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Gigs in Cambridgeshire Wednesday 1st

As is traditional with our May cover we do not feature an individual local artist but rather a festival-esque cover. Find us and like us on Facebook/GrapevineLIVE and tag us if you think you know where Tony Bell shot this colourful festival barrier. No prizes, just bragging rights! Image © tonybell.PHOTOGRAPHY

Cambridge r Corn Ex r Nick Masons Saucerful of Secrets Cambridge r Junction r Honeyblood Cambridge r Junction r Idlewild r 7pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Cabbage Cambridge r The Geldart r Django’s Tiger r 8.30pm

Gigs in Essex Wednesday 1st

Braintree r Boars Head r Jam Night

Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 1st

Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8.30pm Kings Lynn r Corn Ex r Walk Right Back Norwich r Arts Ctr. r Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad Norwich r Epic Studios r Artist Development S’case r 6.30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 2nd

CONTENTS THE FOSTER FACTOR • 4 Foz looks back at the career of one of Ireland’s best exports!

Cambridge r Corn Ex r Tom Walker 7.30pm Cambridge r Junction r Lee Fields & The Expressions Cambridge r Portland Arms r Showhawk Duo r 8pm Cambridge r The Geldart r El Hombre sin Nombre r 8pm

Gigs in Essex Thursday 2nd

Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Earthmass + Bad Stone Colchester r Mercury r Disco Divas r 7.30pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r The Kingdom Choir r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 2nd

Promote Your MUSIC • 8

The Grapevine team attempt to answer one of our most common FAQs.

Festival Pullout • 15

East Anglia’s Essential Music & Arts Festival Guide

Norwich r Brickmakers r Metal to the Masses r £4 r 7pm Norwich r Epic Studios r That Music Thing 7.30pm Norwich r Maddermarket r Matt Ford r 7.30pm Norwich r The Reindeer r Acoustic Jam Norwich r The Reindeer r Jefferson Thomas Norwich r The Waterfront r 2 Vukovi + Superlove +... Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Open Mic w/Peter T r 8.30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 2nd

Bury r Theatre Royal r The Vega Wind Trio r 1pm Sudbury r St Peter’s Church r Blue Dahlia Trio r 7pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 3rd

MUSIC TO YOUR EARS • 40 Tony Bell listens to a lot of local music, this is just the tip of the iceberg for May!

THEATRE SPOTLIGHT • 44

Molly Richardson with her monthly look at the world of theatre

THE DEADLINE for our June issue: 10th May 2019

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Cambridge r Blue Moon r Goldblume + The Scissors +... Cambridge r Corn Ex r Wet Wet Wet r 8pm Cambridge r Golden Hind r Open Stage w/Rosie Eade r 8pm Cambridge r Junction r Secret Affair r 7pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Just Tom And Pete r 7.30pm Peterborough r Met Lounge r Tori Lamour Royston r Old Courthouse r Max Ryan r 9pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Full Circle r 9pm Stapleford r Granary r Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio

Gigs in Essex Friday 3rd

Braintree r Boars Head r Expose Brantham r The Ark r Open Mic Night r 8pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Cuda Groove r 9pm Colchester r Essex Outdoors r Cosmic Puffin Festival Colchester r Mercury r Pasadena Roof Orchestra r 7.30pm Frating r Kings Arms r Word & Music r 9pm Southend r Chinnery’s r Jon Bovi r 7.30pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Sun Records r 8pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Tritts & The Numbers r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Friday 3rd

Norwich r Brickmakers r Munch r 8pm

Like us on Facebook.com/GrapevineLIVE Norwich r Open r PinUps, We’ll Be Detectives + WRECK Norwich r The Reindeer r 4D Jones Norwich r The Waterfront r Ed Sheeran Experience Norwich r The Waterfront r John Power Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Small Talk Sheringham r Little Theatre r Ron Sayer JR’s Guitar Legends

Gigs in Suffolk Friday 3rd

Bury r Risbygate S&SC r Banter + 5 Shades Of Grey Copdock r Ipswich Hotel r Soultown Chic Elmswell r Railway Tavern r The Martells r 9pm Felixstowe r Dolphin Hotel r 23X r 9pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Navi - The King of Pop r 8pm Ipswich r Black Horse r Walkway r 8.30pm Ipswich r Briarbank r Jax&Co r 8.30pm Ipswich r Duke of York r Matt White & The Emulsions Ipswich r The Railway r Bouncing Off Concrete + Hoaxx Ipswich r Saultation r Primo Nelson + Mondatta Funk r 8:45 Ipswich r The Smokehouse r Robyn Hitchcock r 7.30pm Lowestoft r Marina Theatre r A Celebration of Kathleen Ferrier Stoke by Nayland r SbN Hotel r Blue Dahlia Trio + Support Stowmarket r John Peel Ctr. r Elvis McGonagall & the Resurrectors r £11 r 7.30pm Stowmarket r Pickerel r STYG 9.30pm Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Men of Munga + Karmataus + Mike Gage Sudbury r Quay Theatre r Songs of Leonard Cohen r 7.30pm Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Shane and the Korrados Woodbridge r Various Places r Spirit of Beowulf

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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.

This year is the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the late, great Rory Gallagher’s recording career. His first commercial release came as part of the Cork blues-rock trio Taste. Their self-titled debut LP was issued in 1969 but within two years the band had fallen apart with Rory leaving to embark on what would become a hugely successful solo career. Like so many music fans in Suffolk I have very fond memories of the Irishman’s shows at the Ipswich Gaumont. He first appeared there in February 1977 and returned in April of the following year. I was a teenager in those days and recall both nights as if they were yesterday. On both occasions The Joe O’Donnell Band opened up for Rory. Joe was formerly a member of the folk-rock group East Of Eden who you may recall hit the pop charts with the instrumental Jig-a-Jig. Also present on both nights was Tony McPhee of The Groundhogs. In those days Tony lived in Haverhill and was invited on stage with Rory and the band for the encore. How exciting was that? Well, for a young rock fan like me, very! Alongside Rory at his Ipswich shows were bassist Gerry McAvoy, drummer Rod de’Ath and keyboards player Lou Martin. With studio albums like Against The Grain and Calling Card as well as the concert LPs Live In Europe and Irish Tour ’74 rarely off my Garrard turntable I was very familiar with most of Rory’s repertoire in those days. Those

albums and Rory’s shows in Ipswich helped shape my eclectic taste in music and I am proud to say I have every Rory Gallagher release in my collection. I am even prouder to say I got to meet the great man a decade later in 1989. By then I was working at Radio Orwell and Saxon Radio and along with my good friend and colleague Nick Coady was invited to

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compere the 3rd Mildenhall Rock and Blues Festival held at West Row. It was a very long day. If I’m honest Nick and I did put away several beers and that was before the first band came on! We had already sorted who was introducing who and Nick being a great guy was more than happy for me to announce one of my big heroes. A few weeks before the Mildenhall bash I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse : ”Would you like to travel down to London to interview Rory for your radio show?” I forget who asked me to do the interview but as you might expect I didn’t need asking twice. During the previous few years, as presenter of The Headbangers’ Ball, I’d already done lots of face-to-face interviews with rock legends like Ozzy Osbourne, Robert Plant and Lemmy but I can honestly say I was still nervous at the prospect of meeting Rory. I needn’t have worried of course. I did the interview in a music store in Earl’s Court and Rory couldn’t have made me more welcome. We got on well and once we’d done the interview he suggested we retire to a nearby pub. Sadly I had to say no as I had a train to catch back to Ipswich. By 1989 Rory’s band had a different look and feel. Bassist Gerry McAvoy was still there but he now had drummer Brendan O’Neill and harmonica player Mark Feltham alongside him. Tracks from Defender, the first album they made together, played a big part in Rory’s Mildenhall set. Fast forward 30 years and to the exciting news of a 3 CD set which comes out at the end of this month. Simply called Blues, it pulls together loads of previously unreleased Rory Gallagher recordings from the vaults including a whole CD’s worth of acoustic recordings. It also includes some of his many collaborations with blues greats like Muddy Waters and Albert King. Ninety percent of the material has never been out before so for us Rory Gallagher fans it’s manna from heaven. It’s being released on the Chess label and how Rory would have loved that.

Briarbank’s Sunday Jazz Sunday 19th May 1.30pm This month John Parker will be joined by Colchester guitar star Simon Hurley, Bernie Hodgkins on bass and Ron West on drums. Join us for what’s set to be a great afternoon of live jazz. Entry is free.

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Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 4th

Cambridge r CB2 Bistro r Keith Sadler r £4 r 8.30pm Cambridge r Corn Ex r Rumours of Fleetwood Mac r 8pm Peterborough r Met Lounge r Lonesome r 7.30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Beerbelly r 9pm Stapleford r Granary r Mary Ann Kennedy r 7.30pm Whittlesey r Bobs Records r Lexie Green r 4pm

Gigs in Essex Saturday 4th

Ardleigh r Little Rabbit Barn r Hannah Aldridge + More Billericay r Barleylands S&SC r The Bad Pennies Braintree r Arts Theatre r Simon Goodall & The Bourne Again Shadows r 7.30pm Chelmsford r Bassment r Start Making Sense r 8pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Dangerous Daydream r 9pm Clacton r Princes Theatre r Bye Bye Baby r 7.30pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r ELO Encounter Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Simon Craze r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Abacus 9pm Southend r Chinnery’s r Glen Matlock r 7pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Soul Train r 8pm Wix r The Waggon r Gunrunner r 9pm

Gigs in Hertfordshire Saturday 4th

Bishops Stortford r St Mary’s School Field r The Bish Bash

Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 4th

Banham r The Barrel r Just Tom and Pete r £6 r 9pm Dereham r Cherry Tree r Egypt r 9pm Hunstanton r Princess r The Manilow Songbook r 7.30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Thrashersaurus Norwich r Epic Studios r Epic 80s/90s Anthems r 8.30pm Norwich r The LCR r Legends of Reggae Norwich r The Reindeer r The Vagaband Norwich r The Waterfront r Angel Haze Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Headway

Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 4th

Battisford r Punchbowl r Clare Free r 8pm Bramford r Bramford & District SC r Keith James r 8.30pm Dennington r Village Hall r The Glamtastics r £5 r 8.30pm Edwardstone r White Horse r Bohemia Blues Lounge r 8pm Felixstowe r Falcon Inn r Rob Lewis r 8.30pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Pride of Ireland r 7.30pm Holbrook r Royal Hospital School r Organ Day, At the Movies Ipswich r Black Horse r Noisy Neighbours 8.30pm Ipswich r Briarbank r Homebrew Roots & Blues r 7pm Ipswich r California Club r Buster r 8.30pm Ipswich r Duke of York r Back Porch r 8.30pm Ipswich r Earl Kitchener r Michael Jackson tribute r 7.30pm Ipswich r Gardeners Arms r Red Leaf r 9pm Ipswich r Isaacs r Live DJ r 9pm Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r Crisium Ipswich r The Railway r The Modfathers r £10 r 7pm Ipswich r The Smokehouse r Hunt For Titans + More r £5 Kesgrave r Social Club r Shoot the Drummer r 7pm Lowestoft r Marina Theatre r Charlie Landsborough Mellis r Railway Tavern r Red Mecca 9pm Red Lodge r Millennium Ctr. r Red Lodge Music Festival

Like us on Facebook.com/GrapevineLIVE Stowmarket r John Peel Ctr. r The Ukrainians r £11 r 7.30pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Backtrackin Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Cassette Dog Walsham-le-Willows r Blue Boar r Jax&Co r 9pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Sunday 5th

Cambridge r Blue Moon r Telepaths + Venus Fly Trap Cambridge r The Geldart r The Sure Can Play Boys r 1:30pm Peterborough r Brewery Tap r Oakham Mic Night Peterborough r Charters Bar r Ian & Kat Peterborough r Key Theatre r Joe Longthorne r 7.30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Beguiled r 9pm

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The Dream of Gerontius Sunday 5 May 2019 6pm Snape Maltings Concert Hall

Gigs in Essex Sunday 5th

Burnham-on-Crouch r Creeksea Place Barns r Blues at the Barns Chelmsford r The Woolpack r Bridget Metcalfe r 8pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Keeping It Soulful r 1pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Remembering Reg Webb Colchester r Roberts Club r Boleyn Gates r 9pm Marks Tey r Parish Hall r Red Beans ‘n’ Rice Wix r The Waggon r The Blaggers r 9pm

