipswich r The Rep r JS & The Lockerbillies r 8:30pm Lowestoft r Marina r Showaddywaddy r 7:30pm Lowestoft r Seagull r The Settlers Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Colourblind Hedgehogs

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Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 20th Cambridge r Portland Arms r Loaded Dice + Pocket Boys Peterborough r Charters Bar r Velocity Peterborough r Cresset r Sing for Life r 7:30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Bad Rabbit r 9pm Gigs in Essex Saturday 20th Billericay r Barleylands S&SC r Lewis Hamilton Band Chelmsford r United Brethren r Steve Hooker r 9pm Colchester r Layer Marney Tower r Music at the Tower Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Delta Jacks r 8pm Halstead r Empire Theatre r Aladdin Jr r 3pm Halstead r The Dorrington r 70s Night Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r 80s Mania r 8pm Wix r The Waggon r Strangers r 9pm Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 20th Kings Lynn r St Nicholas r London Handel Players r 7pm Kings Lynn r St Nicholas r New Oxford Consort r 9:30pm Kings Lynn r The Guildhall r Creation of the Universe Norwich r Blueberry Music House r A.I.R Fest: Rock r £5 r 6:30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Enigma r 8pm Norwich r Gate House r Will Allinson r 8:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Redemption Norwich r Waterfront r Crobot + Wolf Jaw Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 20th Bramford r Social Club r Cliff Richard Tribute Bungay r Bungay Castle r That’s All Folk Bury r The Apex r Viva Santana r 8pm Felixstowe r Copas Bar r Summer Soul Party r £7 r 2pm Felixstowe r Dolphin Hotel r Wages 4 Sin r 9pm Gt Whelnetham r Hennessey r Words & Music r 8:30pm Halesworth r The Cut r Samia Malik r 7:30pm Ipswich r California Club r Jax&Co r 8:30pm Ipswich r Earl Kitchener r Carry on Rod r £5 r 8pm Ipswich r Isaacs r Soul Lounge r 3pm Ipswich r The Railway r Definitely Might Be - Oasis r £10 Kesgrave r Social Club r Memphis Index r 7pm Lowestoft r Marina r Oye Santana r 7:30pm Snape r Maltings r Open Session r 4pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r The Spiderz Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Bouncing Off Concrete Sudbury r Quay Theatre r Keep It Cash r 7:30pm Sudbury r Sudbury FC r Smile Festival Gigs in Cambridgeshire Sunday 21st Peterborough r Charters Bar r The Balloons r St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Tim Brown Duo r 4pm Gigs in Essex Sunday 21st Chelmsford r United Brethren r Paul Steven Wood r 4:30pm Colchester r Castle Park r Tom Jones Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Phoebe Austin r 7pm

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Briarbank’s Sunday Jazz Sunday 21st July 1.30pm This month John Parker will be joined by the fantastic Zak Barrett on saxophone, Bernie Hodgkins on bass and Alan Clarke on drums. Join us for what’s set to be a great afternoon of live jazz. Entry is free. 70 Fore Street, Ipswich, IP4 1LB 01473 284000 • www.briarbank.org Like us on Facebook: BriarbankBrewery Follow us on Twitter: @BriarbankBrew

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Chris Amoo The Real Thing

Tony Bell talks with Chris Amoo, founding member of 70s soul sensations: The Real Thing. I have a confession to make Chris, you and I are of a similar age, when I was disco-ing back in the day I always thought that The Real Thing were an American band. Yeah - you wouldn’t be alone in thinking we were an American band. We used to get that a lot, a lot of people though we were American until they heard us talking. I suppose its because accents don’t really come across when you are singing our type of music. If you listen to The Beatles sing, you can tell they are from Liverpool, because they sing with that accent - it was Mersey pop, all of the bands around us back then sang, basically the way they talk. So how come you ended up going down the soul route? Because we are black, that’s what we grew up on, black music. We grew up in Liverpool 8, a black district. Was Britain ready for soul in the seventies? No. They became more ready when Motown broke, but it was still very much hit and miss. Soul really started to come into its own, I would say, early seventies with bands like The Temptations, The Four Tops, The O’Jays and bands like that. That’s when it started to generate its own fan base. You went from The Sophisticated Soul Brothers to Vocal Perfection to The Real Thing - you were on Opportunity Knocks,

