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Wednesday 2 March
St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4PG
Oscar Wilde double bill – A performance of ‘Wilde Without the Boy’ followed by Wilde’s poem ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’
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· Theatre ·
Wilde Without the Boy
Performed by Gerard Logan, Olivier Award Nominee & Winner of The Stage’s Award for Best Solo Show of the 2011 Edinburgh Festival. Painfully brilliant and passionate, Wilde Without the Boy is a glimpse into the bruised, loving soul of one of the greatest geniuses ever to have lived.
8pm : £8.00 : £6.00 concessions : seated
Monday 7 March
· Literature ·
Words & Women – International Women’s Day
Celebrate International Women’s Day with the best and most exciting regional women writers and musicians.
7pm : £5.00 : seated Tuesday 8 March
· Folk ·
Folk East presents COVEN: International Women’s Day Concert with O’Hooley & Tidow, Lady Maisery & Grace Petrie
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Tigercub 19 March
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door
· Talk ·
SPIEL presents Claire Hind & Gary Winters artist Zombie troubadours, radical saints and free-floating soap bubbles: fertile ground for cross-disciplinary arts practice. Claire Hind and Gary Winters offer a performative talk on their recent collaborative practice.
8pm : Pay What You Can : seated Friday 18 March
· Rock/Pop ·
Mick Flannery + Pip Mountjoy + Tilly Dalglish
One of Ireland’s great contemporary songwriters, Flannery ushers us into a romantic, dark and hopeful world. His honest lyrics and powerful stage presence have won him worthy comparisons to great songwriters such as Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits.
9 Mar
Ross Sutherland: Standby for Tape Back-up
10 Mar
Fearless Vampire Killers + Miss Vincent
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door Friday 11 March
· Rock/Pop ·
Pony Up presents Ducking Punches Album Launch Show + Bangers + Chas Palmer-Williams DIY folk / punk favourites launch their brand new album.
Mapped Out presents Tigercub + support The Norwich Spring Equinox Fair
21 Mar
The Duke Spirit + support
22 Mar
Emmy The Great + support
23 & 24
An Evening with Ian McCulloch SOLD OUT
25 Mar
Ulrich Schnauss (live) + Nat Urazmetova (visuals)
26 Mar
The Tilting Sky presents The Thinking Men
31 Mar
Panic Room
2 Apr
NORCA presents Brazil Meets Cuba
Mapped Out presents Tigercub + support
3 Apr
The Sheepdogs + support
4 Apr
Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle
7 Apr
Craig Campbell
8pm : £5.00 adv : £6.00 door
9 Apr
Warsaw Village Band
10 Apr
True Stories
12 Apr
The Railsplitters
13 Apr
Byron Vincent: Talk About Something You Like
· Rock/Pop ·
· Fair ·
Far East Family Gatherings presents
FVK are stepping out of their goth-punk shadows and into the light with the release of their hard hitting mini album Bruises.
19 Mar 20 Mar
Carnival Inspiration Day
Sunday 20 March
Fearless Vampire Killers + VUKOVI + Miss Vincent
Mick Flannery + support
Hark presents TBC
Talented Brighton trio play their own brand of distorted grunge. Fuzzy, catchy and epic with a formidable pop edge.
· Rock/Pop ·
SPIEL presents Claire Hind & Gary Winters
1 Apr
Saturday 19 March
Thursday 10 March
17 Mar 18 Mar
2 Apr
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door
8pm : £9.00 adv : £11.00 door
Intricate, groove heavy arrangements of original and traditional tunes drawing influence from the folk music of Europe and beyond.
COVEN: International Women’s Day Concert
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· Performance ·
Brash and opinionated, short and sharp, fast and furious, this Leeds punk five-piece are making waves on both sides of the Atlantic with their self-titled debut album.
Sheelanagig + Feral Mouth
Words & Women – International Women’s Day
8 Mar
Wednesday 9 March
· Rock/Pop ·
· Rock/Pop ·
Sheelanagig + Feral Mouth
7 Mar
Blazin’ Fiddles
Eagulls + Fear Of Men
Saturday 5 March
Combining fiddle, piano and guitar, Blazin’ Fiddles play fascinating, contemporary arrangements with the excitement, passion and sensitivity of traditional fiddle tunes from Scotland.
5 Mar
Thursday 17 March
8pm : £14.00 : £12.00 concessions : seated
1pm - 4pm : Free : NAC bar
Blazin’ Fiddles
Sonic Youths v3.2
8pm : £14.00 adv : £12.00 adv concs : £16.00 door : seated
The star of BBC’s Three Men In A Boat and They Think It’s All Over looks back on his life and career. Join Rory as he remembers bits and makes up the rest..
