EASY PARK REGGAE COLLECTIVE
+ support
Friday 4 May
8.30pm : £6.00 adv : £8.00 door

“Could well be the first band since The Specials to bring Reggae back to the masses” – Time Out.
“Sensational” -Rockers Revolt.
Check out their album preview sampler here

Forthcoming Events

WATERMELON SLIM
+ Sol Ruiz
Monday 26 March
8pm : £10.00 : £8.00 Concessions : Seated

Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans has built a remarkable reputation with his raw, impassioned intensity. HARP Magazine wrote “From sizzling slide guitar…to nitty-gritty harp blowing…to a gruff, resonating Okie twang, Slim delivers acutely personal workingman blues with both hands on the wheel of life, a bottle of hooch in his pocket, and the Bible on the passenger seat.” Check out his great rendition of ‘Devil’s Cadillac’ here

SPIRO
+ Cliff Stapleton of Blowzabella
Tuesday 27 March
8pm : £12.00 : £10.00 Concessions : Seated

Despite the group’s folk-friendly tools (violin, acoustic guitar, mandolin and accordion), they can’t be easily categorised. Guitarist Jon Hunt has a go. “We’ve got more to do with minimalist classical and dance music than we have with folk. Even though we use folk tunes, they’re raw materials that the rest of the sound is built around.” All four members, all four instruments, pull in the same direction, creating music that’s intricate yet so full of momentum and echoing – at various points – the work of Steve Reich, Michael Nyman and the Penguin Café Orchestra, but, kindred spirits aside, this is the music of Spiro – undeniably English, undeniably theirs.

BILL WELLS AND AIDAN MOFFATT
+ RM Hubbert
Wednesday 28 March
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door

Some partnerships just work, even if it takes time. Eight years in the making, the debut album by Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat is a special thing, full of gorgeous, jazz-inflected love songs fleshed out with a mixture of spoken word pieces and vocals delivered in Aidan’s distinctive rhotic singing voice.
Wells is the Scottish multi-instrumentalist, composer, leader of the Bill Wells Octet and collaborator with The Pastels, Isobel Campbell, Future Pilot AKA and many more. Moffat is a man of many projects, and has a long history as one half of iconic Scots duo Arab Strap.
Check out the beautiful ‘The Copper Top’ video here

Tilting Sky presents THESE GHOSTS
+ Deers + The Soft + Rory Hill
Thursday 29 March
8pm : £6.00 adv : £8.00 door

Watch the video to ‘Breathe In/Out’ here

THE FANTASTICS
+ support
Friday 30 March
8.30pm : £7.00 adv : £9.00 door

“Rooted in soul-jazz, blues, latin, funk & fusion, but with a distinctly progressive edge, The Fantastics! are a Hammond Organ led band that also features the incredible soulful vocals of Sulene Fleming”. Listen to ‘Mighty Righteous’ here

PHOTOSHOP CRASH COURSE- INTRODUCTION
Saturday 31 March
10.30am- 4pm : £40.00 : £38.00 concessions : One day course

NRONE Records & Dumb Luck presents HELLO BEAR
+ Darwin & The Dinosaur + Dying Breeds + White Collar Crimes
Saturday 31 March
8pm : £4.00 adv : £7.00 door

Watch the video to ‘I Dropped The Screw In The Tuna’ here

FAIRPORT ACOUSTIC CONVENTION
Tuesday 1 May
8pm : £18.00 : £16.00 concessions : seated

Hailed as the originators of British folk-rock music, Fairport Convention is celebrating its forty-fifth anniversary as one of the most entertaining bands on the live music scene.

FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS

GRETCHEN PETERS
+ Lisbee Stainton
Monday 19 March
8pm : £13.00 : £10.00 Concessions : Seated
SOLD OUT

Peters’ own voice and guitar playing have been at the core of her music since she started performing in the Boulder, Colorado folk circuit as a teenager. Inspired by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and a new generation of songwriters rising out of Nashville that included Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith and Rodney Crowell, Peters relocated to Music City in the late 1980s. Since her 1996 debut The Secret Of Life Peters has recorded nine albums, the latest entitled Hello Cruel World.

