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Wednesday 1 May
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Sunday 12 May
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Created in partnership with National Centre for Writing, Norwich Theatre Royal, LJHope Productions and Norwich Arts Centre. We’ve getting together to celebrate ourselves and the arts. In a very cheeky and naughty way we are having an Awards Party to send each other up. Dress to impress (the theme is Decadent, Deviant and Trashy) and If you don’t make the effort, our resident door whore will ensure that you are looking the part by the end of the night. With drinks, laughter, several Oh F**k moments and some amazing entertainment!
When two of hip hop’s most accomplished composers get together to make an album you know the results are going to be special. Ali Shaheed Muhammed (of A Tribe Called Quest) & Adrian Younge (Delfonics, Ghostface Killah, Kendrick Lamar) release their carefully constructed and masterful album The Midnight Hour.
8pm | £17 adv | £15 adv concs | £20 door Thursday 2 May
· Rock/Pop ·
C Duncan + Before Breakfast
Scottish multi-instrumentalist C Duncan’s combines syncopated art-pop piano rhythms with breezy, undulating heartbreak ballads executed with acute precision.
8pm | £12.50 adv | £11 adv concs | £14.50 door Friday 3 May
· Rock/Pop ·
Jamie Lawson + Andy Burrows
Award-winning singer-songwriter Jamie Lawson is touring his fifth album The Years In Between via Gingerbread Man Records following a mammoth 46-date UK and EU stadium tour supporting Ed Sheeran.
8pm | £20 adv | £22.50 door Saturday 4 May
· Rock/Pop ·
Secret Affair “Glory Boys” 40th Anniversary Tour 1979-2019 + special guests Squire
Cult British Mod band are back with “Glory Boys” plus a selection of other Secret Affair classics.
8pm | £22.50 adv Tuesday 7 May
Kyle Falconer + support
The View’s frontman Kyle Falconer tours his much anticipated, melody-packed solo debut album No Thank You.
8pm | £15.50 adv | £18 door Wednesday 8 May
LIGHTS! PLANETS! PEOPLE!
· Performance ·
Renowned astronomer Maggie Hill is giving a lecture about her career, to inspire young women to work in science. She’s also attending her first ever therapy session, in order to overcome some debilitating anxiety. Both events force Maggie to examine her greatest achievements and biggest regrets. A new play about legacy, loss, human curiosity and the economics of failure by award-winning writer Molly Naylor (Sky One, BBC Radio 4). Commissioned by Norwich Arts Centre, Warwick Arts Centre and Nuffield Theatres Southampton.
8pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Seated
8pm | Pay What You Can Afford £6 - £12 Tunde Jegede 9 May
Thursday 9 May
Tuesday 14 May · World/Folk ·
Tunde Jegede
New Worlds: Visions of Traveller A musical journey through time from the Pre-Columbian music of South America to the medieval Malian Royal Court music of the griots and the kora. Featuring world-renowned composer and kora player Tunde Jegede, Rafael Guel, celebrated Mexican artist and multi-instrumentalist plus Sunara Begum on visuals.
8pm | £13.50 | £11.50 concs | Seated Friday 10 May
· World ·
Don Kipper + Pirate Joe and the Foreign Locals
A multi award-winning ensemble playing a wide range of traditional musical forms reflecting the cultural diversity of North East London, from Turkish and Greek folk musics to Romani music and Klezmer.
8pm | £11.50 adv | £9 adv conc | £13.50 door · Rock/Pop ·
· Performance ·
Alternative Arts Awards
+ support
Book tickets
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· Hip Hop/Jazz
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Find Us St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4PG
Saturday 11 May
· Rock/Pop ·
Sonic Youths v6.3
Everyone’s invited to check out the future of music when our newest brood of #SonicYouthsFam members, all aged 14-19, take to the stage, ready to impress with their own tunes.
1pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Bar Saturday 11 May
· Rock/Pop ·
PONY UP presents Gladboy + Ravenous Hounds + Bug Teeth
Loud, energetic and assured, Gladboy are one of Norwich’s most intriguing up and coming bands. “This is art-pop – think Bowie, early Talking Heads or Pulp – that veers into psych and dreampop but always has a roughness and bite that gives it an edge” – Outline
8pm | £8 | £6.50 concessions
· Rock/Pop ·
Chris Difford Up The Junction Tour 2019
Monday 20 May
· Rock/Pop ·
Matthew and the Atlas + support
British songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matthew Hegarty and full band tour their third album Morning Dancer. With his subtle melodic sensibility and distinctive vocals Hegarty has quietly built a major cult following in Europe and the US, which has seen Q magazine dub him the “British Bon Iver”.
8pm | £14 adv | £16 door Tuesday 21 May
· Rock/Pop ·
The Leisure Society + Michael Clark
Championed by Guy Garvey and Brian Eno, to name a few, The Leisure Society introduce their much anticipated bold new double album Arrivals & Departures set for release this Spring.
8pm | £15 adv | £18.50 door
+ Boo Hewerdine
Friday 24 May
SHHHH 10th Birthday
Join SHHHH & Friends as they celebrate their 10th Birthday. The finest party-purveyors city-wide will be providing the soundtrack, in a giant back-to-back extravaganza:
8pm | £5 adv | £10 door Saturday 25 May
Full of hilarious, revealing tales about growing up with deaf parents, Deaf Comedy Fam presents a very first for comedy, as each show will be performed by Ray simultaneously in both spoken English and British Sign Language – which just so happens to be Ray’s first language.
8pm | £13.50 | £11.50 concessions | Seated Sunday 26 May
Wednesday 15 May
Joe Dunthorne.
One host. Two headliners. Three floor spots. And all of you. TOAST is a welcoming & exciting evening of poetry & spoken word from the country’s best writers. This month featuring award winning poet Ella Frears and author of The Adulterants, Submarine & O Positive,
· Performance ·
7.30pm | Pay What You Can Afford £6-12 | Seated
“Speaking Out and Fitting In!” by Alice d’Lumiere
Friday 17 May
· Punk/Blues ·
PRB presents Daddy Long Legs + support
Brooklyn, NY-based trio make their Yep Roc Records debut with Lowdown Ways. Their sound personifies garage rock and punk with a contemporary raw twist performed in their own brand of supercharged R&B.
8pm | £11.50 adv | £14 door Sunday 19 May
Tuesday 28 May
Wednesday 22 May
· Performance ·
Antosh Wojcik’s How To Keep Time
A Drum Solo for Dementia “A true gem” – Brian Eno. What happens when memories disappear? Where do they go, and can we get them back? Using just his voice and a Roland TD-4KP electric drumkit, Antosh Wojcik explores the effects of dementia on speech, memory and family through the moving story of his Polish grandfather.
8pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Seated Thursday 23 May
True Stories Live: Shipwrecked
True Stories Live is a lively, moving and unpredictable event where people tell true stories about their lives in front of a warm, supportive audience. Further info, live podcasts and info on True Stories Live Workshop on 2nd May at truestorieslive.co.uk
7.30pm | Pay What You Can Afford £6 - £12 | Seated
· World/Blues ·
Brushy One String + support
Speaking Out and Fitting in! 15 May
· Performance ·
NNF and NCW present · Performance ·
· Poetry ·
TOAST feat. Ella Frears & Joe Dunthorne
8pm | £25 adv | Seated
8pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Seated
· Comedy ·
Ray Bradshaw: Deaf Comedy Fam
2019 Grammy nominated, double Ivor Novella Award winning lyricist Chris Difford discusses extracts from his book Some Fantastic Place, which takes a look back at his career, whilst performing hits from across his Squeeze back-catalogue, and debuting some new solo material.