Gigs in Norfolk Sunday 5th

Banham r The Barrel r Christian Smith r 4pm Hunstanton r Princess r Pride of Ireland r 7.30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Lee Vasey Big Band r Noon Norwich r Epic Studios r Concert For Harry r 5pm Norwich r Epic Studios r Epic 80s/90s Anthems r 8.30pm Norwich r The Reindeer r Shanes Musical Shenanigans r 4pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Hal Wrayzer Combo

Gigs in Suffolk Sunday 5th

Felixstowe r The Alex r Backtrackin’ Ipswich r Alexandra Park r May Day Festival Ipswich r Briarbank r Mambo Chutney r 6pm Ipswich r Isaacs r Soul’d Out r 3pm Ipswich r Red Lion r Kirk Spall r 3pm Ipswich r Regent r Soul Train Tour UK r 7:45pm Ipswich r The Railway r Stetsons Are Cool r 4pm Ipswich r The Shamrock r Jax&Co r 6.30pm Leiston r White Horse r Shattered Lowestoft r Hotel Hatfield r tbc Lowestoft r Seagull r Seagull Community Choir r 7.30pm Snape r Maltings r Prometheus Orchestra r 4pm Snape r Maltings r The Dream of Gerontius r 6pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Cassette Dog r 9pm Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Outliners

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Monday 6th

Cambridge r Corn Ex r Jon Ronson r 7.30pm Peterborough r Key Theatre r Pride of Ireland Show r 7.30pm

Gigs in Essex Monday 6th

Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Flook Colchester r Hole In The Wall r Open Mic r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Monday 6th

Norwich r Blueberry Music House r Charity Event r £2 Norwich r Brickmakers r Brickies Open Stage

Gigs in Suffolk Monday 6th

Bury r The Apex r Tubular Bells for Two r 7.30pm

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra University of Essex Choir Madeleine Shaw mezzo-soprano Jamie MacDougall tenor (Gerontius) Edward Grint bass Richard Cooke conductor tickets from www.snapemaltings.co.uk charity reg: 285079 www.universityofessexchoir.org

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Top of the FAQs at Grapevine is “how can you help us promote our band/gig/ album launch”… The short answer is: not as much as you can. We have been promoting live entertainment in our region for over twenty-eight years, so we know a bit about getting your message out there. But we can’t do it all for you, you need to help us to help you. The easiest way to tell your fans where you are playing is by adding your gigs to our listings. Its free and you can do it yourself. You’ll find Grapevine Magazine in over five hundred venues locally, so you’ll be saving on shoe leather too! But remember that any printed publication goes through an editorial and production process and will have a deadline. Make sure your listings are posted before the print deadline. Use social media to promote your event, by all means. Do not however make the mistake of thinking that only using social media is enough. Not everyone lives on a social media platform – I know, difficult to comprehend, isn’t it? Old fashioned posters and flyers still have a place. If you balk at paying to advertise a gig you are playing for free you have a bigger question to ask yourself – why are you playing for free? Working to produce entertainment magazines and websites is fast paced and busy. We do not have time to search for your information. Don’t just say ‘You can find me on Facebook’ - send us your link.

You stand a better chance if you send us an EPK. If you have never come across an EPK, believe me, you need one. An Electronic Press Kit is a god send to the busy journalist – but make sure it is up to date. An EPK should contain a brief biography, short, snappy and to the point. Remember the six wise men: who, what, why, where, when and how (who are you, what do you do, why we need to know, where are you from, when are you playing live and how to get in contact). It should contain links to the music – either audio or video. You should also include some high resolution images, at least one portrait and one landscape orientation. Do not however, email 20Gb images to clog up our inbox – send us a Dropbox

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or WeTransfer link which contains all of the above. Then there is the venue you are playing at. Ask them what they are doing to promote your gig. You might be surprised at the answer. Some are very good, others need encouragement. Whichever is the case make sure you promote it together. Advertising your gig is part of the cost of putting it on. Of course, we would say that wouldn’t we? We sell advertising! Yes, but whether you advertise with us or buy a sign on the back of a bus – getting your message out there will involve spending money if you want to reach a wider audience. The next paragraph carries a health warning for all you musicians out there. We know enough of you, there are exceptions, but essentially you are creative people with… how shall we put this… a lose grasp of the concept of planning and, if we are honest, time keeping! Oh, come on, you know what we mean – so planning to promote a gig ninety days ahead will come as a shock to many. Those of us who have worked in venues know that 90 days is a reasonable amount of time to ensure you know how many will turn up or, if numbers are looking low at 45 days, that you need to ramp up the promotion a bit! Ah but you can of course resort to the other extreme - the 12 hour Facebook post, in capitals and with too many exclamation marks: THIS IS HAPPENING TONITE GONNA BE AWESOME!!!!!! Oh we know these posts, seen many, they roughly translate to: “Oh poo, we’ve only sold ten tickets!” Seriously, you are the best person to promote your music, your band or your event. You know most about it - you are the expert on your subject. How we can help is by sharing that information which needs to be brief and readily accessible. Start with our free listings service - we list over 1,000 events every month?

JOIN US FOR GREAT LIVE MUSIC DURING MAY RED LEAF • SATURDAY 4TH MAY 9PM

A four-piece indie rock band, playing an eclectic mixture of diverse covers.

SLIDE • SATURDAY 11TH MAY 9PM

Over two hours of original material and classic hits from the likes of AC/DC, The Killers, Blondie, U2, Aerosmith and more.

ROQUEFORT • SATURDAY 18TH MAY 9PM

The cheeziest classic rock covers played by some very familiar local faces. Quo, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix and more.

THE SEVENTH HOUSE • SATURDAY 25TH MAY 9PM

A five-piece Suffolk based band with many years experience playing in various bands covering rock, disco, funk and soul.

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Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Les Musicals r 7pm Hadleigh r Kings Head r Words & Music r 3pm Holbrook r Royal Hospital School r Notes & Nibbles Ipswich r Gainsborough Labour Club r Jax&Co r 3pm Ipswich r Regent r Michael Ball r 7.30pm Lowestoft r Seagull r Waveney Mayday Festival r 1:30pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Roosters r 4:30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 7th

Cambridge r Corn Ex r Marc Almond r 7.30pm Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Techno Electra r 7pm Cambridge r Junction r Kris Drever r 8pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Kris Barras r 7.30pm Peterborough r Cresset r Les Musicals r 7.30pm St Neots r Priory Ctr. r The Frank Burkitt Band

Gigs in Essex Tuesday 7th

Romford r The Sun r Open Night r 8pm Westcliff r RBL r Open Night

Gigs in Norfolk Tuesday 7th

Norwich r B2 r Access to Music r 7pm Norwich r The Reindeer r Acoustic Jam Norwich r The Waterfront r Under The Apple Tree r 7.30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Tuesday 7th

Bury r The Apex r Wet Wet Wet r 7.30pm Ipswich r Regent r Remembering The Movies r 7.30pm Snape r Maltings r Open Session: Voiceless

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Wednesday 8th

Cambridge r Corn Ex r The Horne Section r 7.30pm

Follow us on Twitter.com/GrapevineLIVE Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Techno Electra r 7pm Cambridge r Junction r Tom Baxter r 8pm Cambridge r The Geldart r Jay B r 8.30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Open Mic r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Wednesday 8th

Chelmsford r United Brethren r Open Mic r 8pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r HM Royal Marines Band r 7.30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 8th

Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8.30pm Norwich r The Waterfront r Pip Blom + Hex Friends +...

Gigs in Suffolk Wednesday 8th

Edwardstone r White Horse r Folk & Acoustic Session r 8.30 Ipswich r Duke of York r Booga Red Lowestoft r Marina Theatre r That’ll Be The Day Snape r Maltings r Hansu-Tori r 6pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 9th

Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Techno Electra r 7pm Cambridge r Hidden Rooms r Alex Munk’s Flying Machines Cambridge r Portland Arms r Limehouse Lizzy Cambridge r The Geldart r Jazzitation

Gigs in Essex Thursday 9th

Chelmsford r Bassment r Asylum Rocks r 8pm Colchester r Mercury r Big Girls Don’t Cry r 7.30pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Kev Wortley r 8pm Gt Bardfield r Friends Meeting House r John Ward Band Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r George r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 9th

Norwich r Arts Ctr. r Tunde Jegede Norwich r B2 r Coldharbour + Kamensko +… r 7pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Arcane Grenade Norwich r Louis Marchesi r Lisa Redford r £10 r 7.30pm Norwich r The Waterfront r Cloudbusting Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Open Mic w/Peter T r 8.30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 9th

Bures r Eight Bells r Open Mic Ipswich r Steamboat Tavern r Keith Sadler

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 10th

Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Techno Electra r 7pm Cambridge r Golden Hind r The Dan Walsh Trio Cambridge r Junction r Sleaford Mods r 7pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Daft Funk UK Peterborough r Middletons Road Rec. r Yaxley Festival Peterborough r Cresset r Imagine r 7.30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Bad Monkey Driver r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Friday 10th

Basildon r Holiday Inn r Dave Ferra All Stars Chelmsford r Civic Theatre r The Summer of Love r 7:45pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Max Bianco & The Blue Hearts Clacton r Princes Theatre r Money for Nothing r 7.30pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Nick Harper Colchester r Hole In The Wall r Andy Ottely as Elvis r 8.30pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r When Rivers Meet r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Hit Parade r 9pm Saffron Walden r Saffron Hall r Sara Colman & Rebecca Nash Southend r Chinnery’s r The Orb r 8pm

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Gigs in Norfolk Friday 10th

Cromer r Pavilion Theatre r Folk on the Pier Norwich r Arts Ctr. r Don Kipper + Pirate Joe & The Foreign Locals r 8pm Norwich r B2 r Hell’s Addiction Norwich r Brickmakers r AVI80RS Norwich r John Innes Ctr. r Hodmedod Norwich r The Reindeer r Alternative Lobster Norwich r The Waterfront r The Wildhearts + Massive Wagons Norwich r Various Places r Norfolk & Norwich Festival Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Mister Pink

Gigs in Suffolk Friday 10th

Brandeston r The Queen r Clare Free r 8pm Felixstowe r Dolphin Hotel r Andy Robinson Band r 9pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Mugenkyo Drummers r 8pm Ipswich r Black Horse r Legend r 8.30pm Ipswich r Duke of York r Black Jack 59 Ipswich r Hallowtree Scout Camp r Orwell Bluegrass Festival Ipswich r Regent r Solid Gold Rock ‘N’ Roll Show r 7.30pm Ipswich r The Railway r Bloodshake Chorus r 9pm Lowestoft r Marina Theatre r The Story of Guitar Heroes Orford r Orford Church r Orford Organ Festival r 7.30pm Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Acoustic Evening Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Groovy Disco

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 11th

Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Techno Electra r 7pm Cambridge r Junction r Burning Salt + Neil Graham r 7.30pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Ezio r 8pm Peterborough r Charters r Stripped Down Stompin Blues Band Peterborough r Met Lounge r Rosita civilyte & Felix Zakrevsky Peterborough r Cresset r Men United in Song r 7.30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Damnation r 8pm Stapleford r Granary r John Doyle r 7.30pm

Gigs in Essex Saturday 11th

Billericay r Barleylands S&SC r Martin McNeill’s Bottleneck Blues Bocking r Arts Theatre r Queen Rhapsody r 7.30pm Braintree r Arts Theatre r Neil Diamond, The Experience Braintree r Boars Head r VT11 Chelmsford r Bassment r Safenath + Children Of The Fuzz Chelmsford r United Brethren r Jamie Williams & the Roots Collective Bocking r Arts Theatre r Queen Rhapsody r 7.30pm 9pm Clacton r Princes Theatre r Some Guys Have All The Luck Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Karmataus + Guests Colchester r The Bull r Stone Shuffle Jones r 9pm Southend r Chinnery’s r Hells Addiction + Guests r 8pm Wix r The Waggon r Super Things r 9pm

Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 11th

Hunstanton r Princess r Roy Orbison & The Traveling Wilburys Norwich r Brickmakers r PBL Fest Norwich r Eaton Park r Fake Festival: Norwich Norwich r Epic Studios r The ELO Encounter r 7.30pm Norwich r The Reindeer r Little Red Kings Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Hot Smoke and Danger