NORWICH BLUESDANCE COLLECTIVE
Tuesday 20 March
8PM : All tickets £5.00 : Cafe bar

Featuring Lena Black‘s Uptown Playboys!
Lena with ‘Playboys’ piano player Alan Harley and bassist Dave Clague (ex Bonzo Dogs), Derek Cubitt on saxophone and clarinet, plus various Uptown Playboys band members/guests. ‘Sassy fun retro swing jazz n blues’. Colin McCarthy’s ‘Fun Beginners Bluesdance Lesson’ (optional participation but informative, fun and interesting to watch).
All adds up to an entertaining evening of swing jazz n blues, whether dancing or watching.

JAMIE SMITH’S MABON
Wednesday 21 March
8pm : £12.00 : £10.00 Concessions : Seated

“Absolutely stunning- they should be headlining all the major festivals!” Mick Peat, BBC Midlands “Folkwaves”. Award–winning, stunning, joyous and vibrant – Celtic music without borders – Jamie Smith’s MABON (JSM) is an essential and heady treat, currently seen by audiences and critics alike as one of Britain’s fastest rising ‘must see’ roots acts. JSM’s music is self-styled, singular and toe-tappingly good – an irresistible blend of world music, Celtic roots and rabble-rousing funk folk, filled with energy, joy and passion.

LEDDRA CHAPMAN
+ Ethan Ash
Thursday 22 March
8pm : £7.00 adv : £9.00 door

Taking inspiration from some very personal experiences over this time, Leddra has crafted a set of songs that are both classic and contemporary both in the production and narrative and sure to thrill both her new legion of followers alongside the folk influenced fan base she has gathered over the past two years. Leddra has slowly and organically established herself as one of the leading new songwriting talents in the country today.

LOW VOLUME ECLECTIF
Saturday 24 March
1- 4pm : Free : Cafe bar

GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR DIGITAL COMPACT CAMERA INTRODUCTION
Saturday 24 March
10.30am- 4pm
£40.00 : £38.00 concessions : One day course (30 mins lunch)

If you have a compact digital automatic camera and would like a hands-on approach to learning how to use it, this course offers newcomers and beginner photographers the chance to explore the theory, practice and fun of digital photography and to get the most out of your camera.

YOUNG GUNS
+ Marmozets
Saturday 24 March
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door
LAST 20 TICKETS LEFT

Strength comes from our bones – the knowledge that, deep down, nothing is impossible. ‘Bones’, the stunning new album from Young Guns, captures exactly that: it’s a hymn to bravery and boldness, the defining statement so far from one of our finest bands.

twee OFF! presents DJANGO DJANGO
+ Best Friends
Sunday 25 March
8pm : £6.00 adv : £8.00 door
SOLD OUT

This gig has been rescheduled from Friday 17the February to Sunday 25th March. Tickets remain valid for this new date.
“The psychedelic, electronic music of Django Django takes you through Sci-fi synth, African tribal beats and hypnotic three part harmonies. The synth and drums endlessly undulate and wobble only to be broken up by singer Vincent Neff’s extraordinarily catchy choruses. It is the appeal to commercial based vocals coupled with trippy bass and percussion sounds that makes them so magnificent”- James Kinsey for Redbrick

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spectro presents HYETAL + D/R/U/G/S
+ support
Saturday 16 June
8.30pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door
Special double headline show

THE SKINTS
+ support
Wednesday 10 October  
7.30pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door

London-based reggae & dub upstarts The Skints will embark on a long-awaited headline tour of the UK in October this year.

FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS

LITERARY DEATH MATCH
FROM WRITERS’ CENTRE NORWICH
Monday 12 March
8pm : £5.00 adv : £6.00 door : Seated
Performance 9- 10.30pm

“a sort of manic, jolly, literary talent competition mixed with a bit of a game of chance.” the Guardian. Ever been to a Literary Death Match? Brainchild of Todd Zuniga, this international event is ‘a kind of X-factor for books’– an exhilarating mix of talent and irreverent sparring that makes for a great night out. So Writers’ Centre Norwich is delighted to offer you the opportunity to experience the Literary Death Match at Norwich Arts Centre this March at a rollicking bash as part of LDM’s six-year celebrations. Fighting it out will be: performance poet Francesca Beard; playwright/performer Siddhartha Bose (author of Kalagora);  Martin Figura (Whistle, Boring the Arse Off Young People) and Aisle16 poetry collective’s Ross Sutherland (Things To Do Before You Leave Town, Hyakuretsu Kyaku).

SPC LIVE presents SUMMER CAMP
+ Fixers
Thursday 15 March
8pm : £7.00 adv : £9.00 door

Summer Camp are an indie pop duo formed in October 2009 by multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Warmsley and vocalist Elizabeth Sankey. Their musical style has been described as ’21st-century alt.pop’, but also draws influence from 60s girl groups and 80s synth pop.

HOME RECORDING WORKSHOP
Saturday 17 March
10.30am- 4pm
£45.00 : £40.00 concessions : one day course (30 mins lunch)

This one-day course is aimed at musicians looking to start making recordings at home, or who have already started and want to improve the sound of their demos/recordings. Using simple audio editing software we’ll look at what makes a good-sounding track.

SPECTRO presents DJ FORMAT & SIMONSOUND (LIVE AV SET)
+ Chrome (Def Tex)
Saturday 17 March
8.30pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door

Plus special guest Anthropologist (Def Tex) in the café bar
The new album “Statement Of Intent” sees vocal collaborations with Edan, Mr Lif and Phill Most Chill as well as the ever present Sureshot La Rock. Format also showcases his wide and varied musical tastes way beyond Hip Hop, exploring Jazz and Blues with The Nostalgia 77 Quintet, spaced-out Electronics with The Simonsound and offering  more of his own trademark instrumentals in what is his best work yet.

THE FANTASTICS
+ support
Friday 30 March
8.30pm : £7.00 adv : £9.00 door

“Rooted in soul-jazz, blues, latin, funk & fusion, but with a distinctly progressive edge, The Fantastics! are a Hammond Organ led band that also features the incredible soulful vocals of Sulene Fleming”.

MYSTERY JETS
+ support
Thursday 12 April
8pm : £12.50 adv : £15.00 door

The Eel Pie Island clan will headline Norwich Arts Centre, with the tour set to coincide with the release of their forthcoming new studio album ‘Radlands’ the follow up to 2010s ‘Serotonin’.

FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS

SOULS OF MISCHIEF
+ Tanya Morgan + Bodega Brovas
Monday 5 March
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door

California’s Souls of Mischief formed in 1991 and is composed of emcees A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai, who also form a part of the hip hop collective, Hieroglyphics. Their massively well-received debut album ‘93 ’til Infinity’ still stands out as a true hip- hop classic. They will be performing new material from ‘Montezuma’s Revenge’ as well as the old favourites.

CHRIS SMITHER
Tuesday 6 March
8pm : £12.00 : £10.00 Concessions : Seated

“New Orleans-bred folk-bluesman Smither has few peers. As a musician he’s expanded the six-strings-and-foot-stomps delivery of John Lee Hooker into an elegant, original style that draws as much on the sweet jazz melodies of gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt as the spidery swing of country bluesman John Hurt”- Amazon.com.

Watch Chris performing ‘Don’t Call Me Stranger’

NATHAN CATON : Get Rich Or Die Cryin’
Wednesday 7 March
8.30pm : £10.00 : £8.00 Concessions : Seated

An evening of laughs from the award-winning comedian Nathan Caton, as seen and heard on Mock the Week, ITV’s FHM Stand-Up Hero & BBC R4, tackles everything from race to school yard jokes in a hilarious show that will leave you in no doubt why Caton regarded as one of the hottest rising stars on the scene with a glittering career ahead! “Compelling, well-observed stand-up.”- The Guardian. “The most exciting young black comic on the scene.”-  Fest Magazine.