Experience time travel with a tasty lunch at Sonic Youths’ exclusive multi-genre showcase for emerging musicians aged 14-19.
· Folk ·
Eagulls + support
5 Mar
Natty + support
· Talk ·
Sonic Youths v3.2
Tuesday 15 March
4 Mar
15 Mar
Rory McGrath: Remembers (…or is it forgets?)
Saturday 5 March
8pm : £12.50 adv : £15.00 door
Rory McGrath: Remembers (…or is it forgets?)
Pony Up presents Ducking Punches
“One of the stand-out shows of the Edinburgh Fringe” - The Stage. After a hard-drive crash and a near death experience, Ross Sutherland found himself house-bound with only one thing for company: an old videotape that once belonged to his grandad. The true story of one man’s journey into synchronicity and madness. 8pm : Pay What You Can : seated
· Rock/Pop ·
A gifted musician, poet and producer, Natty’s soulful melodies and references to roots culture make him an artist not to be missed.
Wilde Without the Boy
3 Mar
11 Mar
Ross Sutherland: Standby for Tape Back-up
Friday 4 March
Natty + support
2 Mar
12 Mar
Show And Tell and House Theatre present
Thursday 3 March
· Reggae ·
8pm : £15.00 : £12.50 concessions : seated
Exquisitely harmonic songwriting duo and BBC6 Music favourites O’Hooley & Tidow will be joined by Lady Maisery and the irrepressible Leicester songwriter, activist and performer Grace Petrie.
Ross Sutherland: Standby for Tape Back-up 9 March
Saturday 12 March
The Norwich Spring Equinox Fair
A unique charitable event to celebrate the turning of the seasons. Bringing together small independent businesses with workshops, DJs, food and live music from The Piratones.
12pm – 10pm: £6.00 adults : £4 under 16 : £2.00 under 4 Monday 21 March
· Rock/Pop ·
The Duke Spirit + support
Gritty, garage-rock fury from London four-piece.
8pm : £12.50 adv : £15.00 door
8pm : £6.00 adv : £8.00 door
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16 Apr
Future of the Left
20 Apr
SPIEL presents Marcia X
22 Apr
The Rumble: Video Release Party
23 Apr
UEA Live Music Society Showcase
23 Apr
Shonen Knife + Bruja
24 Apr
Earl Slick and Bernard Fowler
25 Apr
Fuel Theatre presents The Joke
26 Apr
Pony Up presents Beach Baby + support
28 Apr
Pony Up presents Loyle Carner TBC
30 Apr
The Tilting Sky presents Keep Up + support
Emmy the Great 22 March
Saturday 2 April
· World ·
Carnival Inspiration Day
A day for anyone who takes part in or is interested in taking part in the Norwich Lord Mayor’s Procession, 10.30am - 4.30pm, book through www.norcaarts.co.uk. Followed by a fantastic night of Brazilian and Cuban music to celebrate all things carnival:
NORCA presents Brazil Meets Cuba feat. Rabo de Foguete + Jesús Cutiño & Son de Cuba + DJ Pax Nindi 8pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door Sunday 3 April
· Rock/Pop ·
The Sheepdogs + support Tuesday 22 March
· Rock/Pop ·
Emmy The Great + Leaone
“One of the boldest young writers in pop” – The Guardian Evocative and thought-provoking lyrics from critically acclaimed folk-pop singer Emma-Lee Moss. 8pm : £14.00 : £16.00 door
Wednesday 23 March & Thursday 24 March
· Rock/Pop ·
An Evening with Ian McCulloch SOLD OUT Ulrich Schnauss (live) + Nat Urazmetova (visuals)
At once uplifting and otherworldly, the music of Ulrich Schnauss combines multilayered synthesizers with beats and ethereal vocals, serving as an aural escape route from the trappings of reality.
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door
Saturday 26 March
· Rock/Pop ·
The Tilting Sky presents The Thinking Men +The Vagaband + Lucy Grubb & Craig Acheson
Releasing their new EP The Thinking Men make a welcome return.
8pm : £7.00 adv : £9.00 door Thursday 31 March
· Rock/Pop ·
Panic Room
A stunning new live show, rammed full of hits from their five award-winning albums.
8pm : £15.00 adv : £12.00 adv concs : £17.50 door Friday 1 April
Hark Launch TBC
A new night of the best electronic music.
8pm : £8.50 adv : £10.50 door Monday 4 April
· Bluegrass ·
The Railsplitters
Hailing from The Colorado Rockies, The Railsplitters are ‘the band to watch’ on the progressive bluegrass scene.
