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SUFFOLK INSPIRATIONAL MIXED ABILITY YOGA FLOURISH WOMEN’S HARMONICA WORKSHOP MILKSHAKE! LIVE HOCUS PANTO DESTINATIONS HOLIDAY TUESDAYS CONFERENCE WITH STEVE LOCKWOOD SUN 9 SEPT 12noon & 3.30pm / MON 22 OCT 2pm / SHOW 5.45pm-6.45pm SAT 22 SEPT 1pm / £20 SAT 8 SEPT, 13 OCT, 17 NOV & £15* (£53 family ticket) £13* (£11 child, £41 family) SUN 2 SEPT 10am-3pm / Free Christian conference for 8 DEC 12noon–3.30pm / £30 Milkshake characters with all- A spooktacular Halloween BEGINNERS YOGA women. singing, all-dancing versions panto with magical illusions, CRAFTS & GIFTS IN THE FOYER WEDNESDAYS BOOZE & BRUSHES of favourite fairy tales. pop songs and things that go BURY ST EDMUNDS SAT 8 & 29 SEPT, 13 & 20 OCT, 1pm-1.45pm PAINT NIGHT bump in the night. CHESS CONGRESS 3 & 17 NOV, 8 & 22 DEC FRI 14 SEPT, 26 OCT, 30 NOV THE EMPTY CHAIR SAT 20 & SUN 21 OCT POSTNATAL YOGA 7pm-9.30pm / £25 SUN 23 SEPT 11.30am / £6 BOYFACE AND WEDDING FAIR from 9.30am Fun painting class. A mischievous musical THE CHRISTMAS JUMPER WEDNESDAYS Full details and entry via SUN 16 SEPT 11am-3pm / Free 11.15am-12.15pm adventure for ages 6+, SUN 9 DEC 2pm / Presented by Take My Hand. www.bsecongress.org.uk STRICTLY SATURDAYS exploring the ways people & £7.50* (£6.50 conc) OKTOBERFEST SAT 22 SEPT, 13 OCT, 10 NOV, friendships grow & change. Seasonally silly & funnily ST EDMUNDSBABY Our yoga classes cover SAT 27 OCT 12noon / £15* 15 DEC 2.30pm-4.30pm / Free TROUPE tell vivid, colourful festive musical theatre based PREGNANCY & Ballroom and Latin dancing. stories full of energy, humour on James Campbell’s books. various postures, flows, A tongue-in-cheek Bavarian PARENTING FAYRE & emotion. Includes post- breathing, relaxation & Wunderland. SUN 30 SEPT 11am-3pm / Free CHESS CLUB show workshop. A CHRISTMAS CAROL meditation techniques FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE EVERY TUE SUN 30 DEC – WED 2 JAN to improve energy, build MENTA BUSINESS SHOW FRI 9 NOV 7pm / £12 3.30pm-5.30pm / Free KIDS & CANVAS times vary / £24* strength & release tension. TUE 2 OCT 9am-4.30pm / By The Royal British Legion. Bury St Edmunds Chess Club SAT 29 SEPT 10am & 12noon / CTC’s musical tale Free entry – everyone welcome. £15 of Ebenezer Scrooge and 10am: Lecture by Dates may change & new SHAKESPEARE Fun painting classes for ages the ghosts of Past, Present Gerald Ratner (£20) classes may be added, so SCHOOLS FESTIVAL BURY FRIENDSHIP CLUB 5–12. & Future. keep an eye on our website for TUE 13 NOV 7pm / £9.75* THIRD MON OF EVERY MONTH BURY CHRISTMAS FAYRE up-to-date information: The world’s largest youth 10am-1pm / £2 THU 22 – SUN 25 NOV www.theapex.co.uk/whats-on drama festival. Social activities & information for the over 55s. SONGBOOK THE CHRIS INGHAM THE CHRIS INGHAM TRIO with ST EDMUNDSBABY QUARTET: ZOE FRANCIS & JIM MULLEN: EVERY MON 11am-12.30pm SUNDAYS HOAGY’S CHILDREN TRIBUTE TO BLOSSOM DEARIE Breastfeeding support & cafe. SUN 21 OCT 11.30am / SUN 16 DEC 11.30am / BEREAVEMENT CAFÉ AT THE £12 adv, £15 door, VIP £23 £12 adv, £15 door, VIP £23 EVERY WED 10am-midday ATHENAEUM (includes buffet breakfast) (includes buffet breakfast) Hosted by St Nicholas Hospice.

