Rock+pop
Caribou
+ Born Ruffians
Monday 12 May : 8pm
£8.00 adv : £9.00 door
Dan Snaith aka Caribou (previously known as Manitoba) has come up with a unique statement in electronic music, fusing hopscotch melodies and filtered electronic sunshine with influences as diverse as the spiritual free jazz of the early 70s, North American indie music of the 90s and a miasma of psychedelic rock.
Guerrilla Peacefair
feat. I am error + True Adventures + Anthropologist + films + speakers
Thursday 15 May : 7.30pm
All tickets £5.00
18+ (recommended for films)
The world is changing, how do you feel about it? The Guerrilla Peacefair is a conscious community event. You are invited to engage with cutting edge musical and visual artists, controversial film, community strengthening organisations and mindful discussion.
Play The Music Acoustic Showcase
Saturday 17 May : 1pm - 4pm (cafe bar)
FREE
Highlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene in the Café Bar. Today's acts are Dick York, Emma Cherry, Well Chaps, Peter Appleyard and The Oh My!s.
The Mondatta Funk Explosion
+ The Small Town Bullies + Killamonjambo
Saturday 17 May : 8pm (late bar)
£4.00 adv : £5.00 door
Norwich's most powerful Funk-machine return for a FUNK EXPLOSION. Hitting you with the addition of horns, harmonies and percussion, the groove will be infectious and The Funk mightier than ever.
Ben Ottewell (from Gomez)
+ Buddy + Little Gem
Thursday 22 May : 8pm (seated)
£12.00 adv : £13.00 door
Gomez singer, songwriter and guitarist Ben Ottewell embarks on a special solo tour.
Albert Lee & Hogans Heroes
Friday 23 May : 8.30pm
£15.00 : £12.50 concessions
POSTPONED
Albert Lee, by common consent one of the world's finest guitar-players, needs no introduction to Country Music & Rock fans. Albert fronts his own band Hogan's Heroes, some of the best known and most respected Rock'n' Roll and Country musicians in Great Britain. Unfortunately due to illness this show will be rescheduled - we are awaiting a new date.
Clutter City Market
Saturday 24 May : 10am - 4pm
FREE ENTRY!
All Sorted!?! presents Lot 55
+ The Chartists + Halfway Hero
Saturday 24 May : 8pm (late bar)
£5.00 adv : £6.00 door
Lot 55 go from strength to strength with their fresh melodic sound that combines American and British influences. After a sell-out gig at NAC and support slots with the Inspiral Carpets and The Bluetones, they look set for bigger things for 2008, with a release on All Sorted!?! Records planned and UK tour planned. Plus uncompromising blues-laced rock ‘n’ roll from Sheffield’s The Chartists.
Paula Wolfe
+ supports TBC
Thursday 29 May : 8pm (seated)
£5.00 adv : £6.00 door
Dreamy intelligent pop from female singer songwriter Paula Wolfe. Lush guitars, sweeping strings and gentle beats soothe the whispered realist lyrics while her electric guitar serves to energise. “A rising talent” – Time Out. “All too rare quality of being able to command your attention to the point of dropping everything else… a phenomenal talent” – peoplesound.com
Mostly Autumn
+ supports TBC
Friday 30 May : 8pm (late bar)
£14.00 adv : £15.00 door
Atmospheric progressive rock band that mix folk and Celtic influences with those of bands such as Pink Floyd and Genesis.
Wet Nurse presents Fonda 500
+ The Neutrinos + Ray Brower
At The Talk
Friday 30 May : 8pm
£6.50 : £6.00 Under 18's
New Blue Sun Acoustic Sessions
Acts TBA
Saturday 31 May : 1pm - 4pm (Café Bar)
FREE
Great acoustic music for your listening pleasure. Acts to be announced.
Duke Special
+ The Voluntary Butler Scheme
Saturday 31 May : 8pm (Late Bar)
£10.00 adv : £11.00 door
Dynamic, musically ambitious and bracingly eccentric, Duke Special returns to Norwich Arts Centre with his inimitable style and lush musicality.
Teddy Thompson
+ supports TBC
Monday 2 June : 8pm
£10.00 adv : £11.00 door
GIG POSTPONED UNTIL AUTUMN
Whether it’s with his own formidable songwriting or his personalised reworkings of a songs drawn from America’s rich country music tradition (as on his Up Front & Down Low album), Teddy is a deeply expressive singer, incisive guitarist and overall, a charismatic young artist. Unfortunately Norwich gig has been cancelled by Teddy. We are hoping to have him back in the autumn but tickets will not be valid, so please contact the NAC Box Office on 01603 660352 to arrange a refund.
