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Live music is back and between now and the end of 2021 there are a plethora of fantastic gigs coming up in Norwich. David Powles picks 14 of his...

Police were called to reports of a large group of people involved in a fight close to Anglia Square in Norwich.

The former OPEN on Bank Plain. Picture: Antony Kelly - Credit: © ARCHANT NORFOLK PHOTOGRAPHIC Live music, hospitality events and community use could return to the former Open in Norwich - if an ambitious bid to take it over is agreed. The prominent building on Bank Plain has been empty for more than a year, after the financial collapse of the Open Norwich youth charity, which operated from the building. All the photos from the opening night of Oktoberfest 2019 at Open, Norwich. Photo credit ©...

Stephen Crocker, Norwich Theatre Royal chief executive. - Credit: Danielle Booden Almost £2.5m in grants will be paid to arts, film and heritage groups across Norwich, the government has confirmed. Thousands of organisations across the UK will receive cash from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) Culture Recovery Fund to help them survive and recover from the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. This includes 43 groups in Norfolk and six more in Waveney, tot...

It will get £474,900, along with another £100k specifically for Norfolk Showground Ltd, which manages the events venue to the west of Norwich. RNAA managing director Mark Nicholas said the funding would secure its future and culminate in the return of the Royal Norfolk Show in 2022. He said: "The last 18 months have been extremely challenging for organisations such as ourselves and this grant will enable the RNAA and Norfolk Showground Ltd to power forward in the months ahead as we welcome vi...

Premium Content Subscriber only A new purpose-built premises for a dance studio and hardware store has been proposed for a vacant North Rockhampton block. Plans were recently submitted by Rufus Design Group for 10 Chappell St, Kawana. The client, ASM Builders, plans to construct a double storey building which would be leased by Central Queensland Engineering Hardware and dance school Epic Studios Australia. It is proposed the hardware store would take up three quarters of the ground floor and...

Premium Content Subscriber only It comes as no surprise to the CQ dance community that - although there were some close contenders - Vicki Davis earned the title of Best Dance Teacher 2020, as voted by Morning Bulletin readers. Despite closing her own studio this year due to COVID, Ms Davis continues to teach after 46 years, at the invitation of a past student. “Rebecca Skinner offered myself and my staff a job teaching at her dance academy, Epic Studios, and most of my students came alon...

"While 2020 has been a challenging year, particularly for aspiring musicians, Im hoping next year will be where it all happens for me, and for everyone. "We just need the return of gigs and festivals to ignite our passion for music again. People will be hungry for new material." Miss Redwine first began turning heads with her early release, Courage, and has since grown a significant following across the UK and abroad.  In 2015 she was crowned champion of nationwide singing competition, Teenst...