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Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 11th

Aldeburgh r DPs Bar r Clare Free r 9pm Bramford r Bramford & District SC r Memphis Index r 8.30pm Bungay r Fisher Theatre r Son of Elvis + Jax&Co r £18 r 7pm Felixstowe r Copas Bar r A Saucerful of Floyd r £5 r 9pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Carpenters Gold r 7.30pm Hadleigh r RBL r Wannabe Shadows r 9pm Halesworth r The Cut r Jim Causley r 7.30pm Holbrook r Royal Hospital School r School Band & Big Band Concert r 7.30pm Ipswich r Black Horse r B4 r 8.30pm Ipswich r California Club r Words & Music r 7.30pm Ipswich r Duke of York r Great Craig Ipswich r Earl Kitchener r Kings Shilling Ipswich r Gainsborough Labour Club r Whitney and Lionel Tribute Show r £5 r 8.30pm Ipswich r Gardeners Arms r Slide r 9pm Ipswich r Isaacs r Live DJ r 9pm Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r Spring Folk Night Ipswich r The Railway r Phil Hilbourne Band r £12 r 9pm Ipswich r The Smokehouse r The Magic Es r 7pm Kesgrave r Social Club r Kevin Barry r 7pm Saxmundham r Town Hall r SAXjazz r £10 r 7pm Snape r Maltings r Verdi Requiem r 7.30pm Snape r Maltings r Orford Organ Festival r 8pm Sproughton r Tithe Barn r Saltshaker Blues Band r 8pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Mr Spankey & The Hipthrusters Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Lower The Tone

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Sunday 12th

Cambridge r Corn Ex r The Specials Cambridge r Portland Arms r Smokin’ Donuts r 1pm Peterborough r Charters Bar r Matt Howard Peterborough r Cresset r Walk Right Back r 7.30pm Stapleford r Granary r Bergonzi Trio

Gigs in Essex Sunday 12th

Chelmsford r Cramphorn Studio r Sweet Chorus r Noon Chelmsford r United Brethren r Robin Bibi r 4:30pm Clacton r West Cliff Theatre r The 125 Show r 6pm Maldon r Blue Boar Hotel r Clare Free r 2:30pm Manningtree r Winyl r Songwriting Circle r 2pm Marks Tey r Parish Hall r Les Handscombe’s Tailgate Jazz Band

Gigs in Norfolk Sunday 12th

Norwich r Brickmakers r Lee Vasey Big Band r Noon Norwich r Epic Studios r Fairport Convention r 7.30pm Norwich r The Reindeer r Diamond Dave & The Mallards Norwich r Theatre Royal r Las Maravillas de Mali r 7.30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Big Black Cadillac

Gigs in Suffolk Sunday 12th

Ipswich r Duke of York r Martin McNeil r 5pm Ipswich r Isaacs r The Martells r 3pm Ipswich r Regent r The Kingdom Choir r 7.30pm Ipswich r Steamboat Tavern r Ady Johnson Lowestoft r The Blues Bar r STiGMa r 3pm Mellis r Railway Tavern r The Zoom Club r 5pm

Like us on Facebook.com/GrapevineLIVE Orford r Orford Church r Orford Organ Festival V 4pm Sproughton r Tithe Barn r Terry Mackley r 2:30pm Stoke by Nayland r SbN Hotel r Liane Carroll Sudbury r Bay Horse r 5.com r 4pm Sudbury r Brewery Tap r Jasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Acoustic Afternoon r 2:30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Monday 13th

Cambridge r Corn Ex r Kingdom Choir r 7.30pm Cambridge r Junction r Samantha Fish r 7pm

Gigs in Essex Monday 13th

Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Fara Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r The Specials r 7pm

Gigs in Norfolk Monday 13th

Norwich r B2 r Access to Music r 7pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Brickies Open Stage r 8pm Norwich r Playhouse r June Tabor r 7.30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Monday 13th

Holbrook r Royal Hospital School r Grand Organ Recitals Shottisham r Sorrel Horse r John Ward Trio r 8.30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 14th

Cambridge r Corn Ex r Manic Street Preachers r 7.30pm Peterborough r Key Theatre r The Magic of College Motown! St Neots r Priory Ctr. r Open Stage

Gigs in Essex Tuesday 14th

Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Stereo MCs + Foxtrot Oscar Colchester r Charter Hall r UB40 r 7pm Colchester r Mercury r The Barricade Boys r 7.30pm Romford r The Sun r Open Night r 8pm Southend r Palace Theatre r Tubular Bells for 2 r 8pm Westcliff r RBL r Chris Cleverley

Gigs in Norfolk Tuesday 14th

Norwich r Bedfords r The Tom Dunnett Sextet r 7.30pm Norwich r Playhouse r Sean Shibe r 7.30pm Norwich r The Reindeer r Country Open Mic Norwich r The Waterfront r Fat White Family Norwich r The Waterfront r Ten Tonnes r 7.30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Tuesday 14th

Bury r The Apex r King of Pop r 7.30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Wednesday 15th

Cambridge r Corn Ex r An Evening with Katherine Jenkins Cambridge r Junction r Wheatus r 7pm Cambridge r The Geldart r The Late Risers Ely r Old Dispensary r Ninebarrow + SimpleFolk Peterborough r Key Theatre r FLUX r 7:45pm

Gigs in Essex Wednesday 15th

Colchester r Mercury r The Simon & Garfunkel Story r 7.30pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Wet Wet Wet Wix r The Waggon r Blackwater Band r 8.30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 15th

Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8.30pm Norwich r Open r The Unthanks r 7pm Norwich r Playhouse r Nella r 7.30pm Norwich r Theatre Royal r Chilly Gonzales r 7.30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Wednesday 15th

Bury r Theatre Royal r Manilow r 7.30pm Ipswich r Saultation r Curt n Rod r 2pm

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Snape r Maltings r Juliet Fraser r 6pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 16th

Cambridge r Junction r Aldous Harding r 7pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Another Sky + support 8pm Cambridge r The Geldart r Pillars of Creation r 8pm Peterborough r Key Theatre r Summer of Love r 7.30pm

Gigs in Essex Thursday 16th

Castle Hedingham r Bell Inn r Open Mic Chelmsford r Clarets Bar r Albert Lee r 7.30pm Layer-de-la-Haye r Abberton Reservoir Visitor Ctr. r Belshazzar’s Feast r £15 r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 16th

Harleston r Swan Hotel r BlueTrain Quintet r 7.30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r After Hours Norwich r Epic Studios r The KT Bush Band r 7.30pm Norwich r Open r The Undertones + Neville Staple Band Norwich r The Waterfront r Wheatus + More Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Open Mic with Peter T

Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 16th

Bury r The Apex r Rick Wakeman r 7.30pm Ipswich r Corn Ex r From The Jam r 8pm Ipswich r Duke of York r Blues Jam Ipswich r Regent r Rumours of Fleetwood Mac r 8pm Ipswich r The Smokehouse r Smokin’ Donuts +... r £7 r 7pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 17th

Cambridge r CB2 Bistro r Gravy Train Trio r 9pm Cambridge r Golden Hind r Hunter Muskett+ r 8pm Cambridge r Junction r The Fiver r 6:45pm Cambridge r Junction r The Tiger Lillies r 8pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Mini Mansions r 7pm Peterborough r Key Theatre r Letz Zep r 7.30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Beyond the Clouds r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Friday 17th

Chelmsford r United Brethren r Morrisey & Marshall + The Family Dog r 9pm Clacton r Princes Theatre r Les Musicals r 7.30pm Clacton r West Cliff Theatre r The Counterfeit Sixties r 7.30pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Say Sue Me + Surge +... Colchester r Hole In The Wall r Words & Music r 9pm Colchester r Mercury r Seven Drunken Nights r 7.30pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Ben Pegley + Alias Smith&James r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Cushti r 9pm Southend r Chinnery’s r From The Jam r 7pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Rumours of Fleetwood Mac r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Friday 17th

Norwich r Brickmakers r The Collective Norwich r Christ Church Ctr. r Tania Opland & Mike Freeman Norwich r Epic Studios r Mammal Hands r 7.30pm Norwich r Open r Thea Gilmore r 7pm Norwich r Open r Skunk + East Town Pirates + The Lanes Norwich r The LCR r UB40

Follow us on Twitter.com/GrapevineLIVE Norwich r The Reindeer r Fat N Furious Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Alternative Lobster

Gigs in Suffolk Friday 17th

Bungay r Fisher Theatre r Super Swing Band r 7.30pm Bury r Hunter Club r Sara Dowling sings Judy Garland r 8pm Bury r Risbygate S&SC r Homity r 8pm Bury r The Apex r The Puppini Sisters r 7.30pm Bury r Various Places r Bury Festival Ipswich r Black Horse r Wages 4 Sin r 8.30pm Ipswich r Duke of York r Colourblind Hedgehogs Ipswich r Inkerman r Jax&Co r 9pm Ipswich r Red Lion r Elvis tribute r 9pm Ipswich r Saultation r The Vagaband r 8:45pm Lowestoft r Marina Theatre r The Nat King Cole Story Snape r Maltings r Open Session: Bastard Assignments r 6pm Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Acoustic Evening: Is Nutton + More Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Too Drunk too Funk

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 18th

Cambridge r Junction r Elephant Sessions r 7pm Cambridge r Junction r Ska Fest 3 r 7pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r The Eye r 8pm Cambridge r Unitarian Church r Laura Cannell + More r 8pm Peterborough r Charters Bar r Whisky Twist St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Dead Horse r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Saturday 18th

Billericay r Barleylands S&SC r 2nd Essex Blues Rock Festival Braintree r Boars Head r Enemy Of The Lion Braintree r Braintree FC Social Club r Words & Music Chelmsford r Bassment r Shakeys Sessions r 8pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Ouse Valley Singles Club Clacton r Princes Theatre r The Temple Brothers: The Everly Brothers & Friends... r 7.30pm Clacton r West Cliff Theatre r Francis Rossi Colchester r The Bull r Brickhouse Trixx 9pm Manningtree r Red Lion r Helen Abbey Quartet r £10 Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r UB40 r 7pm Southend r Palace Theatre r The Barricade Boys r 7.30pm Wix r The Waggon r Legend r 9pm

Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 18th

Banham r The Barrel r Thadeus Gonzales & Sweet Crisis r £13 r 7.30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r tbc Norwich r Open r The Dualers r 8pm Norwich r The LCR r Glenn Hughes r 7pm Norwich r The Reindeer r Stylotones Norwich r The Waterfront r Mini Mansions + Sons of Raphael Norwich r Theatre Royal r Beverley Knight r 7.30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r The Keno Kings Sheringham r Little Theatre r Catherine Terry r 7.30pm

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3-6 May Beowulf Festival Woodbridge, Suffolk

Fundraiser

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3-6 May Cosmic Puffin Festival Mersea Island, Essex cosmicpuffin.org.uk

4 May

Red Lodge Festival, The Reunion

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

facebook.com/redlodgebeerandmusicfest

4-5 May The Bish Bash Stortford Hertfordshire

stortfordmusicfestival.co.uk

Black Grape and Republica are to headline The Bish Bash, in the centre of Bishop’s Stortford over the May Day Bank. Republica, the 90s indie technopop band, headline Saturday. Best known for their hits Drop Dead Gorgeous and Ready To Go, which has become an anthem for many sports teams and advertising campaigns around the globe. Closing the proceedings on the night will be local lunatic rockers, Papa Shango, with their theatrical brand of fun & chaos. The Alex Horne and Bill Bailey endorsed band are festival stalwarts and are alleged to have given local superstar, Sam Smith, his first break when he dressed as an ape for their 2010 performance. Sunday will be headlined by Black Grape, fronted by former Happy Mondays singer and I’m A Celebrity….runner up, Shaun Ryder. Black Grape had a string of hits in the 90s and even headlined Reading Festival. Following a lengthy hiatus they released the critically acclaimed album, Pop Voodoo, which saw them return to the top 20. Sunday’s bill also features party rap duo Too Many T’s and Jim-Bob from Carter USM, fresh from a sell-out show at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Other acts confirmed over the weekend include The Kubricks, A Band Called Malice (The Definitive Tribute to The Jam), Koasis, Stortford Sound System and O’Connell & Love, side project from Alabama 3’s Larry Love.

