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The Pyre Parade, The Rough Band, SPILL Festival of Performance 2019, image by Guido Mencari

Burn your bad news at the Pyre Parade

The Pyre Parade will take to the streets of Ipswich this Saturday (26th October), offering the chance to burn your bad news…

Neal Pike Five Years

An exploration of adolescence in Five Years

Based on memories of life at a special educational needs school, Five Years uses poetry, storytelling and direct address to explore an adolescence…

HighTide Festival 2019 Aldeburgh

Comic capers, heartfelt stories and tricky topics in Suffolk

This week, head to the Suffolk coast for a festival of new theatre and live performance as the 2019 HighTide Festival takes place…

Ipswich Historic Waterfront Trail

Join pirates and sailors at Ipswich Maritime Festival

This weekend, Ipswich will be celebrating all things nautical with pirate crews, Georgian sailors, maritime themed inflatables and ships…

World Championship Coracle Race 2016 - Shrewsbury

Messing about on the river in quirky boats

This summer, there will be an array of events taking place on our rivers, celebrating the traditional yet quirky Coracle…

Protein - The Little Prince - CREDIT CHRIS NASH

A dance performance of The Little Prince in Ipswich

The Little Prince, a beloved tale of a child navigating the baffling world of grown-ups, has been adapted into a dance theatre production, just in time for Christmas…

Julie Rose Bower, Foley Explosion (Photo: Chloe Wicks)

An alternative spy thriller in Ipswich and London

This autumn, sound artist Julie Rose Bower will present alternative spy thriller, Foley Explosion, at the SPILL Festival in Ipswich and at the Hackney Showroom in London…

British Firefighter Challenge 2018, Suffolk (Photo: Kay Zieba Photography)

Weighty challenges for firefighters in Suffolk

The British Firefighter Challenge will take place in Bury St Edmunds on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th July, with competitive hose dragging and weight lifting…

Framlingham Soap Box Race 2018 - Suffolk

It’s all downhill at Framlingham Soap Box Race

Framlingham Soap Box Race will take place on Sunday 20th May, with challengers in handmade carts competing to race the fastest downhill…

Great Framlingham Sausage Festival 2016

Join a tasty trail at the Great Framlingham Sausage Festival

On Sunday 8th October, Framlingham in Suffolk will welcome sausage lovers from all over the country to its annual celebration of the British banger.

The Nutshell pub - Bury St Edmunds Suffolk - Visit Britain

The Nutshell, possibly Britain’s smallest pub

Our latest Curiosity of the Week, thought by many to be Britain’s smallest pub, is The Nutshell in Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk…

Shaun Caton - rainschemes for insomniacs - Photo: Julius G. Beltrame

Spill, a festival of performance in Suffolk

Spill, Wednesday 26th to Sunday 30th October, is an international festival of live art, activism and performance, presenting the work of artists from around the globe…

Great Framlingham Sausage Festival 2016

Join a tasty trail at The Great Framlingham Sausage Festival

On 8th Oct 2016, Framlingham in Suffolk will welcome sausage lovers from all over the country to its annual celebration of the British banger…

Stowmarket Christmas Tree Festival 2014

Stowmarket decorated for the festive season by the Christmas Tree Festival

See over 300 Christmas trees at the annual Stowmarket Christmas Tree Festival in Suffolk this festive season, from 28th November 2014 to 3rd January 2015…

Bone Library by Sarah Jane Norman - Photo: Heidrun Lohr

Radical performances in unique venues at SPILL Festival

SPILL Festival of Performance takes place in Ipswich from Wednesday 29th October to Sunday 2nd November 2014, with live performances and installations…

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Curiosity of the Week

Take a ride through history at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach sign

For our latest Curiosity of the Week, we thought we’d bring you a bit of cheery escapism in the form of fairground rides!

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Discover nocturnal wildlife wonders at Virtual Dark Skies Festival
Dalby Forest North York Moors Dark Skies cSteve Bell

This year’s Dark Skies Festival is going virtual to help you explore space, nocturnal wildlife and the night sky…

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