19 Mar - 25 Apr
Exhibition
Thursday 19 March - Saturday 25 April
Tickets & Information
Galley Beggar Press and the art of the book cover
Norwich publisher Galley Beggar Press showcase the designs, and the talented designers, behind their distinctive identity. Saturday 21 March
Find Us St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4PG
Design for publishing and the art of the book cover
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Workshop by Sam Jordison, co-director of Galley Beggar Press. 11am-3pm : £25.00 18+
Hip Hop
Tuesday 3 March
DELS + support
“A refreshing take on experimental hip hop” - Time Out Ninja Tunes artist, graphic designer and film maker Kieren Gallear aka DELS tours with his second album Petals Have Fallen, one of the most original hip hop releases of 2014. 8pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door Rock/Pop
Wednesday 4 March
Dry The River + Blaenavon
The East Londoners tour their much-anticipated second album Alarms In The Heart, released last summer. 8pm : £12.00 adv : £14.00 door Folk
Thursday 5 March
Lewis & Leigh + The Black Feathers London-based singer-songwriters Al Lewis & Alva Leigh find a home for their love of Whiskeytown, Gram and Emmylou in their new alt-country duo Lewis and Leigh. 8pm : £8.00 : £6.00 concs : seated
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Emmanuel Jal + support
Emmanuel Jal has won worldwide acclaim for his unique style of hip hop with its message of peace and reconciliation born out of his experiences as a child soldier in Sudan. He blends traditional African music with hip hop, dub and global pop music rhythms. 8pm : £15.00 : £12.00 concs Folk
Wednesday 11 March
DMP presents This Is The Kit + The Mari Joyce Band + The Little Unsaid
Friday 20 March
Pony Up presents Menace Beach + Club Treehouse + Teen Brains Menace Beach are named after the surreal 8-bit world of the 1990 Nintendo game. A namesake which provides the perfect backdrop to their 90’s American underground and pre-Brit pop indie; melody heavy, supercharged and always surprising. Next Pony Up show, Thursday 30 April, Bands TBA. 8pm : £3.00 adv : £5.00 door Liz Aggiss 25 Mar
“Absolutely gorgeous, like an aural bath with the warm water lapping over you” - Cerys Matthews, BBC 6music Beloved musical project of multi-instrumentalist Kate Stables, with a cast of carefully hand-plucked friends. 8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door Friday 13 March
Rock/Pop
Swing
Bootleg Swing
The return of Bootleg Swing with The He Hew’s, Moonshine Swing Seven, burlesque from the beautiful Natalya Umanska and DJs. 8pm : £10.00 adv : £8.00 adv concs : £13.00 door Sunday 15 March
Rock/Pop
Live Nation presents Kingsland Road + guests
+ Raevennan Husbandes
Friday 6 March
Saturday 7 March
World
Rock/Pop
Pony Up presents Popop + Let’s Eat Grandma + The Venus Lyx Popop creates wonky “lofi dance music” with analogue synths, a drum machine and a voice. Catch him perform an exclusive full band set. 8pm : £3.00 adv : £5.00 door Emmanuel Jal 7 Mar
Kingsland Road captured the hearts of countless fans whilst appearing on the X Factor in 2013. The boys have self-penned some high energy, exuberant tracks that fuse Indie Pop with a rocky edge and they launch their debut album We Are The Young this February. 8pm : £9.50 adv : more on the door Talk
Tuesday 17 March
An Evening of Public Shaming with Jon Ronson
Simultaneously hilarious and powerful in the way only Jon can be, this is an illustrated one-man show about the renaissance of public shaming and our very scary part in it. 8pm : £13.00 : £10.00 concs : seated Wednesday 18 March
Live Lit
The Retold Ramayana : A Live Literature Show
The Ramayana has enchanted audiences across the Eastern world for 1000s of years. Now poet Daljit Nagra’s adaptation is retold for a modern multi-cultural, multi-faith audience. 8pm : £10.00 : £8.00 concs : seated Thursday 19 March
Comedy
Only Fools and Boycie – An Evening with John Challis Secrets from the set of the show plus stories and anecdotes. 8pm : £15.00 : £13.00 concs : seated
Saturday 21 March
Rock/Pop
DMP presents Sheelanagig + Feral Mouth
Sheelanagig deliver intricate, rhythmically complex arrangements of original and traditional works in a Balkan style. “High octane stuff… would liven any party and keep the floor full” – fRoots 8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door Monday 23 March
Americana
The Handsome Family + Daniel Knox