5 May

Blues at the Barns

Creeksea, Essex

bluesatthebarns.moonfruit.com

5 May

Ipswich May Day Festival Ipswich, Suffolk

facebook.com/IpswichMayDayFestival Since 1978 the festival has given people in Ipswich the opportunity to join in the worldwide traditional celebrations of International Workers Day

Like us on Facebook.com/GrapevineLIVE Many countries have celebrated this day for many years on 1st May and continue to do so. As ever, the UK has to be different and so the first Monday in May is our official Bank Holiday. Just to complicate things a bit more, back in the 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, in Ipswich, it was decided to hold the celebration on the Sunday of the Bank Holiday weekend. This was to give those people who put the show on, a bit of a breather on the Monday, before going back to work on Tuesday!

6 May

Waveney Mayday Festival

Seagull Theatre, Lowestoft

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10-12 May Folk on the Cromer, Norfolk

Pier

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10-26 May, Norfolk & Norwich, Norfolk

Norwich Festival

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10-12 May Orwell Bluegrass Ipswich, Suffolk

Festival

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10-12 May Yaxley Fest Yaxley, Cambridgeshire yaxleyfestival.info

11 May Fake Festival: Ipswich, Suffolk

Norwich

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17-26 May Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Festival

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24-27 May Kings Head Bildeston, Suffolk

Music & Beer Fest.

bildestonkingshead.co.uk

Now in its thirty first year the annual beer & music festival in the tiny village of Bildeston is a regular for both music fans and aficipnados of fine ales and ciders. If you are wondering what a Y&UCME session, it is all abouth Youth & Upcoming Mucisians!

24-25 May Party by the Pitch Wickham Market, Suffolk facebook.com/partybythepitch2018

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25 May Fake Festival: Peterborough Peterborough, Cambridgeshire fakefestivals.co.uk

25-27 May Gala Fest Framlingham, Suffolk

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25-26 May Greystock Wivenhoe, Essex

Festival

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25-26 May Lee Stock Melford, Suffolk leestock.org

25 May Lets Rock Norwich Norwich, Norfolk letsrocknorwich.com

25-26 May Kings Arms Frating, Essex

Music Weekend

kingsarmsfrating.co.uk

This annual bank holiday charity fundraiser offers a chance to enjoy good local music and food all in a good cause. What better way to spend your bank holiday than at this family friendly event.

30 May - 1 Jun Red Rooster Euston, Suffolk redrooster.org.uk

1 Jun

Strawberry Fair

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire strawberry-fair.org.uk

7-23 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Aldeburgh, Suffolk snapemaltings.co.uk

7-9 Jun Alive & V-Dubbin Ipswich, Suffolk aliveandvdubbin.co.uk

An affordable family friendly Volkswagen Festival. Everyone is welcome ! Advanced Priced Tickets are on sale until 31st May.

Like us on Facebook.com/GrapevineLIVE Plenty of day tickets & camping in quieter & general will be available on the gate. There’s so much going on for the whole family, So put it in your diary and we look forward to seeing you there. Awesome Live Music (morning till night)– Main Stage, Acoustic Stage & BugBeats Silent Disco & DJ’s Good Food - Licensed Beer Tent - The Gin Caddy - Great Traders - DJ - Workshops - Neverland Kids Area - Tots Tent Lego Tent - Sand Pit - Craft Workshops - Face Painting - Slime Workshops - Bouncy Castle - Drumming Workshops - Laser Tag – Archery - Skate Ramp - Woodland Walks - Vaders Raiders - Alice In Wonderland Dressing Up Area – Competitions - Team Games - Charge & Chill Area - Bike Show & Shine (Norfolk Suffolk Retro Riderz) – Autojumble - For Sale Area - Daily drive & Built not Bought VW Display (Sat) - Show & Shine (Sun)) & more.....

7-9 Jun Bourne Festival Bourne, Cambridgeshire bournefestival.com

The festival may have grown over its lifetime, but the core values have remained the same - to provide a low-cost family event that brings the town together with the profits donated back to the local area. We are not a commercial organisation, but a group of guys with a passion for our community and music. From humble beginnings, the event now includes a fun fair, craft

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stalls, various food concessions along with involvement from other groups in the town who run various stalls to assist with their own fund-raising activities.

7-9 Jun Homegrown Barrow, Suffolk

homegrownfest.co.uk

8 Jun

Nile Rogers & Chic Newmarket, Suffolk

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8 Jun

StowBlues

Stowmarket, Suffolk

eastanglianlife.org.uk/events/stowbluesfestival StowBlues festival returns on Saturday 8 June, organised in partnership with BBC Radio Suffolk. Enjoy food stalls and a CAMRA bar, stocked to the brim with real ales, ciders, lagers and wines.

14-16 Jun East Anglian Story Telling Festival Woodbridge, Suffolk eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk

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15 Jun

Folk at the Boat

Ipswich, Suffolk

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15-16 Jun Life Arts Wellbeing Chelmsford, Essex

Festival

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The largest wellbeing festival in East Anglia! 120 stands with a wide range of therapists, gifts, fantastic food … oh and cake! To help boost your wellbeing we have a wide range of activities with free talks, workshops & demos, Yoga classes, ‘live’ music, family fun activities and much more. Adult tickets only £5, free entry for U16s - see website for tickets & details.

15-16 Jun Nearly Festival: Norwich, Norfolk

Norwich

nearlyfestival.com

The Nearly Festival returns to Norwich in a brand new venue at Earlham Park! A truly family festival experience features fantastic acts live on stage, a dedicated Kids Zone to keep the tear-aways busy all day, a delicious Street Food Market with it’s amazing choice of foods and a chilled pub in the park makes sure Dad doesn’t go thirsty and only pays pub prices!

20-23 Jun Breckland Country Stonham Barns, Suffolk

Music Fest.

brecklandcmf.co.uk

Now firmly established at the Mid Suffolk Showground this Country Music Festival is the place to go for fine local country entertainment.

20 Jun

Forest Live - Foals

Thetford, Suffolk

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20-23 Jun Leigh Music Festival Leigh on Sea, Essex

(Inst.)

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21-23 Jun Fen Edge Festival Cottenham, Cambridgeshire fenedgefestival.co.uk

21-23 Jun Ipswich Jazz Ipswich, Suffolk

Festival

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A special feature of this year’s festival is that thanks to funding by

Like us on Facebook.com/GrapevineLIVE Ipswich Borough Council, Attwells Solicitors and the Arts Council, tickets prices have been kept low, some events are free and Ipswich residents who are full time students or on low income benefits, can buy tickets for gigs for just £1. There’s a great line-up of artistes including some top names from the jazz circuit. Most events are at St Peter’s by the Waterfront Arts Centre in Ipswich. Kicking off with a party, the Brass Funkeys bring their lively mix of funk, gypsy jazz and marching music on the evening of Friday 21st June. The afternoon of Saturday 22 June sees a free family jazz show by singer Becki Biggins for primary school age children and their families and a performance by Cliff Lane Primary School’s orchestra. That evening, the club-style Stars at St Peter’s features international singer Polly Gibbons, top saxophonist Alan Barnes and young up-and-coming jazz violinist Ben Holder along with acclaimed trumpet player Neil Yates, ably supported by the local Chris Ingham Trio and an opening set by the West Suffolk Youth Jazz Orchestra.

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On the afternoon of Sunday 23 June, there’s a free Brazilian jazz concert by Samba Azul followed by an evening gig by dark jazz trio Mammal Hands who have been hard at work touring internationally. rd

There are also free jazz gigs at local pubs – Andi Hopgood and Jim Watson at the Arbor House, Bigger than Home at The Grand old Duke of York and Ruby Red and the Bakelites at The Halberd Inn

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Madness

Newmarket, Suffolk

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21 Jun

Paul Weller

Thetford, Suffolk

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21 Jun - 14 Jul Thaxted Thaxted, Essex

Festival

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21-29 Jun Wymondham Music Wymondham, Norfolk

Festival

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Mammal

Hands 21st to 23rd June 2019

Workshops, Film, Lecture, Art Exhibitions & Free Pub Gigs

Throughout the weekend, there are music workshops for instrument players and singers, a black and white music photography workshop, a music course for young people at Northgate Arts Centre on the theme of Miles Davis’ ground breaking album “Kind of Blue” as well as a lecture at Ipswich Institute on the same theme – this year is the fiftieth anniversary of that LP. Ipswich Film Theatre will show Cold War, a film about jazz and love in the Soviet era and there are jazz themed art exhibitions at Subterranean Arts and Ipswich Town Hall.

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Brass Funkeys

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22-23 Jun First Light Lowestoft, Suffolk

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First Light Festival is a brand new multi-arts festival on Lowestoft’s South Beach, with a non-stop, free access, 24 hour programme of music that ranges from jazz to folk to the best DJs plus Talvin Singh, The Fon tanas and The John Ward Band. See you on the beach?

22 Jun

Jess Glynne

Thetford, Suffolk

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22-23 Jun Nearly Festival: Bury Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk nearlyfestival.com

The Nearly Festival returns to Bury St Edmunds for a fourth year. Once again our truly family festival experience features fantastic acts live on stage, a dedicated Kids Zone to keep the tear-aways busy all day, a delicious Street Food Market with it’s amazing choice of foods and a chilled pub in the park makes sure Dad doesn’t go thirsty and only pays pub prices!

22 Jun

Wildwood Disco

Linton, Cambridgeshire

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23-30 Jun Southewold Southwold, Suffolk

Arts Festival

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23 Jun

Stereophonics

Thetford, Suffolk

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27-30 Jun Leigh Folk Festival Leigh on Sea, Essex leighfolkfestival.co.uk

27-29 Jun Leigh Music Festival Leigh on Sea, Essex leighmusicfestival.co.uk

28-30 Jun Froize in June Chillesford, Suffolk folkatthefroize.co.uk

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Bury St Edmunds Folk Festival

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7 Jul

Let It Raise Festival

Fakenham, Norfolk

7 Jul

Oulton Broad

NEW for 2019 the Nearly Festival rolls into Oulton Broad bringing its trademark fun filled tribute weekend to Nicholas Everitt Park! This truly family festival experience features fantastic acts live on stage, a dedicated Kids Zone to keep the tear-aways busy all day, a delicious Street Food Market with it’s amazing choice of foods and a chilled pub in the park makes sure Dad doesn’t go thirsty and only pays pub prices!

Back of Beyond Festival

Frogmore Hertfordshire

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5-6 Jul

Bardfest

Bardwell, Suffolk bardfest.com

5-7 Jul

Folk in a Field

West Acre, Norfolk folkinafield.co.uk

5-7 Jul

Maverick Festival

Woodbridge, Suffolk

maverickfestival.co.uk

5-7 Jul

The Big Weekend

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire cambridgelivetrust.co.uk

6 Jul

Fake Festival: Chelmsford Chelmsford, Essex fakefestivals.co.uk

6 Jul

Fling Festival

Chelmsford, Essex flingfestival.com

Ipswich Music Day Ipswich, Suffolk

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5-6 Jul

Cambridge Mela

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29-30 Jun Nearly Festival: Oulton Broad, Suffolk

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

buryfolkfestival.co.uk

29 Jun

May 2019

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Newcomers to the area may not be aware that on the first Sunday in July Christchurch Park in Ipswich becomes the home of the biggest, one day, free festival in the country. Seven stages provide a variety of musical entertainment including our very own Grapevine Acoustic Stage - pop along and see us on the lawn of Christchurch Mansion.

7 Jul

Redbridge Green Fair Illford, Essex rgf.org.uk

10-14 Jul Bures Music Bures, Suffolk

Festival

buresmusicfestival.com

This year, BMF welcomes back ska-reggae collective New Town Kings, and soul and funk act Soul Kitchen. Fans of blues and rock can look forward to blues legends Nine Below Zero and Ian Siegal and his band. Headlining the BMF Big Top on Saturday is history’s most notorious Guns N’ Roses tribute, Guns 2 Roses, supported by the world-touring Bon Giovi. Back by popular demand, party band Funk 2k will take to the stage, along with Suffolk’s answer to Eric Clapton, Harry Slater; RnB-rock act The Long Run; the amazing Iron Boot Scrapers and many more. As always, lovers of choral music and jazz can look forward to an exciting line-up in St Marys Church, Bures. And there’s still time for solo artists and bands, performance poets and dancers aged 10 to 18 to sign up for the popular B-Fest competition. BMF’s beautiful Big Top is back alongside the mini Big Top bar. We have a Prosecco and Pimm’s bar, lots of stalls, and rides and activities for children. Each year, the not-for-profit festival raises thousands for valuable charities in the local community including St Nicholas Hospice Care, St Helena Hospice and Ferriers Barn. Bures Music Festival has raised more than £200,000 for great causes since the first event in 1997. Bures Music Festival is a fund-raising event for the Bures Music Festival Charitable Trust.

