Maverick Festival 09 - OFF SALE
Easton Farm Park, Suffolk
Ranger Ticket: includes weekend camping, welcome jamboree on Friday night and entrance to Gospel Brunch on Sunday.Wrangler Ticket: includes entrance on Saturday and Sunday
Tenderfoot Ticket: needed for all children aged 10 - 15yrs. MUST be accompanied by an adult.
NOTE: Tickets are available to purchase at the festival gates up until 4pm on Saturday 4 July.
Hot City Sounds- Ed Sheeran
+ Sargasso Trio + Tell Me How + Master Solo
Saturday 4 July : 8pm
£4.00 adv / £5.00 door
A week long celebration of local talent bringing together the established and un-established music scene of Norwich, Promoters Howlback Hum, Tilting Sky, record labels such as NR ONE, Hungry Audio and Barefeet other great organisations such as Access To Music. Some of the Cities top bands supported by the new blood of an active scene.
Main sponsors for this years event are: Clear Talent Media, BBC Introducing..., Norwich Arts Centre and B2 Venue.
New Blue Sun Acoustic Sessions
Acts TBA
Saturday 4 July : 1pm - 4pm (Café Bar)
FREE
Great acoustic music for your listening pleasure. Acts to be announced.
Hot City Sounds- Sennen
+ The Lost Levels + Vanilla Kick
Sunday 5 July : 8pm
£4.00 adv : £5.00 door
*Please note- Buried In Pompeii are no longer able to perform. Apologies*
A week long celebration of local talent bringing together the established and un-established music scene of Norwich, Promoters Howlback Hum, Tilting Sky, record labels such as NR ONE, Hungry Audio and Barefeet other great organisations such as Access To Music. Some of the Cities top bands supported by the new blood of an active scene.
Main sponsors for this years event are: Clear Talent Media, BBC Introducing..., Norwich Arts Centre and B2 Venue.
Hot City Sounds- Rory McVicar
+ Lowery + Alex Carson Band + Jess Morgan + Girl In A Thunderbolt
+ Lucy Elliot
Monday 6 July : 8pm
£4.00 adv / £5.00 door
A week long celebration of local talent bringing together the established and un-established music scene of Norwich, Promoters Howlback Hum, Tilting Sky, record labels such as NR ONE, Hungry Audio and Barefeet other great organisations such as Access To Music. Some of the Cities top bands supported by the new blood of an active scene.
Main sponsors for this years event are: Clear Talent Media, BBC Introducing..., Norwich Arts Centre and B2 Venue.
Hot City Sounds- Killerhurts
+ Fletch Cadillac + Arch Stanton + Washed Up
Tuesday 7 July : 8pm
£4.00 adv / £5.00 door
A week long celebration of local talent bringing together the established and un-established music scene of Norwich, Promoters Howlback Hum, Tilting Sky, record labels such as NR ONE, Hungry Audio and Barefeet other great organisations such as Access To Music. Some of the Cities top bands supported by the new blood of an active scene.
Main sponsors for this years event are: Clear Talent Media, BBC Introducing..., Norwich Arts Centre and B2 Venue.
Hot City Sounds- Neutrinos
+ UHOHs + My Visor + Vegas Fame Index
Wednesday 8 July : 8pm
£4.00 adv / £5.00 door
Plus Hot City Hum in the cafe bar featuring Mat Riviere + ElSub + Ben Grizzly + Chad Mason Songbook + The Gore Vidals.
Hot City Sounds- The John Whitehead Trio
Thursday 9 July : 8pm (cafe/bar event)
All tickets £4
A week long celebration of local talent bringing together the established and un-established music scene of Norwich, Promoters Howlback Hum, Tilting Sky, record labels such as NR ONE, Hungry Audio and Barefeet other great organisations such as Access To Music. Some of the Cities top bands supported by the new blood of an active scene.
Main sponsors for this years event are: Clear Talent Media, BBC Introducing..., Norwich Arts Centre and B2 Venue.