Metronomy
+ supports tbc
Saturday 7 June : 8pm
£7.00 adv
The brain-child of disillusioned drummer Joseph Mount, Metronomy are a one-piece alternative electronica group producing funk-infused beats, android-esque vocals and highly addictive bass-lines.
Hot Club de Paris
+ supports tbc
Sunday 8 June : 8pm
£7.00 adv : £8.00 door
Liverpool trio, Hot Club de Paris, are one of the most exhilarating bands you're likely to see. Oodles of humour and back-chat abound, they successfully manage to marry technical musicianship with pure fun. Their barbershop-style a capellas punctuate their set to produce a form of entertainment that once witnessed, makes you wonder why everyone's not doing it. And this is far from your 'post-punk-art-rock-pop-band-do-harmonies' affair, it's so much more than that....
We Will Nvr Die! Disco
Tuesday 10 June : 8pm (cafe bar)
£3.00 adv : £4.00 door
wombatwombat & Muzica! presents Dyko
(feat. Wolfgang Flür - ex Kraftwerk)
+ Vista + Howlback Hum
Friday 13 June : 8pm (late bar)
£15.00 adv : £16.00 door
One of Germany’s busiest independent bands in the international arena, Dyko’s music has inspired Wolfgang Flür (ex-Kraftwerk) to play e-drums live for the first time since Kraftwerk. Snapped-up by the wombatwombat/Muzica! team after a sensational electronica/pop-punk/new wave sound and vision extravaganza at EXIT 2007, Dyko, featuring Wolfgang Flür, play their debut UK show at NAC: unmissable.
Play The Music Acoustic Showcase
Saturday 14 June : 1pm - 4pm (cafe bar)
FREE
Highlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene in the Café Bar. Today's acts are YumYum, Mike Hone, Ben Pike and Nobodaddy.
Black Kids
+ Cut Off Your Hands
Sunday 15 June : 8pm
£8.00 adv : £9.00 door
Black Kids, five-piece indie pop/rock band from Jacksonville, Florida are known for their "lo-fi guitar, peppy synths, and ebullient melodies".
Ilya & Emilia Projects
feat. The Declining Winter TBC + Luke Abbott + Dead Rat Orchestra + Babygrand
Monday 16 June : 8pm
£5.00 adv : £6.00 door
A night of exciting contemporary music from local left-field promoters ilya & emilia projects. With special guest The Declining Winter (ex-Hood) TBC. See www.ilyaandemilia.co.uk for updates.
Keren Ann
+ supports tbc
Friday 20 June : 8pm (seated)
£8.00 adv : £9.00 door
Paris and New York-based singer-songwriter, Keren Ann, sings an intimate collection of quietly sung lyrical gems with diverse, multi-textured soundscapes. Often favourably compared to Françoise Hardy, Nico, the works of Gainsbourg, Mazzy Star, Rufus Wainright and Suzanne Vega, Keren Ann is a truly special and engaging artist, one whose work evolves and grows, often with every listen.
New Blue Sun Acoustic Sessions
Acts TBA
Saturday 21 June : 1pm - 4pm (Café Bar)
FREE
Great acoustic music for your listening pleasure. Acts to be announced.
Howlback Hum feat. True Adventures Happen Inside Your Head
+ Kid Atom + Rebecca & Mountains + Pupujussi
Tuesday 24 June : 8pm (cafe bar)
£2.50 adv : £3.00 door
Another fine evening of lo-fi pop, with the distinctive melodic pop sounds of True Adventures… and more.
Thea Gilmore
+ Pete Du Pon
Thursday 26 June : 8pm
£12.50 : £10.00 concessions
Just 18 months on from her fifth album Harpo's Ghost, Thea Gilmore presents her new record Liejacker, released through Fruitcake Records/Universal on May 12, 2008.
The Davenport Trust present "I Feel Like Sh*t"
Feat. The Oli Brown Band + Smaller Than You + Mondatta Funk + Hewett Soul Band
Saturday 28 June : 8pm
£6.00 adv : £7.00 door
A night of music and film to launch the Trust’s first book and first film "Soft Shoe Shuffle".The Davenport Trust is a Norfolk charity set up to help young people recognise and deal with symptoms of depression.
Kaki King
+ support TBC
Monday 30 June : 8pm
£8.00 adv : £9.00 door
Dazzling young guitar player and composer, known to instrumental music fans for her finger-picking, fret-slapping, and percussive thumping style, into previously uncharted indie-rock territory. Produced by post-rock kingpin John McEntire (Tortoise, Sea and Cake), her music is filled with lush, ambient soundscapes that “sound like the abstract, dreamy, and hypnotic end of alternative rock,” as the New York Times noted.