Top of the Pops... it must have been a crazy time? It was great, we were very young. Anything like that was a great buzz for us, we were only kids. Sophisticated Soul Brothers was our first name, the Vocal Perfection, which we weren’t we soon got rid of that! When we won Opportunity Knocks, it was when we met our manager Tony Hall, we actually went on Opportunity Knocks as Vocal Perfection and came off it as The Real Thing. Nowadays that sort of branding change would be unheard of, wouldn’t it? It didn’t matter back then because basically we weren’t anything anyway, so it didn’t mater how many name changes you had - the name that mattered was the name that was on the record when it was a hit. And what was it like when you got that first hit? Unbelievable, as you can imagine. It was a dream come true. We’d been goin’ a few years before that so that we were building up to that but we never thought... look, most people in our business do not get a sniff of a hit record, that’s what you got to realise. They might be great musicians, and there are great singers that never come anywhere close - that’s how lucky we were. And we are still lucky now. Luck involves a couple of things, first of all having the right song, but you

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can even have the right song with the wrong manager or the wrong company. I think “Can’t Get by Without You” was released a couple of years before we actually recorded the song when it went straight to number two! Fast forward to today, sadly you lost your brother Eddie last year, but you decided to carry on as The Real Thing. We did, we just decided that we’d rather keep the original Real Thing rather than bring somebody else in and changing the sound. And it has gone really well as a result of that. I think people appreciate that all that is really missing is a voice and a lovely, popular person obviously. But if you bring somebody else in it becomes something else. The tour list at the moment consists of over forty gigs between now and December - that’s gotta be crazy? Yes! But we have always been a working band, that’s how we started, that’s how we’ve always been right the way through everything. I think being a working band is what makes you. Number one you learn how to perform, number two nothing can phase you audience wise ‘cause you are used to that number three your voice improves over the years. As you continue to do

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something, you hone your craft, your voice develops a tone, it gets stronger. Tell us about the show, what can the audience expect? They will get a mixture of our hits, some new original songs and one or two classics in there. They will be able to get up and dance and sing along and sit down to listen to songs lie “Children of the Ghetto” and things like that. And generally just have a nice evening. The Real Thing play the following dates in our region: • Sat 5th July - Southend, Cliffs Pavilion • Sun 21st July - Felixstowe, Spa Pavilion • Fri 11th Oct - Gt Yarmouth, Vauxhall Holiday Park • Fri 25th Oct - Peterborough, East of England Showground

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Gigs in Norfolk Sunday 21st

Banham r The Barell r Emma O’Reilly Holt r Various Places r Holt Festival Hunstanton r Princess Theatre r Mary Duff r 7:30pm Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r Lesley Garrett & Emma Johnson r 7:30pm Kings Lynn r Westacre r Ruisi Quartet + Asher Zaccardelli Norwich r B2 r Atorc r 7pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Lee Vasey Big Band r Noon Norwich r Brickmakers r Under 18’s Jam r 5pm Norwich r Gringos r A.I.R Fest: Electro r £5 r 7pm Norwich r Heartsease r A.I.R Fest: Acoustic r £5 r 11am Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Hal Wrayzer Combo

Gigs in Suffolk Sunday 21st

Bury r The Apex r Amanda Owen r 7:30pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r The Real Thing r 7pm Ipswich r Briarbank Brewery r Jazz on Sunday r 1:30pm Ipswich r California Club r Paul Higgs r £16 r 7:30pm Ipswich r California Club r Brief History Of Jazz r £16 Ipswich r Christchurch Park r Essex Police Band r 2:30pm Ipswich r Isaacs r Mark Anthony & Funky Stuff Band r 3pm Ipswich r Jerwood Dancehouse r Suffolk Soul Singers Ipswich r Red Lion r Mat Barden r 3pm Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r Noteriety Choir r 6:30pm Lowestoft r Stanford Arms r Pangaea Lowestoft r The Blues Bar r STiGMa r 3pm Mellis r Railway Tavern r Downtime Jazz r 2pm Snape r Maltings r Royal Academy of Music & Juilliard School Stowmarket r Gladstone Arms r Aimee Sheppard r 4pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Juke Joint r 4pm Woodbridge r Seckford Theatre r D-Day A’versary Concert

Gigs in Norfolk Monday 22nd

Kings Lynn r Town Hall r Ruisi Quartet r 11am Kings Lynn r Library r Ruisi Quartet r 1:30pm Kings Lynn r Minster r Pelleas Ensemble r 7:30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Open Stage r 8pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 23rd

Cambridge r Blue Moon r Mammoth Penguins r 8pm St Neots r Priory Ctr. r Stone Junction r 8pm

