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Ipswich Holi Festival this weekend

Ipswich people are invited to celebrate colour, community and Spring at the 2026 Holi Festival. Ipswich Borough Council is delighted to announce the return of one of the town’s most vibrant cultural celebrations – the Holi Festival of Colour, taking place on Sunday 12th April, from 12pm to 4pm at Alexandra Park. Delivered in collaboration…

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Ipswich News

The Current State of Play: Rugby in Ipswich

Rugby union in Ipswich has never been short of passion, and the 2025/26 season gives supporters of both senior clubs plenty to follow, with form, milestone anniversaries, and a thriving women’s game all converging at once. A Long History of the Game Organised rugby in Ipswich stretches back to 1870, when Ipswich RFC first took…

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Theatre in the Forest

Following the incredibly sad loss of their Artistic Director, Joanna Carrick, the team at Red Rose Chain  have announced that Theatre in the Forest will be going ahead this summer.  Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare will run from the 22nd of July through to the 22nd of August 2026, with performances Tuesday to Saturday. Expect plenty of laughs…

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Mozart Mass

Join Ipswich Choral Society for a warm and uplifting evening of beautiful choral music. Ipswich Choral Society returns this spring with a magnificent programme of choral masterpieces, centred on Mozart’s great Mass in C minor. The performance takes place on Saturday 25th April 2026 at 7.30pm at St John the Baptist Church. One of Mozart’s…

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Entertainment

Two Sisters Arts Centre – April 2026

April kicks off with a couple of evenings celebrating two of our greatest theatre composers leading on to a double bill folk evening, jazz night and finally a concert of mixed musical genres    Friday 10th April 7.30pm the return of superlative singer Joanna Eden with Sondheim & Me – an evening showcasing the writer…

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All Aboard for Easter Steam-up

The first major weekend opening of 2026 at the Mid Suffolk Light Railway will be the Easter Gala Steam-Up. There will be two locos in steam on both days, ‘Illingworth’ an 0-6-0 saddle tank built by Hudswell Clarke of Leeds in 1916 and a genuine light railway loco having worked the Nidd Valley Light Railway…

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Caroline a new musical

She’s not a DJ. She’s not a rock star. But in the middle of Britain’s radio revolution, Caroline might just steal the show! Caroline – A New Musical is inspired by the true story of Britain’s pirate radio revolution which set the soundtrack to the sixties and gave a whole generation a new voice.   Packed with…

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News

Easter at Sutton Hoo

Travel back in time this Easter with a family trip to Sutton Hoo. Pick up an Easter trail when you get there, put on your bunny ears and explore the ten-point trail.  Challenge friends and family to an egg and spoon race, test your wingspan and hop like a hare, rabbit, lamb or fox as you discover more about the…

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Flying Lessons

For most of her life, Pamela has stayed close to home, quietly holding everything together. She’s the one everyone depends on—the reliable presence her family cheerfully takes for granted, certain she’ll always be there when they need her. But as her 58th birthday approaches, a chain of small events begins to unsettle the comfortable routine….

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HMS Ganges prepares to re-open

HMS Ganges Museum opens for 2026 on Easter Weekend commencing the 4th April.  The doors will be open every weekend on both Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4pm (last entry at 3.30pm) until Sunday 25th October! Added attraction for the 4th will be a collection of Vintage vehicles presented by the Suffolk Vintage vehicle enthusiast….

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Preview: Vampires Rock – Eternal Love

Steve Steinman brings his new hilarious rock musical – VAMPIRES ROCK: ETERNAL LOVE, the smash-hit show that stormed onto the UK theatre scene in 2025 to Suffolk! Join Steve and his incredible cast as they take you on an epic journey into a fantastical, dark and thrilling world of vampires — where the love-struck Baron…

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