8pm : £12.00 : £10.00 concessions : seated Wednesday 13 April
· Performance ·
Byron Vincent : Talk About Something You Like Tour Byron Vincent’s comical and confessional account of living with the mental health diagnosis – bipolar affective disorder. In 2011, Byron spent his summer resting in the magnolia bosom of an NHS psychiatric unit and this taboo–busting show opens the doors to the world of mental health and society’s historical stigma towards it.
8pm : Pay What You Can : seated The Sheepdogs 3 April
· Folk ·
· Electro ·
Saturday 16 April
· Rock/Pop ·
Future Of The Left + support 8pm : £11.00 adv : £13.00 door
8pm : £12.50 adv : £15.00 door : £8.00 under 25s
Molly Naylor, LJHope Productions, Writers Centre Norwich and NAC presents True Stories
A brand new night in the City of Stories where we come together and share our own true stories. Based around a given theme, told without notes. Intimate, interesting, anecdotal storytelling from non-performers and performers alike. April’s theme: LOST AND FOUND. To speak at the event, email truestorieslive@gmail.com
“When I finally got to see them live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles concert.” - Kurt Cobain. A ground-breaking all-female Japanese, pop-punk rock trio. 8pm : £12.50 adv : £15.00 door
Sunday 24 April
· Rock/Pop ·
Earl Slick and Bernard Fowler perform David Bowie’s Station to Station
· Theatre ·
· Talk ·
SPIEL presents Marcia X artist talk
Friday 22 April
The Rumble: Video Release Party
· Rock/Pop ·
Three-piece garage rock and soul, The Rumble return to celebrate the release of their first music video for a brand new single.
8pm : £6.00 adv £5.00 adv conc : £9.00 door
8pm : Pay What You Can : seated
· Rock/Pop ·
Pony Up presents Beach Baby + support
Welsh post-hardcore rock trio.
“For me the personal has always been in bed with the political. My everyday practice as a product of this world, is to recognize myself for what I am, not what I have been ushered into believing about myself. And what I am is an unapologetic brown woman.” Marcia X 8pm : Pay What You Can : seated
· Performance ·
Shonen Knife + Bruja
Tuesday 26 April
Wednesday 20 April
Sunday 10 April
· Rock/Pop ·
The Joke is a new play from comedy award winner Will Adamsdale - and company - exploring jokes and why we tell them, countries and why we need (and despair of) them, and life and why we bother. And Tic Tacs.
Warsaw Village Band
One of the most adventurous and exciting groups in Europe. With harsh-edged vocals, slinky bass riffs, percussion and wild violin they create an edgy reworking of folk styles that switch between furious dance pieces and passages of quirky, a cappella vocals.
Saturday 23 April
Fuel Theatre presents The Joke by Will Adamsdale with Brian Logan and Lloyd Hutchinson
Craig Campbell
Saturday 9 April
1pm : Free Entry : NAC Bar
Monday 25 April
· Comedy ·
· World ·
UEA Live Music Society Showcase
8pm : £20.00
Jacqui McShee is best known as lead singer and co-founder of the original Pentangle with Bert Jansch and John Renbourn. Jacqui’s current band continues to perform an exciting and eclectic mix of folk, blues, jazz and world music.
“Perfectly observed and hilarious storytelling” – Chortle This internationally acclaimed comedian is one of stand-ups most charismatic and inventive performers. 8pm : £15.00 : seated
· Rock/Pop ·
Legendary guitarist Earl Slick (David Bowie / John Lennon) and singer Bernard Fowler (The Rolling Stones) perform David Bowie’s Station to Station album masterpiece in full along with a set of other classic Bowie, Lennon and Rolling Stones songs.
Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle
Thursday 7 April
Saturday 23 April
+ support from Lisa Ronson
8pm : £18.00 : £16.00 concessions : seated · Electro ·
Friday 25 March
Built on the solid, classic rock foundation of three-part harmonies and dual guitar leads, Canada’s The Sheepdogs blend Southern boogie rock, groove-based psychedelia, and bluesy bar room swagger into a modern rock & roll revival.
Tuesday 12 April
Super-saturated, vintage surf with a melodic blend of catchy guitars, bass and a little bit of dreamy synths.
8pm : £6.00 adv : £8.00 door Thursday 28 April
· Hip Hop ·
Loyle Carner TBC
Loyle Carner’s confessional style of Hip Hop has seen him hailed as one to watch.
Saturday 30 April
· Rock/Pop ·
The Tilting Sky presents Keep Up + special guests
After spending the majority of 2015 in their London rehearsal space writing songs, Keep Up celebrate the release of their brand new EP.
8pm : £7.00 adv : £9.00 door
8pm : Pay What You Can : seated
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