Gigs in Essex Tuesday 23rd

Clacton r The Boardwalk r Words & Music r 1pm Westcliff r RBL r Molly’s Kiss

Gigs in Norfolk Tuesday 23rd

Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r Six Hands: John Williams, John Etheridge, Gary Ryan r 7:30pm Kings Lynn r Gaywood Library r Maria Gilicel r 1:30pm Kings Lynn r Town Hall r Maria Gilicel & Craig White r 11am

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Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 24th

Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8:30pm Kings Lynn r Town Hall r Daniel Lebhardt r 11am Norwich r Gate House r Irish Folk r 8.30pm Norwich r Waterfront r Hot 8 Brass Band r 7:30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Wednesday 24th Aldeburgh r Pumphouse r AYM r 8pm Bildeston r Kings Head r Open Mic r 8:30pm Bury r The Apex r Cregan & Co r 7:30pm Edwardstone r White Horse r Electric Jam Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 25th Barton r Haggis Farm r Cambridge Rock Festival Cambridge r Portland Arms r The Orb r 7:30pm Cambridge r The Geldart r All the Federales r 8:30pm Peterborough r Key Theatre r Joe Longthorne r 7:30pm Gigs in Essex Thursday 25th Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Slice of Life + When Rivers Meet Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 25th Dereham r Golf Club r Eriki Ishihara r £12 Kings Lynn r Minster r Tasmin Little & Piers Lane r 7:30pm Kings Lynn r Town Hall r Jamal Aliyev & Maria Tarasewicz Norwich r B2 r Jake Martin + B-Sydes r £6 r 7pm Roman River’s twentieth festival features an amazing line up of talent, bringing together pioneering, entrepreneurial spirits, both local and international, to inspire and uplift everyone. The Colchesterbased charity have persuaded over 100 world-class performers to come to Colchester, rural Essex and Suffolk in July and September for dozens of unmissable events over three weekends. The festival opens on a summer’s evening with the forty musicians of Street Orchestra Live, under a specially constructed marquee in Firstsite’s gardens mixing popular classics with rap, salsa and film music. The festival's flagship annual residency at the breathtaking church in the idyllic village of Stoke by Nayland will take place from 5 to 8 September. There's the daring no-holds-barred music making of young violinist Jonian Ilias-Kadesha (Beethoven violin concerto) and Orlando Jopling conducting the sensational festival orchestra in Debussy, Sibelius and more.

Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 25th

Bury r The Apex r Kiefer Sutherland r 7:30pm Ipswich r The Salutation r Webbys Jam Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Karaoke

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 26th

Barton r Haggis Farm r Cambridge Rock Festival Cambridge r Blue Moon r Jake Martin r 7:30pm Cambridge r Junction r The Fiver Cambridge r Junction r Voice of Santur Quartet r 8pm Peterborough r Brewery Tap r Glorious One Eyed Cats St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Man Alive r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Friday 26th

Chelmsford r United Brethren r Rubber Soul r 8:30pm Coggeshall r Library r Tom Parkes+Laurence Crow+Suzy Cramer r £10 r 9pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Aja + Phantom Chips + A’Bear Point Clear r Ferry Boat Inn r Words & Music r 9pm Southend r Palace Theatre r One Night in Dublin r 7:30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Friday 26th

Banham r The Barrel r BanhamFest r Holt r Auden Theatre r Britten Oboe Quartet r 8:15pm Holt r Festival Woods r Toyah r 8:15pm

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11-14 July COLCHESTER WEEKEND 5-15 September AUTUMN FESTIVAL Debussy • Beethoven • Schnittke • Prokofiev • Bernstein Wagner • Sibelius • Reich • Adès and many more. Sign up for our newsletter and book tickets at:

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What Goes on Inside Our Heads LUNAR ECHOES Claiming London as their home town, this band formed in Cambridge and could be described as ‘regulars’ at The Blue Moon. It was the video for ‘Neon’ that drew me in to begin with, then I discovered ‘Strangers’ with its thumping beat. The album is bluesy, its funky, its rocky - hell, its good!

Dirtsville GOOFA DUST Goofa Dust call themselves a ‘powerful rhythm and

blues collective’. As descriptions go, that one pretty much hits the mark, spot on - just look at the line up: King, Locke, Fillbrook, Elden and Diffley. ‘Shame’ is the first single to be released from the album and gives a pretty darn good impression of what this group is capable of. A real shame I missed them at StowBlues if you’ll excuse the pun!

fans (who crowdfunded the album’s creation). The arrangements bring a depth to the already thought provoking lyrics they have even included a brass band on one track!