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10-15 Jul Dereham Blues Dereham, Norfolk

Festival

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10 Jul - 30 Aug Theatre Southwold, Suffolk

on the Coast

mtproductions.co.uk/theatre-on-the-coast

A traditional summer theatre season which has been running in two Suffolk seaside towns for more than 60 years has been relaunched for 2019. Matthew Townshend is excited to bring Theatre on the Coast to Southwold with four productions, each playing for a fortnight, at Southwold Arts Centre from July 10 to August 31. The season will launch with “The End of the Line” by East Anglian writer and actor, Patrick Marlowe. He has appeared at the National Theatre and with Eastern Angles. Next will be “A Bunch of Amateurs” by Private Eye editor and star of BBC TV’s Have I Got News For You, Ian Hislop, and cartoonist Nick Newman. It was initially written as a film, released in 2008, and was one of the last cinema releases to star Burt Reynolds. The third show in the run is “The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband” by Debbie Isitt who is well known for her hit comedy films Nativity and Confetti. One of the greatest classics of the British stage, Harold Brighouse’s immortal Lancashire comedy, “Hobson’s Choice”, will end the season. Starring John D Collins, best known from BBC TV’s

StowBlues Saturday 8th June 2019

With performances from: GOOFA DUST, MARK HARRISON, bEN JOSEPH AND THE LAY-LOWS,

BLUES SITUATION, LEE AINLEY’S BLUES STORM,

AUTOMATIC SLIM

and DAVE THOMAS BLUES BAND Buy tickets online at www.eastanglianlife.org.uk Stowmarket , Suffolk IP14 1DL | 01449 612229

Like us on Facebook.com/GrapevineLIVE hit Allo! Allo!, the new production has already earned four-star reviews across the board. Ticket prices range from ÂŁ11-ÂŁ18 and can be bought by telephone on 01502 722 572 or online.

11-14 Jul Roman River Colchester, Essex

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11-14 Jul World Music Bungay, Suffolk

Workshop Festival

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12-14 Jul IpSwing Ipswich, Suffolk ipswing.co.uk

13 Jul

Battle Proms

Ware Hertfordshire

battleproms.com

romanrivermusic.org.uk

13 Jul

Benhall Music Day

Benhall, Suffolk

drumcamp.co.uk

12-14 Jul Brentwood Festival Brentwood, Essex

13-27 Jul Cambridge Summer Music Cambridge, Cambridgeshire cambridgesummermusic.com

brentwoodfestival.co.uk

13 Jul 14 Jul

Ely Folk Festival

Ely, Cambridgeshire elyfolkfestival.co.uk

Kelvedon Music Festival

Kelvedon, Essex

kelvedonfreemusicfestival.co.uk

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26+27+28 JULY2019

YARD E L P P A ADOW ME HAM BAN 2HE NR16

MUSIC + MORE

Raising money for the charities we care about

Friday 26th July

Mammal Not Fish + Bag of Cans + Twisted Melon Saturday 27th July

Pirate Joe & Foreign Locals + Thy Last Drop + Jack & Tim NIAMH + When Rivers Meet + Tangles + James Veira Simon Kelsall + Kieran Hensey + Just Tom & Pete Sunday 28th July

Curated by Gary Standley of BBC Norfolk weekend camping available Applewood Countryside Park camping & glamping

fun for all the family Tonic Yoga + Massage tent Forest school + Bamboozled Escape Rooms plus much more

Find out everything and more at

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Sponsored by

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13 Jul

Village Green Festival

Southend, Essex

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14 Jul

20-21 Jul Eight Ash Greeen Eight Ash Green, Essex

Ware, Hertfordshire

Indian Summer Mela

21 Jul

Ipswich, Suffolk

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18-21 Jul Latitude Southwold, Suffolk

latitudefestival.co.uk

19 Jul

Thriller Live

Newmarket, Suffolk

newmarket.thejockeyclub.co.uk

Music Festival

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folkbytheoak.com

14 Jul

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21-27 Jul Holt Festival Holt, Norfolk

Folk By The Oak

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Tom Jones

Colchester, Essex

25-28 Jul Cambridge Rock Festival Barton, Cambridgeshire cambridgerockfestival.co.uk

2019 sees Cambridge Rock Festival’s 15th event, with nearly 70 bands appearing under three fully covered stages, within large weatherproof marquees set outdoors in the grounds of Haggis Farm Polo Club, just yards from junction 12 of the M11. Two main stages, named Ruby and Sapphire, will be broadly equal and feature full classic rock, blues and progressive bands and strenuous efforts have been made to minimise performance overlap time between them. A third, smaller (‘Emerald’) stage will feature some acoustic acts during each day.

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25-28 Jul Standon Calling Standon Hertfordshire

26-28 Jul Felixstowe Carnival Felixstowe, Suffolk

26-28 Jul Banham Fest Banham, Norfolk

26 Jul

standon-calling.com

felixstowecarnival.org

newmarket.thejockeyclub.co.uk

banhamfest.com

Banhamfest is a new family festival, developing the spirit felt at the early days of Latitude, Wilderness and Harvest. Music is at the heart of the event. A mix of international and local artists, and a platform for rising stars through BBC Introducing. The Friday headliner is Beans on Toast, Saturday headline artists are Hayseed Dixie, with Jack and Tim playing an early evening session . BBC Norfolkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gary Standley will be curating the all day BBC Introducing sessions on Sunday. Plenty of things for young people to do including the Forest school, Banham zoo pop-up, Bamboozled escape room. There is a relaxation zone, throughout the festival and a mass yoga session on Sunday morning. A safe environment for children to run round late into the evening. Food from around the world will be offered from a host of street food vendors. Best of local beers, ciders and soft drinks for the thirsty people. Camping is available at Applewood Countryside Park. The event will be supporting Action for Hearing Loss, Friends of Banham Primary School, Lets Do it Anyway, Nature & Nurture, Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Journey and zsea.

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26-28 Jul Southburgh Festival Southburgh, Norfolk southburghfestival.co.uk

27-28 Jul F-19 Feltwell, Norfolk f-19.org

27 Jul

Harwich Maritime Festival

Harwich, Essex

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27-28 Jul Nearly Festival: Ipswich, Suffolk

Ipswich

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The Nearly Festival returns to Ipswich for a fourth year at The Suffolk Show Ground at Trinity Park and is our only Nearly Festival

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to offer full camping facilities! A truly family festival experience features fantastic acts live on stage, a dedicated KIDS ZONE to keep the tear-aways busy all day, a delicious Street Food Market with it’s amazing choice of foods and a chilled pub in the park makes sure Dad doesn’t go thirsty and only pays pub prices!

27-28 Jul Worstead Festival Worstead, Norfolk worsteadfestival.org

31 Jul-25 Aug Romeo Ipswich, Suffolk

& Juliet

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1-4 Aug Cambridge Folk Festival Cambridge, Cambridgeshire cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk

1-4 Aug Harlequin Fayre Secret Location, Norfolk harlequinfayre.co.uk

2-4 Aug Brightlingsea Brightlinsea, Essex

Music Festival

brightlingseafreefest.com

2 Aug

Pete Tongs Ibiza Classics

Newmarket, Suffolk

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3 Aug

Gunton Festival

Thorpe Market, Norfolk

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3-4 Aug Nearly Festival: Colchester, Essex

Colchester

nearlyfestival.com

The Nearly Festival returns to Colchester for a second year at our new location of The old Heath. Once again our truly family festival experience features fantastic acts live on stage, a dedicated Kids Zone to keep the tear-aways busy all day, a delicious Street Food Market with it’s amazing choice of foods and a chilled pub in the park makes sure Dad doesn’t go thirsty and only pays pub prices!

9-11 Aug Green Meadows Festival Peterborough, Cambridgeshire greenmeadowsfestival.org

STREET FOOD LIVE MUSIC & DJ’S FUN FAIR OUTDOOR BARS URBAN MURALS STREET ART WORKSHOPS CRAFT MARKETS ART EXHIBITIONS FINE ART & PRINT FAIR CAKE ART STREET PERFORMANCE FAMILY FUN

10-11 Aug Reepham Festival Reepham, Norfolk reephamfestival.co.uk

16-18 Aug FolkEast Glemham, Suffolk folkeast.co.uk

FolkEast returns to Glemham Hall with an enviable line-up of artist from England, Scotland, Ireland,Wales, Poland, Canada and the USA. Leading the way will be formidale folk legend Richard Thompson and some of folk’s finest female artists, Karine Polwart and Cara Dillon. John Smith, Calan, Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson, Blackbeards Tea Party and many more. Rekindling the ancient Eastfolk moots on the Glemham Hall estate where for three days a year the folk from the East would meet kith and kin at harvest time for “a bit of a do”, this gathering has Suffolk running through it like letters in a stick of rock - from its locally sourced fare to its suppliers, arts and crafts. The festival, with its ever present mythical emblem The Jackalope, offers a refreshingly different line-up across its seven stages (including the ‘Sanctuary’ stage at St Andrew’s Church, the open air Sunset Stage and the hidden woodland solar-powered Soapbox Stage), with two authentic ‘village’ pubs serving competitivelypriced ales (including Suffolk-based Green Jack Brewery’s festival ale Green Jackalope) plus possibly the smallest pub in the UK,

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the Halfway Inn. Then there’s the FolkEast Art Arcade, the Pottery Throw down and Pint out, a packed dance programme, archery, donkey rides, children’s activities - including den building, storybook making and a mud kitchen linked together in a special new children’s trail, yoga, poetry, storytelling, the Eastfolk Kinedrome (showing folk and local interest films), tours of Glemham Hall and lots of curiosities. Advance weekend tickets are available price £120. Children 11 and under are free. Day tickets will be on sale from the end of May. It’s neither a stretch nor hyperbole to say FolkEast remains arguably the best small festival in the country” - RnR Magazine.

23-26 Aug Eddyfest - White Edwardstone, Suffolk

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edwardstonewhitehorse.co.uk Eddyfest is one of Suffolk’s hidden gems where good food and beer meet good music. Fourdays of family entertainment with at least eight bands confirmed this ought to become an August regular for all music fans.

23-25 Aug Maui Waui Festival Theberton, Suffolk mauiwauievents.co.uk

17-19 Aug Aldeburgh Carnival Aldeburgh, Suffolk

23-25 Aug Meraki St Albans Hertfordshire

17-18 Aug Maritime Ipswich, Suffolk

23-26 Aug Twinwood Festial Twinwood Bedfordshire

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Ipswich Festival

twinwoodevents.com

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23-25 Aug Ed Sheeran Ipswich, Suffolk

Festival

suffolkvillagesfestival.com

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SUMMER THEATRE RETURNS TO SOUTHWOLD FOR 2019!

10 JULY - 31 AUGUST 2019 Ticket prices held from 2018 Matinees £11 - £14 Evenings £15 - £18

Seasons 2019 - 2021 sponsored by Suffolk Secrets

To book: www.ticketsource.co.uk (booking fees apply) or call 01502 722572 Southwold Arts Centre, St Edmund’s Hall, Cumberland Road Southwold, IP18 6JP With thanks to Jessica Brien, John D Collins, Louis Labovitch, Laraine Gordon, Sian Owens, Natasha Cox, Greta Harwood and Kelly Aaron Photos: Peter Clark/Dominic Clemence/mtp 2014, 2016, 2018

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30 Aug-1 Sep Primadonna Pettaugh, Suffolk

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30 Aug-1 Sep Sundown Norwich, Norfolk

Festival

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5-15 Sep Roman River Colchester, Essex

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7 Sep

Lets Rock Essex Chelmsford, Essex letsrockessex.com

21-22 Sep Art Eat Ipswich, Suffolk

arteatfestival.com

ART EAT is a two-day, visual art and street food festival celebrating all things creative and delicious with taste, sight and sound sensations all along the elegant Ipswich Waterfront. The festival will be a vibrant, colourful, tasty, fun-packed and feel-good weekend.