Sargasso Trio
+ supports TBC
Friday 4 July : 8pm : (late bar)
£6.00 : £4.00 concessions
Upbeat samba-infused rhythms and mellow acoustic-based songs that blur the boundaries between lo-fi indie, brazilia, alt country, salsa and hip hop. Their debut album Burnin’ Burnin’ Burnin’ is out now on Boy Scout Recordings – “smart pop shapes” NME.
Rory McVicar
+ Ten Ten-Tackles + Bear
Saturday 5 July: 1pm - 4pm
FREE
At Chapelfield Gardens
NAC takes over the CFG Festival to bring you three of the finest bands in the region, including Radio 1 and 6Music championed Rory with his full band.
All Sorted!?! feat. Rigo Jancsi
+ Kill It Kid + more tbc
Saturday 5 July : 8pm
£5.00 adv : £6.00 door
CANCELLED
Another fantastic night from All Sorted!?!, featuring the fuzzy post-punk of Rigo Jancsi, Chris Turpin’s new band Kill It Kid with their own brand of boutique burlesque blues, plus more to be announced. Unfortuntately this event has been cancelled - please contact NAC Box Office on 01603 660352 to arrange a refund.
The Rocket Summer
+ supports TBC
Sunday 6 July: 8pm
£9.00 adv : £10.00 door
25-year-old Bryce Avary is the man behind The Rocket Summer, a piano and guitar-driven rock'n'roll project in which multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer, Bryce performs everything himself.
Play The Music Acoustic Showcase
Saturday 12 July : 1pm - 4pm (cafe bar)
FREE
Highlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene in the Café Bar. Today's acts are Marr Collins, Marina Florance, Pete Kitchen and Jon Roniger.
Efterklang
+ supports TBC
Monday 14 July : 8pm
£10.00 adv : £11.00 door
From Copenhagen, Denmark come one of those special bands - a stunning 8-piece ensemble with lush, panoramic arrangements that transport the listener to a magical place via Matmos style electronics, charasmatic front persons and that special ability to engage the audience in big music.
Latitude Festival 2008
Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk
Friday 18 July - Sunday 20 July
Weekend Tickets £130 : Day Tickets £55 (debit/credit card booking fee applies)
Tickets available for purchase between 10am - 6pm, Monday - Saturday.
The award-winning and ground-breaking Latitude Festival is returning to the sunrise coast of Suffolk for it’s amazing third year. Get your tickets from Norwich Arts Centre - call the box office on 01603 660352.
Six Degrees Of Separation
+ 32 Frames Per Second + Jokari + Depth
Saturday 19 July : 8pm (late bar)
All tickets £5.00
Six Degrees of Separation are a grunge influenced rock band from Britain's most easterly town, Lowestoft. The band are all accomplished guitarists and songwriters and regularly swap vocals, guitar, bass and drum sticks. Their music, heavily influenced by 90s Seattle grunge, is played with passion and rawness and is also influenced by Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Incubus, Pink Floyd and RHCP.
New Blue Sun Acoustic Sessions
Acts TBA
Saturday 19 July : 1pm - 4pm (Café Bar)
FREE
Great acoustic music for your listening pleasure. Acts to be announced.
Hissy Fit presents an NR One Records Night feat. The Brownies
+ supports TBC
Friday 25 July : 8pm (late bar)
£4.00 adv : £5.00 door
Celerbrated
Norwich pop/punk outfit The Brownies take the stage in a night of rawkus pop of
the new wave persuasion. More details TBC.
Clutter City Market
Saturday 26 July : 10am - 4pm
FREE ENTRY
Clutter City is a new
alternative market for Norwich, selling one-of-a-kind goods from clothes and
jewellery to art, music and much more. Clutter City aims to provide a platform
for creative independent crafters / artists / collectives to sell their work
and will focus on original, quirky and unique items. Plus live music, DJ’s and
tasty take-out food in the café bar.
See website for updates on stall holders and scheduled music: www.cluttercity.norwichartscentre.org.uk
Howlback Hum feat. Tell Me How
+ more TBC
Wednesday 30 July : 8pm (cafe bar)
£2.50 adv : £3.00 door
Featuring the wonderful
lo-fi electronica noodlings of Tell Me How, with more to be announced..
Baby Lemonade
Tuesday 28 October : 8pm
£12.00 adv : £14.00 door
A celebration of the music of Arthur Lee & Love performed by Baby Lemonade.