Norwich Arts Centre
Jasmine Myra
MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
Wednesday 7 May | 8pm
Baluji Shrivastav OBE
and Inner Vision Quartet
Indian multi-instrumentalist, Baluji Shrivastav, is one of the world’s leading composers and sitar players.
Friday 9 May | 8pm
Pony Up presents Melin Melyn + support
Vintage-country-surf-twang tunes.
Tuesday 13 May | 8pm
Siobhan Miller
One of Scotland’s most celebrated folk singer-songwriters, Siobhan deftly balances a love of traditional song with modern influences.
Tuesday 27 May | 8pm
Tone presents Graham Reynolds
Austin-based “quintessential modern composer” (The Independent), expands his distinctive sound beyond acclaimed scores for films like Before Midnight and A Scanner Darkly.
Wednesday 28 May | 8pm
Grace Petrie + The Maes at EPIC Studios
Folk-rock cult hero and queer icon Grace Petrie returns with her razor-sharp lyricism and protest songs.
Tuesday 10 June | 8pm
Butler, Blake & Grant
Three renowned Britpop musicians, Teenage Fanclub’s frontman Norman Blake, Bernard Butler of Suede and James Grant of Love and Money, bring their jovial creative union to the stage.
Thursday 12 June | 8pm
Natty + support
Natty uses his trademark vocal power and uplifting melodies to explore everything from earthy funk grooves to guitarstrummed yearning, spoken word and spacious, dubbed-out reggae.
Sunday 15 June | 8pm
King Creosote + KY10 at EPIC Studios
DIY pop royalty and Fife troubadour King Creosote returns with his first album in seven years, I, Des, a largely jubilant and lifeaffirming meditation on life and mortality.
Tuesday 17 June | 8pm
Tone presents Daniel Inzani
Daniel Inzani blends classical, jazz, contemporary, improvisation, unusual harmony and rhythms to create “unhinged, exhilarating adventures in genre-hopping” (The Guardian).
Thursday 19 June | 8pm
Faetooth + Cwfen + Kulk
LA trio drawing inspiration from doom metal, black metal, shoegaze, and sludge, the term faetooth “fairy-doom” aptly characterizes their distinctive fusion of sounds.
MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
Thursday 15 May | 8pm
Caoilfhionn Rose + Jamie Leeming
Caoilfhionn’s music creates a magical, otherworldly space of her own imagining, blending core piano sounds with synths, a live rhythm section, saxophone embellishments and ambient samples.
Friday 16 May | 8pm
Jasmine Myra + Freya Roy + Amy Nomvula (DJ)
One of UK Jazz’s rising stars, emerging from the bustling, creative, cross-genre music scene in Leeds, Jasmine Myra’s original instrumental music has a euphoric and uplifting sound.
Saturday 17 May | 8pm
Ebi Soda + Ni Maxine + Easily Dunn (DJ)
Ebi Soda thrive on contradiction, creating an idiosyncratic blend of jazz, hip-hop and no-wave post-punk Characterised by searing trombones, erratic drum-breaks and heavy electronic multi-effect soundscapes.
Thursday 22 May | 8pm
National Youth Jazz Orchestra at EPIC Studios
NYJO honour acclaimed novelist, poet, and activist James Baldwin (1924–1987). Featuring new compositions played by 15 of the next generation of jazz musicians, joined by their band leader and acclaimed vocalists.
Friday 23 May | 8pm
Azymuth + Sure D (DJ)
Globally renowned, highly influential Brazilian jazz-funk trio founded in the early 1970s, known for their breezy fusion of electric jazz, pop, MPB, samba, tropical disco, and electronic music.
Saturday 24 May | 8pm
Mammal Hands + Mara Simpson + Jazzlord (DJ)
Mammal Hands take inspiration from jazz, contemporary classical, electronica, folk and minimalism to create their own inimitable style that has captured the imagination of a loyal following.
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Friday 2 May | 7pm & 9pm
Carousel: A Theatre Show by Ivo Graham
Ivo Graham steps away from the frivolity of his stand-up and invites you onto his own carousel: A searingly direct, exquisitely soundtracked story of a life.
Sunday 4 May | 7.30pm
True Stories Live: A Merry Dance
Monday 12 May | 8pm Green Shoots presents Robert Macfarlane: Is A River Alive? at EPIC Studios
In conversation with Patrick Barkham. Celebrated writer and walker Robert Macfarlane talks about his perspective- shifting new book.
Sunday 18 May | 7.30pm
Livia Kojo Alour: STÙRM (Work in progress)
STÙRM is a cross genre musical show from award-winning theatre maker Livia Kojo Alour, about experiences of climate anxiety through an Afro futuristic / diasporic lens.
Sunday 1 June | 7.30pm
Poet’s Palace
Livia Kojo Alour 18 May
Sunday 22 June | 6.30pm
Green Shoots presents Truly Wild Stories at Whitlingham Country Park
Come down to the woods with True Stories Live and let’s get back to our roots with stories around the campfire.
