Tis the season to be jolly, and in the run up to Christmas and throughout January Norwich will play host to some fine gigs to see the new decade in, here’s Venue’s taster of what’s to come. The Chats – 2/12/19 NAC Hailing from the Land of Oz, The Chats are back with their fiery…
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Music
Review: Steve Mason — Norwich Arts Centre (4/11/19)
Steve Mason is a unique talent. His career began in 1996 with ‘The Beta Band’, now immortalised by their sonorous hit ‘Dry the Rain’, an experimental group that effortlessly fused folk, electronica, looping motifs, and downtempo jamming in their sweeping collections such as The Three E.P.s. Next came the guise of ‘King Biscuit Time’ and…
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Burnham Deepdale Festival Review
Burnham Deepdale Festival is very unassuming. Behind the village’s shop fronts, you are met with a warm, glowing courtyard. It is lined with fairy lights and a large firepit sits in the centre, lighting up the faces of those around it. Most are sat at tables drinking and laughing and talking. Others potter around buying…
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Jarrod Dickenson at OPEN Norwich
Jarrod Dickenson continues to travel from the Lone Star State to Norwich, delivering a master class in blues-infused country every time. I enter OPEN Norwich’s ‘The Club’ to the sound of a stripped back acoustic guitar, the steel strings ringing through the winding corridor. Cariad Harmon is on stage and continues to play beautifully through…
Film
10 wild movies
Bikini Girls on Ice: At some point a group of film executives must have been chatting. They want to make a horror film, but how to make the absolute lowest common denominator enjoy it? Thus Bikini Girls on Ice was born, a film which I’m sorry to say I caught on TV. When the historians…
Music
Venue’s summer anthems
New Rules – Dua Lipa Lipa became the first woman to top the UK singles chart on her own for nearly two years this summer thanks to her empowering anthem with an audacious video to match. – Tony Allen Everything Now – Arcade Fire The undisputed song of the summer. The ABBA-esque melody and positive…