Albuquerque-based married duo Brett and Rennie Sparks play a moody atmospheric mix of dark Americana. It’s intense, highly descriptive and full of meticulously researched narrative and exhilarating musical re-imaginings of Appalachian holler, psychedelic rock, Tin Pan Alley and medieval ballad. 8pm : £15.00 adv : £17.00 door Tuesday 24 March
Country
Ward Thomas + guests
20 year old Hampshire born twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas are on the threshold of becoming one of the first genuine major British Country acts. 8pm : £11.00 adv : £13.00 door
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Galley Beggar Press and the art of the book cover
3 Mar
DELS + support
4 Mar
Dry The River + Blaenavon
5 Mar
Lewis & Leigh
6 Mar
Pony Up presents Popop
7 Mar
Emmanuel Jal + support
11 Mar
DMP presents This Is The Kit
13 Mar
Bootleg Swing
15 Mar
Live Nation presents Kingsland Road
17 Mar
An Evening of Public Shaming with Jon Ronson
18 Mar
The Retold Ramayana : A Live Literature Show
19 Mar
Only Fools and Boycie – An Evening with John Challis
20 Mar
Pony Up presents Menace Beach
21 Mar
DMP presents Sheelanagig + Feral Mouth
23 Mar
The Handsome Family + Daniel Knox
24 Mar
Ward Thomas + guests
25 Mar
Liz Aggiss is the English Channel
26 Mar
Karnataka
27 Mar
Ian Siegal Band
30 Mar
Errors + Ubre Blanca
31 Mar
Lucy Porter : Me Time
2 Apr
Bunty + support
7 Apr
Gina Yashere
8 Apr
Penelope RETOLD
9 Apr
Simon Munnery Sings Søren Kierkegaard
10 Apr
Gravy Records presents...
11 Apr
Norwich Zine Fair : Vol 2
11 Apr
Hubs presents Nubiyan Twist + Solko
13 Apr
Maddy Prior
14 Apr
Hat Fitz & Cara
15 Apr
Don’t Hate The Rich – Be One Of Them!
16 Apr
Afrikan Boy + support
17 Apr
WRR presents Killamonjambo + La Brass Banda
19 Apr
Villagers TBC
20 Apr
The Invisible Dot presents Liam Williams – Capitalism
22 Apr
Mars.tarrab: The Lady’s Not For Walking...
23 Apr
Richard Digance
24 Apr
Speedometer feat James Junior + support
25 Apr
The Leisure Society + support
28 Apr
FolkEast presents The Willows + Kelly Oliver
Wednesday 25 March
Live Art
[Live] Art Club presents After 60 years Liz Aggiss finally gives herself permission to do what she damn well pleases. The English Channel vividly depicts Liz Aggiss resuscitating herself back into the on-stage limelight. In the process she becomes an unwitting channel for wilful women and forgotten archives; a conduit for hidden histories and buried truths. 8pm : pay what you can : seated Rock/Pop
Karnataka
From powerful to ethereal, breath-taking to haunting, Karnataka’s music draws upon many influences from melodic, classic and progressive rock to dramatic Celtic cinematic soundscapes. 8pm : £12.50 adv : £10.00 adv concs : £15.00 door Friday 27 March
Performance
Rock/Pop
Ian Siegal Band
Multimos Live (full AV show feat. VJ metaLuna) This epic audio visual feast features the stunning bespoke visuals of VJ metaLuna, performers Poppy Kay and Zoe Padley, megalithic beats from Dave the Machine and an audience choir. Complete with its own homemade light show, special FX and a whole lot of helium to suck you into a raucous avant - pop party. 8pm : £8.00 : £6.00 concs Comedy
Tuesday 7 April
Gina Yashere
Gina has been a stand-up and TV star in the UK for several years with appearances on Live At The Apollo & Mock The Week. Her bombastic delivery, infectious personality and cheeky observations have made her “one of the best comics in the world.” - Guardian 8pm : £15.00 adv : £17.50 door : seated Theatre
Wednesday 8 April
“Awash with wit, lust and distraction...the cleverest writer and most magnetic performer of Blues in the UK.” – MOJO One of the most prodigiously talented, critically acclaimed and inventive British Blues artists to emerge in recent years. 8pm : £15.00 : £12.50 concs
Penelope RETOLD
Written and Performed by Caroline Horton “A compelling monodrama.” - Guardian An epic, fiercely playful tale of love, loneliness and the need to be free. Get ready for a theatrical storm that sweeps through poetry, songs, comedy and YouTube clips towards a poignant and furious conclusion. 9pm : £11.00 : £9.00 concs : seated Comedy
Thursday 9 April
Show and Tell presents Simon Munnery Sings Søren
Kierkegaard
“Serial innovator and avant-garde comedy god” (Time Out) Simon Munnery endeavours to perform a selection of the existential philosopher’s writings, talk about them and make them funny. 8pm : £12.00 : £10.00 concs : seated Friday 10 April
Errors 30 Mar Monday 30 March
Spectro presents Errors + Ubre Blanca
Glasgow-based electro rockers Errors, signed to Mogwai’s Rock Action Records, tour their fourth album Lease of Life released in March. 8pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door Tuesday 31 March
Lucy Porter: Me Time