26-29 Sep Deepdale Festival Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk deepdalebackpackers.co.uk/festival

6-8 Oct Flipside Snape, Suffolk flipsideuk.org

11-13 Oct Harwich Int’l Harwich, Essex

Shanty Fest

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11-12 Oct Oktoberfest Norwich, Norfolk opennorwich.org.uk

21-25 Nov Skamouth Great Yarmouth, Norfolk skamouth.co.uk

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Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 18th

Barrow r Three Horseshoes r Clare Free r 9pm Bramford r Bramford & District SC r Masquerade Ball r 8pm Bury r Risbygate S&SC r Bounty Hounds r 8pm Bury r The Apex r Clare Teal & Her Big Mini Big Band r 7.30pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r The Drifters r 7.30pm Ipswich r Black Horse r Soap Your Auntie r 8.30pm Ipswich r California Club r Shut Up Shirley r 7.30pm Ipswich r Case is Altered r Ska Dust r 8.30pm Ipswich r Corn Ex r Wolsey Orchestra r 7.30pm Ipswich r Duke of York r No Angel Ipswich r Gardeners Arms r Roquefort r 9pm Ipswich r Isaacs r Live DJ r 9pm Ipswich r Regent r The Elvis World Tour r 7.30pm Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r Songbird – Music of Fleetwood Mac r £15 r 7.30pm Ipswich r The Railway r Red Leaf r 9pm Ipswich r The Smokehouse r Elly Tree +... r 8pm Kesgrave r Social Club r Tricks of the Trade r 7pm Leiston r White Horse r Handle with Care Orford r Orford Church r Night with the Choir r 7.30pm Stowmarket r Pickerel r Killer Tomatoes r 9.30pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Storm Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Farq Sudbury r Quay Theatre r That Eighties Band Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Quiz & Curry Night Wetherden r Haughley Park r Weird & Wonderful Wood

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Sunday 19th

May 2019

Chillesford r The Froize r Dan Walsh Trio r £20 r 7.30pm Ipswich r Briarbank r Jazz on Sunday r 1:30pm Ipswich r California Club r Mark Crooks & Chris Ingham Trio Ipswich r Isaacs r The Soul Lounge r 2:30pm Lowestoft r Seagull r A Spring Affair r 4pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Undercover Sudbury r Brewery Tap r Clare Free r 2pm Wetherden r Haughley Park r Weird & Wonderful Wood

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Monday 20th

Cambridge r Corn Ex r UB40 r 8pm

Gigs in Essex Monday 20th

Colchester r Arts Ctr. r John Doyle Colchester r Hole In The Wall r Open Mic r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Monday 20th

Kings Lynn r Corn Ex r I Talk Too Much, Francis Rossi Norwich r Brickmakers r Brickies Open Stage Norwich r Playhouse r Colin Currie Quartet r 7.30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Monday 20th

Bury r Cathedral r Tallis Scholars r 7pm Bury r The Apex r Joanna Eden & Chris Ingham r Noon Bury r The Apex r Beowulf r 7pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 21st

Cambridge r Corn Ex r Russian Philharmonic of Novosibirsk St Neots r Priory Ctr. r Will Pound Stapleford r Granary r Còig r 7.30pm

Gigs in Essex Tuesday 21st

Cambridge r Blue Moon r Jollyboat r 7.30pm Peterborough r Charters Bar r Steel Union Peterborough r Key Theatre r Rich Hall r 8pm Peterborough r Met Lounge r Shalamar + Guests r 7pm Peterborough r Cresset r King of Pop r 7.30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Jacen Bruce Unplugged r 4pm Stapleford r Granary r The Moonlight Mandolin Orchestra

Colchester r Mercury r One Night of Elvis r 7.30pm Romford r The Sun r Alden Patterson & Dashwood Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Katherine Jenkins r 7pm Westcliff r RBL r Sara Grey & Kieron Means

Chelmsford r United Brethren r Vicky Martin r 4:30pm Colchester r Headgate r Sunday at five past seven Marks Tey r Parish Hall r Chris Pearce’s Frenchmen Street Jazz Band

Bury r Cathedral r James Thomas r 10pm Bury r The Apex r George Harliono r 1pm

Gigs in Essex Sunday 19th

Gigs in Norfolk Sunday 19th

Hunstanton r Princess r Nat King Cole Songbook r 7.30pm Kings Lynn r St Nicholas Chapel r Norfolk Symphony Orch. Norwich r Brickmakers r Lee Vasey Big Band r Noon Norwich r Brickmakers r U18’s Jam Session r 5pm Norwich r Playhouse r Sarah Jane Morris r 7.30pm Norwich r The Reindeer r Owl & Wolves r 4pm Norwich r The Waterfront r KRS-One + Blu Cru Norwich r Theatre Royal r Russian Philharmonic r 7.30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Porkys Hot Rockin’

Gigs in Suffolk Sunday 19th

Bury r Cathedral r Festival Eucharist Bury r Cathedral r Cathedral Choir r 5pm Bury r The Apex r Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra r 4pm Bury r The Athenaeum r Songbook Sundays r 11:30am Bury r United Reformed Ch r Bury Folk Collective r 7.30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Tuesday 21st

Norwich r Brickmakers r Gin City Norwich r The Reindeer r Klezmer

Gigs in Suffolk Tuesday 21st

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Wednesday 22nd

Cambridge r Portland Arms r SICILY + Support r 7.30pm Cambridge r The Geldart r Freddie Hall r 8pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Open Mic r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Wednesday 22nd

Chelmsford r Civic r Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Colchester r Headgate r The Bakewell Bake Off r 7.30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 22nd

Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8.30pm Kings Lynn r Corn Ex r The Summer of Love r 7.30pm Norwich r Playhouse r Clare Hammond r 8pm Norwich r The LCR r The Vamps r 7pm

Gigs in Suffolk Wednesday 22nd

Bury r Hunter Club r Sarah Moule r 7.30pm Bury r Risbygate S&SC r Chris Wood r 8pm Bury r The Apex r Nigel Kennedy r 7.30pm Edwardstone r White Horse r Electric Jam Ipswich r Regent r The Horne Section r 7.30pm

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Gigs in Essex Friday 24th

Basildon r Holiday Inn r Paul Cox & the Proof Colchester r Hole In The Wall r Way 4wards r 8.30pm Colchester r Mercury r Tina Turner Experience r 7.30pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Ady Johnson r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Scooby r 9pm Saffron Walden r Saffron Hall r Jackie Oats r £13.50 r 8pm Southend r Chinnery’s r Secret Affair + Squire r 7pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Howard Jones + China Crisis

Gigs in Norfolk Friday 24th

Banham r The Barrel r Mammal Not Fish + Bag of cans r 9pm Hunstanton r Princess r Showaddywaddy r 7.30pm Kings Lynn r Corn Ex r The Drifters r 7.30pm Norwich r B2 r The Captains Beard r 7pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Redemption Norwich r Epic Studios r The Doors Alive r 7.30pm Norwich r Open r Red Hot Chilli Pipers r 7pm Norwich r The Reindeer r Walkway Norwich r The Waterfront r Soul Searching r 7pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Power House Sheringham r Little Theatre r Legends r 7.30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Friday 24th

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 23rd

Cambridge r Corn Ex r The Vamps r 7.30pm Cambridge r Hidden Rooms r Jonathan Gee Cambridge r Junction r Sam Lee’s Singing With Nightingales Cambridge r The Geldart r The Three Amigos r 8pm

Gigs in Essex Thursday 23rd

Chelmsford r United Brethren r Jenny Wren & Her Borrowed Wings r 8.30pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Anne-Marie r 7pm Southend r Palace Theatre r Johnny Cash Roadshow r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 23rd

Norwich r Brickmakers r Metal to the Masses FINAL Norwich r Playhouse r Judi Jackson r 7.30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Open Mic w/Peter T r 8.30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 23rd

Bury r The Apex r Mark Crooks & Chris Ingham r 1pm Bury r The Apex r John Lill r 7.30pm Bury r Unitarian Meeting House r Hexachordia r 6.30pm Ipswich r Regent r Katherine Jenkins r 7.30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 24th

Cambridge r Blue Moon r Joynes and Um + MFU r 8pm Cambridge r Golden Hind r Vera van Heeringen r 8pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Strawberry Fair benefit r 6pm Cambridge r Storeys Field Ctr. r Butcher Brown+Resolution 88 Papworth r Village Hall r Uncle Funk & Boogie Wonderband Peterborough r Cresset r Kate Rusby r 7.30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Submarine Racers r 9pm

Bildeston r Kings Head r Music & Beer Festival Bildeston r Kings Head r Bay Horse Boys r 9pm Bury r Cathedral r English Piano Trio r 1pm Bury r Hunter Club r Picante: Latin Jazz Night r 8pm Bury r Risbygate S&SC r Brooks Williams & Phil Richardson Bury r The Apex r Quintet-a-Tete r 1pm Bury r The Apex r Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain r 7.30pm Edwardstone r White Horse r Electric Jam Session r 8.30pm Ipswich r Black Horse r Kicking up Dust r 8.30pm Ipswich r Duke of York r Delta Groove Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r Sondheim & Me r £17 r 7.30pm Ipswich r The Railway r IronHeart r 9pm Needham Market r The Swan r Jax&Co 9pm Stoke by Nayland r SbN Hotel r Tim Kliphuis r £20 Stowmarket r John Peel Ctr. r emerge r £3 r 7.30pm Stowmarket r Pickerel r Roy Orbison Tribute r 9pm Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Jam Night/Open Mic Wickham Market r Football Club r Party by the Pitch

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 25th

Cambridge r CB2 Bistro r Acoustic Night r £4 r 8pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Last Gang In Town r 8pm Cambridge r Storeys Field Ctr. r Dreadzone r 7pm Peterborough r Charters Bar r Porky Pig Peterborough r Met Lounge r Szpaku r 8pm Peterborough r Embankment r Fake Festival: Peterborough St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Bite Me r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Saturday 25th

Billericay r Barleylands S&SC r Delta Groove Braintree r Arts Theatre r Frankie’s Guys r 7.30pm Braintree r Boars Head r Wrong Jovi Chelmsford r Civic Theatre r The Upbeat Beatles r 7:45pm Clacton r West Cliff Theatre r The Wizard of Oz Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Dickenstock 2019 Colchester r The Bull r Rekovered r 9pm

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Frating r Kings Arms r Filthy Lounge Band r 12:30pm Frating r Kings Arms r Mura r 3pm Frating r Kings Arms r Contraband r 5:30pm Frating r Kings Arms r Stone Shuffle Jones r 8pm Halstead r The Dorrington r Noughties Night Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Solid Gold RockNRoll Show r 8pm Wivenhoe r Wivenhoe Tempest FC r Greystock Wix r The Waggon r The Statins r 9pm

Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 25th

Banham r The Barrel r Spring. Fall. Sea r 9pm Norwich r B2 r Last Seen Alive + Headrush + High Definition Norwich r Brickmakers r How’s The J Mann Norwich r Earlham Park r Lets Rock Norwich Norwich r Maddermarket r Purple Zeppelin r 7.30pm Norwich r Playhouse r Anandi & Debashish Bhattacharya Norwich r The Reindeer r The Bunkadoos + support Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Mojo Preachers

Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 25th

Bildeston r Kings Head r Y&UCME Session + The Kings +Buzz Bramford r Bramford & District SC r The Skittlez r 8.30pm Bungay r Fisher Theatre r The NewGrass Cutters r 7.30pm Bury r St Mary’s Church r Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band Bury r The Apex r Kate Rusby r 7.30pm Ipswich r Black Horse r Cherry Bomb r 8.30pm Ipswich r California Club r Space Hoppers r 7.30pm Ipswich r Case is Altered r Lady Stardust r 8pm Ipswich r Duke of York r The Dividers Ipswich r Gardeners Arms r The Seventh House r 9pm Ipswich r Isaacs r Steel Xpress r 3pm Ipswich r Isaacs r Live DJ r 9pm Ipswich r Regent r The Orbison Story r 7.30pm Ipswich r The Brewers r Clare Free r 8pm Ipswich r The Railway r The Collectors r 9pm Kesgrave r Social Club r Curves r 7pm Long Melford r Melford Hall r LeeStock Snape r Maltings r Open Session r 6pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Poontang Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Fleeced Walsham-le-Willows r Blue Boar r Jax&Co r 6pm Framlingham r Various Places r Gala Fest

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Sunday 26th

Cambridge r Blue Moon r Civil Villains + Newts + Oranje Cambridge r Junction r Big Thief r 7pm Cambridge r The Geldart r Songwriters & Poets Peterborough r Charters Bar r The Nuggets St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Tantris r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Sunday 26th

Bures r Lamarsh Lion r Ska In The Afternoon r 4pm Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Warm & Toasty Club Colchester r Mercury r Rock Choir r 6pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Good Times Jazz Band Frating r Kings Arms r Rural Outcasts r 12:30pm Frating r Kings Arms r Soul’d Out r 3pm Frating r Kings Arms r The Landed r 5:30pm Frating r Kings Arms r Stiff in the Morning r 8pm Marks Tey r Parish Hall r Barry Palser’s Savoy Jazz

Join us at Isaacs on the Quay for great live music during May. Sunday 5th May • 3pm Soul’d Out A disco, Motown and 80’s dancefloor cover band, with hits from Wham! Stevie Wonder and Chic!

