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Beer Festival
St Edmundsbury Cathedral 25 – 30 August 2021 The West Suffolk Branch of The Campaign for Real Ale are holding their beer festival at the Cathedral, come along and enjoy beer, music and more. All proceeds will support local charities and good causes. Tickets can be obtained at www.burybeerfestival.com.
Find out more »Suffolk Churches Ride and Stride
The Suffolk Ride and Stride is a fantastic annual fundraising event in which several thousand cyclists and walkers of all ages and drivers of vintage and classic cars will take part in, to help raise funds for Suffolk churches. In 2020 £190,000 was raised in a day. The money raised helps to save our wonderful churches, with half going to the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust to give out as grants for church buildings, and half to the cyclists'/walkers' chosen church. …
Find out more »Patronal and Harvest and Heritage rolled into one!
Ipswich’s smallest and oldest church, St Mary at the Elms, is rolling out the red carpet this weekend with a combined celebration of their Patronal Festival, the annual harvest and the Heritage Open Days. As well, of course, to welcome the ‘Riders and Striders’ for Suffolk Historic Churches. Various displays will help visitors find out more about this beautiful old church including: Information about the present and past shrines of Our Lady of Grace of Ipswich A fine scale model…
Find out more »Series of Talks in Barrow Benefice (Online over Zoom)
Join Barrow Benefice who are offering a series of talks on the first Monday of each month, from September to December. Monday 6 September - Caroline Holmes ‘Around the World in three years: James Cook and Joseph Banks’ Monday 4 October - Professor Mark Bailey ‘Global Climate Change and the creation of the modern Suffolk coastline: Orford Ness to the River Deben 1100 - 1600’ Monday 1 November - Catherine Buchanan ‘Inspirational Women of Bury St Edmunds’ Monday 6 December - Bob…
Find out more »Fun run 10k or 5k race in aid of St Edmunds church in Hargrave
Come and enjoy this fantastic opportunity to run along the gently undulating Suffolk countryside on bridle and footpaths far from the madding crowd. Finish with a delicious village tea, (free to participants). Hargrave Church has been rescued from partial collapse in 2019-20 from fund raising and grants totalling £57,000 organised by the church PCC and supported by the village. Further work is required and they will also be hosting the village Heritage Exhibition supported by the Heritage Lottery, attracting more…
Find out more »Sung Holy Communion
You would be most welcome to join St Andrew’s, Wingfield as they mark the return of church music with some that has truly stood the test of time. This special service will have a choir singing a setting of the Eucharist composed by Josquin des Prez who died 500 years ago. Adrian Knott, who directed the Amici choir for many years, has brought together a group of singers for this occasion. They will be singing Josquin’s Missa Pange Lingua. The starting…
Find out more »Harvest Festival at St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Come along and enjoy the Harvest Festival at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, with lots to do for all including; stalls and family activities, sheep in the Cathedral, and a 2 pm Songs of Praise event.
Find out more »Guide Dogs for the Blind 90th Anniversary Celebration
A service will be held at St Mary's Church in East Bergholt to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Guide Dogs for the Blind. Guide dogs, puppies in training, retired guide dogs, friendly pet dogs, their handlers and prospective handlers all very welcome! There will be a retiring collection in aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind. For further information or to book a place please contact Revd Steph, Tel: 01206 392646 | Email: revstephvdt@googlemail.com. Please leave your name and number…
Find out more »Jazz in the Church – St George Church, Stowlangtoft
Ian and Dominic have been performing together for a number of years playing melodic improvisations on jazz standards and original compositions. They have had enormous success over many years during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with their very successful show “Jazz at Lunchtime”. Thousands of people have come to see them perform, with many sell-out shows. A number of visitors to the Edinburgh Fringe from all over the world have returned year after year. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, the duo has regularly and…
Find out more »An Evening with Charlie Haycock – St George Church, Stowlangtoft
New talk about how Charlie was the dialect coach for Ralph Fiennes in the Netflix film The Dig. This is an intriguing and sometimes humorous look behind-the-scenes in the making of the Netflix film "The Dig". A film based on a novel with the same title about the famous Sutton Hoo burial ship and the people involved. Charlie will explain how a potential "scam" email from "The Dig" producer, turned out to be real, and followed by a phone call from…
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