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MUSIC, E N C A M R PERFO Y D E M O C & Blind Yeo 28 May
MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
Blues Contemporary Electronica Folk Funk & Soul Jazz Reggae Rock & Pop Ska & Punk World
Monday 11 May | 8pm
GWENNO
+ PATRICIA MORGAN
A visionary Welsh-Cornish musician whose work is a beautiful, trippy intersection of folklore, retro-futurism, and political activism.
Tuesday 12 May | 8pm
SKINSHAPE + YUUF
Skinshape blends vintage psychedelic rock, funk, and global influences into warm, lo-fi, hypnotic tracks.
Thursday 14 May | 8pm | Seated
KENNETH PATTENGALE
+ CHRISTINA ALDEN & ALEX PATTERSON
Distinctive guitarist, singer, and producer, Kenneth Pattengale, best known as one half of The Milk Carton Kids, returns to the stage solo for the first time in sixteen years.
Tuesday 19 May | 8pm
JESCA HOOP + HOT SPRINGS
Jesca Hoop is an American singer-songwriter whose music blends experimental folk, poetic storytelling, and ethereal, minimalist arrangements.
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Thursday 28 May | 8pm
BLIND YEO + FERGUS NOLAN
Eclectic folk collective Blind Yeo are one of the south-west’s most exciting new bands, receiving warm praise from BBC 6 Music.
Friday 29 May | 8pm | at Epic Studios
LOS CAMPESINOS! + OTHER HALF Los Campesinos! are widely considered the UK’s first (and only) "true" emo band.
Friday 29 May | 8.30pm
THE DRUM & BASS BAND
Live renditions of DnB and Jungle, breathing new life into the genre’s most iconic anthems.
Monday 8 June | 8pm | Seated TONE PRESENTS
POPPY ACKROYD
Acclaimed composer Poppy Ackroyd is “On par with neo-classical giants Nils Frahm, Max Richter and Hauschka” – MOJO.
Thursday 11 June | 8pm
TAMIKREST + SUPPORT
An iconic Saharan rock band, Tamikrest amplify the voice of the Kel Tamasheq (Tuareg) people.
Saturday 13 June | 8.30pm
REBEL DREAD ROCKERS
FT. DON LETTS AND ANDY SMITH
Celebrating the roots and evolution of soundsystem culture, with cultural icon, DJ and filmmaker Don Letts and Andy Smith, formerly of Portishead.
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Saturday 16 May | 8pm
THEON CROSS + SURE D
Theon Cross (Sons of Kemet) is one of those rare musicians whose vision has redefined their instrument. His unique approach to the tuba has expanded the instrument’s sonic possibilities, restoring it to a long-forgotten prominence as a crucial part of the contemporary jazz ensemble.
Tuesday 19 May | 8pm | Seated | at Epic Studios
NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA PRESENTS ABDULLAH IBRAHIM TRIBUTE
The National Youth Jazz Orchestra present their new project celebrating the legacy of Abdullah Ibrahim and the sounds of South African township jazz.
Thursday 21 May | 8pm | Seated & Standing
NEIL COWLEY TRIO + TOM ROGERSON
The Neil Cowley Trio reunite to present music from their outstanding brand-new album, alongside some fan-favourite Cowley classics. Expect a powerful performance of deeply impassioned music and hooks aplenty with Cowley’s infectious wit and playfulness never far behind.
Nubiyan Twist 22 May
Friday 22 May | 8pm | at Epic Studios
NUBIYAN TWIST + TARA LILLEY + TADI THE GREAT Nubiyan Twist have an infectious 9-piece, big band sound, drawing on jazz, hip-hop, afrobeat, latin, soul, reggae and dance music.
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Saturday 23 May | 8pm | at Epic Studios
GOGO PENGUIN + DAUDI MATSIKO
GoGo Penguin blend jazz, classical and electronic influences, incorporating modular synths, and electric bass to glide spectacularly from acoustic instrumentation into powerful electronica.
Sunday 24 May | 8pm | Seated
THE GARY CROSBY SEXTET: MINGUS MOVES
Bassist, band leader and co-founder of Tomorrow’s Warriors, Gary Crosby OBE brings together his sextet for a night celebrating the legendary jazz innovator and composer Charles Mingus.
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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS Sunday 3 May | 7.30pm | Seated
LIVE ART CLUB PRESENTS DYKE SYSTEMS LIMITED
Step into the glittery, unhinged world of multi-level marketing mayhem with Fag Packet, Kheski Kobler and Holly Wilson-Guy, the award-winning cabaret and theatre double act. Equal parts corporate seminar and queer fever dream, DYKE Systems Ltd is a sharp, subversive takedown of pyramid schemes, ruthless heteronormativity and corporate feminism.
Sunday 10 May | 7pm | Seated
SOUP PRESENTS
'THE BOWL' SCREENING: EPISODE 1 & 2
'THE BOWL' is a homemade sitcom series that’s here to put Norwich on the map. The Bowl is about everything and nothing, the tiny adventures that unfold when you’re surrounded by like minded individuals who are all unapologetically themselves.
Sunday 17 May | 7.30pm | Seated
TRUE STORIES LIVE: LET IT GO Sunday 31 May | 7.30pm | Seated
PLEASURE INCORPORATED
What if sex work was treated like any other office job? Pleasure Incorporated is a lyrical, funny, and surreal one-woman play set inside the cubicles and corridors of an imagined corporation.
