Wild Paths Festival

A multi-venue music festival spread across iconic venues and pop-up stages at the heart of Norwich. Featuring an eclectic line-up of jazz, indie, neo-soul, post-punk and psych, plus two days of music industry conferences & film screenings. Buy your pass and explore it all this October!

The first wave includes a ton of exciting new acts, from the smooth soulful jazz-tinged sounds of South Londoner BINA. to Brighton’s Lime Garden and their unique brand of ‘wonk pop’, blending disco with surf-rock and melodic post-punk. Joining these two Wild Paths returnees is multi-instrumentalist Quinn Oulton whose sound skips between intricate jazz arrangements and catchy RnB. Quinn's live set is a showcase of his unbridled talent, from an artist who's also played and produced for a number of other notable acts in the jazz/soul scene.

One of 2025’s must see acts Bristol’s Getdown Services join the first wave, with their danceable grooves and astute, hilarious put-downs of modern Britain - not to be missed! For those that like a faceful of brass with their post-punk O. blend ferocious baritone sax with some very adept drum work, while Y (spawned from members of Fat White Family and Pregoblin) deliver unpredictable, sharp-edged riffs and a unique brand of jazzy wonk rock.

This year we’ve turned up the dial to 11 and invited a selection of heavier bands to play a skatepark in a church! Local heroes Other Half are joined by the queercore, savage punk sounds of Shooting Daggers and innovative Bristol band Knives.

However, if you’re after a more folk-tinged, slightly softer sound then head to the Octagon Chapel for Brown Horse. Norwich’s own six-piece make guitar-driven 90s alt-rock with the folk and country sounds of the 70s. You’d also better make sure you catch Olive Jones, a London-based singer, songwriter, Olive draws on soul, blues and alt-folk to produce her sumptuous melody driven music.

One ticket gets you access to all 15+ venues and pop-up stages over the festival dates - head to the Wild Paths website for the line-up and more info