Rock/Pop
Gravy Records presents...bands to be announced Electro
Comedy
Finding modern life a bit difficult? Maybe you were born in the wrong era? Lucy ponders whether she’d rather be a bewhiskered Victorian explorer, a 1920s starlet or Hatshepsut the Egyptian pharaoh. 8pm : £14.00 : £12.00 concs : seated
Saturday 11 April
Fair
Norwich Zine Fair : Vol 2 + Live Music in the Bar
Vol 2 of the Norwich Zine Fair; giving local zine publishers, writers, and artists a chance to promote their wares. 11am : FREE Saturday 11 April
Hubs presents Nubiyan Twist + Solko
Folk
Monday 13 April
Maddy Prior
Bunty + support
Liz Aggiss is the English Channel
Thursday 26 March
Thursday 2 April
World
Nubiyan Twist fuse groove driven music from around the world with soundsystem culture and jazz inspired improvisation. 8pm : £10.00 adv : £13.00 door
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Gina Yashere 7 Apr
A true legend of British music, Maddy Prior (Steeleye Span) has built her career on exploring various musical avenues. Together with new musical partners Giles Lewin (Carnival Band) and accordion player Hannah James, Maddy returns to perform the music of England, the British Isles and Eastern Europe – all delivered in her own unique style. 8pm : £16.00 : seated Tuesday 14 April
Country
Hat Fitz & Cara
Old time hill country and delta blues with a soulful twist. Australian blues-man, Hat Fitz’s guitar playing and rugged vocals combined with Irish songstress Cara Robinson’s explosive voice and steady drumming makes for a powerful duo. 8pm : £12.00 : £10.00 concs : seated Wednesday 15 April
Live Art
[Live] Art Club presents Don’t Hate The Rich – Be One Of Them! By Michael Green
Join Simon Farid as the ex-alter ego of Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps MP ‘Michael Green’ for a multimedia presentation/live webinar in which he discusses the secrets of his company HowToCorp’s wild success, along with ideas about online identity, capitalism, avantgarde art and how to be an internet marketing guru! 8pm : pay what you can : seated Thursday 16 April
Hip Hop
Afrikan Boy + support
Fusing together his passion for grime, rap and afrobeat with a love for a good hook, Afrikan Boy is steadily carving out his own niche. 8pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door Friday 17 April
Rock/Pop
WRR presents Killamonjambo with guests La Brass Banda + support Local favorites Killamonjambo return with the massive Bavarian band La Brass Banda plus special guests for a night of brass and beer. 8pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door Sunday 19 April
Rock/Pop
Villagers TBC Monday 20 April
Comedy
The Invisible Dot presents Liam Williams: Capitalism
“Extraordinary, a shatteringly funny set from a comic who’s not ashamed to take the business of being alive seriously.” - Guardian 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Liam Williams follows his widely-acclaimed debut with a show about money. A self-reflective introduction to British comedy’s bright young thinker. 8pm : £10.00 : £8.00 concs : seated
Wednesday 22 April
Live Art
[Live] Art Club presents
Norwich Arts Centre
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Mars.tarrab: The Lady’s Not For Walking Like An Egyptian
March April 2015
What do you get if you cross all of the words of Margaret Thatcher’s public speeches with all of the words of every top ten hit by a female artist from the 80s? Join Mars.tarrab as they desperately try to understand pop culture, politics and the power of love. 8pm : £8.00 : £6.00 concs : seated Thursday 23 April
Folk
Richard Digance
One man with a treasure chest of stories collected over 40 years in the music and entertainment industry. 8pm : £16.00 : £14.00 concs : seated Friday 24 April
Popop 6 Mar
Funk
Speedometer feat. James Junior + support
New soul singer James Junior adds a touch of sweet soul to the band’s heavy funk backbeat. 8pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door Saturday 25 April
Rock/Pop
The Leisure Society + support
Nick Hemming’s intensely personal and honest lyrics adorn the band’s warm, timeless, seamless blend of folk, grandiose pop and indie. 8pm : £12.50 : £15.00 door Tuesday 28 April
Folk
FolkEast presents The Willows + Kelly Oliver
Cambridge folk and roots music band play a mix of Americana, bluegrass and English folk, including dance pieces and ballads. “Absolutely gorgeous sound” Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2 8pm : £12.00 adv : £10.00 adv concs : £14.00 door : seated
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