July August 2025 brochure by Norwich Arts Centre

MUSIC, PERFORMANCE & COMEDY MUSIC, PERFORMANCE & COMEDY

MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS

Tuesday 1 July | 8pm

Michael McGoldrick & Tim Edey

Michael McGoldrick and Tim Edey are two highly acclaimed musicians in the Celtic and folk music scenes, known for their exceptional skills and innovative approachesand collaborative work.

Thursday 3 July | 8pm

Electric Jalaba + Janani FX

A stunning live act – Electric Jalaba began their journey exploring the entrancing overlap between electronic dance music and traditional Moroccan gnawa. The band have since found their own hypnotising, electrifying and floor-filling sound.

Saturday 5 July | 8.30pm

Don Letts + Anthropologist

Don Letts’ came to notoriety in the late 70’s as the DJ that single handedly turned a whole generation of punks onto reggae, as the DJ at The Roxy Club (the UK’s first live punk rock venue) with his ‘punkyreggae party’ and as the original Clash DJ for many of their live gigs up and down the country.

Tuesday 8 July | 8pm

Round Midnight presents Florence Adooni + DJ Sure D

Florence Adooni combines the meandering melodies of the Frafra gospel of northern Ghana with the high-life rhythm of the southern Ashanti traditions, creating music that is infectiously optimistic and uniquely ebullient.

Don Letts

July

MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS

Thursday 10 July | 8pm

Bonnie Dobson

& The Hanging Stars

The Canadian folk singer renowned for her purity of voice and composer of the ever-fresh ’Morning Dew’; once at the he art of Greenwich Village heyday when she sang at Gerdes Folk City with the likes of Paul Simon and Bob Dylan.

Friday 18 July | 8pm

Cheekface & Martha

+ Fresh

A double headline show featuring ‘America’s local band’ Cheekface and the distinctly British DIY punks Martha - two beloved bands with their own distinct personalities and cult followings.

Thursday 31 July | 8pm

Murmurations

+ Aphra + Taryn Everdeen

Murmurations are a folk-inspired musical flock, from Norwich, combining Irish Bouzouki, mandolin, cello, flute and harmonium with intimate storytelling and sweet harmonies.

Thursday 7 August | 8pm

A Tribute to Albert Cooper

A tribute to the legacy and music of the legendary Albert Cooper, showcasing the songs he played most and loved best.

MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS

Wednesday 13 August | 8pm

Rainbow Girls + support

Rainbow Girls are a three-piece singing group from the North Bay area of California, described as ‘a gang of sweet angels punching you in the heart’.

Thursday 14 August | 8pm

Alan Sparhawk (of Low) + support

Alan Sparhawk has always been a prolific, restless soul eager to explore unfamiliar sonic and psychic terrain. Though he’s obviously (and justifiably) best-known for his thirty years as frontman of the legendary band Low, a look at Sparhawk’s many side projects shows him experimenting with everything from punk and funk to production work and improvisation.

Saturday 16 August | 8pm

Round Midnight presents Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble + Amy Nomvula (DJ)

Emerging from Chicago’s renowned improvised music scene, Kahil El’Zabar explores the connections between African-American music, like jazz, with more traditional African instrumentation and rhythms.

Friday 29 August | 8pm

The Burning Hell + Jon McKiel

The Burning Hell play densely populated genre-shifting songs packed with an abundance of literary, historical, and popcultural forebears, heroes and villains, subjects and objects, stories and hooks.

Kahil El’Zabar 16 August

COMEDY, PERFORMANCE & TALKS

Tuesday 15 July | 7.30pm

Edinburgh Previews: Susie McCabe & Sikisa

Norwich Arts Centre presents a series of Edinburgh Fringe preview / work-in-progress shows from the best new comedians. First up, it’s “irresistible force of nature” (BeyondTheJoke) Sikisa and Susie McCabe - “one of our top comedy voices” (The National).

Sunday 20 July | 7.30pm Drag Bingo: Pride Edition!

Join drag icon Ginger Snapz, The Queen With No Name, Beverly Pudding and Mona Darling for Drag Bingo – Pride Edition!

Wednesday 23 July | 7.30pm Edinburgh Previews: Lorna Rose Treen & Luke McQueen

Two shows in one evening: award-winning new comedian Lorna Rose Treen presents her work-in-progress show ‘24 Hour Diner People’ and ‘Comedian’s Comedian’ (work-in-progress) by Luke McQueen.

Tuesday 22 July | 7.30pm

Sunday 27 July | 7.30pm

True Stories Live: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

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.