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APEX GALLERY Pre-show food is available before most evening events. ABOUT THE APEX (OPEN DAILY) For menu or to book, see www.theapex.co.uk/food-drink The Apex is situated ICENI BOTANICAL ARTISTS in the heart of Bury St TUE 14 AUG – SUN 9 SEPT Edmunds, close to the Around 80 paintings, mostly train & bus stations and watercolour, ranging from COMING SOON numerous car parks. loose & free interpretations to scientifically accurate plant FROM THE JAM The box office is open portraits. THU 17 JAN MON – SAT 10am-5pm ______and an hour before ANDREW HARRINGTON events. 24-hour booking is TUE 14 AUG – SUN 9 SEPT THE CHICAGO available on the website. Sunlights and Shadows – BLUES BROTHERS original pastel paintings FRI 18 JAN * Ticket price includes illustrating the beauty & ______booking fees where colours of landscapes in SIMON & applicable. Concessions England, Greece & France. GARFUNKEL STORY may be available, see THU 24 JAN website or ring for details. KING’S ELY SCHOOL ______TUE 11 SEPT – SUN 7 OCT Event details are correct Art & Design Student JUDY COLLINS at time of print, but may exhibition, with a broad range MON 28 JAN change. See website for up- of fashion, textiles, fine art & to-date information, and for photography. booking terms & conditions. EAST ANGLIAN LANDSCAPES For map and directions see TUE 9 OCT – SUN 13 JAN SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2018 website. Closest parking at Paintings, prints, drawings, arc / Cattle Market car park, collages & photographs by a for Sat Nav use IP33 3DG. host of artists.

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THE 545 BARRY DOUGLAS HAL CRUTTENDEN THE 545 BRITTEN SINFONIA THE LOCK IN FRI 31 AUG 7pm / £5 MON 24 SEPT 7.30pm / THU 18 OCT 8pm / £18* FRI 2 NOV 7pm / £5 MON 26 NOV 7.30pm / CHRISTMAS CAROL With GOLDEN BANTIC, £21*, £16 (£5 U25s) Line up tbc. £24, £20* (£5 U25s) MON 10 DEC 7.30pm / £19* KELODOWN, SAVING SCARLETT, ______Joined by tenor Mark Padmore ‘Folk powerhouse’ The Demon ENTERLUDE and TOM LUMLEY. for a programme of beautiful Barbers and Breaking Tradition ______WOMAN TO WOMAN English music for voice & Dance Company. SAT 3 NOV 7.30pm SOLD OUT! ______orchestra by Purcell, Bartok & FALSE LIGHTS Britten. SUN 2 SEPT 7.30pm / £16* ______LET’S TWIST AGAIN SUGGS TUE 11 DEC 7.30pm / £24.50* SUN 4 NOV 7.30pm / £31* 1950s & 60s hits. What A King Cnut – A Life in The BLAZIN’ FIDDLES TUE 27 NOV 7.30pm / £20* ______Realm Of Madness. Scottish Highlanders & ______Islanders bring ensemble and JOE STILGOE & HIS MIGHTY BIG BAND AN AUDIENCE WITH solo sets. ‘Absolutely mind- WED 12 DEC 7.30pm / £25* With his new show Chubster. blowing’ (Mike Harding). ______SIMON REEVE WED 7 NOV 7.30pm SOLD OUT! ______Tchaikovsky: The Seasons A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF ______Schubert: A minor Sonata D537 CATRIN FINCH & Schubert: A Major Sonata D664 RUSH SEANN WALSH FRI 19 OCT 7.30pm / £16* SECKOU KEITA ______THU 8 