What’s On September

September 2023

Fri 1st -Sat 2nd Sept
Orwell Art Club Annual Exhibition at Frame & Gallery, 22 Nicholas St, Ipswich. 9am to 4pm. Contact orwellartclub@gmail.com for more information. 

Fri 1st Sept
Live Music: Kevin Barry – C&W. £5 Members, £6 Non-members. 8-11pm. Rosary Conservative Club, Bramford Rd, Ipswich

Talk: The Flying Flea (and other downright dangerous aircraft). MHAS, Martlesham Heath Com Centre, Felixstowe Rd, Martlesham Heath. 7.30pm

Beetle Drive, Oddfellows Hall, 37 High St, Ipswich, 2pm, free entry. Contact Lynne 01473 251867

Sat 2nd Sept
Ipswich RSPB Local Group Field Meeting at Hollesley Marshes RSPB Reserve for wildfowl and waders. Meet at 9am at reserve car park. IP12 3JW. 3 hours, 5 miles. Contact 01473 258791. No charge. All welcome.

Outdoor painting session at Levington 10.15am-4pm with Orwell Art Club. Non-members welcome. Contact orwellartclub@gmail.com for info.

Live Music: Country Meets the 60s, featuring Dave Anderson and Spencer James (The Searchers). Doors 6.,30, starts 7.30pm. Rickinghall Village Hall, Hinderclay Rd, Rickinghall, Diss IP22 1HD. Tickets £15. 01473 912626 or 07591 099519 for tickets

Sun 3rd Sept
RSPCA Open Day and Dog Show, 11.30am-3.30pm, RSPCA Animal Centre, 2 Mill Lane, Martlesham. Adults £1; 50p for children under 12. Dog Show registration from 12 noon. Judging from 1pm

Mon 4th Sept
Bingo! Books available on the day. Oddfellows Hall, 37 High St, Ipswich, 10.30am, free entry. Contact Lynne 01473 251867 

Sat 9th Sept
Outdoor painting session at Felixstowe Ferry, 10.15am-4pm with Orwell Art Club. Non-members welcome. orwellartclub@gmail.com for info.

Tues 12th Sept
Talk: The Makings of the Garden, Andrew Brogan from Henstead Exotic  Gardens, 7pm, Old Felixstowe Community Centre, Ferry Rd, Felixstowe IP11 9NB.  

Thurs 14th Sept
Ipswich RSPB Group Indoor Meeting. ‘The Consolation of Nature – Spring in the Time of Coronavirus’, talk by Jeremy Mynott, 7.30pm Rushmere St Andrew Church Hall, The Street, Rushmere. Local Group members £3, (cons apply). Non-Members £5. U18s free. 07887 770942. All welcome.

Fri 15th Sept
Live Music: Black Steel – C&W. £5 Members, £6 Non-members. 8-11pm. Rosary Conservative Club, Bramford Rd, Ipswich

An Evening of 60s Music with Jane & Julie. Tickets £7 on the door. Oddfellows Hall, 37 High St, Ipswich. Contact Lynne 01473 251867 

Sat 16th & Sun 17th Sept
LifeArts, Mind Body & Spirit Festival, Trinity Park, Ipswich. For full details see pages 10 & 11 of this month’s magazine or visit www.lifearts.co.uk 

Sat 16th Sept
Live Music – Tricks of the Trade. £3 Members, £6 Non-members. 8-11.15pm. Rosary Conservative Club, Bramford Rd, Ipswich


Tues 19th Sept
Ipswich RSPB Local Group Midweek Walk round Bourne Park. Meet at 10.30am Stoke Park Drive car park. Approx 2hrs. Contact 01473 258791. No charge. All welcome.

Wed 20th Sept
Portrait using oils demonstration by Tammany Hunt. Orwell Art Clubm Parish Halls Rushmere St Andrew, Humber Doucy Lane, Rushmere St Andrew at 7.30pm. Non-members welcome. orwellartclub@gmail.com for info.

Sat 23rd Sept
Coffee Morning, 10am-noon, St Mary’s Church Room, Bramford. Bacon rolls, hot dogs, scones, cakes, sausge rolls as well as sale of books, jigsaws and CDs.

Fri 29th Sept
Live Music: Cliff Weston – C&W.  £5 Members, £6 Non-members. 8-11pm. Rosary Conservative Club, Bramford Rd, IpswichCoffee Morning, all welcome, come meet new friends and catch up with old ones. 10.30am, Oddfellows Hall, 37 High St, Ipswich. Contact Lynne 01473 251867

Sat 30th Sept
Charity Horse Race Night. 8-11pm. Rosary Conservative Club, Bramford Road, Ipswich, donation at the door.

Model Railway Exhibition, Memorial Hall, Trimley St Martin, 10am-4pm. Adults £5, chidren £2, U10s free.

Open Air Country Music Festival, Stonham Barns Park, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT. More info www.stonhambarns.co.uk or call 01449 711111 

Sat 10th Sept
Open Mic Afternoon, Stonham Barns Park, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT. More info go to www.stonhambarns.co.uk or call 01449 711111

Elkie Brooks, The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm. www.theapex.co.uk, Box office 01284 758000 

Get in the Swing with Mr Smooth Swing Singer at The Douglas Bader, Martlesham Heath. Big Band Sound + Smooth Jazzy Tunes + Crooners Songs  8-11pm

Live Music:  Lowrider,  8pm start, Felixstowe Trades & Labour Club, 182 High Road West, Felixstowe IP11 9BB www.ftalc.co.uk

Tricks of the Trade – Live Music. Licensed Bar. Cooked Food 7.00-9.00pm. £3 Members, £6 Non-members. Rosary Conservative Club, Bramford Rd, Ipswich, IP1 4AB. 8-11pm

Ipswich RSPB Local Group Field Meeting to Felixstowe Ferry and River Deben for waders and wildfowl. Meet at 9.30am at Felixstowe Ferry car park. Call 01473 258791. 