Sunday 12th May • 3pm The Martells A four-piece band who play a range of covers, including Pink Floyd/Beatles/ ELO/Eric Clapton and many more.

Sunday 19th May • 2:30pm The Soul Lounge Playing classic soul, R&B and funk.

Saturday 25th May • 3pm Steel Xpress Talent and experienced steel pan musicians who perform different genres of music from pop, reggae, Latin, calypso, ballad and soca.

Sunday 26th May • 3pm Matt White and The Emulsions Charging forth on a mission to satiate the yearning masses with their bountiful cornucopia of harmony-drenched, rock anthems.

Live DJ every Saturday night from 9pm DJ Gareth Harper plays all the biggest oldskool and kisstory.

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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Follow us on Twitter.com/GrapevineLIVE Southend r Palace Theatre r The Very Hungry Caterpillar Wivenhoe r Tempest FC r Boleyn Gates r 9:15pm Wix r The Waggon r Rekovered 9pm

Gigs in Norfolk Sunday 26th

Norwich r Brickmakers r Lee Vasey Big Band r Noon Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Pyevarotti Sheringham r Little Theatre r Red Shadow Quartet r 7.30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Sunday 26th

Barrow r Suffolk Academy r Jax&Co 7pm Bildeston r Kings Head r Open Mic + Jam Session + Don’t Tell The Wife Bungay r Green Dragon r East Coast Blues Band r 3pm Bury r The Apex r Chineke r 7.30pm Bury r Unitarian Meeting House r Duo Diez r 1pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Forever in Blue Jeans r 7.30pm Felixstowe r The Alex r Scarecrow Band Ipswich r California Club r Adam Harrod r 6.30pm Ipswich r Duke of York r Folk Session Ipswich r Isaacs r Matt White & The Emulsions r 3pm Ipswich r Silent St. Labour Club r Words & Music 8.15pm Ipswich r Saultation r Josh Locke r 2:45pm Mellis r Railway Tavern r Danny Fisher’s Rock & Roll Jukebox Sudbury r Bay Horse r Randall Breneman Band r 9pm Sudbury r Quay Theatre r Open Mic Night r 7pm Wenhaston r Star Inn r Clare Free r 2pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Monday 27th

Cambridge r Portland Arms r The Treatment + Bigfoot

Gigs in Essex Monday 27th

Clacton r The Boardwalk r Words & Music r 1pm Southend r Palace Theatre r The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Gigs in Norfolk Monday 27th

Norwich r Brickmakers r Bank Holiday Bash Norwich r Maddermarket r Pop Divas Live! r 7.30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Mick n Roy

Gigs in Suffolk Monday 27th

Bildeston r Kings Head r Selion Swing Band + Meddle r 1pm Ipswich r The Railway r Warner E Hodges + Medicine Hat r £8 r 5pm Lowestoft r Marina Theatre r Little Mix Experience Mellis r Railway Tavern r Downtime Jazz r 2pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Ministry of Mojo r 4:30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 28th

St Neots r Priory Ctr. r Round the Room

Gigs in Essex Tuesday 28th

Romford r The Sun r Open Night r 8pm Southend r Palace Theatre r The Very Hungry Caterpillar Westcliff r RBL r Jack Rutter

Gigs in Norfolk Tuesday 28th

Norwich r Arts Ctr. r Brushy One String

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Wednesday 29th

Cambridge r Portland Arms r Pip Blom r 7pm Cambridge r The Geldart r Jazz Club Peterborough r Key Theatre r Claire Martin r 7.30pm

Gigs in Essex Wednesday 29th

Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r City Funk Orchestra

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Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 29th

Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8.30pm Norwich r The Waterfront r Ezra Furman r 7.30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Norfolk Blues Society Haverhill r Arts Ctr. r Tribute to Ariana & JoJo r 6pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 30th

Cambridge r Portland Arms r The Willows r 7.30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 30th

Norwich r Brickmakers r Light Skies Darken Norwich r Gringos r Open Mic: Electronic Music r 7.30pm Norwich r The Waterfront r Glen Matlock Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Open Mic w/Peter T r 8.30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 30th

Bury r The Apex r The Manfreds Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Pop Divas Live! r 3pm Lowestoft r Seagull r Claire Hastings r 8pm Thetford r Euston Hall r Red Rooster

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 31st

Cambridge r CB2 Bistro r Cath Coombs & the Awesome Soul Collective r 9pm Cambridge r Golden Hind r Open Stage r 8pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Comedy Club r 8.30pm Peterborough r Brewery Tap r Groove Cartell Peterborough r Cresset r 24K Bruno r 7.30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r The Basic Cable Band r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Friday 31st

Basildon r Holiday Inn r Rufus Black Band Clacton r Princes Theatre r 80s Mania r 7.30pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Raz + Poppy Scarlett Halstead r Empire Theatre r Wrong Jovi r 7:30pm Southend r Chinnery’s r John Power & Chris Helme Southend r Palace Theatre r Magical Mayhem Southend r Palace Theatre r Leo Sayer r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Friday 31st

Norwich r Brickmakers r Blind Tiger + Support r 8pm Norwich r Epic Studios r Paul Young r 7pm Norwich r Open r The Luka State + More r 7:30pm Norwich r The Waterfront r The Futureheads + Fatherson Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Glamtastics

Gigs in Suffolk Friday 31st

Bungay r Fisher Theatre r Tori Freestone r 7:30pm Bury r The Apex r Albert Lee r 7:30pm Bury r Theatre Royal r Forever In Blue Jeans r 7:30pm Elmswell r Railway Tavern r Jax&Co r 9:30pm Felixstowe r Dolphin Hotel r Nikki Pope r 9pm Haverhill r Arts Ctr. r The Best of Queen r 8pm Ipswich r Duke of York r Hoppy & the Hopefuls Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r The Dolly Parton Story r £17.00 r 7:30pm Ipswich r The Railway r tbc r 9pm Stowmarket r John Peel Ctr. r Phobophobes r £9 r 7:30pm Stratford St Andrew r Riverside Ctr. r Reg Meuross Sturmer r Red Lion r Clare Free r 8:30pm Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Words & Music Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Roquefort

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Tony Bell

Enza ia a four track EP with a classic guitar feel - listen to Without Warning, you’ll see what I mean.

Hummingbird POLLY HAYNES Although Polly Haynes describes herself as Jazz inspired I would not call her music jazz. What she does, and does well, is her own thing. Powerfullly delivered words and a strong rhythm make this a very listenable collection of music - hints of Amy Winehouse spring to mind.

Enza JOE BOYD A big thank you to one of our regular readers who introduced me to the music of Joe Boyd from Clacton.

Song KEITH SADLER

Frozen in Our Time MORGANWAY Morganway were new to me when they played the GrapevineLIVE stage at Ipswich Music Day back in 2015. They were good then but boy have they progressed! Frozen in Time haunts, then flows all over you like an incoming tide. This is but a teaser as (and I cannot believe this) the band have yet to release an LP but we are promised a debut album soon.... I need this record! [and as I type this another Morganway single has dropped - “Hurricane” just proves to me that an album would be awesome!]

Keith is a singer/songwriter I have known since his very early tentative appearances at open mic nights in Suffolk. It is always a pleasure to watch an artist develop both in talent and confidence. Song comes from the heart and deserves to be listened to not just simply played.

Lost in Blue KYANOS Kyanos is a new name to me. Theirs is a blend of laid back sound bordering

Like us on Facebook.com/GrapevineLIVE on jazz and with hints of psychedelia. It is tempting to compare bands to better known names to enable them to be put in a box... Not a game I llike to play. Kyanos’ sound is unique and very easy on the ear. I’m not sure if the band’s name is a reference to the Final Fantasy character...

Another band to have graced the GrapevineLIVE Ipswich Music Day stage. This band play what they like to describe as East Anglicana - a little known genre, growing fast! They admit that they are first and foremost a live band, enjoying the spontannaity of the moment where who knows what can happen. When the sleve notes inclue a comment on how one of their number enthusiastically chased pigeons away in order that their incessant cooing wouldn’t bleed onto the

vocal tracks, then you’ll realise that this is a band that don’t take themselves too seriously. Favourite track is Tony Winn’s “What’s The Moonlight For?”

89% Eskimo KEV WALFORD

Callous LITTLE RED KINGS

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I have a soft spot for an album that starts with a prelude played on electric keys! It always used to indicate something was going to start rockin’ the Little Red Kings don’t disappoint. This is classic blues rock played well and with feeling. This is yet another band I have to go and see live, my problem being when I can fit them in! Current favourite track on loop is “Chaperone”... Not many bands build their own studio - kudos for that alone, and the results go to prove it was worth doing.

Wow! This is Kev Walford at his songwriting best. Simple, story telling lyrics put together with timing to die for: “I like you, you like me.....” The pregnant pause that follows makes you stop what you are doing, dying to know what happens next! Kev has teamed up with the simply wonderful Reb Capper to create an EP gem which, if I had to find fault with, is only five tracks long. In Blue Shoes, Kev asks what if John & Paul had never got together... what if, what if Kev had met with Paul....? Coming soon... A New Way On BAYFIELD BOOTH Release date: 12th May 19

Thank you to everyone who has sent me CDs or links time and space limit what I can place on the pages of Grapevine Magazine - check out our Spotify playlist to hear what we listen to in the office.

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Theatre, Musicals & Comedy in Cambridgeshire 1-4 May r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r Saint Joan 1-4 May r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r Slush 1-4 May r Cambridge r Arts Theatre r Fame 1-4 May r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r Magnum 2-4 May r Peterborough r Key r Wind in the Willows 2 May r Peterborough r Key r An Intervention 2 May r Cambridge r Junction r Views from The ‘Bridge 2-3 May r Peterborough r Key r Monotony in the UK 3 May r Cambridge r Junction r Hammer & Tongue 4 May r Cambridge r Portland Arms r Cambridge Cabaret 4 May r Cambridge r Junction r Jim Tavare 4 May r Cambridge r Junction r MARVELus 5 May r Cambridge r Corn Ex r Brand New Barmy Britain 5 May r Cambridge r Junction r Muckers 6 May r P’boro r Cresset r Street Dance Championships 7-11 May r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r The Revlon Girl 7-8 May r Cambridge r Arts Theatre r Ballet Black 7-11 May r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Middle Child 8 May r Peterborough r Key r Trials of Oscar Wilde 8 May r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r Two Man Show 9-11 May r Peterborough r Key r Kaleidoscope 9 May r Cambridge r Junction r Hannah Jane Walker 9-11 May r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r Greedy 10 May r P’boro r Milenium Ctr. r Confessions Of A Teenager 10-11 May r P’boro r Regional College r Now Is The Time To Say Nothing 10 May r P’boro r Undercroft r Ricky Locke Unlocked 10 May r Stapleford r Granary r McMillan & Carver Goss 10-11 May r Cambridge r Arts Theatre r Ian McKellen 11 May r Peterborough r Brewery Tap r She’s a Good Girl 11 May r Cambridge r Junction r Mark Steel 11 May r Cambridge r Junction r Tropicana 12 May r Cambridge r Junction r Out of the Hat 12 May r Peterborough r Key r Noisy Holiday 13 May r Peterborough r Key r Dietrich: Natural Duty 14-18 May r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r Ghost: The Musical 14-18 May r Cambridge r Arts Theatre r Remains of the Day 14-18 May r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r The Plague 14-18 May r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Party Trick 15 May r Cambridge r Junction r #JeSuis 15 May r Cambridge r Portland Arms r Comedy Showcase 15-18 May r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r Market Magic 16 May r Cambridge r Corn Ex r The Guilty Feminist 17 May r Cambridge r Corn Ex r Puss In Boots 17 May r Peterborough r Key r What Words Are Ours?