NOV 8pm / £16* WED 28 NOV 7.30pm / By Exit Stage Left. Folk Award-winners Jim Moray DERVISH ______£18* (£5 U25s) & Sam Carter bring their TUE 25 SEPT 7.30pm / £18* gleefully raucous guitar band, Some of Ireland’s finest NEIL OLIVER playing traditional songs & traditional musicians, fronted THE STORY OF THE tunes. by Cathy Jordan. BRITISH ISLES IN 100 PLACES ______TUE 23 OCT 7.30pm / £22.50* (£15 U16s, £60 family) CAROL KLEIN NISH KUMAR THU 6 SEPT 7.30pm / £23.50* WED 26 SEPT 8pm / £21* ______Classics from the likes of Cole Porter & Louis Prima, NMG AWARDS 2018 THE MANY FICTIONS OF plus original songs. ‘Musical FRI 7 SEPT 7.30pm / £10 WILLIAM BOYD virtuosity with a swashbuckling Celebrating East Anglian bands THU 27 SEPT 7.30pm / £20* Two adventurous virtuoso stage presence’ (The Guardian). ______& musicians. The popular & highly regarded musicians deliver an ______entrancing, mesmeric, intricate novelist talks about his writing WAR AND PEACE AN EVENING OF and other work, including his art- and ethereal live experience. UK PINK FLOYD REMEMBRANCE CONCERT ______world hoax with David Bowie. ERIC & ERN EXPERIENCE SAT 10 NOV 7.30pm / £25–£15* ______Bury Bach Choir with ONE NIGHT OF ELVIS AT CHRISTMAS SAT 8 SEPT 7.30pm / £24* THU 13 DEC 7.30pm / £23* ______ILLEGAL EAGLES ______Prometheus Orchestra. THU 29 NOV 7.30pm / £25 FRI 28 & SAT 29 SEPT 7.30pm / Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis By Lee Memphis King . ______FAT CAT COMEDY CLUB £25* MOKOOMBA Pacem; Duruflé: Requiem SUN 9 SEPT, 14 OCT, 11 NOV, ______WED 24 OCT 8pm / ______9 DEC 8pm / £13* £18* (£5 U25s) RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS FRI 30 NOV 7.30pm / For line-up, see JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR Zimbabwe’s most celebrated BENNY GOODMAN’S CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT £25* standing www.fatcatcomedyclub.com WED 3 OCT 7.30pm / young band: ‘I’ve seen the SUN 11 NOV 2.30pm / Bagpipes with attitude. ______£23.50* standing (£26 seated) future of Afrosound and £22* (£5 U25s) ______Star of the blues rock world. it is called Mokoomba’ WHITNEY 80th anniversary celebration ______(Deutschlandradio Kultur) BBC RADIO SUFFOLK QUEEN OF THE NIGHT ______recreated by Pete Long’s All- THU 13 SEPT 7.30pm / £24.50* MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE Star Goodmen Orchestra. CAROL CONCERT Tribute to Whitney Houston. THU 4 OCT 8pm / £16* RICH HALL’S ______SAT 1 DEC 7.30pm / £15* ______HOEDOWN Festive music & readings. OYSTERBAND Fundraiser for BBC Children in THE REAL THING LINDISFARNE THU 25 OCT 8pm / £18* MON 12 NOV 7.30pm / £21 With Jonty Stephens and Ian ______Need. SAT 15 SEPT 7.30pm / £22.50 SUN 7 OCT 7.30pm / 40th Celebration Special. ______Ashpitel, the Olivier-nominated Chris Amoo & Dave Smith £25* (£5 U25s) LEGEND OF A BAND: ______duo behind the acclaimed West perform their million-selling hits. Long-time members with their A TRIBUTE TO & End show ‘Eric & Little Ern’. ______much-loved songs. 