How to add an event

Clubs: Music / Singing / Comedy

To have your details included here, please contact me and include as much information as possible. To help you get to the section you require quickly, please click on one of the links below.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Brook Players

Based at Copdock near Ipswich.

We perform 2 productions a year – comedies, thrillers etc

We meet most Wednesday evenings at Copdock Village Hall, Old London Road (old A12) Ipswich (opposite the ‘cameo hotel’ Copdock)

People always needed for all aspects of theatre work.

For more information please contact our Secretary on 01473 403116

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chelpin Players

  •  Based at Chelmondiston on the Shotley Peninsula near Ipswich.
  • Friendly group that produces two productions a year at Chelmondiston Village Hall.
  • Meets Wednesday evenings.
  • New members always welcome.

Further details from Pat Lakey on 01473 780358.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Comedy Nights at Jimmy’s

Second Thursday of every month:

HAVE A BELLY FULL … of laughs and delicious food!!

We are delighted to announce our ever popular in our stunning Restaurant.

The perfect way to forget the stresses of the day… be entertained by a wealth of hilarious well known names and up and coming comedians.

Your evening will also include a tasty three course meal and offers fantastic value at just £30.00 per person.

  • Arrive at 7.00pm.

E mail bookings@jimmysfarm.com to secure your table or visit: http://www.jimmysfarm.com/

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Djembe Drum Group

A friendly group who meet on Wednesday nights to play fun, infectious rhythms on djembes, bass drums, bells and shakers.  

The group is open to all ages and beginners are welcome.  

You don’t need to have a drum or intend to buy one as there are plenty for people to borrow.

7.30pm – 9.30pm  The Friend’s Meeting House 39 Fonnereau Rd Ipswich.  

  • £6.00 or £3.00 concs

or visit facebook: Ipswich African Drum Group

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Funky Voices

A singing group/choir for adults (16yrs +) of all abilities – Singing rock, pop, gospel & disco.

Every Monday:

At Jane Lapotaire Drama Studio, Northgate Arts Centre, Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich IP4 3DF – 7.45pm – 9.45pm

Every Friday:

At Stour Room, Kesgrave Conference Centre, Twelve Acre Approach, Kesgrave IP5 1JF

  • £69 per 12 weeks

For more information visit: www.funkyvoices.co.uk

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Ipswich Comedy Club

The Comedy Club Ipswich at Degero, 11 St Nicholas Street, Ipswich IP1 1TH is a great example of how great entertainment should be done!

Relax in the comfort of this great venue and enjoy stand up comedy from the UK’s market leading comedy provider, The Comedy Club Ltd.

Your night out in the heart of Ipswich includes 3 top comedians from the UK comedy circuit plus meals are available on the night to complete the experience.

You’ll be rolling on the floor with laughter before you know it with our shows as each of the 3 top comedians as seen on TV, have been specially chosen for Degero, so you’re ensured a great blend of stand-up comedy and a great night of entertainment.

2012 Dates: Wednesday 4 April, Wednesday 2 May, Wednesday 6 June, Wednesday 5 September, Wednesday 3 October, Wednesday 7 November and Wednesday 5 December: all starting at 9.00pm

For more information and to book tickets online visit: http://www.thecomedyclub.co.uk/venue-events/ipswich-comedy-club.html

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Ipswich Jazz Club

Welcome to the Ipswich Jazz Club for the best in modern sounds

No membership is required so come and join us

Performances 8.00pm to 10.30pm (Doors open 7.30pm) – usually every third Sunday of the month

Comfortable – friendly – air conditioned – fully carpeted – well stocked bar at very reasonable prices – tea and coffee

The California Club, 195 Foxhall Road, Ipswich IP3 8LB

For more information visit: www.ipswichjazzclub.co.uk

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Ipswich Recorded Music Society

The Ipswich Recorded Music Society was formed in 1946 as the Ipswich Gramophone Circle to provide classical music on records to all of those who have an interest in listening to serious music of a wide variety in a fast changing world and in comfortable surroundings. That is still our aim today and we welcome anyone who has similar views to join us in listening to music in a cordial spirit of music appreciation.

  • Our meetings run from September through to June.
  • We meet on alternate Thursdays at 19 Tower Street, Ipswich at 7.30pm
  • There is car parking at the rear of the building.

For more information contact: Peter Partridge Tel. 01473 422386 or Enid Hunt   01473 725516 or visit: www.thefrms.co.uk/affprogs/ipswch.htm

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Jazz at the DanceEats Cafe with Andi Hopgood

First Friday of every month @ 7.30pm @ Danceeats! Café, Foundry Lane, Ipswich IP4 1DJ

Tickets are £5.00 – including a free drink on arrival

Local jazz singer Andi Hopgood continues to entertain audiences at the danceeats! café.

