Tickets & Information
Monday 3 September
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· Performance ·
New Beginnings
An evening of music, poetry and socialising with refugees and asylum seekers, organised jointly by The Octagon Chapel and Amnesty International. Poetry and music by Salah el Nagar, Martin Figura, Sarah Griggs-Smith, Moussa Ibrahim, Martin McDonnell, Kathryn Simmonds, George Szirtes and Salman Toheed.
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7.30pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Bar Tuesday 4 September
· Rock/Pop ·
PowerSolo + support
Massive and mobile, revved-up and smirking wired manic relentlessness with polished precision. Danish ‘donkey-punk’ trash rock and rollers are in the UK to whip up merry hell.
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8pm | £10 adv | £8 adv concessions | £12.50 door Friday 7 September
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· Rock/Pop ·
Oddbox presents Tibetan Night Terrors + Gladboy + Badhead Hyland 8pm | £6 adv | £8 door
Saturday 8 September
· World ·
Baluji Shrivastav: Antardrishti – Inner Vision
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Consider sight and sightlessness in this very special performance bringing together musicians, storytelling and film. This event is one of just four performances, the others being Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, British Council Theatre in Delhi and at Royal Opera House Mumbai. Led by blind multi-instrumentalist Baluji Shrivastav OBE, the performance will feature Inner Vision Orchestra UK, guest Indian performers and digital artists Addictive TV, who create music you can see.
8pm | £20 | £15.50 concessions | Seated Baluji Shrivastav 8 September
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· Performance ·
Will Fergusson: The Last Trumpet
Another Geburtstagkonzert from the local composer/pianist, a micro-festival featuring a variety of hidden talents from all genres of the art and all corners of the globe.
8pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Seated
· Talk ·
Tuesday 11 September
An Evening with Earl Slick
Legendary American guitarist – best known for his seminal work with David Bowie and John Lennon – talks about his career, performs extracts from songs and takes questions from the audience. A night of incredible stories, tunes and a look behind the scenes of a life in rock n roll.
8pm | £13.50 | £11.50 concessions | Seated Wednesday 12 September
· Workshop ·
True Stories workshop
Tibetan Night Terrors fuse 70’s disco with soukous and calypso inspired rhythms and harmonies, snuggled in an indie pop cocoon.
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Sunday 9 September
We all have stories to tell but sometimes we just need a helping hand to make them flow. Come to our next True Stories Live workshop and we can offer that help as well as tea and cake.
Anteros Arts Foundation, 11-15 Fye Bridge St, NR3 1LJ 5pm -7pm | £6 | £4 concessions Wednesday 12 September
· Performance ·
A Very Queer Nazi Faust
AVQNF is a hilariously anarchic piece of experimental participatory performance, which looks at the impact on disabled people of this government’s policies. Written by artist and poet Vince Laws, the work is loosely based on the Faust legend.
8pm | £6.66 | Seated
Thursday 13 Sept - Wednesday 10 October
Common Era is an ongoing body of work by American photographer and filmmaker David Drake. The images have been created over a decade and form a catalogue of ambient observations in the UK and USA. David works primarily in the music industry, shotting album covers and videos for The 1975, Kele Okereke, Julian Casablancas, Tom Grennan, Django Django, and Glass Animals.
Opening night Wednesday 12 September See website for opening times
PONY UP presents The Islas + support
· Rock/Pop ·
Melodic riffs, a subtle baritone and song lyrics harvested from youth and the experiences of British adolescents. The anxiety, happiness and first loves - and everything in-between. “Four guys who have the ability to steal anyones heart” - This is Noise
8pm | £6 adv | £8 door
· Performance ·
Ross Sutherland: Imaginary Advice Live
Poetic polymath Ross Sutherland leaves the safety of his wardrobe recording studio to present a special live edition of his award-winning podcast (Best Fiction Podcast, The British Podcast Awards; Best Podcasts for Fiction, The Telegraph; Top Fifty Podcasts, Stylist) series Imaginary Advice. Ross is always exploring new forms of storytelling; he has recorded love monologues at drum and bass raves, made cut-up poetry out of the Today Programme, and cross-bred Jay Z’s Black Album with the Tate Modern’s audioguide.
8pm | £10 | £8 concessions | Seated Thursday 20 September
· Performance ·
John Hegley is widely known as one of the country’s most innovative comic poets with several best-selling volumes of poetry to his name. Family songs and stories, devised for adults but will appeal to anyone approaching double figures.