A new work in verse and prose, with flashes of cabaret and burlesque in which Alice playfully explores the wonderful, if occasionally counter-intuitive, position of the transgender / gender-fluid individual striving to both fit in to another gender whilst at the same time yearning to establish a unique, personal voice for themselves. “Don’t let the world put you in a box, but do reserve the right to make an exhibition of yourself!” Alice d’Lumiere 2019 Supported by Norwich Arts Centre.
· Rock/Pop ·
Hannah Jane Walker: Highly Sensitive
We are primed to believe that extroverted speakers can be trusted, and that sensitivity is a weakness…but are we selling ourselves short? In her highly-anticipated solo stage show, writer and performer Hannah Jane Walker will use stories, games and poetry to investigate toughness, authority and how weakness might just be our strongest future resource.
7pm | £12 | £10.80 concessions | £7.50 under 26s | Seated
Brushy evokes the sweetness of soul singers like Percy Sledge and Louis Armstrong, the grit and wit of Delta bluesmen, all woven together with a Jamaican pulse and ingenuity that shows that the island’s music is about far more than reggae.
8pm | £11.50 adv | £10 adv conc | £13.50 door Thursday 30 May
· Talk ·
An Evening with Alan McGee + Q&A
Scottish businessman and music industry executive best known for co-founding and running the independent Creation Records label. Join Alan as he discusses his career, the music industry and his relationship with bands such as Oasis and Primal Scream. Hosted by author & broadcaster Rob Fiddaman.
8pm | £17 adv | £19 door | Seated Friday 31 May
· Theatre ·
The Keepers Daughter presents After The Blitz
After The Blitz is an aesthetically charged piece of New Romantic Theatre that celebrates the passion of youth, the power of change and the durability of Max Factor. Featuring bold makeup, catchy synth-pop and your mother’s blouse, After the Blitz will transport you to 80s New Romantic clubland. Dress to be seen. Supported by Norwich Arts Centre.
8pm | Pay What You Can Afford | £11.50 with club night
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1 May
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
2 May
C Duncan + Before Breakfast
3 May
Jamie Lawson + Andy Burrows
4 May
Secret Affair “Glory Boys” 40th Anniversary Tour
7 May
Kyle Falconer + support
8 May
LIGHTS! PLANETS! PEOPLE!
9 May
Tunde Jegede
10 May
Don Kipper + Pirate Joe and the Foreign Locals
11 May
PONY UP presents Gladboy + support
12 May
Alternative Arts Awards
14 May
Chris Difford + Boo Hewerdine
15 May
Speaking Out and Fitting In!” by Alice d’Lumiere
17 May
Daddy Long Legs + support
19 May
True Stories Live: Shipwrecked
20 May
Matthew and the Atlas + support
21 May
The Leisure Society + Michael Clark
22 May
Antosh Wojcik’s How To Keep Time
25 May
Ray Bradshaw: Deaf Comedy Fam
26 May
TOAST feat. Ella Frears & Joe Dunthorne
28 May
Brushy One String + support
30 May
An Evening with Alan McGee + Q&A
31 May
After The Blitz show & Club Night with Rusty Egan
1 June
The Allergies Live AV Show + Chrome
2 June
True Stories Live: Anglia Square
3 June
Wooden Shjips + Gnoomes
4 June
PONY UP presents Yonaka + TiLLie
5 June
Anna Mudeka: KURE KURE/FARAWAY
6 June
Samia Malik: Colours of Her Heart
7 June
SKaface UK + Mammal Not Fish
8 June
Mondatta Funk Explosion 10-Year Reunion
9 June
The Rutles
10-11 June
Adam Buxton - NAC Regeneration Fundraiser
Friday 31 May
· Rock/Pop ·
Monday 10 June & Tuesday 11 June
After The Blitz Club Night with Rusty Egan
Adam Buxton - NAC Regeneration Fundraiser
One of the architects of the New Romantic scene at the dawn of the 80s and co-founder and DJ of Blitz, the London club, Rusty Egan will play a host of new wave & dark pop classics.