Pale Blue Blanket PETER HEPWORTH

A New Way On BAYFIELD BOOTH I have to declare an interest here, I shot the cover images for this album. Musically however I had nothing to do with it! Messers Bayfield & Booth have come together to create a beautiful album of songs written straight from the heart. They have been gigging these songs for about a year, many will be familiar to their

The launch of Peter’s first ever single was held in a boatyard, featured Kal Lavelle and if I’m honest, on the night everyone completely forgot about the single. At the end of his set Peter proposed to his partner, she said yes and that was what was important. None-theless, the single marks the renaissance of a singersongwriter who’s talent we almost lost, such is the weird industry of music making. Peter is at home writing songs, doubtless there will be an album to come, we can’t wait!

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Gradients DUSKY SUNDAY I have known these two musicians individually for some years now. But I hadn’t heard them play together until about a year ago - one of those OMG moments (in a good way!). Gradients is a cracking debut album for the duo and proves how really good a good song can be with a full band surrounding it. Just listen to Standing on a Rock - oh those lyrics!

Morganway MORGANWAY Back in May I mistakenly highlighted ‘Frozen in Our Time’ as the debut album from Norwich based Morganway. That is but a mere track from their self

titled album due out in August. I have no problem admitting my mistake because it means that there are ten more tracks to enjoy on this extremely well produced piece of work. ‘Let Me Go’ has a ‘Last Train to Clarkesville-esque’ opening but there any similarity ends! ‘I Want No Other Love’, the last track on the album, is gorgeous.

Life Drawing JOHN WARD Earlier this year my colleague Foz featured John Ward and his band in his Foster Factor piece. Based in Lowestoft, John is one of the many hard working musicians plying their trade in the region, when he is not curating his stage and the workshops at FolkEast. His latest album ‘Life Drawing’ is a mix of traditional and new material with his jazz inspired ‘Human Statue’ putting John & his band in a completely new light for me and sounding more Le Havre than Lowestoft! Seek out a copy, you won’t be disappointed.

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Revival CHRISTIAN SMITH Not many album launches take place in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire! But where a launches happens is irrelevant, what it sounds like is way more important. Christian’s modern c&w infused rock frames his strong lyrics perfectly. Not sure yet whether ‘Tattoos & Sad Stories’ with its rhythmic tribal beat or the rocky ‘Mulholland’ are my favourites. Perhaps I’ll just press repeat... Singles Summary - just out, due out or I only just discovered them! Navy Red TUNDRA I Came Here To Win PHOEBE AUSTIN Game of Blame CHARLIE EMMILINE Living In The Dark ROISIN O’HAGAN Rose Tinted Eyes SETH & ELIZA

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Follow us on Twitter: GrapevineLIVE Hunstanton r Princess Theatre r Jersey Beats r 7:30pm Kings Lynn r Museum r Lea Hausmann & Samuel Shepherd Kings Lynn r The Guildhall r Joe Stilgoe Trio r 7:30pm Kings Lynn r Town Hall r Amatis Piano Trio r 11am Norwich r Brickmakers r Small Talk r 8pm Norwich r Epic Studios r Physics House Band r £8 r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Mister Pink

Gigs in Suffolk Friday 26th

Brandeston r The Queen r Man in the Hat r 7pm Felixstowe r Dolphin Hotel r Cactus Jack & The Longhorns Felixstowe r Various Places r Felixstowe Carnival Haverhill r Arts Ctr. r Pim:Jam Ipswich r The Railway r The Expletives r 9pm Ipswich r The Salutation r Joel Fisk & The Breakdown r 8:45pm Lowestoft r Triangle Tavern r Clare Free r 8:30pm Newmarket r Newmarket Racecourses r Rudimental Snape r Maltings r AYM Chamber & Kabantu r 4pm Stoke by Nayland r SbN Hotel r Hexangonal Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Powerhead Sudbury r Quay Theatre r Women in Rock r 7:30pm Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Martells

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 27th

Barton r Haggis Farm r Cambridge Rock Festival Cambridge r Junction r Bombay Bicycle Club r 7pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Rock Night r 7:30pm Peterborough r Met Lounge r Endeavour r 7:30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Beerbelly r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Saturday 27th