KIT HOLMES TRIO
Thursday 8 March
8pm : £12.00 : £10.00 Concessions : Seated

Kit Holmes, described by The Observer, as Macy Gray meets Nick Drake, has already established herself as one of the rising acoustic stars. Her trademark sultry vocals and virtuoso guitar playing have wowed audiences across the UK through extensive touring with the guitar hero, John Etheridge. Check out Kit performing in her shed

Norwich Lanes Fashion Night Out
Friday 9 March : 6-9pm

We want to celebrate independence and we want to celebrate it NOW!
On Friday 9th March for the first time ever, the fashion and beauty shops and boutiques on Norwich Lanes have come together to create a Fashion extravaganza, the likes of which have never before graced our fine city.
Where else could you get live tattooing, vintage make-up tutorials, local label launches and the best of Norwich’s DJs, in a tidy little package with a glass of bubbly?
If you fancy a VIP shopping experience that flouts its creativity and authenticity then come join in.

PORTICO QUARTET
Friday 9 March
8pm : £15.00 adv : £17.00 door

Portico Quartet still sound like nothing you ever heard before. The Mercury nominated East London based outfit’s unique music has expanded to embrace new sonic territories. Drawing on the inspiration of electronica, ambient, classical and dance music as they take their strange, beautiful, cinematic, future music to exciting new vistas where the inspiration of Burial, Mount Kimbie and Flying Lotus rubs shoulders with the textures of Arve Henriksen and Bon Iver and echoes of Steve Reich and Max Richter. But all underpinned by a shared joy in collective music making as the band push their inimitable music into the future.

Check out the video to the beautiful “Ruins”

PLAY THE MUSIC ACOUSTIC SHOWCASE
Saturday 10 March
1- 4pm : Free : Cafe bar

Highlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene in the Café Bar.

Hiccup Theatre presents
THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT
Sunday 11 March
2pm & 4pm : £7.00 : £5.00 Concessions : £20 Family ticket : Seated

A nonsense adventure for 3-7 year olds and their families. Follow Owl and Pussycat as they set out on the high seas with only some honey, money and a runcible spoon to help them find their way through a topsy turvey world! Along the way they meet the piggy wig, the turkey who lives on the hill and the strangest looking tree you’ll ever see! Enjoy this absurd hogwash of nonsense featuring silly songs, babbling puppets and smaller than life characters. Puppetry, live music and beautiful storytelling combine in this enchanting retelling of Lear’s classic poem.

twee OFF! presents THE RAPTURE
+ Chew Lips
Thursday 3 May
8pm : £13.00 adv : £15.00 door

Forerunners of the post-punk revival of the early 2000s, The Rapture mixed their early post-punk sound with electronic and dance elements. With the help of the DFA production team they recorded their now seminal full length debut album ‘Echoes’ which included the hit ‘House Of Jealous Lovers’. Phoenix producer/Cassius member Philippe Zdar produced their third release ‘In The Grace Of Your Love’ in November 2011.

GEMMA HAYES
+ support
Wednesday 30 May
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door

Gemma Hayes‘ much anticipated fourth studio album, Let it Break, is an evolution of Gemma’s unique style of music, combining prog rock, folk and electronica. The album is a collaboration with producer David Odlum, and features Paul Noonan of Bell X1 and Ann Scott.

FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS

HEATHER PEACE
+ support
Wednesday 29 February
8pm : All tickets £16.50 : Seated : 16+ Show

2012 looks set to be a big year for Heather. Her debut studio album Fairytales is due for release this spring (produced by the Oscar-nominated Nigel Wright), followed by a UK tour. This month Heather is performing a couple of intimate pre-tour warm up shows that will include the songs forming the tracklist of Fairytales.
As well as an accomplished singer songwriter, Heather is also an established actor, starring in London’s Burning, Ultimate Force, The Chase, and Lip Service.