Hot City Sounds- Balaclava Kid & Dad
+ Hoofus + Ndx + Magpied
Friday 10 July : 8pm
£4.00 adv / £5.00 door
Plus Hot City Hum in the cafe bar.
Eastern Straynotes
+ Les Folies
Tuesday 14 July : 8.30pm (Café Bar)
£5.00 : £3.50 concessions
Eastern Straynotes bring Jazz and Klezmer to the bar with swinging tunes from the 1920s and 30s mixed with crackin’ klezmer sets.
The Magnolia Sisters
Wednesday 15 July : 8pm : seated & standing
£12.00 : £10.00 concessions
This highly respected all-female band play many styles of French music from the deep south-west of Louisiana, giving a woman's voice to Cajun music while maintaining the soulful spirit and gutsy feel of the genre.
Sonic Boom Six
+ Random Hand + Tomato Leaf
Thursday 16 July : 8pm
£8.00 adv : £9.00 door
More to follow....
Latitude Festival 09
@ Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk
Friday 17 July - Sunday 19 July
Weekend Standard Camping: £150.00 (£3 booking fee per ticket on card) SOLD OUT
Weekend Family Camping : £150.00 (£3 booking fee per ticket on card)
Day Tickets : £60.00 (£1.50 booking fee per ticket on card) SOLD OUT
Note: We only have Family Camping tickets available - all other tickets can be purchased from the Latitude Festival website www.latitudefestival.co.uk
Play The Music Acoustic Showcase
Saturday 18 July : 1pm - 4pm (cafe bar)
FREE
Highlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene in the Café Bar. Today's acts are Yan Yates + Tim Eveleigh + Front Porch + Andi Burnie.
Jon Allen
+ All Mighty Whispers
Tuesday 21 July : 8pm (seated)
£9.00 adv : £10.00 door
Having supported the likes of Damien Rice, KT Tunstall and Jose Gonzalez among others Jon Allen brings his soulful voice to the Arts Centre.
Wilde Club presents David Cronenberg's Wife
+ F**k Dress + Tell Me How + The Milgram Experiment
Wednesday 22 July : 8pm
£4.00 adv : £5.00 door
With influences ranging from The Birthday Party to Jonathan Richman, DCW’s songs swing between the sweet and the disturbing.
Emiliana Torrini
+ Island Line
Monday 27 July : 8pm
£9.00 adv / £10.00 door
Unfortunately, due to promotional scheduling in the US, this show has been moved from Sunday 1 March. Original tickets will remain valid. However, if you require a refund, please call into the box office in person with your tickets (booking fees are non-refundable). Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Rough Trade Records signing Emiliana Torrini is touring with her new set of songs from 'Me And Armini'. This hugely ambitious and aspirational pop record puts Emiliana's soaring voice centre stage, bolstered by a rich gamut of musical styles.
Howlback Hum feat. Horses Brawl
+ Balaclava Kid & Dad + Spidermilk + Frank + Checkout Girls + Olinski Set
Tuesday 28 July : 8pm (Café Bar)
£2.50 adv : £3.00 door
Acoustic meets electronic in another night of fine local performers.
Alela Diane
+ supports tbc
Wednesday 29 July : 8pm
£9.00 adv : £10.00 door
Oregon / California based folk singer Alela Diane sings trance-like arpeggios with warm vocals and meditative lyrics about family, nature and a sense of place. Her sophomore album 'To Be Still', released last month on Rough Trade Records, depicts the artist’s surroundings just as vividly as it depicts the songwriter.
Reepham9 Festival
Saturday 1 August : 1pm - 10pm
£10.00 (under 5's free)
Reepham is holding it’s second Music, Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturday 1st August this year.
They are presenting 20+ acts including Rock, Soul, Folk, Classical, Indie, Pop, World, Jazz… the list goes on! This year there will even be Comedians to entertain you. The website will constantly be updated as acts are signed.