Comedian and podcast host Adam Buxton will be reading out autobiographical material as part of his book writing process. All proceeds go towards our #nacregeneration campaign.
8pm | £10 | £8 concessions | Seated
10pm | £9 | £11.50 with performance ticket Saturday 1 June
Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick
Featuring DJ Moneyshot, Rackabeat, Andy Cooper, Marietta Smith and Mr Woodnote. The Bristol based dancefloor team are back with a live AV show fresh off releasing their third album Steal The Show last October on Jalapeno Records.
Yonaka 4 June
8pm | £12.50 adv | £10 adv concs | £14.00 door
· Performance ·
True Stories Live: Anglia Square
TSL is teaming up with the Common Lot to create an evening of true stories inspired by Anglia Square as part of their latest project - Anglia Square: A Love Story. Come and celebrate the power of community and empathy with us in the beautiful surroundings of the Octagon Chapel.
7.30pm | Pay What You Can Afford £6-£12 | Octagon Chapel Monday 3 June
· Rock/Pop ·
Wooden Shjips + Gnoomes
San Francisco’s Wooden Shjips play a minimal, droning kind of garage band-influenced psychedelia with a noticeable 60s Krautrock influence.
8pm | £17 adv | £20 door Tuesday 4 June
PONY UP presents Yonaka + TiLLie
YONAKA’s sound is one that sprawls ambitiously across music’s eclectic history: there’s exhilaratingly garage-rock exuberance; the thunderous loud/quiet/loud dynamics of Nirvana; heavy duty rhythms inspired by hip-hop; and soaring hooks that recall the joyous pop of The Marvellettes and the sinister storytelling of The Shangri-Las.
13 June
Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick
14 June
The Hempolics + support
8pm | £10 adv | £12.50 door
15 June
Guadalupe Plata + support
17 June
PONY UP presents Oshun + support
Wednesday 5 June
18 June
Jesse Malin + support
19 June
Meat Puppets + support
20 June
Watermelon Slim + support
21 June
HARK presents Plaid + support
23 June
A Feast of True Stories
25 June
Will Pound: Through The Seasons
Anna Mudeka: KURE KURE/FARAWAY
· Performance ·
This multi-media one-woman presentation takes the audience on an exhilarating, inspiring and thought provoking journey to ancient and modern-day Zimbabwe, London and Norfolk. Supported by Norwich Arts Centre.
8pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Seated
Thursday 6 June
· Performance ·
Samia Malik: Colours of Her Heart
“Iconic songs to heal and empower” Amrit Wilson, Outline Colours of Her Heart is an exploration into the myriad layers of being a woman in the 21st century through song, dance, spoken words and stunning visual imagery. Supported by Norwich Arts Centre.
8pm | £12 | £8 concessions | Seated
· Ska ·
Friday 7 June
Skaface UK + Mammal Not Fish
7-piece Ska band have performed with the likes of Bad Manners, The Beat, Pama International and Rico. Cover hits including The Specials, The Selector & Trojan hits.
8pm | £11.50 adv | £13.50 door Saturday 8 June
· Rock/Pop ·
· Folk ·
Thursday 13 June
· Hip Hop ·
The Allergies Live AV show + Chrome (full band)
Sunday 2 June
· Comedy ·
· Workshop ·
True Stories Live: My Wild Life - at Cley Marshes
Further info, live podcasts and info on True Stories Live Workshop at Cley Marshes on 1st June at truestorieslive.co.uk
6.30pm doors | 8pm | £11.50 NWT members | £13.50 nonmembers | Seated Saturday 8 June
· Funk ·
Mondatta Funk Explosion 10-Year Reunion
After a 10 year hiatus Mondatta Funk are back with their original music influenced by artists such as Sly and the Family Stone, Marva Whitney and James Brown.