MRS BARBARA NICE – Housewife Superstar in ‘Hiya and Higher’
Thursday 1 March
8.30pm : £12.00 : £10.00 Concessions : Seated

“A hybrid between Victoria Wood and Mrs. Merton” The Times. Mrs. Barbara Nice – Stockport mother of five - is worried that we are living In a world of ever diminishing friendliness where we keep our selves to ourselves, heads down afraid to catch anyone’s eye. She wants us all to stand proud, be open and look the world right in the eye – or we won’t feel the benefit!?
Expect a friendly, inclusive atmosphere with home truths, great timing and unique comic insights into the human condition.

ALLO DARLIN’
+ Tigercats + Tiger MC’s
Friday 2 March
8pm : £7.00 adv : £9.00 door

Allo Darlin’ are a fan’s band. They are close friends that found each other and the music they make in London. Elizabeth and Bill are from Australia, Mike and Paul are from Kent. They’ve only been playing seriously as a band since January 2009. Their debut album was released on Fortuna Pop in June 2010 to widespread critical acclaim. They spent much of 2010 on the road in the UK, Europe and America. The band are currently working on their follow-up.

CLUTTER CITY MARKET
Saturday 3 March
11am- 4pm : Free

A DIY Handmade Fair for creative independent crafters / artists / collectives to sell their work. Clutter City returns with it’s usual line-up of quirky stalls, craft workshops, live music and take-out food & drink.

LIFE IN FILM
+ Hemingway + Empire
Saturday 3 March
8pm : £5.00 adv : £7.00 door

BRIDGET CHRISTIE
Tuesday 21 February
8.30pm : £12.00 : £10.00 Concessions : Seated

Join Bridget Christie as she hands out communion wafers, eats a banana, explains religion, suggests how Ken Clarke should eat a toad in the hole, and re-enacts The Ascension of Christ using a fishing rod. Bridget’s show ‘Housewife Surrealist’ was recently comedy pick of the week in The Sunday Times and the Guardian. She is a regular panellist on Radio 4?s News Quiz and the Broadcasting House Programme. She has starred in a number of TV and radio comedies and will soon feature in Cardinal Burns’ E4 series and in Harry Hill’s “Little Crackers” short film for Sky, as an abusive and violent air hostess.
“Insightful, intelligent and absurd in equal measure.” *****Chortle.

THE MEN
+ Die You Now
Wednesday 22 February
8pm : £6.00 adv : £8.00 door

The Men yes, “The,” are a four-piece post punk outfit from Brooklyn. Having three songwriters in the band allows them to pull from innumerable post punk sources, referencing drone, metal, shoegaze, and even Spaceman 3 lyrics. They have breathed new life into the genre of hardcore and created a seminal album that is truly for punks of all ages.
Have a listen to a track on the Pitchfork website here

wombatwombat presents ELECTRICITY IN OUR HOMES
+ Octagon Court + Invisible Cities
FRI 24 FEB
8PM : £6.00 ADV : £8.00 DOOR : LATE BAR

Plus Howlback Hum in the café bar.
“A funky and jazzy slice of 80’s post-punk with a total pop hook in the chorus. Inspiring stuff”- (Rough Trade)
Check out the official video to ‘Appletree’ here

THIS IS THE KIT
+ Rozi Plain
Saturday 25 February
8pm : £7.00 adv : £9.00 door

This Is The Kit – is Kate Stables playing banjo, guitar and a voice of unaffected clarity accompanied by her psychedelic band creating primal and electric textures onto songs of unpretentious beauty. This will be a full band show. “absolutely gorgeous, like an aural bath with the warm water lapping over you”- Cerys Matthew, BBC 6 music.
Watch their performance at the Union Chapel in November last year

RECENT CONFIRMATIONS

SYLOSIS
+ support
Saturday 21 April
8pm : £10.00 : £12.00 door
Tickets on sale from Friday 17 February

Every generation of Metal bands has its pioneers – groups that re-define the genre musically and take it to a new level. SYLOSIS is one of them! It’s not for nothing that the quartet from Reading, England has been considered as UK’s greatest Metal export. Now the boys return with their second metallic gem “Edge Of The Earth”.