New Blue Sun Acoustic Sessions
Acts TBA
Saturday 1 August : 1pm - 4pm (Café Bar)
FREE
Great acoustic music for your listening pleasure. Acts to be announced.
Norwich Jazz Collective presents
'Out of the Cool' featuring Quartet Crepuscolo
Wednesday 5 August : 8pm : Cafe bar
All tickets £4.00
Howlback Hum feat. Cakes and Ale
+ Ben Grizzly, The Winter Visitors + much more
Saturday 8 August : 1- 6pm (Café Bar)
FREE
Plus Frank, Milly, Olinski, The Dim Goddess, Andrew Taylor, Ruth Gordon, Chad Mason Songbook, Lilith, Ian O’Brien.
Play The Music Acoustic Showcase
Saturday 15 August : 1pm - 4pm (cafe bar)
FREE
Highlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene in the Café Bar. Today's acts are Clara Kousah + Beth Walthew + Chris Walker + Jenny Didn’t Like To Be Photographed + Sarah Holmes
Vagabond
+ supports
Saturday 15 August : 8pm
£5.00 adv : £6.00 door
With their soulful rock pop tunes, five-piece band, Vagabond are generating the kind of buzz that's sure to accompany their first full UK tour this Summer. Their debut album 'Don't Wanna Run No More' is out August 3 2009.
Mum
+ support tbc
Tuesday 18 August : 8pm
£12.50 adv : £13.50 door
múm (pronounced “moom”)** is an experimental Icelandic pop group whose music is characterised by soft vocals, eccentric beats and colourful effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments.
The Great Shakes
+ Vegas Fame Index
Thursday 20 August : 8pm
£5.00 adv : £6.00 door
The Great Shakes headline this fundraiser to raise money for the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre in Nepal.
Bill Callahan
+ support tbcTuesday 25 August : 8pm
£12.50 adv : £13.50 door
Former Smog man Bill Callahan will be playing tracks from his latest album 'Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle' aswell as his extensive back catalogue.
Little Comets
+ supports tbc
Wednesday 26 August : 8pm
£6.00 adv : £7.00 door
Tipped by the likes of Zane Lowe and Huw Stephens, Newcastle-upon Tyne four- piece, Little Comets are an emerging indie-pop group bursting with ace melodies and lyrics. One to watch for 2009!
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
+ Jack Lewis & Fishermen Three
Saturday 29 August : 8pm
£8.00 adv : £9.00 door
Part folkie, part indie-rocker, part comic book artist, NAC favourite Jeffrey Lewis returns with The Junkyard to perform tracks from his new album.
Sam Baker
with Tim Lorsch + support tbc
Wednesday 2 September : 8pm
£10.00 : £8.00 concessions (seated)
Texas songwriter Sam Baker is not that well known even in his adopted hometown of Austin. However, since the 2004 release of his debut ‘Mercy’, word of Baker's songs have slowly, but surely spun its way around the world.
Shri
+ support tbc
Thursday 3 September : 8.30pm
£8.00 : £6.00 concessions
Multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer Shri (Badmarsh&Shri) is back with a fresh, exciting and creative band.
Magoo
+ The Middle Ones + Cruiser Chimps
Friday 4 September : 8pm
£4.00 adv : £5.00 door
Following a two-year absence which saw the band locked in
their Norfolk studio writing and recording, Norwich favourites Magoo return to
preview material from their forthcoming fifth, full-length studio album.
Fei Comodo
+ Six Degrees Of Separation + Jokari
Saturday 5 September : 8pm
All tickets £6.00
PLEASE NOTE: THIS GIG HAS BEEN RE-SCHEDULED FROM SAT 8TH AUGUST. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.
Youthful Brit metalcore hopefuls, Fei Comodo, will be blowing the roof off Norwich Arts Centre this Summer.