8pm | £7 adv | £9 door Sunday 9 June
The Rutles
· Rock/Pop ·
Parody supergroup The Rutles aka the “Pre-Fab Four”, led by ex-Bonzo Neil Innes and drummer John Halsey return for a short series of UK dates.
8pm | £22.50 adv | £25 door
Two leading interpreters of English folk traditions – folk guitarist/singer Carthy and squeezebox virtuoso/singer Kirkpatrick. Their enduring enjoyment of playing together shines through in their performances – warm, natural and charismatic.
8pm | £17 | £15 concessions | Seated Friday 14 June
· Reggae ·
The Hempolics + support
The Hempolics are out to put those rootsy vibes back into music with their radio-friendly hooks and bumping bass sound system.
8pm | £11.50 adv | £9 adv concs | £13.50 door Saturday 15 June
· Rock/Pop ·
Sonic Youths v6.4
· Punk/Blues ·
PRB presents Guadalupe Plata + support
This Spanish trio fuse together the musical traditions of their native country with delta blues and anarchic psychedelia.
8pm | £12.50 adv | £15.50 door Sunday 16 June
· Rock/Pop ·
Meat Puppets + support
The original line-up of the Meat Puppets return for their 15th studio album, Dusty Notes, a dose of well-crafted country-rock with dashes of psych, prog, folk and crunching noise.
8pm | £25.50 adv
Thursday 20 June
· Blues ·
Watermelon Slim + support
Born in Boston, raised in Ashville, NC, A Vietnam Veteran, Fisherman, baseball fan, activist, Multiple Blues Music Award Winner, and much more, Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans has built a remarkable reputation with his raw, impassioned intensity.
£15.50 | £13.50 concessions Friday 21 June
· Electronica ·
HARK presents Plaid + support
Alongside the likes of Autechre and Aphex Twin, Warp Records stalwarts Plaid transcend traditional genres of electronica, creating the distinctive experimental sound of IDM.
8pm | £12.50 | £14.50 door Sunday 23 June
· Performance ·
· Rock/Pop ·
6pm | Free, donations welcome | Tickets from Eventbrite
A celebration of the year in folk dance, Through the Seasons gives audiences a chance to experience a journey through the year of folk dance through an original artistic collaboration of exceptional musicianship and spellbinding storytelling
With master kora player Sefo Kanuteh, poetry and world nibbles. · Hip Hop ·
PONY UP presents Oshun + support
Independent New York hip-hop/soul duo and the sonic manifestation of Afrofuturism. Using digital and acoustic sounds, heavy drums and bass, and ambient harmonic textures, Oshun connects with the spirit of their ancestors to manifest a sweeter tomorrow.
8pm | £13.50 adv | £11.50 under 25 advance | £15 door
Jesse Malin + support
May Jun 2019
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Tuesday 18 June
Norwich Arts Centre
Food and stories are natural companions and have been shared since the first campfire. This event is brought to you by True Stories Live and the Bicycle Shop and it pays homage to that tradition. Join us and share a special feast of picnic food and true stories to mark the culmination of Refugee Week activities.
Norwich Refugee Week 2019 Launch Party
Monday 17 June
Music . Comedy . Live Art . Theatre . Dance Circus . Literature . Education . Exhibitions
A Feast of True Stories
1pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Bar Saturday 15 June
Wednesday 19 June
· Rock/Pop ·
A native New York City singer / songwriter, Jesse Malin is a streetwise story teller whose characters and slice of life lyrics portray unsung heroes, helpless romantics and rock & roll survivors.
· Folk ·
Will Pound: Through The Seasons
8pm | £15.50 | £14 concessions | Seated
Wednesday 26 June – Saturday 29 June
· Fundraiser ·
Oshun 17 June
NAC Fundraisers
Look out for more info! Sunday 30 June
· Rock/Pop ·
PRB presents Starcrawler + support
A truly original young band from LA. Dark and heavy rock & roll.
8pm | £11.50 adv | £14 door
8pm | £14 adv | £16 door
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