ADMIRAL FALLOW
+ support
Sunday 27 May
8pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door

“Devastatingly downtrodden and wonderfully uplifting. . . surprising and enthralling. . . finely crafted material played superbly well” (Mike Diver, BBC Album Reviews Editor)
“Anthemic yet understated. Big and bold, but avoiding theatrical cheese. Every note serves a purpose and has its place, nothing is wasted and nothing is missed.” (Music-News.com)

JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW
+ Rob Bravery
Monday 13 February
8pm : £12.50 adv : £14.00 door

SOLD OUT
James Vincent McMorrow has taken a somewhat circuitous route to success (hardcore rock, hip hop, a house by the Irish Sea and a growing love of folk). The haunting folk and mythic imagery of James’ debut album proves he is a brilliant new talent. ‘Early In The Morning’ is an atmospheric and absorbing listen, which peels back layers upon every visit. It can be musically sweet and lyrically maudlin by equal measure.

MARY HAMPTON COTILLION
+ Sunday Driver + Cakes and Ale
Tuesday 14 February
8pm : £10.00 : £8.00 Concessions : Seated

Hailed as a true original and aptly described as ‘folk noir’, Mary’s fragile, haunting voice perfectly conveys the surreal satires, bitter sweet romanticism and incisive wit of her songs. Mary has brought together a live band of string and horn players known as the Mary Hampton Cotillion, featuring Alice Eldridge on cello (ViV, Collectress), Seth Bennett on double bass (7 Hertz, Orchestre Tout Puissant de Marcel Duchamp, IDST), Jo Burke on vocals and fiddle (Laish, Collectress, London Bulgarian Choir), and Alistair Strachan on horns and percussion (Sons of Noel and Adrian, ViV, Hamilton Yarns, Crayola Lectern).

Check out this lovely live performance at West Hill Hall Brighton 2011

LEISURE SOCIETY
+ Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards
Wednesday 15 February
8pm : £8.50 adv : £10.00 door

This gig has been rescheduled from Saturday 15 October to Wednesday 15 February. Tickets remain valid for this new date.
Their sound is fuelled by a pointed, bittersweet kind of melancholy, the sort of feeling understood only by people who, after years of standing on the sidelines, have started to see their dreams come true. With bouncing bass, flurries of flute, jazz drums and Tim Burton-style backing vocals, new album “Into The Murky Water”, is the sound of The Leisure Society gone widescreen.

Here’s the video to Last Of The Melting Snow (as played by Lauren Laverne on 6Music 07/02/12)

JOHN PEEL’S SHED BY JOHN OSBORNE
Thursday 16 February
8pm : £8.00 : £6.00 Concessions : Seated

In 2002, John Osborne won a competition on John Peel’s Radio One show. His prize was a box of records that took eight years to listen to. This five-star, sell-out smash theatre hit of the Edinburgh Festival is an ode to radio, those records and anyone who’s ever sought solace in wireless. Featuring records previously owned by the late John Peel and partly adapted from his acclaimed book Radio Head (Radio 4’s Book Of The Week). Script edited by Joe Dunthorne (Submarine). “One of the Top Ten Theatre Highlights of the Edinburgh Festival… Funny, perceptive and charming” – * * * * The Telegraph.

twee OFF! presents DJANGO DJANGO
+ support
Friday 17 February
8pm : £6.00 adv : £8.00 door

“The psychedelic, electronic music of Django Django takes you through Sci-fi synth, African tribal beats and hypnotic three part harmonies. The synth and drums endlessly undulate and wobble only to be broken up by singer Vincent Neff’s extraordinarily catchy choruses. It is the appeal to commercial based vocals coupled with trippy bass and percussion sounds that makes them so magnificent”- James Kinsey for Redbrick.

LOW VOLUME ECLECTIF
Saturday 18 February
1- 4pm : Free : Cafe Bar

Featuring performances by Pedalo + Acaysha + Danny Whitehouse + The Winter Berries + The Dim Goddess.