Norwich Jazz Collective presents
'Out of the Cool' featuring Trio 73
Wednesday 9 September : 8pm : Cafe bar
All tickets £4.00
Juliet Turner
+ Gentry Morris & Yvonne Lyon
Thursday 10 September : 8pm : seated
£12.00 : £10.00 concessions
Juliet Turner has a wry charm, a beautiful voice and fine lyrics, making her a compelling live performer. With three studio albums, a live album, double platinum sales and a Meteor Music Award under her belt, this year sees Juliet Turner on tour with dates in Ireland and the UK.
£12.00 : £10.00 concessions
Juliet Turner has a wry charm, a beautiful voice and fine lyrics, making her a compelling live performer. With three studio albums, a live album, double platinum sales and a Meteor Music Award under her belt, this year sees Juliet Turner on tour with dates in Ireland and the UK.
New Blue Sun Acoustic Sessions
Acts TBA
Saturday 12 September : 1pm - 4pm (Café Bar)
FREE
Great acoustic music for your listening pleasure. Acts to be announced.
The SweetBeats
Saturday 12 September : 8.30pm
£8.00 : £6.00 concessions
With an all new line-up and lots of new tunes The SweetBeats return to the Norwich Arts Centre - their spiritual home. The SweetBeats are the still best purveyors of that RockSteady / Ska mix. So expect to dance all night to the irresistible grooves, fab horns and sweet vocal harmonies.
Neko Case
+ support tbc
Monday 14 September : 8pm
£12.50 adv : £13.50 door
Neko Case is one those artists whose songs linger in your head, your heart and soul long after the record has stopped spinning.
Willard Grant Conspiracy
+ The Doghouse Roses
Tuesday 15 September : 8pm
£9.00 adv : £10.00 door : seated
The band has quietly gone about putting together one of the most impressive catalogs in the alt.country / post punk-folk rock genres. It's music that has been described as causing the spirit to soar and to make the knees go weak. It's the music of real life from real people.
T-Model Ford
Wednesday 16 September : 8.30pm
£12.50 : £10.00 concessions : standing show
Fat Possum Mississippi blues legend T-Model Ford performs with his drummer live at NAC.
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett
Thursday 17 September : 8.30pm
£10.50 : £8.50 concessions
Cult singer-songwriter with a surreal sense of humour and a winning underdog personality. His song Bunsen Burner (featuring lyrics to help his daughter with her chemistry homework) was a Top Ten hit in 2002.
Play The Music Acoustic Showcase
Saturday 19 September : 1pm - 4pm (cafe bar)
FREE
Highlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene in the Café Bar. Today's acts are Rob Himself + Steve Bradshaw + YumYum +
Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express
+ Otis Gibbs
Tuesday 22 September : 8pm
£10.00 adv : £11.00 door
Chuck Prophet's career in music began much like the careers of others. He was a kid with a guitar. Here's the difference: by the time he was fifteen years old he could do more with it than most would be able to do in a lifetime. Chuck Prophet will be playing with his full band, The Mission Express.
Please note, Franz Nicolay of the Hold Steady is no longer the support act.
Natacha Atlas and the Mazeeka Ensemble
+ Clara & The Real Lowdown
Wednesday 23 September : 8pm (seated)
£12.50 : £10.00 concessions
Anglo-Egyptian singer has spent more than a decade fusing electronic beats with North African and Arabic music, finding links between seemingly disparate musical genres, exploring new and different sonic settings and working with a wealth of like-minded collaborators from across the world along the way. The resulting body of work is both a triumph of true multiculturalism and a testament to the richness and accessibility of Arabic culture. It is, indeed, an oeuvre unlike any other.
This was originally scheduled for 2nd February. All tickets are valid for the new date. However, refunds can be obtained from the NAC box office (please note that booking fees are non refundable). We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Acoustic Ladyland
+ support tbc
Thursday 24 September : .8.30pm
£10.00 : £8.00 concessions
This most singular of bands loves to mess with convention, although there is nothing about this band that is tricky or arch. Of jazz, but not in the least inhibited by jazz tradition, and with a fierce post-punk attitude, Acoustic Ladyland simply create potent, soul-searching music: intense, life-affirming pop.