Billericay r Barleylands S&SC r Mojo Preachers Chelmsford r United Brethren r Paolo Morena r 9pm Colchester r Headgate r Summer Cabaret r £10 Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Martin McNeill r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Old Street Rockers r 9pm Harwich r Various Places r Maritime Festival: Harwich Southend r Chinnery’s r Pure/Dc r 7:30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 27th

Banham r The Barrel r BanhamFest Catfield r Village Hall r Occassional Ceilidh Band r £9 Feltwell r St Marys Church r F-19 Gt Yarmouth r Royal Assembly Rooms r La Marina Swing Holt r Festival Woods r Georgie Fame r 7pm Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r RPO with Amatis Piano Trio Norwich r Brickmakers r Shrapnel + Collapse the Sky +... Norwich r Epic Studios r Martin Kemp: Back to The 80s r £20 r 7:30pm Norwich r Gate House r Vic Salter r 8:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Hot Cold Ground Norwich r Waterfront r Renegade Twelve Southburgh r Burton Manor Barns r World Music Festival Worstead r Worstead Festival Site r Worstead Festival

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Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 27th Bildeston r Kings Head r Millie Kirkpatrick r 9pm Bramford r Social Club r Shane Bungay r Fisher Theatre r Spikedrivers r 7:30pm Bury r The Apex r Ash r 8pm Felixstowe r Copas Bar r Amanda Gibson r 8pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r All About the Musicals r 6pm Haverhill r Arts Ctr. r Pim:Jam Ipswich r California Club r Hurricane Alley r 7:30pm Ipswich r Red Lion r The Kicks r 9pm Ipswich r Regent r Supreme Queen r 7:30pm Ipswich r Rosary Club r Words & Music r 8pm Ipswich r Suffolk Showground r Nearly Festival: Ipswich Ipswich r TGA r Superzeros r 9pm Kesgrave r Social Club r The Preservatives r 7pm Leiston r White Horse Hotel r Roach Lowestoft r Marina r Marty Wilde & The Wildcats r 7:30pm Lowestoft r Seagull r Purple Jimi & Obscured by Floyd Offton r Limeburners r Clare Free r 4pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r The Strapless Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Contraband Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Quiz Night Gigs in Cambridgeshire Sunday 28th Barton r Haggis Farm r Cambridge Rock Festival Cambridge r Junction r Folk Festival Special

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acoustic stage on the lawn of Christchurch Mansion - with live music from noon. See you there! See page 8 for the full line-up.

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Join us at Isaacs on the Quay for great live music during July. Sunday 14th July • 3pm • Yellow A Coldplay cover band that pays tribute to one of the greatest bands of all time. Saturday 20th July • 3pm • The Soul Lounge Revisiting all the Soul Lounge classic mixes from the past four years, plus new soul and a touch of Soulful House. Sunday 21st July • 3pm Mark Anthony and the Funky Stuff Band A seven piece upbeat, energetic funky soul, ska and jive band. They’ll bring the party to you. Sunday 28th July • 3pm • Killer Rhapsody - The Queen Experience The hottest and most riveting tribute to Freddie Mercury and Queen. Live DJ every Saturday night from 9pm 7 Wherry Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 1AS 01473 284000 • www.isaaclord.org Like us on Facebook: isaacsonthequay Follow us on Twitter: @isaacsonthequay

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New Festival in the Heart of Norfolk’s Cider Country This month we welcome a new festival to East Anglia. BanhamFest in Norfolk is the brainchild of Brian MacAlister, the man running the Banham Barrel who is making a name for himself getting some rather well known names turning up to play in his Back Room – one of Norfolk’s best kept secrets! Replacing Banham’s Appleyard Fair and in the same location – the field next to The Barrel, BanhamFest is a three day event starting on Friday 26th July with Beans on Toast headlining and Norwich based Kaves opening proceedings. Kaves are the recent winners of ‘Twisted Melon – Battle of the Bands’ in King’s Lynn. This is a family friendly event with music at its core. There will be plenty of things

for young people to do: a Forest School, Banham Zoo Pop-up, an escape room and throughout there is a relaxation zone and a mass yoga session on Sunday morning. On Saturday electrified bluegrass is on the menu when Tennessee based Hayseed Dixie headline the musical entertainment. They will be preceded by Bury St Edmunds’ very own Thy Last Drop who play what they call carnival punk. Now, am I alone in wondering what electrified carnival bluegrass punk might sound like? You never know what can happen in south Norfolk’s cider country! Add to that eclectic mix Pirate Joe and the Forgeign Locals and Saturday has all the hallmarls of a gig that will get talked about for years to come. If you have yet to hear and see Pirate Joe seek them out, doubtless there is a fundraising page for a new guitar, have you seen the holes in the one he plays currently? Sunday will see Gary Standley, no stranger to the pages of Grapevine, curating the days events with his very own selection of local bands. Gary is a great supporter of the local music scene on Norfolk – check out his podcast on BBC Sounds – BBC Norfolk Introducing.