DOG IS DEAD
+ Boat To Row
Saturday 18 February
8pm : £6.50 adv : £8.00 door

Formed from the meeting of five lively minds in Nottingham in 2008 Dog Is Dead have self-released a trilogy of singles. Captivating their hometown of Nottingham almost immediately, a string of festival performances followed prompting Huw Stephens to declare ‘I defy you not to like this band’. Their appearance in the final episode of the current run of ‘Skins’, following in the footsteps of Foals and Crystal Castles, suggests where they are headed.

RECENT CONFIRMATIONS

HEATHER PEACE
+ support
Wednesday 29 February
8pm : All tickets £16.50 : Seated : 16+ Show

2012 looks set to be a big year for Heather. Her debut studio album Fairytales is due for release this spring (produced by the Oscar-nominated Nigel Wright), followed by a UK tour. This month Heather is performing a couple of intimate pre-tour warm up shows that will include the songs forming the tracklist of Fairytales.
As well as an accomplished singer songwriter, Heather is also an established actor, starring in London’s Burning, Ultimate Force, The Chase, and Lip Service.

spectro presents DJ FORMAT & SIMONSOUND (LIVE AV SET)
+ Chrome (Def Tex)
Plus special guest Anthropologist (Def Tex) in the café bar
Saturday 17 March
8.30pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door

The new album “Statement Of Intent” sees vocal collaborations with Edan, Mr Lif and Phill Most Chill as well as the ever present Sureshot La Rock. Format also showcases his wide and varied musical tastes way beyond Hip Hop, exploring Jazz and Blues with The Nostalgia 77 Quintet, spaced-out Electronics with The Simonsound and offering  more of his own trademark instrumentals in what is his best work yet.

THE WEBB SISTERS
+ Al Lewis
Monday 6 February
8pm : £12.00 : £10.00 Concessions : Seated

Dynamic performers with expressive voices and plangent harmonies, The Webb Sisters are multi-instrumentalists and songwriters of originality and intelligence. Ingénues yet thinkers, the sisters create enthralling live performances. Their singing and playing (harp, guitar, mandolin, piano, drums) draw from the folk and pop traditions of Britain and the United States.

MISS 600
+ the Testosta Tones + Caomhe
Thursday 9 February
8pm : £5.00 adv : £7.00 door

After an extraordinary seven weeks on the A list of BBC Radio 2 with their debut single ‘Twist’, plus strong support for their superb second single ‘Missing You’, British singer/songwriter duo Miss 600 follow up this amazing success with live performances in 2012. “Brilliant single. Just brilliant. These guys are going to be huge”- Chris Evans (Radio 2).

THE VIBRATORS
+ Dingus Khan
Friday 10 February
8pm : £7.00 adv : £9.00 door

In their long career the Vibrators have toured with the likes of Iggy Pop (with David Bowie on keyboards), Ian Hunter, The Flaming Groovies, Die Toten Hosen, and have had their songs covered by The Exploited, UK Subs, GBH, REM, Die Toten Hosen, to name but a few. Now in 2011 the band celebrate THIRTY-FIVE YEARS of making records and touring heavily. Get ready for many more years of PURE MANIA!

PLAY THE MUSIC ACOUSTIC SHOWCASE
Saturday 11 February
1- 4pm : Free : Cafe Bar

Featuring Luke Bailey, Steven McDaniel, Gary Hall and Al Wycherley.

SPEEDOMETER
+ Doggett Brothers
Saturday 11 February
8pm : £7.00 adv : £9.00 door

Over the past 10 years, Speedometer have become one of the most respected, best selling and hard working contemporary funk bands around.

RECENT CONFIRMATIONS

YOUNG GUNS
+ support
Saturday 24 March
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door

BRETT GOLDSTEIN GREW UP IN A STRIP CLUB
at Norwich Playhouse
Friday 3 February : 7.30pm
All tickets £10.00
Age 16+

In 2001, Brett’s father had a spectacular mid-life crisis and instead of buying a sports car he bought a Strip Club. In Marbella! What followed was surprising, frightening and oddly emotional and Brett was on the front line for the whole thing.
He has waited 10 years to tell this story, mainly because it has taken this long to process it all and for the laws to change enough so that he could tell it.
LAUGH at the antics of the mafia! CRY at the loss of a young man’s innocence! MARVEL at the strippers and their magic ways! GASP at the backstage secrets. And CLAP POLITELY at the end when you realise you have just sat through someone else’s therapy.