Sun 11th Sept
Classic Car & Military Vehicle Meet. Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum, behind Parkers Place, off Eagle Way, Martlesham Heath, 11am-4pm. Entrance free, (donations welcome). www.mhas.org.uk

Stonham Car Boot Sale, Stonham Barns Park, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT. More info go to  www.stonhambarns.co.uk or call 01449 711111

Wed 12th Sept
Talk: Packard’s Navy – Steam Barges, Ipswich Transport Museum, Cobham Rd, Ipswich, 7.30pm. Free entry, 01473 405116 

Wed 14th Sept
Talk: Humour in Genealogy, Broadway House, Orwell Road, Felixstowe IP11 7DD , 7.30pm. info www.felixstowefhs.onesuffolk.net 

Thurs 15th Sept
Talk: Enjoying Fuchsias, Felixstowe Garden Club, Old Felixstowe Community Centre, Ferry Road, Felixstowe at 7pm. Info 01394 211739 

Fri 16th Sept
Geoff Gallant, Country & Western. Licensed bar. Cooked food 7.00-9.00pm. £5 Members, £6 Non-members. Rosary Conservative Club, Bramford Rd, Ipswich, IP1 4AB, 8-11pm

Sat 17th Sept
Last Night of the Proms with The Trianon Music Group. Snape Maltings, 7.30pm.  Tickets 01394 283170 or 01728 687110

Live Music: Martin Weavers,   8pm start, Felixstowe Trades & Labour Club, 182 High Road West,  Felixstowe IP11 9BB 

Sun 18th Sept
Stonham Car Boot Sale, Stonham Barns Park, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT. More info go to  www.stonhambarns.co.uk or call 01449 711111

American Car Show, Stonham Barns Park, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT. More info go to www.stonhambarns.co.uk or call 01449 711111

Mon 19th Sept
Talk: Musings of a Railway Civil Engineer, Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Ave, Ipswich, 7.30pm. £3 on the door

Wed 21st Sept
Talk: Canals & Canal Boats, Ipswich & District Historical Transport Soc. Ipswich Citadel, Salvation Army, 558 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich IP4 4PH, 7.30pm. 

Thurs 22nd Sept
Charity Bingo Night, Stonham Barns Park, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT. More info go to www.stonhambarns.co.uk or call 01449 711111

Bike Nights, Stonham Barns Park, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT. More info go to  www.stonhambarns.co.uk or call 01449 711111

Fri 23rd Sept
Drop-in Coffee Morning. Meet old friends and make new ones. At Oddfellows Hall, 37 High St,  Ipswich, 10.30am. All welcome. Call Lynne 01473 251867

Family History drop-in session with Felixstowe Family History Society, Broadway House, Orwell Road, Felixstowe IP11 7DD, 10.15am-noon. 

Sat 24th & Sun 25th Sept
Suffolk Mind, Body, Spirit Festival. Trinity Park, 10am-5pm. 85+ stands, free entry for U16s. Tickets www.lifearts.co.uk 

Swedefest Truck Show, Stonham Barns Park, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT. More info go to www.stonhambarns.co.uk or call 01449 711111

Sat 24th Sept
Open Mic Afternoon, Stonham Barns Park, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT. More info go to www.stonhambarns.co.uk or call 01449 711111

Live Music: Rock House,  8pm start, Felixstowe Trades & Labour Club, 182 High Road West, Felixstowe, www.ftalc.co.uk

Olive Quantrill Memorial Concert, at St Joseph’s College Chapel, Belstead Rd, Ipswich, 7pm. Featuring The Orwell Singers.  For further information contact 07768 911512 or d.sharman@btinternet.com.

Sew a Hug Day. Wickham Market Primary School, 10-4pm, £1 admission. Bring your sewing machine to help us make quilts for children who need a hug they can keep. Info philippaknights@googlemail.com

Sun 25th Sept
Stonham Car Boot Sale, Stonham Barns Park, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT. More info go to  www.stonhambarns.co.uk or call 01449 711111

Tues 27th Sept
Ipswich RSPB Local Group Midweek Walk along the River Deben from Woodbridge. Meet at 10.30am at Woodbridge Railway Station. (Meets the 9.17am train from Ipswich). . Approx 2 hrs, call  01473 258791. All welcome.

Ipswich Plastic Modellers meeting, Ipswich & Dist. Indoor Bowling Club, 136 Rushmere Rd, Ipswich, 7.30-10pm.

Wed 28th Sept
Talk: Puffins Galore. Village Hall, Stowupland, IP14 4BQ, 7.30pm, admission £3 – Stowmarket Wildlife Group

Thurs 29th Sept
The D# Jazz Quartet, Woodbridge Library, 7.30pm. A riotous selection of jazz standards.  £8 (students £4) including an interval drink. Book on 01394 330855 or in person at Library. 

Fri 30th Sept-Sun 2nd Oct
Barnfest Country Music Festival, Stonham Barns Park, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT. More info call 01449 711111 or go to www.stonhambarns.co.uk 

Fri 30th Sept
Bob Keeley, Country & Western. Licensed bar. Cooked food 7.00-9.00pm. £5 Members, £6 Non-members.Rosary Conservative Club, Bramford Rd, Ipswich, IP1 4AB. 8-11pm.