Kaves

Brian is to be lauded for undertaking the launch of a new festival in the current economic climate, but then he is not running the event to become a festival millionaire - do such people exist?

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Peterborough r Charters Bar r The Contacts St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Jacen Bruce r 4pm

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Hayseed Dixie Brian is raising money for six charities: Action for Hearing Loss, Friends of Banham Primary School, Lets Do it Anyway, Nature & Nurture, Nelson’s Journey and ZSEA. All are local charities or those with which The Barell has a personal connection to. Given the choice between £35 for a weekend with fifteen and more bands appearing amongst a friendly, happy family crowd or £80 to see a big name act appear as a dot on the horizon of an amphitheatre... well we know what we’ll be using spending the Grapevine summer festival savings on. We asked our photographer, not quite a regular at The Barell, who he’d be listening out for: “Apart from those already mentioned, let’s see: Mammal Not Fish and When Rivers Meet are two on my ‘got to see this year’ list. Looking forward to hearing Niamh again, she is such an awesome songstress! Gary Standley’s line up for the Sunday has yet to break cover but I know it will be good.” An adult day ticket will cost you just £20, and a mere £35 for an adult weekend ticket. Attending this festival is not going to break the bank. The team at the Barrel deserve for this event to be a success, their warm welcome will ensure you feel at home whether you just pop in for a single day or go the whole hog and camp or glamp all weekend. For more information go to: www.banhamfest.co.uk

Brightlingsea r Brewers Arms r Clare Free Chelmsford r United Brethren r Joe Anderton r 4:30pm Colchester r Castle Park r Tears for Fears r Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Good Times Jazz Band Marks Tey r Parish Hall r Kevin Scott’s Golden Eagle Jazz

Gigs in Norfolk Sunday 28th

Banham r The Barrel r BanhamFest Hunstanton r Princess Theatre r Carole King Songbook Norwich r B2 r Coldharbour + Unit 33 +... r 5pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Lee Vasey Big Band r Noon Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Pyevarotti Sheringham r Little Theatre r Paul Hill Quartet r 7:30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Sunday 28th

Bildeston r Kings Head r Kevin Nightingale r 1pm Ipswich r Christchurch Park r Martlesham Brass r 2:30pm Ipswich r Isaacs r Killer Rhapsody r 3pm Lowestoft r Stanford Arms r Das Fenster & The Alibis Snape r Maltings r National Teachers Choir r 2:30pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Remedy r 4pm

Gigs in Essex Monday 29th

Colchester r Hole In The Wall r Open Mic r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Monday 29th

Norwich r Brickmakers r Open Stage r 8pm

Gigs in Suffolk Monday 29th

Bury r The Apex r ELO Experience r 7:30pm Holbrook r The Swan r Clare Free r 8pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 30th

Cambridge r Blue Moon r Epigenetics Revolution r 7:30pm Cambridge r CB2 Bistro r Underscore Orkestra r 8:30pm St Neots r Priory Ctr. r Round the Room r 8pm

Gigs in Essex Tuesday 30th

Clacton r The Boardwalk r Words & Music r 1pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Poison Idea + Westcliff r RBL r Columbines

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Wednesday 31st

Cambridge r The Geldart r Clifford Barraclough Taylor Cambridge r The Geldart r Jazz Club r 8:30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 31st

Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8:30pm Norwich r Gate House r Irish Folk r 8:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Norfolk Blues Society

Gigs in Suffolk Wednesday 31st

Bildeston r Kings Head r Open Mic r 8:30pm Ipswich r The Salutation r Sixties Afternoon r 2pm