Sunday 21 June | 7pm | at Whitlingham Country Park
TRUE STORIES LIVE: SOLSTICE SPECIAL
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Friday 26 June | 7.30pm
LIV PRESENTS THE PRIDE BALL 2026 (5TH ANNIVERSARY)
A sparkling spectacular with Norwich drag royalty, Liv and their all-star lineup of drag superstars. Expect to laugh out loud, gag for the glamour and leave with a glowing ball of light inside you.
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COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS Ian Smith 26 May
Wednesday 6 May | 7.30pm | Seated
PAUL MCCAFFREY: WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE
A new show from one of the funniest comics working in the UK today. Modern life is annoying but was it really much better before? McCaffrey asks in this warm, charming hour of comedy.
Tuesday 26 May | 7.30pm | Seated
IAN SMITH: FOOT SPA HALF EMPTY
Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ian Smith (co-host of the Northern News podcast) heads back out on tour with his new critically acclaimed show about stress, love and buying a magic spell off Amazon.
Thursday 4 June | 7.30pm | Seated | at Epic Studios
JEN BRISTER: REACTIVE
Jen Brister is Reactive – or so she’s been told. Apparently you don’t have to respond to every little thing around you. Finding herself in a constant state of exacerbation at the state of the world and people in general, Brister has been told she needs to chill the hell out. Can Jen find her zen? It seems unlikely to be honest…
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HERBERT & MOMOKO A sonically-adventurous collaboration between electronic music legend, Matthew Herbert and vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Momoko Gill. Thursday 14 May, 9.30pm, The Spiegeltent Tickets £20 (£22 on the day) U18/YoungNNF £10
Friday 1 May | 8pm
BEAUJOLAIS FOX’S BIG NIGHT OUT Saturday 2 May | 8pm
CHANNEL ONE SOUND SYSTEM
Thursday 21 May | 8pm
Thursday 4 June | 7.30pm
+ TOM ROGERSON
at Epic Studios
NEIL COWLEY TRIO Friday 22 May | 6pm
ANDRÉ MARMOT at The Book Hive
Sunday 3 May | 7.30pm
Friday 22 May | 8pm
DYKE SYSTEMS LIMITED
+ TADI THE GREAT
LIVE ART CLUB PRESENTS Wednesday 6 May | 7.30pm
PAUL MCCAFFREY:
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE Friday 8 May | 8pm
DEERHOOF + GIMIC Sunday 10 May | 7pm
SOUP PRESENTS
'THE BOWL' SCREENING
Monday 11 May | 8pm
GWENNO
+ PATRICIA MORGAN Tuesday 12 May | 8pm
SKINSHAPE + YUUF
NUBIYAN TWIST + TARA LILY at Epic Studios
Saturday 23 May | 8pm
GOGO PENGUIN + DAUDI MATSIKO at Epic Studios
Sunday 24 May | 8pm
THE GARY CROSBY SEXTET
Sunday 17 May | 7.30pm
TRUE STORIES LIVE Tuesday 19 May | 8pm
JESCA HOOP + HOT SPRINGS Sunday 24 May | 8pm
Thursday 14 May | 8pm
AN EVENING WITH TOYAH
+ ALDEN AND PATTERSON
Tuesday 26 May | 7.30pm
KENNETH PATTENGALE Friday 15 May | 9.30pm
NORWICH JAZZ FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY Friday 15 May | 9.30pm
BALIMAYA PROJECT at The Spiegeltent
Saturday 16 May | 8pm
THEON CROSS + SURE D Sunday 17 May | 2pm
at Epic Studios
IAN SMITH:
FOOT SPA HALF EMPTY Thursday 28 May | 8pm
BLIND YEO + FERGUS NOLAN
ABNA + WHIPLASH SCREENING
at Cinema City
Friday 5 June | 8pm
THE HOUSE OF LOVE + SUPPORT
Monday 8 June | 8pm
TONE PRESENTS
POPPY ACKROYD Tuesday 9 June | 8pm
MILITARIE GUN + SHADY NASTY
Wednesday 10 June | 8pm
YE VAGABONDS + ELANOR MOSS
Thursday 11 June | 8pm
TAMIKREST + SUPPORT Friday 12 June | 8pm
PONY UP PRESENTS REAL FARMER + SUPPORT Saturday 13 June | 8.30pm
REBEL DREAD ROCKERS FT. DON LETTS AND ANDY SMITH Tuesday 16 June | 8pm
GNOSS
Saturday 20 June | 8pm
Sunday 21 June | 7pm
Friday 29 May | 8.30pm
THE DRUM & BASS BAND
Monday 1 June | 8pm
Wednesday 20 May | 6 & 7.30pm
+ HENRY GRACE
+ OTHER HALF at Epic Studios
LOS CAMPESINOS!
Tuesday 19 May | 8pm
at Epic Studios
POLICE DOG HOGAN
MIKI BERENYI TRIO & JOHN MCKAY'S REACTOR
Sunday 31 May | 7.30pm
NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Thursday 4 June | 8pm
Friday 29 May | 8pm
MARYSIA OSU
at Anteros Arts Foundation
JEN BRISTER: REACTIVE
PLEASURE INCORPORATED THE BUG CLUB
+ CASUAL SMART Tuesday 2 June | 8pm
TRUE STORIES LIVE
at Whitlingham Country Park Wednesday 24 June | 8pm
GREEN SHOOTS PRESENTS
CORINNE LE QUERE Thursday 25 June | 8pm
BILLY LUBACH
+ PHOEBE TROUP + EVIE RICE
JOHN ROBB
Friday 26 June | 8pm
Wednesday 3 June | 8pm
THE PRIDE BALL 2026
AYNSLEY LISTER + SUPPORT
LIV PRESENTS