‘A good story, brilliantly told… with an emotional acuity that matches his eye for absurdity and misadventure… Very fine.’  **** The Times

KING CREOSOTE & JON HOPKINS
+ Withered Hand
Wednesday 1 February
8pm : £12.50 adv : £14.00 door : Seated

SOLD OUT

Featuring lyrics and vocals from King Creosote sung over musical backdrops arranged and recorded by Jon Hopkins, the tracks from Mercury Music Prize nominated ‘Diamond Mine’ are a genuine labour of love, recorded over a number of years without the pressure of deadlines, whenever Jon and KC could get together. Intended to be heard as a single experience, Diamond Mine produces a near classical suite of emotion ranging from cracked despair to patched-up euphoria. Described by King Creosote as a ‘soundtrack to a romanticised version of a life lived in a Scottish coastal village’, the record weaves in slices of Fife life, bike wheels, spring tides, tea cups and café chatter to produce a beautiful, unique and timeless piece of music.

MESCHIYA LAKE & THE LITTLE BIG HORNS
Thursday 2 February
8.30pm : £12.00 : £10.00 Concessions

They are taking the American roots music circuit by storm, and superstars of the rapidly-growing Lindy Hop swing dance revival, being called upon to provide the back beat – and style – at huge conventions as far afield as Canada and Sweden. Two of America’s top Lindy Hop dance stars are accompanying them on this tour. “Infused with a sense of salacious mischief” – fRoots magazine.
Watch footage of Meschiya Lake performing at Six Foot Swing at Portland Lindy Exchange 2011

twee OFF! & GRAVY presents THE BROWNIES
+ Sylver Tongue + Girl In A Thunderbolt
Friday 3 February
8pm : £3.00 adv : £6.00 door

“The tag ‘pop punk’ for one generation at least will always conjure up images of Blink 182 and Sum 41, yet the type of Pop Punk that The Brownies juggle up is far removed from this. It’s shouty-faced pop punk that’s pocketed Riot Grrrl’s bite, and been trapped under an avalanche of glowing pop hooks on the escape. Some bands would bite off their spouses fingers to have one song as good as ‘Cougar’; The Brownies deliver an energetic entire set’s worth. Norwich may have given us Kaito and Bearsuit, but that city has now given us another batch of delightful ear candy which those missing Be Your Own Pet should get extremely excited about.”- ARTROCKER MAGAZINE

JUMBLE UP SALE
Saturday 4 February
10am- 4pm : Free

New to NAC. A bi-monthly bazaar of affordable second-hand and vintage treasures. Old records, books, clothes and more. Come and sell your worldly possessions.  Advance booking necessary. Contact 01603 660352.

RECENT CONFIRMATIONS

BILL WELLS & AIDAN MOFFATT
+ RM Hubbert
Wednesday 28 March
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door

Some partnerships just work, even if it takes time. Eight years in the making, the debut album by Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat is a special thing, full of gorgeous, jazz-inflected love songs fleshed out with a mixture of spoken word pieces and vocals delivered in Aidan’s distinctive rhotic singing voice.
Wells is the Scottish multi-instrumentalist, composer, leader of the Bill Wells Octet and collaborator with The Pastels, Isobel Campbell, Future Pilot AKA and many more. Moffat is a man of many projects, and has a long history as one half of iconic Scots duo Arab Strap.

LIZ GREEN
+ support
Sunday 1 April
8pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door : Seated

Liz possesses a unique lyrical blend of chanson, jazz and the starkest a capella, a distinct fingerpicking style more cable-knit than filigree and an idiosyncratic vocal style nodding to Judy Garland, Billie Holiday and Karen Dalton. “Her enchanting mix of muddy blues-tinged folk songs possess a warmth that gets immediately under your skin”- Music Week