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1-2 Jul r Cambridge r Junction r Greek Medicine 2-3 Jul r P’boro r Key Theatre r Tiger Who Came To Tea 3-6 Jul r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r The 39 Steps 4-6 Jul r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Occupational Hazards 4 Jul r Peterborough r Cresset r We Go Together 4 Jul r Peterborough r Key Theatre r Haunted Existence 6 Jul r Peterborough r Key Theatre r And 5, 6, 7, 8! 7 Jul r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Alice in Wonderland 7 Jul r P’boro r Key r How Does This Politics Thing Work? 7 Jul r Peterborough r Cresset r Danzfusion Evolution 7 Jul r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Jungle Book 7 Jul r Cambridge r Corn Exchange r Jimmy Carr 9-13 Jul r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r Separate Tables 12-14 Jul r Cambridge r Arts Theatre r We’re Going on a Bear Hunt 12 Jul r Peterborough r Cresset r Jimmy Carr 12 Jul r Cambridge r Junction r Armadia 13-14 Jul r Cambridge r Junction r Urban Styles 13 Jul r Cambridge r Junction r Laugh 4 Change 15-20 Jul r Cambridge r Arts Theatre r Rocky Horror Show 18 Jul r Peterborough r Cresset r James Acaster 19-21 Jul r Cambridge r Junction r Hotbed Theatre Fest. 19 Jul r Peterborough r Key r Nick Helm & Paul F Tayloy 23-27 Jul r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r Guarded 23-27 Jul r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r Role Play 23-27 Jul r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r The Offensive 23-27 Jul r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r The Summerhouse 23-27 Jul r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Blood Music 23-27 Jul r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Sink or Swim 26 Jul r Peterborough r Key r Ivo Graham & Glenn Moore 26 Jul r Cambridge r Portland Arms r Comedy Club 29-31 Jul r Cambridge r Arts Theatre r Educating Rita 29 Jul r Cambridge r Junction r Milton Jones 30 Jul r Cambridge r Portland Arms r Evening of Science Variety

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Theatre, Musicals & Comedy in Essex 1-3 Jul r Harlow r Playhouse r Summer Showcase 2-6 Jul r Chelmsford r Old Court r Lillies on the Land 2 Jul r Southend r Palace Theatre r Our Earth 3-6 Jul r Southend r Palace Theatre r The Perfect Murder 4-6 Jul r Chelmsford r Civic r Romeo & Juliet 4-5 Jul r Colchester r Headgate r Can’t Help Singing 4 Jul r Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Comedy Club 5 Jul r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Comedy Club 5 Jul r Harlow r Playhouse r Pemberley Showcase 6 Jul r Chelmsford r Cramphorn Studio r Dance Trix 6 Jul r Clacton r West Cliff r Jimmy Cricket 6-7 Jul r Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Take The Stage 6 Jul r Southend r Palace r Gary Delaney 7 Jul r Colchester r Headgate r Summer Silliness & Scenes! 7 Jul r Colchester r Charter Hall r (dis)Connected 8 Jul r Chelmsford r Civic r Rhythm of the Dance 9-10 Jul r Chelmsford r Civic r Gotta Dance 9 Jul r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Seann Walsh 10-11 Jul r Southend r Palace r Bang 11-13 Jul r Halstead r Empire Theatre r Dads Army 11-14 Jul r Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Tom Gates 12-13 Jul r Colchester r Headgate r IDC19 12-13 Jul r Southend r Palace r Renee’s Walk of Fame 13 Jul r Harlow r Playhouse r This Is Me 14 Jul r Colchester r Charter Hall r Spectacle 14 Jul r Colchester r St Botolph’s Church r Midsummer Night’s Dream 14 Jul r Southend r Palace r Mermazing Pirate Adventure 15-17 Jul r Southend r Palace r Tiger Who Came To Tea 17-20 Jul r Colchester r Headgate r Bedroom Farce 18-20 Jul r Harlow r Playhouse r Evolution-Born to Dance 18 Jul r Halstead r Empire Theatre r Sense & Sensibility 19 Jul r Clacton r Princes Theatre r Rhythm of the Dance 19 Jul r Clacton r West Cliff r Icons r £21 19 Jul r Southend r Palace r Matt Rees & Josh Berry 20-21 Jul r Southend r Palace r Leonard Dance Academy 20 Jul r Clacton r West Cliff r Rock for Heroes r £21 21 Jul r Chelmsford r Civic r Essex Dance Theatre 23-27 Jul r Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Grease 24-28 Jul r Bocking r Arts Theatre r Comedy Festival 25 Jul r Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Comedy Club 26-27 Jul r Chelmsford r Civic r Set to Shine

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The weather may be hotting up as we get into July, and hopefully you’ve got a Stagey Summer lined-up with the eclectic mix of arts festivals, open air theatre and seaside specials that are on offer. That said, whilst we may be enjoying the sun, it’s not too early to start planning your Autumn Season of theatre! Kicking off the New Wolsey Theatre’s Autumn Season in style is a new production of the classic comedy from Richard Bean of One Man, Two Guvnors (5-28th September). Set in the colourful underworld of Brighton in the swinging sixties, this riotous farce mixes all the elements of classic comedy into a fizzing cocktail of fun.