8pm | £14.50 | £11.50 concessions | Seated
· Funk ·
Friday 21 September
George Porter Jr (of The Meters) & The Runnin’ Pardners + Crowd Company
A master of New Orleans funk!” Bass Player magazine This is a rare UK tour by George and his red hot New Orleans band! George Porter Jr. is best known as the bassist and singer of legendary New Orleans funk band The Meters, who won the prestigious Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.
8pm | £18 adv | £20 door
· Rock/Pop ·
Uke East
Featuring Dead Mans Uke + Phil Doleman and Ian Emmerson + Ukulolo + The Ukulele Evangelists + Tricity Vogue
After the success of Uke East 2017, the Ukulele festival is returning to Norwich for it’s fifth year. The festival attracts visitors from all over the UK and presents some of the top Ukulele performers from around the country and beyond.
11am | Tickets available from uke-east.co.uk | Seated Sunday 23 September
True Stories Live: Miles To Go
· Folk ·
Monday 24 September
Dervish
Dervish have been bringing Irish traditional music to the world for more than 25 years. Described by the BBC as “an icon of Irish music”, the band have played at festivals from Rio to Glastonbury.
8pm | £17 | £14.50 concessions | Seated Friday 28 September
· Rock/Pop ·
Pirate Joe & the Foreign Locals + Himazas A night of Opera, Punk, and Ukuleles, this show is shrouded in much mystery and cake. Don’t believe it? Then come and see for yourself!
· Performance ·
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. In these uncertain times we believe more than ever in the power of community and empathy to galvanise and inspire.
Saturday 29 September
· Rock/Pop ·
Sonic Youths v5.11 Acts TBA
Join us for Sonic Youths’ showcase of talented teens: original music of all genres from the next generation. #futureOfMusic
1pm-4pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Bar
· Ska ·
Saturday 29 September
The Piratones + Feral Mouth + Maya Law
A soulful blend of dub, reggae, ska, live jungle and hip hop.
8pm | £8 adv | £10 door Tuesday 2 October
MONO + A Storm of Light + Jo Quail
· Rock/Pop ·
POST 3 October
· Performance ·
POST by Xavier De Sousa
What the fuck is a national identity? What exactly constitutes a ‘nation’? And why the hell are so many ready to die for it? With POST, Xavier de Sousa invites you to join us at the table, eat yummy Portuguese food, drink potent Cachaça, get merry, make new friends and challenge what exactly makes a ‘nation’.
8pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Seated
· Electronica ·
HARK presents Haiku Salut: Lamp Show + support
Drawing from folk, electronica, post rock, and neo-classical: see electronics come to life with a stage full of vintage lamps flickering and fading in time with the music as they explore the relationship between light and sound.
8pm | £11.50 | £9 concessions Saturday 6 October
· Rock/Pop ·
The Spitfires
Four piece from Watford taking in a wide range of influences from Reggae and Ska through to Punk and Soul – this melting pot has helped infuse the band’s own sound and style.
8pm | £15 adv
Sunday 7 October
Fresh from headlining Meltdown Festival, curated by Robert Smith of The Cure, the Tokyo based 4-piece bring us their unique blend of orchestral arrangements and shoegaze guitar noise.
8pm | £17 adv | £14.50 adv concession | £19 door
Wednesday 3 October
Thursday 4 October
+ Tundra + Emma Nuule
8pm | £8 adv | £10 door
John Hegley
Saturday 22 September · Exhibition ·
David Drake: Common Era
Friday 14 September
Wednesday 19 September
· Performance ·
Balloon: The European Question
A debate with a difference. Six Players and a Pilot are floating above Norwich in a punctured hot air balloon, which is sinking fast. By sheer wit, eloquence, and mastery of the chosen topic, they must persuade the Mob (that’s you) why they should not be ejected to re-gain height and save the remaining Players. The Question: Can we be Europeans now?
7.30pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Seated Monday 8 October
· Rock/Pop ·
PONY UP presents Bloody Knees + support TBC 8pm | £tbc
Wednesday 10 October
· Performance ·
Matt Abbott: Two Little Ducks
Matt Abbott was volunteering at the Calais Jungle refugee camp when his native Wakefield voted 66% Leave. Why did so many working-class communities like his support Brexit so strongly? How can the UK ignore a humanitarian crisis just 22 miles from Dover? He channels the human side of politics to look at national identity, preconceptions, class and anti-establishment anger.
8pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Seated
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3 Sept
New Beginnings
4 Sept
PowerSolo
7 Sept
Oddbox presents Tibetan Night Terrors
8 Sept
Baluji Shrivastav: Inner Vision
9 Sept
Will Fergusson: The Last Trumpet
11 Sept
An Evening with Earl Slick
12 Sept
True Stories workshop
12 Sept
A Very Queer Nazi Faust
14 Sept
PONY UP presents The Islas + support
19 Sept
Ross Sutherland: Imaginary Advice Live
20 Sept
John Hegley
21 Sept
George Porter Jr (of The Meters)
22 Sept
Uke East
23 Sept
True Stories Live: Miles To Go
24 Sept
Dervish
28 Sept
Pirate Joe & The Foreign Locals
29 Sept
The Piratones + Feral Mouth + Maya Law
2 Oct
MONO + A Storm of Light + Jo Quail
3 Oct
POST by Xavier De Sousa
4 Oct
HARK presents Haiku Salut: Lamp Show
6 Oct
The Spitfires
7 Oct
Balloon: The European Question
· Hip Hop ·
Thursday 11 October
The Allergies and Andy Cooper (Ugly Duckling) + Chrome
“The Allergies are neck deep in the world of scratchy samples… This is truly funk and soul for the 21st century!” – Craig Charles. Since 2012 The Allergies have made a name for themselves with their take on sample-led beats and breaks. Their infectious fusion of hip-hop and rare grooves has won them fans worldwide.
8pm | £11.50 adv | £9 adv concessions | £13.50 door The Allergies 11 October
Oddbox presents Hank + support
After a long hot summer touring Europe’s knee-high boot, Bootleg Swing are back with steps & grooves for all things Italian. Featuring the full house band, including the Martini Moonshine horns, tunes from Louis Prima, Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong & many more, plus special guest DJ in the bar ‘til 1am. Arrive early for the dance lesson from Swing City’s own Professoressa.
Saturday 20 October
· Rock/Pop ·
8pm | £6 adv | £8 door
13 Oct
Oddbox presents Hank + support
15 Oct
Ímar
16 Oct
PONY UP presents Black Honey
17 Oct
Pull the Trigger by Vijay Patel
18 Oct
PONY UP presents Blaenavon
19 Oct
Bootleg Swing
20 Oct
Sonic Youths v5.12
20 Oct
Tropical Shakedown
21 Oct
Macka B & the Roots Ragga Band + support
22 Oct
Lucy Dacus + Fenne Lily
LIGHTS! PLANETS! PEOPLE! Preview
27 Oct
Dana Gillespie + the Dave Thomas Blues Band
29 Oct
PONY UP presents Goat Girl
30 Oct
The Breath
31 Oct
Lucy Grubb EP launch
· Swing ·
Bootleg Swing presents La Dolce Vita!
The Allergies and Andy Cooper (Ugly Duckling)
25 Oct
· Rock/Pop ·
Friday 19 October
Saturday 13 October
Monday 15 October
· Folk ·
Ímar
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners in 2018, this folk Supergroup features members of Mànran, RURA, Talisk and Barrule. Ímar’s unmistakable synergy centres on the overlapping cultural heritage between Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
8pm | £16.00 | £14.00 concessions | Seated Tuesday 16 October
· Rock/Pop ·
PONY UP presents Black Honey + support
One of the UK’s most loved upcoming indie rock bands, Brighton four-piece Black Honey tour their debut album!
8pm | £12.50 adv | £14.50 door Wednesday 17 October
Pull the Trigger by Vijay Patel
· Performance ·
A live art/cabaret display of Indian corner shop culture and servitude; following immigration and refuge. Mundane actions of stocktaking are fused with uncomfortable, repetitive cabaret numbers.
8pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Seated
8pm | £13 adv | £15 door
· Rock/Pop ·
SALON! #6
First-hand advice, useful info, hints, tips, exclusive offers and fun times for all musicians aged 14-19 at Sonic Youths’ SALON! We’re building a community and everyone’s welcome to be part of it.
11am–1pm | Free | Bar
Saturday 20 October
· Rock/Pop ·
Sonic Youths v5.12 Acts TBA
Who’ll be wowing your ears at our October edition of Sonic Youths? Keep your eyes on our socials – 1419SonicYouths – for a line-up announcement and join us.
1pm-4pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Bar Saturday 20 October
Sunday 21 October
· World/Soul ·
Tropical Shakedown: Soul Tropical Dance
For their second party of the year, Tropical Shakedown team up with fellow Norwich club nights Soul Stew and Raydio for Tropical Soul love in. Good music and the friendliest crowd, out to dance!
9pm | No entry after 11pm | Late bar | £6 adv | £8 door | 18+
· Reggae ·
Macka B & the Roots Ragga Band + support
Pioneering reggae artist Macka B has been spreading consciousness and breaking down the barriers for 30 years. Touring his new album Health is Wealth.