The former student of the Guildhall School of Music will give her own style to the repertoire through her interpretation, improvisation and arrangements.

For more information/Tickets Tel: 01473 295230

Website: http://www.danceeast.co.uk/whats-on/282/Jazz-at-danceeats/

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Jokers Comedy Club

Jokers Comedy Club brings the best stand up comedians currently working the UK circuit

  • First Sunday of each month
  • At Manor Ballroom, 4 St Margaret’s Green, Ipswich, IP4 2BP.
  • Doors open at 7.30pm
  • Comedy begins at 8.00pm

Visit our website for reviews, sign up for our newsletter, tickets, info and much more:  www.jokerscomedyclub.co.uk/index.php

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Needham Market Entertainment Company

We are a large friendly group of a variety of different ages who have been running since 1994 with many pantomimes, review shows, plays etc., under our belt.  

We always welcome new people who wish to join in either on stage, behind the scenes, in front of house, costumes etc., 

Rehearsal nights are usually Sundays (6.30pm onwards) and Mondays (6.45pm onwards) in the lead up to our Pantomimes, which we perform in February each year and our September/October shows. 

If you have always fancied being ‘on stage’ come along and show us what you can do!

For more information please Email: tuftycross@googlemail.com or visit: http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/NeedhamMarketEC

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

New Voices Singing Group

New Voices is a friendly, enthusiastic choir who sing a wide repertoire of songs in various musical styles.

The choir is open to everyone, regardless of musical ability.

Our aim is to encourage people to enjoy singing together as a choir.

  • No audition is necessary to join.
  • New Voices meet on Wednesdays from 7.30pm and new members always welcome. 
  • There is a break halfway through for refreshments.
  • We rehearse at the Seventh Adventist Church, Rope Walk, Ipswich, IP4 1ND.
  • There is a small car park next to the church and street parking on Rope Walk after 6.00pm.

For more information, statements and arrangements please Email Fenella via info@new-voices.org.uk or visit: www.newvoices.org.uk

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Shared Voices Community Choir

A Community Choir for Suffolk and Essex

Shared Voices usually meets  roughly once a month for a self contained workshop where anybody can come along and have fun learning some songs from around the world. No singing experience or ability to read music is necessary.   

The normal workshops usually last for two hours from 10.30 am to 12.30pm with a break for drinks.

Check the Singing Diary on our website for details of dates, times and locations.

Our workshops open about 30 minutes before the start time for tea/coffee etc.

  • Shared Voices charges: £7.00 for those who are working / have the means and £4.00 for those on benefits or basic state pension. Special events will have their own charges dependent on the leaders. 

For more information/new programme please visit: www.sharedvoices.org.uk/ or Tel: Clive Barker – 01473 611171

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Singing with Chris Rowbury

“I believe that anybody can sing, and that singing should be accessible to all. In the singing workshops I run, no experience is needed, all songs are taught by ear, and I avoid all unnecessary musical jargon. Whether you’ve only ever sung in the bath, or already sing in a choir, I will soon have you singing together in glorious harmony!”

Please visit my website where you can book me to run a workshop for you, buy any of my harmony song arrangements and find out where my next singing workshop will be.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Suffolk Singers, founded by Andrew Pierssene in 1991, is an a cappella choir based in Otley, Suffolk. We perform a wide variety of sacred and secular music spanning the centuries, including specially commissioned works.

Our year typically features concerts performed in venues which have included St.Mary’s Church, Woodbridge, St.Bartholomew’s Church, Orford, St.Mary’s Church, Framlingham, and All Saint’s Church, Sutton. The choir also performs an annual lunchtime concert of music for Easter in the exquisite Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral. In recent years Suffolk Singers have been part of an annual Carol Concert at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, arranged by the Suffolk Magazine.

Over the years we have organised charitable concerts, and are always happy to sing at fund-raising events, weddings and other social occasions.

The choir considers it important to encourage and support young musicians and we have successfully organised a Young Composer’s Competition for an a capella work.

Please visit our website www.suffolksingers.co.uk for more information about the choir’s activities, hear recordings of us singing, enquire about booking the choir for an event or choir membership.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 The Comedy Club Ipswich

First Wednesday of every month @ Degero’s, 11 St Nicholas Street, Ipswich IP1 1TH

Three comedians provide an evening of top quality stand-up comedy.
Tickets: £10.00

Why not come down and see what all the fuss is about as the venue transforms into an amazing candle lit comedy club?

