May 2026
Fri 1st May
Vampires Rock, Eternal Love the Rock Musical. Regent Theatre, Ipswich.
Sun 3rd May
Ipswich RSPB Local Group Field Meeting. A guided walk at Alton Water for spring birds. Meet at 9.30am at Lemons Hill Bridge north car park, Tattingstone IP9 2NH. Info 07922 139226. No charge. All welcome but assistance dogs only, please.
Bingo 3-4pm, Pauls Sports and Social Club, Salmet Close, Ipswich
Fri 8th May
Live Music: Kevin Barry – Country Music. 8-11pm, £6 Members, £8 Non-members. Rosary Conservative Club, Bramford Road, Ipswich, IP1 4AB.
Wed 13th-Sat 16th May
Flying Lessons – a new comedy drama performed by Deben Players at The Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge. 7.30pm nightly, tickets debenplayers.net or 0333 666 3366
Wed 13th May
OWLS pensioners’ club. Meet at Ipswich and District Indoor Bowling Club at 1.45. Talk ‘My life of Crime’ by a former forensic ballistics expert. For details email valandpetercundy@btinternet.com
Sat 16th May
Spring Shopping Event, Kirton Church Hall & Scout Hut, Church Lane, Kirton IP10 0PU, 10am-2pm. Treat yourself and friends to items made by talented local artists and craftspeople. Coffee, tea, homemade cake. Raffle and lucky dip. Free admission
Annual Basil Brown Memorial Lecture, The Auditorium at The Hold, Fore Street, Ipswich IP4 1LN, 11am. Guest speaker: Dr. Helen Gittos, Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History at Oxford University “How did the men and women buried at Sutton Hoo acquire so much wealdiary?”
Music: Soul Town, 7.30pm, tickets available now. Pauls Sports and Social Club, Salmet Close, Ipswich
Sun 17th May
Bingo 3-4pm, Pauls Sports and Social Club, Salmet Close, Ipswich
Mon 18th May
Talk: Six Decades on the Settle & Carlisle Line, by Michael Smyth. Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, 2.30pm. £3 entry. 01473 405116.
Wed 20th May
Orwell Art Club, demonstration/talk, by oil painting artist Alice Birch. 7pm at Rushmere Village Hall, Humber Doucy Lane, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich. Guests £5, free refreshments.
Fri 22nd May
Countryholics – Country Music. 8-11pm, £6 Members, £8 Non-members.
Rosary Conservative Club, Bramford Road, Ipswich, IP1 4AB.
Sat 23rd May
Live Music: Pat & Bo, 8-11pm, £3 Members, £5 Non-members. Rosary Conservative Club, Bramford Road, Ipswich, IP1 4AB.
Quiz Night, 7pm. Bingo 3-4pm, Pauls Sports and Social Club, Salmet Close, Ipswich
Tues 26th May
Midweek Walk, Ipswich RSPB Local Group. A guided walk round Chantry Park Ipswich. Walk lasts approx 2 hours. Meet at 10:30 at car park near toilet block (Hadleigh Road entrance) IP2 0BS. No charge. All welcome but assistance dogs only, please.