18 May r Peterborough r Key r George Egg 18 May r Cambridge r Corn Ex r Foil, Arms and Hog 18 May r Cambridge r Junction r Croft & Pearce 19 May r Cambridge r Junction r Duckie 20-25 May r Cambridge r Arts Theatre r House on Cold Hill 20 May r Cambridge r Junction r Scummy Mummies Show 21-25 May r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Dr Faustus 21-25 May r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r In The Next Room 21 May r Cambridge r Junction r Paul Mayhew-Archer 21 May r Peterborough r Key r An Honest Gentleman 22-25 May r Peterborough r Key r History Boys 22 May r Peterborough r Cresset r Menopause The Musical 22 May r Cambridge r Corn Ex r Al Murray 22-23 May r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Bicameral 22-23 May r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r Bounce 23 May r Cambridge r Corn Ex r Comedy Club 24-25 May r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r None Taken 25 May r Cambridge r Corn Ex r Mark Watson 26 May r Cambridge r Portland Arms r C’bridge Fringe Fest. 26 May r Cambridge r Junction r Shappi Khorsandi 27-31 May r Cambridge r Arts Theatre r Stones In His Pockets 27 May r Peterborough r Cresset r Paul Merton 28-31 May r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Love, Cats & Bill Murray 30 May r Cambridge r ADC Theatre r Evita 30-31 May r Peterborough r Key r Brand New Barmy Britain 31 May r Cambridge r Junction r Andrew Lawrence

Theatre, Musicals & Comedy in Essex

1 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Ross Sutherland 1-4 May r Colchester r Headgate r Shakers 1-4 May r Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Henry IV Part Two 1-4 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Side Show 1 May r Colchester r Mercury r Triple Bill 1 May r Colchester r Mercury r Scratch Nights 2 May r Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Comedy Club 3 May r Clacton r Princes r Jimmy Carr 3 May r Clacton r West Cliff r The Ballroom Boys 3 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Comedy Club 3 May r Chelmsford r Civic Theatre r Ballet Central 4-5 May r Clacton r W’Cliff r Debbie Millar School of Dance 4 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Jack & The Beanstalk 4 May r Colchester r Mercury r Ian Waite & Vincent Simone 5 May r Chelmsford r Civic Theatre r Ballroom Boys 5 May r Clacton r Princes r There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly 5 May r Colchester r Mercury r Oliver 5 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Reginald D Hunter 6-11 May r Colchester r Headgate r Macbeth 7 May r Colchester r Mercury r Sara Pascoe & Friends 8 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Hannah Maxwell 8-11 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r All Shook Up 8-10 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Comic Potential 8 May r Chelmsford r Civic Theatre r Al Murray

Like us on Facebook.com/GrapevineLIVE 9 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Mickey P Kerr 9 May r Braintree r Arts Theatre r Roy Chubby Brown 9 May r Colchester r The Bull r Comedy Night 10 May r Colchester r Charter Hall r Guilty Feminist 10 May r Witham r Public Hall r Tide Jetty 10 May r Colchester r Mercury r Comedy Club 11 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Sophie Hagen 11-12 May r Colchester r Mercury r Simply Brits 12 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Paul Mayhew-Archer 12 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Sourpuss 12 May r Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Guilty Feminist 12 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Stewart Francis 15-18 May r Chelmsford r Civic Theatre r Oliver! 15 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Hannah J Walker 15-18 May r Colchester r Headgate r Browning Version 15-18 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Vicar of Dibley 15 May r Chelmsford r Cramphorn Studio r Tide Jetty 16 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Paul Foot 16 May r Colchester r Mercury r Mark Steel 16 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Andy Hamilton 17 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Paul Foot 18 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Rob Auton 18-19 May r Colchester r Mercury r Dinosaur World Live 18 May r Bocking r Arts Theatre r Comedy Club 19 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Shappi Khorsandi 19 May r Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Bingo at Tiffanies 19 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Puppetry of the Penis 21 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Flo & Joan 22 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Martin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien 22-23 May r Colchester r Mercury r The Sign of Four 22 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Daniel Sloss 22 May r Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Rhod Gilbert 22 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Simon Brodkin 23 May r Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Comedy Club 23 May r Chelmsford r Cramphorn Studio r Mengele 24 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Radio Active 24-25 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Stars In Your Eyes 24 May r Chelmsford r Civic Theatre r Swan Lake 25 May r Colchester r Arts Ctr. r Lipsinkers 25 May r Colchester r Mercury r Take Two! 26-27 May r Clacton r Princes r The Vibe 27-31May r Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Annie 28 May r Colchester r Headgate r Land of Nod 29 May r Harwich r Arts & Heritage Ctr. r Tide Jetty 29 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Julian Clary 30 May r Southend r Palace Theatre r Roman Romp 31 May r Clacton r West Cliff r Tropix: Part One

Theatre, Musicals & Comedy in Norfolk

1-11 May r Norwich r Theatre Royal r The Bodyguard 1 May r Sheringham r Little Theatre r Noise Next Door, Remix! 2 May r Norwich r Playhouse r Ballet Central 3 May r Norwich r Maddermarket r Emily Atack 3 May r Norwich r Playhouse r Adam Riches

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Crickey, is it really May already? I guess it’s time to dig out both the wellies and sunnies, seeing as it’s the start of the festival season! You may think festivals are all about live music playing out to a crowded muddy field, but there’s a rich and eclectic mix of theatre and arts festivals too. Kicking off proceedings is the Norfolk & Norwich Festival (10-26th May). Highlights include a world premiere at the Norwich Playhouse, of News News

Smashed Norfolk & Norwich Festival

News - a television news show made by children for adults, recorded in front of a studio audience and broadcast live on the internet. At a time when there is more news than there has ever been and yet our trust in journalists is at an alltime low, what is the purpose of news and how does it shape the way we see the world around us? User Not Found is a pioneering and intimate new play. You’re given a smartphone and a pair of headphones to be immersed in one man’s story as he’s faced with keeping or erasing his partner’s online existence. To celebrate award-winning Hoipolloi’s 25th anniversary there will be a trilogy of story-telling shows as Hugh Hughes presents Shôn Dale-Jones in The Duke, Me & Robin Hood and The Ladder. And there’s plenty more events running across the festival. Ipswich’s famed fringe festival, Pulse Festival returns 30th May – 8th June. Opening the festival is Status - a globespanning journey of attempted escape, with songs along the way. This year’s event also includes an intimate and exhilarating play about space science, mental health, and communication called Lights! Planets! People!, and features the return of multi awardwinning comedy blockbuster Police Cops to name but a few. Plus, the infamous Scratch Days and Suitcase Day are back, and new this year is the Funny Women Awards.

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are free, and promise some weird and wonderful acts that will entertain all the family. Other festivals that are bound to give some great theatre, comedy, dance and spoken word offerings would be Southwold Arts Festival (22-29th June), Latitude (18-21st July) and the new for 2019 First Light Festival (22-23rd June) in Lowestoft – a festival celebrating the first light of midsummer’s weekend at Britain’s most easterly point with arts and science.

There really is a festival for everyone and everything these days, but they are a perfect way to connect with likeminded people and enjoy the British Summertime, as unpredictable as the weather may be – so get out there and choose a festival or two and get inspired by the arts!

Bury Festival (16-26th May) are offering a day of free Street Theatre (18th May) in the Abbey Gardens, meanwhile the National Youth Music Theatre return to the Theatre Royal with a new work called Growl (19th May), written by best-selling children’s author Timothy Knapman and with music by Laurence Mark Wythe. The East Anglian Storytelling Festival (14-16th June) moves to Elmswell with Nationally Renowned Storytellers such as Liz Weir MBE, Taffy Thomas MBE, Sef Townsend, Hugh Lupton, Paul Jackson and Baden Prince. Holt Festival (21-27th July) has an eclectic line-up including Poet Luke Wright and musical comedy sisters Flo & Joan. Later in the season, the Out There International Festival of Street Arts & Circus will be in Great Yarmouth, 1415th September. Most of the events

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Theatre, Musicals & Comedy in Suffolk

1-11 May r Bury r Theatre Royal r Sound of Music 1-4 May r Ipswich r New Wolsey Studio r 39 Steps 1-18 May r Ipswich r New Wolsey r Grandma Saves The Day! 1-4 May r Ipswich r Regent r Avenue Q 1-4 May r Ipswich r Sir John Mills Theatre r Tide Jetty 2-4 May r Bungay r Fisher Theatre r Real Inspector Hound 3 May r Ipswich r Christchurch Mansion r An Honest Gentleman 3 May r Lowestoft r Seagull r Hooma Comedy 5 May r Ipswich r California Club r Comedy Night

6 May r Ipswich r Cock & Pye r Luke Stephens 6 May r Lowestoft r Seagull r Ragged Trousered Philantropists 7 May r Bury r Theatre Royal r Sound of Music 7 May r Leiston r Film Theatre r Ragged Trousered Philantropists 7-11 May r Sudbury r Quay Theatre r Top Girls 8 May r Aldeburgh r Jubilee Hall r Tide Jetty 8 May r Bury r The Apex r Ballroom Boys 8 May r Southwold r Arts Centre r Ragged Trousered Philantropists 9 May r Ipswich r Regent r Guilty Feminist 9 May r Syleham r Village Hall r Tide Jetty 9 May r Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Mark Steel 10 May r Bungay r Fisher Theatre r James Mayhew 10 May r Bury r The Apex r Crooners 10 May r Halesworth r The Cut r An Honest Gentleman 10 May r Ipswich r Corn Ex r Roy Chubby Brown 10 May r Ipswich r Jerwood Dancehouse r Rite of Spring 11 May r Lowestoft r Marina r Vincent Simone & Ian Waite 11 May r Lowestoft r Seagull r Non-Psychic ‘Psychic’ Show 11 May r Haverhill r Arts Ctr. r Gyles Brandreth 11 May r Rattlesden r Community Pavilion r Tide Jetty 11 May r Ipswich r Corn Ex r Stewart Francis 12 May r Bury r The Apex r So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs? 12 May r Lowestoft r Seagull r New Words, Fresh Voices 12 May r Bury r The Apex r Comedy Club 14 May r Ipswich r Jerwood Dancehouse r Intoto Dance 14 May r Mellis r Railway Tavern r Kiss Me, Help! I Hate You 15-16 May r Bungay r Fisher Theatre r Cobweb of Fairytales 15 May r Haverhill r Arts Ctr. r Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 16 May r Bury r Theatre Royal r Trials of Oscar Wilde 17 May r Bury r Theatre Royal r Kit & McConnel 17 May r Sudbury r Quay Theatre r Mengele 17 May r Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Forbidden Nights 17 May r Ipswich r Corn Ex r Reginald D Hunter 18 May r Lowestoft r Marina r Puppetry of the Penis 18-19 May r Woodbridge r Community Hall r Tide Jetty 18 May r Bury r Abbey Gardens r Street Theatre 18 May r Bury r Ickworth r Hervey at the Court of George II 18 May r Bungay r Fisher Theatre r Amazing Mysteries 18 May r Lowestoft r Seagull r The Last Crumb 19 May r Bury r Theatre Royal r Growl 20-25 May r Ipswich r New Wolsey r Little Miss Sunshine 20 May r Bury r Hunter Club r Earl Okin 21-22 May r Bury r Theatre Royal r Swan Lake 21 May r Bury r The Apex r Dr John Cooper Clarke 22-25 May r Haverhill r Arts Ctr. r History Boys 22-25 May r Sudbury r Quay Theatre r Annie 22-23 May r Lowestoft r Seagull r A Midsummer Wonderland 22-25 May r Woodbridge r Seckford Theatre r Wyrd Sisters 23 May r Lowestoft r Marina r Very Hungry Caterpillar Show 23 May r Bungay r Fisher Theatre r Red Room 23 May r Bury r Theatre Royal r Barbara Nice

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