For more information/tickets: http://www.hahaheehee.co.uk

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Deben Players

We meet Monday and Thursday evenings at Melton Parish Rooms, Melton, Woodbridge.

We put on 4 productions a year. A play in May, a junior production in July, a play in September and a pantomime at Christmas.We cover all types of plays from Comedy to Shakespeare.

For further information and contact details please visit our website at www.debenplayers.org.uk

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Ipswich Bach Choir

  •  New members are most welcome to join the Ipswich Bach Choir.

We meet for rehearsals on Wednesday evenings, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, between September and Easter at Rose Hill Primary School, Derby Road, Ipswich IP3 8DL

We spend a term preparing for each of the two concerts a year – in early December and just before Easter.

There are no auditions so, if you enjoy singing and have some previous singing experience and can read music a little, do come and join us. Music is available for hire at a small cost.

Please contact us for more information:  Phone: 01473 832559 or just turn up to a rehearsal or visit our website where you can find out more about us or fill in an Email enquiry form: http://www.ipswichbachchoir.org.uk/

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Landseer Players

The Landseer Players are an amateur dramatics group based in Ipswich.  Formed in 1979, initially as a joint venture between two neighbouring churches, our aim is to provide entertainment for the members of the local community, and to raise money for local charities and good causes in and around the Ipswich area

We have performed at a number of venues in the Ipswich area, mostly in School or Church halls.

For each production we try to make as many of our costumes as possible. As you can imagine, over the years we have accumulated quite a number, from individual costumes to complete sets. All our costumes are available for hire at very reasonable rates, so please visit our hire department for further details.

Although we mostly specialise in performing pantomimes, we have, over the years, performed a variety of different shows. Visit the shows page on our website for a complete list of all the shows we have performed, together with cast and crew details and galleries.

  • We are always keen to welcome new members, both on and off stage.

Selection of parts for our shows is by audition, which normally takes place at the beginning of September, during the first read through.

If you are interested in becoming a member of The Landseer Players, please visit the contacts page of our website for details of who to contact:  http://www.landseerplayers.org.uk

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Rabble Chorus

We are a community choir with two Suffolk groups, one based in Easton, near Framlingham, one in Woodbridge.

We sing Highbrow, Lowbrow and anything in-between!

We don’t audition or make anyone sing solo, we don’t mind if you have never sung before or whether you can read music.

We are amateurs but we make a lovely noise and we absolutely enjoy it.

  • Come and join us; you’d be very welcome

For more information visit: www.TheRabbleChorus.co.uk

New Rabble Chorus starting 2nd May : 10.30 a.m every Wednesday at Needham Market Community Centre, IP6 8BB

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Springfield Follies

The Springfield Follies is an Ipswich based amateur dramatic group that has existed for 60 years.

Our aim is to promote the arts through encouraging drama and its associated activities for all ages.

Ordinarily our performances are of 3 types:

  • Pantomime (January/February)
  • Variety Show (May)
  • Tailored performances for hire

Rehearsal nights are Mondays 7.30pm at St. Mary’s Magdalen Church Hall Highfield Approach, Ipswich IP1 6DF, with a break over the summer months.

Performances are usually at Kesgrave Community Centre, Twelve Acre Approach, Kesgrave, IP5 1JF, and St Augustine’s Church Hall, Bucklesham Road, Ipswich, IP3 8TH.

  • We are a friendly group, with a family style atmosphere and welcome new members.
  • We are proud to make donations annually in support of local charities.
  • Come and join us.

For more information visit our website: http://www.springfieldfollies.niceeasyweb.com/

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

VivaVoices

At VivaVoices, we believe that everyone can sing.

Find your voice in our fun and friendly singing groups with the encouragement and guidance of our experienced tutors.

We sing a lively mix of pop, easy listening, musicals, classical music, and songs from around the world. 

We meet Wednesdays 7.15pm – 9.15pm, Bramford Road Methodist Church, Bramford Road, Ipswich. 

There’s no audition to join – all you need is enthusiasm! 

Visit our website for more information: http://www.vivavoices.com/ipswichevening.htm

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Voices Together – Choral Group

We are an all female singing group of all ages and abilities.

We meet every Wednesday evening between 7:30pm and 9.00pm at Whitehouse Baptist Church, Waterford Road, Ipswich, IP1 5NW

If you’d like to come along please give Kath a ring on 01473 652351.

We’re a very friendly bunch!

Copyright © 2012. All Rights Reserved.