10cc THE CARNIVAL BAND ______THE MOODY BLUES THU 15 NOV 7.30pm / £36 THAT’LL BE THE DAY FRI 26 OCT 7.30pm / £25 ______CAROLS & CAPERS THE SWEET TUE 2 DEC 7.30pm / WED 19 SEPT 7.30pm / £25.50* JOAN ARMATRADING ______TUE 18 DEC 7.30pm / £25.50, £22.50* Rock & Roll variety show. MON 8 & TUE 9 OCT 7.30pm SUFFOLK SINFONIA £21* standing (£23.50 seated) UK BEACH BOYS SAT 17 NOV Time tbc / £tbc ______SOLD OUT! Blockbuster Christmas Party! ______SUN 28 OCT 1.30pm / £22.50* Rossini: Overture to The Barber ______THEA GILMORE ADAM HENSON of Seville; Smetana: Vltava; MON 3 DEC 8pm / £18.50* THU 20 SEPT 7.30pm / £23.50* RALPH McTELL STEWART FRANCIS Sibelius: King Christian II Suite; JAZZ AT THE MOVIES WED 10 OCT 7.30pm / £26* WED 19 DEC 7.30pm / £18* SUN 28 OCT 8pm / £18.50* Delius: The walk to the Paradise Gifted songwriter and guitarist. Garden; Dvorak: Slavonic ______Last few tickets! ______Dances. ______THE LADYBOYS TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO OF BANGKOK MON 29 OCT 7.30pm / BUGSY MALONE THU 11 OCT 7.30pm / £24* £22* (£5 U25s) SUN 18 NOV 11am, 3pm & 7pm / Gentleness & depth are £11 combined in an enchanting Performed by Stagecoach Bury blend of melody & subtle groove. St Edmunds. ______With material from her album Countryfile regular. GOLDEN AGE SKERRYVORE ‘Strange Communion’, laced MON 19 NOV 7.30pm / £20* ______OF VARIETY with highly individual versions TUE 30 OCT 1.30pm / £17.50* of Christmas classics. A Swinging Christmas with SUPERSONIC 70s Singers, comedians & speciality ______Joanna Eden & the Chris FRI 21 SEPT 7.30pm / £18.50* acts. Ingham Quartet and a stocking- ‘Catsuit Wonder Girl’ Janey ______ALEXANDER O’NEAL full of classics & curiosities. Bombshell & her band bring a TUE 4 DEC 7.30pm / ______foot-stomping, air-guitaring, SLADE & MUD II £35.50* standing pop-packed, roller-coaster ride TUE 30 OCT 7.45pm / £34.50* (£36.50 seated) AN ALBION CHRISTMAS of 1970’s hits. The Wonder Women tour. Outrageously flamboyant rock Sensational soul & blues. THU 20 DEC 7.30pm / £21* ______‘n’ roll. ______With , Kellie While, SOLD OUT! ______Simon Care & . PICCADILLY PAM AYRES HAZEL O’CONNOR & ______SAT 13 OCT 7.30pm ANDY FAIRWEATHER DANCE ORCHESTRA ______BREAKING GLASS SUN 23 SEPT 7.30pm / & THE LOW RIDERS WED 5 DEC 7pm / £26* ABBA PARTY NIGHT LOW FRI 21 DEC 7.30pm / £24* £22 (£5 U25s) SONS OF PITCHES WED 31 OCT 7.30pm / £26* Digitally re-mastered uncut ______With Strictly Come Dancing MON 15 OCT 7.30pm / With Hammond organ & A unique fusion of folk, trad, version of the film followed by singer Lance Ellington, for £27* (VIP £50) extended brass section from rock & Americana from a Q&A and live performance of THE FILLERS a finale of music from Cole 100 Number One hits in just one the Hi Riders Special Soul Scotland’s Traditional Music some of the film’s best-loved SAT 22 DEC / £19* Porter’s High Society. evening. Review. ‘Live Act of the Year’. songs. Homecoming gig of Killers’ hits.

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