MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
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.
Blues
Electronica
Folk
Funk & Soul
Jazz
Reggae
Rock & Pop
Ska & Punk
World
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nubiyan Twist
22 May
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.
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
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.
COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS
Ian Smith
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
Sunday 3 May | 7.30pm LIVE ART CLUB PRESENTS DYKE SYSTEMS LIMITED
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
Thursday 14 May | 8pm KENNETH PATTENGALE + ALDEN AND PATTERSON
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 MARYSIA OSU at Anteros Arts Foundation
Tuesday 19 May | 8pm NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA at Epic Studios
Wednesday 20 May | 6 & 7.30pm ABNA + WHIPLASH SCREENING at Cinema City
Thursday 21 May | 8pm
NEIL COWLEY TRIO + TOM ROGERSON
Friday 22 May | 6pm ANDRÉ MARMOT at The Book Hive
Friday 22 May | 8pm NUBIYAN TWIST + TARA LILY + TADI THE GREAT 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
AN EVENING WITH TOYAH at Epic Studios
Tuesday 26 May | 7.30pm IAN SMITH: FOOT SPA HALF EMPTY
Thursday 28 May | 8pm BLIND YEO + FERGUS NOLAN
Friday 29 May | 8pm LOS CAMPESINOS! + OTHER HALF at Epic Studios
Friday 29 May | 8.30pm THE DRUM & BASS BAND
Sunday 31 May | 7.30pm PLEASURE INCORPORATED
Monday 1 June | 8pm THE BUG CLUB + CASUAL SMART
Tuesday 2 June | 8pm JOHN ROBB
Wednesday 3 June | 8pm AYNSLEY LISTER + SUPPORT
Thursday 4 June | 7.30pm
JEN BRISTER: REACTIVE at Epic Studios
Thursday 4 June | 8pm
POLICE DOG HOGAN + HENRY GRACE
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 MIKI BERENYI TRIO & JOHN MCKAY'S REACTOR
Sunday 21 June | 7pm 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
Friday 26 June | 8pm LIV PRESENTS THE PRIDE BALL 2026