8:pm | £14 adv | £12 adv concessions | £17 door Monday 22 October
8pm | £11.50 adv | £13.50 door
Matt Abbott: Two Little Ducks
TESTOSTERONE
Opening night Wednesday 17 October 5pm - 7pm See website for opening times.
The story of Blaenavon’s debut album might be quite easily told: three teenage friends who entered a school talent contest, posted their songs online, and sprawled their way through early gigs, gathering a devoted fanbase and critical acclaim as they went.
11 Oct
Silence by Nicola Werenoska
Kingdom Brings together the work of print maker Vicki Johnson (Printer Johnson) and collage artist Paul Escott (Pushkin) for the first time, exploring their appreciation for the beauty of the natural world and the balance between living things and the man made.
PONY UP presents Blaenavon + Boniface
10 Oct
23 Oct
· Exhibition ·
Printer Johnson & Pushkin: Kingdom
Thursday 18 October
A cathartic blend of grungy riffage and minimalist syncopations from Norwich jazz-math-rock outfit.
24 Oct
Thursday 18 October - Wednesday 21 November
· Rock/Pop ·
Lucy Dacus + Fenne Lily
“US songwriter Lucy Dacus bears her heart, soul and mega riffs in this ballsy, beautiful guitar record” - NME Following critical acclaim Lucy shares her highly anticipated second album, ‘Historian’.
8pm | £12.50 adv | £14.50 doors Tuesday 23 October
· Performance ·
Silence by Nicola Werenowska
Nicola Werenowska’s funny and fascinating new play hurtles between Warsaw and London over two decades and three generations of a Polish/British family. As the wartime generation breathes its final breaths, as nationalism is on the rise across Europe, as prejudice against the Polish community surfaces here in the UK - now is the time to tell this story. What holds families together? What tears them apart? What’s brewing in the silences?
Saturday 27 October
· Blues ·
Fine City Blues Festival presents
Dana Gillespie + The Dave Thomas Blues Band
Headlining the fifth year of the Fine City Blues Festival is the multi-award winning blues diva Dana Gillespie. A true ambassador of risqué blues since the sixties, Dana is an international blues legend. She will be singing with the Dave Thomas Blues Band.
8pm | £17 | £14 concessions Monday 29 October
· Rock/Pop ·
PONY UP presents Goat Girl + Sneaks
Named as one of Ents24 Rising List for 2018 and one of The Quietus’ Albums of the year so far. Goat Girl head up an emerging set of groups from South London who have been inspired by the burgeoning local scene there. “Goat Girl are the whip – smart, politicized young Londoners breaking into the big time” - DIY
8pm | £12.50 adv | £10 adv concessions | £14 door Goat Girl 29 October
Music . Comedy . Live Art . Theatre . Dance Circus . Literature . Education . Exhibitions
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8pm | £tbc | Seated
Wednesday 24 October
· Performance ·
TESTOSTERONE
Kit is in an amusing and unique position, having transitioned from female to male in his early thirties, he has experienced adult life on both sides of the gender fence, giving him the opportunity to notice what differences there are in how he is treated by society – what he gains and what he loses by becoming a man. Winner of the best theatre show award at the Pleasance 2017 & nominated for the Peter Brook Empty Space Award 2017 “Multi-layered and gripping physical theatre piece” – Lyn Gardner
8pm | £11.50 | £9 concessions | Seated Thursday 25 October
LIGHTS! PLANETS! PEOPLE! Preview
· Performance ·
Six months ago, renowned space scientist Maggie Hill launched a career-defining mission to find other habitable planets. It did not go well. Around the same time, her girlfriend stopped speaking to her. She doesn’t want to talk about either catastrophe, but she’s going to have to. LIGHTS! PLANETS! PEOPLE! is an intimate and exhilarating story about communication, both interpersonal and intergalactic. Co-commissioned by Norwich Arts Centre
8pm | Pay What You Can Afford | Seated
· Folk ·
Tuesday 30 October
The Breath + support
Based in Manchester their unique take on alt-folk journeys from lush, beguiling storytelling to uplifting, punch-the-air anthems. Yet it’s the emotional depth of the songs and the remarkable connection the duo share on stage that make the Breath’s live performance so compelling.
8pm | £13.50 adv | £11.50 adv concessions | £15.00 door Wednesday 31 October
· Americana ·
Sonic Youths presents Lucy Grubb EP Launch + special guests TBA
Lucy Grubb is a rising star: superb stage presence, spot-on, heartfelt, storytelling with magical vocals, tonight launching her new EP of modern Americana with a country twist.
8pm | £4 adv | £6 door
Haiku Salut 4 October
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