Deadstring Brothers
+ Two Fingers Of Firewater
Friday 25 September : 8pm
£8.00 adv : £9.00 door
Get ready for high energy bluesy rave-ups that fight it out with hymnal country ballads in the Deadstring Brothers’ soul-saving rock-and-roll.
The Handsome Family
Sunday 27 September : 8pm
£12.00 adv : £13.00 door
Although being influenced by The Carter Family, Willie Nelson and Townes Van Zandt, The Handsome Family fashion a more post modern country sound that blends catchy melodies, deadpan vocals, waves of feedback, and surrealistic lyrics.
Hockey
+ support tbc
Monday 28 September : 8pm
£8.50 adv / £tbc door
"Hockey could easily be enjoyed by Dylan, Springsteen and Hold Steady fans as much as they could by devotees of LCD Soundsystem and their ilk. In fact, if James Murphy ever decides to produce the Strokes then this is roughly how it might turn out"- Guardian.
Mumford & Sons
+ supports tbc
Friday 2 October : 8pm
£7.00 adv : £8.00 door
“Mumford & Sons have that knack for playing the most vital of instruments, the heartstrings.” – The Independent
Twee Off! presents
Health
+ Pictureplane
Saturday 3 October : 8pm
£7.00 adv : £8.00 door
Health kick off a month of Twee Off! events that will get you excited about music again. Keep an eye on the Twee Off! Myspace for the grand unveiling.
More than just a name... Twee Off! Promises a night of ALTERNATIVE INDIE-PUNK-DANCE-DISCO
Andy Kirkham, Tom Conway, Adrian Lever
Tuesday 6 October : 8pm (cafe bar)
£5.00 : £3.00 concessions
Three of Norwich's finest acoustic guitarists come to the bar playing original tunes and Balkan, African and Klezmer inspired pieces.
Eilen Jewell & band
+ Lou Brown
Saturday 10 October : 8.30pm
£8.00 : £6.00 concessions
Boise-born and Boston-based, Eilen Jewell has quickly distinguished herself as one of the rising stars of a new generation of roots musicians.
New Blue Sun Acoustic Sessions
Acts TBA
Saturday 10 October : 1pm - 4pm (Café Bar)
FREE
Great acoustic music for your listening pleasure. Acts to be announced.
Zion Train
+ support tbc
Monday 12 October : 8pm
£10.00 : £8.00 concessions
They are one of the finest live dub acts in the world and promoted the practice of dynamic onstage dub mixing which they perform alongside acoustic instruments and the best live vocalists.
The Unthanks
+ Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell
Wednesday 14 October : 8pm (standing)
£12.50 : £10.00 concessions
The autumn of 2009 represents an exciting and adventurous time for the Mercury nominated Geordie band formerly known as Rachel Unthank & The Winterset.
Devon Sproule
+ support tbc
Friday 16 October : 8.30pm
£10.00 : £8.00 concessions
Sproule has a talent for combining Appalachian, folk and jazz influences which ooze the atmosphere of balmy Virginia days. Sproule, with her trademark vintage dresses and 50-year-old Gibson guitar, returns to UK.
Play The Music Acoustic Showcase
Saturday 17 October : 1pm - 4pm (cafe bar)
FREE
Highlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene in the Café Bar. Today's acts are Luke Jackson + Juliana Meyer + Penny + Peter Appleyard + Smiling Strangers
Kate Walsh
+ support tbc
Tuesday 20 October : 8.30pm : seated
£10.00 adv : £11.00 door
Having topped the iTunes UK chart with her homemade album 'Tim's
House', Kate's delicate songs of heartache and airy vocals have earned
her the title 'the British Joni Mitchell'. Trained as a classical
pianist, and now shining on acoustic guitar, Kate will win over fans of
Tori Amos, Jose Gonzalez and Sufjan Stevens.
