Editing Norwich (section)

===Art and music===
Each year the [[Norfolk and Norwich Festival]] celebrates the arts, drawing many visitors into the city from all over eastern England. The [[Norwich Twenty Group]], founded in 1944, presents exhibitions of its members to promote awareness of modern art. Norwich was home to the first arts festival in Britain in 1772.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nnfestival.org.uk/about_us/history |title=Norfolk & Norwich Festival – About us – History |first=Silk Pearce |last=www.silkpearce.com |access-date=28 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202093237/http://www.nnfestival.org.uk/about_us/history |archive-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Norwich Arts Centre]] is a notable live music venue, concert hall and theatre located in St Benedict's Street. The King of Hearts in Fye Bridge Street is another centre for art and music. Norwich has a thriving music scene based around local venues such as the University of East Anglia LCR, Norwich Arts Centre, [[The Waterfront, Norwich|The Waterfront]] and Epic Studios. Live music, mostly contemporary musical genres, is also to be heard at a number of other [[public house]] and club venues around the city. The city is host to many artists that have achieved national and international recognition such as [[Cord (band)|Cord]], [[The Kabeedies]], [[Serious Drinking]], [[Tim Bowness]], [[Sennen (band)|Sennen]], [[Magoo (band)|Magoo]], [[Let's Eat Grandma]] and [[KaitO]].

Norwich hosted [[BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend]] in 2015. The event was held on 23–24 May in Earlham Park.<ref>BBC Big Weekend Norwich [https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ewh8q9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406012750/http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ewh8q9|date=6 April 2016}} Retrieved 5 April 2016.</ref>

Established record labels in Norwich include All Sorted Records,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://allsortedrecords.com |title=All Sorted !?! Records |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723215728/http://www.allsortedrecords.com/ |archive-date=23 July 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=27 April 2011 |publisher=East Anglian Music Archive |others=Label owner Dudley Garner}}</ref> NR ONE,<ref>[http://www.nrone.co.uk/nrone record label]{{dead link |date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} Retrieved 2 March 2010.</ref> [[Hungry Audio]] and Burning Shed.

The British artist [[Stella Vine]] lived in Norwich from the age of seven,<ref name="Vine Times">{{Cite news |author=Lynn Barber |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/jul/08/art |title=Vine Times |work=The Guardian |access-date=13 September 2013 |location=London |date=9 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031060704/http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/jul/08/art |archive-date=31 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> including for a short while in [[Argyle Street, Norwich]] and again later in life with her son Jamie. Vine depicted the city in a large painting, ''Welcome to Norwich a fine city'' (2006).<ref name="Stella Vine at Modern Art Oxford">{{Cite web |url=https://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/Press/80 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124053418/http://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/Press/80 |url-status=dead |title=Modern Art Oxford |archive-date=24 January 2009 |website=www.modernartoxford.org.uk}}</ref>