Friday 27 June | 8pm
Liv presents THE PRIDE
BALL 2025
Returning for it’s fourth year, The Pride Ball is an explosion of colour and joy, featuring an incredible line up of homegrown drag superstars and special guest artists from across the country.
COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS
Kemah Bob 3 June
Wednesday 14 May | 8pm
Rob Copland: Gimme (One with Everything)
“Rarely has an existential scream been this much fun” (The Guardian). The winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards Victoria Wood Prize, Rob Copland tries his best despite everything.
Thursday 22 May | 8pm
Horatio Gould: Return of The Space Cowboy
Following his sell-out debut show, viral sensation Horatio Gould brings his muchanticipated sophomore show, Return of the Space Cowboy, on the road.
Wednesday 11 June | 8pm
Josh Glanc: Family Man
Listed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the ‘stand out’ shows of the Edinburgh Fringe. The brilliantly offbeat Josh Glanc has a “wackily inventive absurdism all his own” (Times), “the closest you’ll ever get to watching Robin Williams live” (Rolling Stone).
Tuesday 3 June | 8pm
Kemah Bob: Miss Fortunate
Life is gunna life and brains are gunna brain. Acclaimed stand up Kemah Bob takes their unmissable, critically acclaimed debut stand-up show on tour after a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run.
Josh Glanc 11 June
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DEADLETTER
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JD Cliffe
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Marla Kether
Master Peace
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THE NONE
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SILVERWINGKILLER
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W. H. Lung
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Westside Cowboy
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Thursday 1 May | 8pm
John Crace: Taking The Lead
Friday 2 May | 7pm & 9pm
Carousel: A Theatre Show by Ivo Graham
Sunday 4 May | 7.30pm True Stories Live
Wednesday 7 May | 8pm Baluji Shrivastav OBE
Friday 9 May | 8pm
Melin Melyn + support
Sunday 11 May | 7.30pm
An Evening with Andy Hamilton at EPIC Studios
Sunday 11 May | 8pm
Acid Mothers Temple + Long Swords
Monday 12 May | 8pm
Robert Macfarlane: Is A River Alive? at EPIC Studios
Tuesday 13 May | 8pm
Siobhan Miller
Wednesday 14 May | 8pm Rob Copland
Thursday 15 May | 8pm Caoilfhionn Rose + Jamie Leeming
Friday 16 May | 8pm
Jasmine Myra + Freya Roy + Amy Nomvula (DJ)
Saturday 17 May | 2pm
A History of the Jazz Festival by Professor George McKay at Norwich University of the Arts
Saturday 17 May | 8pm
Ebi Soda + Ni Maxine + Easily Dunn (DJ)
Sunday 18 May | 2pm
Chris Cooper Trio at Anteros Arts Foundation
Sunday 18 May | 7.30pm Livio Kojo Alour: STÙRM
Tuesday 20 May | 6pm
Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat at Cinema City
Thursday 22 May | 8pm Horatio Gould
Thursday 22 May | 8pm
National Youth Jazz Orchestra at EPIC Studios
Friday 23 May | 8pm Azymuth + Sure D (DJ)
Saturday 24 May | 7.30pm
Mammal Hands + Mara Simpson + Jazzlord (DJ)
Tuesday 27 May | 8pm Graham Reynolds
Wednesday 28 May | 7.30pm
Timba Británica
Wednesday 28 May | 8pm Grace Petrie at EPIC Studios
Saturday 31 May | 8pm Floral Image + Trip Westerns
Sunday 1 June | 7.30pm Poet’s Palace
Tuesday 3 June | 8pm
Kemah Bob
Thursday 5 June | 8pm China Crisis + support
Friday 6 June | 8pm
Sam Kelly + Honey and the Bear
MAY JUNE 2025
Sunday 8 June | 7.30pm Spark Up
Tuesday 10 June | 8pm Butler, Blake & Grant
Wednesday 11 June | 8pm Josh Glanc
Thursday 12 June | 8pm Natty + support
Friday 13 June | 8pm
Magnolia + Beast with a Gun + Manhole + Mr Jason (DJ)
Saturday 14 June | 8pm Nick Mulvey
Sunday 15 June | 7.30pm SOUP
Sunday 15 June | 8pm
King Creosote + KY10 at EPIC Studios
Tuesday 17 June | 8pm Daniel Inzani
Thursday 19 June | 8pm Faetooth + Cwfen + Kulk
Saturday 21 June | 8pm Space
Sunday 22 June | 6.30pm
Truly Wild Stories at Whitlingham Country Park
Wednesday 25 June | 8pm
Eliza Delf & The Wilderness + support
Friday 27 June | 8pm
The Pride Ball 2025
Saturday 28 June | 8pm
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band