Jackie Oates
+ Melissa McClelland
Thursday 22 October : 8pm : seated
£10.00 : £8.00 concessions
Jackie's unique treatment of English ballads and songs, and pure, haunting singing style has attracted increasing attention.
Twee Off! presents
Dananananaykroyd
+ tbc
Friday 23 October : 8pm
£7.50 adv : £8.50 door
More than just a name... Twee Off! Promises a night of ALTERNATIVE INDIE-PUNK-DANCE-DISCO
Mabon
Tuesday 3 November : 8pm : seated
£10.00 : £8.00 concessions
Mabon are a 6 piece world- celtic musical triumph, who deliver original, exhilarating, and groove laden tunes that has earned them the well deserved tag - ‘celtic festival disguised as a band’!
Norwich Jazz Collective presents
'Out of the Cool' feat. Rob Milne Trio
Wednesday 4 November : 8pm : Cafe bar
All tickets £4.00
The trio comprises Rob Milne, Owen Morgan (double bass) and Jimmy Wheeler (drums).
New Blue Sun Acoustic Sessions
Acts TBA
Saturday 7 November : 1pm - 4pm (Café Bar)
FREE
Great acoustic music for your listening pleasure. Acts to be announced.
Daby Balde
Saturday 7 November : 8.30pm
£10.00 : £8.00 concessions
Daby Balde is one of Senegal's best-kept musical secrets, long celebrated at home and now exploding on to the international music scene. His stunning arrangements are based on his Fula traditions from the south of the country and feature the beautiful West African sounds of the kora, as well as acoustic guitars, bass and percussion. With strikingly rich and beautiful melodies, captivating vocals and a repertoire that ranges from euphoric to melancholic, Daby Balde is a West African star on the rise.
Baka Beyond
Thursday 12 November : 8.30pm
£12.00 : £10.00 concessions
The 5 piece line up will be performing 2 sets.
Portico Quartet
Monday 16 November : 8pm : seated
£12.00 : £10.00 concessions
The four young musicians received the 2008 Nationwide Mercury Prize – An Album of the Year with their dance friendly, melodic brand of hook-heavy post-jazz.
Anna Mudeka Band
Friday 20 November : 8.30pm £8.00 : £6.00 concessions
The Anna Mudeka Band's soaring vocals and rich instrumental virtuosity continue to resonate, soothe and uplift your soul. Prepare to have your dancing shoes defeated and your eyes stinging with sweat as you dance and sing the night away.
*This show has been re scheduled from Saturday 3 October. Apologies for any inconvenience caused*.
Foundation Sound and Reality Shock Records present 'Nice Up Pt1'
Saturday 21 November : 8pm (late bar)
£8.50 adv : £10.00 door
A live roots reggae showcase featuring vocalists Afrikan Simba, Prince Livijah, Solo Banton and Lioness Fonts all backed by The Uppercut Band. Foundation Sound will be supplying support alongside the singer Dark Angel.
Play The Music Acoustic Showcase
Saturday 21 November : 1pm - 4pm (cafe bar)
FREE
Highlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene in the Café Bar. Today's acts are Nik Lowe + Dove & Boweevil + Big Red Boat + 8 Days Till Summer + Jules
Talbot Trio
John Law's Art Of Sound Trio
Monday 30 November : 8pm : seated
£10.00 : £8.00 concessions
“If there’s one jazz ensemble on the British scene that wows you with sheer technical brilliance, it’s surely this one.” Ivan Hewitt, Telegraph
Play The Music Acoustic Showcase
Saturday 12 December : 1pm - 4pm (cafe bar)
FREE
Highlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene in the Café Bar. Today's acts are Gary Hall + Blackwing’s Secret + Lucy Day + An Italian Job + Badly Worn Boys