The Season For fans of something new, you will be excited to learn of The Season (516th November) – a new musical by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, winners of the 2018 Stiles and Drewe Mentorship Award, which celebrates the best of emerging British song-writing talent. This brand new romantic comedy is filled with heart-warming and hilarious songs, and tells of Dougal and Robyn who meet in JFK Airport on Christmas Eve and are thrown

together for a wild weekend in the city that never sleeps, their adventure becomes a musical whirlwind of confession, frustration and maxing-out credit cards in Macy’s. Will these two endearing misfits provide the ultimate test for the theory that opposites always attract? Other key highlights include the timely Two Trains Running (8-12th October), focusing on a controversial new president in the White House and how racial tensions are on the rise. The Night Watch (30 Sept-5 Oct) is a thrilling portrait of four ordinary people caught up in the aftermath of an extraordinary time. One Under (31 Oct-1 Nov) is an evocative play about the power of guilt and the quest for atonement. Over at Norwich Theatre Royal, get a taste of West End glitz with the hit show Kinky Boots (17-28 September) stomping into the theatre for a few weeks to take you from the shoe-making factory floor to the glamorous catwalks of Milan, with music penned by pop icon Cyndi Lauper. Shelagh Delaney’s career defining play and British classic, A Taste of Honey (12-16th November) also pays a visit and this is an exhilarating depiction of workingclass life in post-war Salford. In a modern twist, The Watermill Theatre presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Macbeth playing side by side. Encouraging audiences to immerse

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“Move It, Move It”! The hilarious adult comedy Avenue Q (5-9th Nov) is also hitting the fields. In addition, both Madagascar the Musical and Avenue Q will also be headed to the newly reformed New Theatre Peterborough – but in addition, their impressive season also includes Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap (4-9 Nov) which recently toured some of the region in spring and star-studded West End and Broadway hit comedy Boeing Boeing (21-23 Nov).

Kinky Boots into the contrasting worlds, and embrace the blazing energy, beauty and tragedy of Shakespeare with sounds inspired by the likes of Nina Simone, Billie Holliday, The xx and The Rolling Stones. Starting the Mercury Theatre Colchester’s Abbey Field season is Colchester Operatic Society’s production of the beloved musical Oliver! (27 Sept-12 Oct), expect song, dance and Oom-pah-pah! Based on the film of the same name, Madagascar the Musical (30 Oct-3 Nov) features all the iconic characters and is set to leave audiences with no choice but to

As ever, this is only scraping the surface on the wide range of offerings from these theatres and of course only a small percentage of our regions theatres; so don’t hesitate to pick up a brochure or visit the website for your local theatre. For you never know what exciting show could be awaiting your arrival…

DUETS

A comedy about couples by Peter Quilter

New Wolsey Studio July 10-13, 2019 Tickets: from £10 Box office: wolseytheatre.co.uk T: 01473 295900

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Avenue Q

An amateur production by arrangement with Samuel French

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Theatre, Musicals & Comedy in Suffolk 1-4 Jul r Ipswich r New Wolsey Studio r All Hail Macbeth 1-2 Jul r Lowestoft r Seagull r Elm Tree TV

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2-3 Jul r Woodbridge r Seckford Theatre r Midsummer Night’s Dream 2 Jul r Lowestoft r Marina r Untold Tales r £5 3-6 Jul r Bury r The Apex r Much Ado Ron Ron 3-6 Jul r Ipswich r New Wolsey Theatre r Jesus Christ Superstar 3-4 Jul r Lowestoft r Seagull r Shelter! r 3 Jul r Sudbury r Quay Theatre r Suzi Ruffell & Phil Jerrod 4-6 Jul r Ipswich r Regent r Oliver! 5 Jul r Wingfield r Barns r Two 5 Jul r Felixstowe r Copas Bar r Comedy Night

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6 Jul r Ipswich r Jerwood Dancehouse r House to Home 6 Jul r Lowestoft r Marina r Dr John Cooper Clarke 7 Jul r Bury r The Apex r Practically Perfect

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20 Jul r Ipswich r Jerwood Dancehouse r This Is It… Our Greatest Show 20-21 Jul r Ipswich r Regent r Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom 20 Jul r Lowestoft r Seagull r Papa! & Clockwork Showcase

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