Sat 1 st Sat 1st Sudbury 135th Annual Quay Theatre-25 years str(on)g! – Rowing Regatta A very special show Friars Meadow, Sudbury. Quay Theatre, Sudbury CO10 2AN A 650 metre rowing course. 6.00pm Parent and Child Double Scull Event. Tel: 01787 374745 www.sudburyrowingclub.org.uk www.quaytheatre.org.uk

Sat 1 st /Sun 9 th Sat 1st Art Exhibition Sudbury Green Fair Holy Trinity Church, St. Peters Church, CB10 9DL Sudbury CO10 2EH Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. 10am – 4pm FREE entry Sun 12.30pm-5pm Email: [email protected]

Sun 2 nd NEW –Guided Walks of Sun 2 nd Long Melford Sudbury Boat Trips to Start: Tiffins Tea Room, Lock Hall St. CO10 9JT Departs from 2.30pm. Tickets £4. The Granary Tea Room. CO10 2AN Tickets at Tiffins 01787 827911 11am – 5pm. Adult £5. Child £3 or TIC. 01787 248207 www.riverstourtrust.org

1 nd Sun 2 Mon 3 rd Sounds Of The Past: Quay Bar- Book Club: Dangerous Music Exhibition Love by Ben Okri United Reform Chappel Hall, Quay Theatre, Sudbury CO10 2AN . IP7 7JE 7.30pm Free Entry 10.30am-4pm Tel: 01787 374745 www.quaytheatre.org.uk

Mon 3 rd Children’s Activity Family creative colouring Sudbury Library CO10 2EN 10.30-12.30 Small Charge th Tues 4 Tel: 01787 242570 St Peters – Music at lunchtime: March Hare Moon St Peters Church CO10 2EH Tues 4th 12.30-1.30pm. FREE entry. Children’s Activity Frame It! Gainsborough House, Sudbury CO10 2EU 10.30am-1.30pm Tues 4 th £2 per Child £3 per Adult Quay Film- (includes admission to the galleries) The Second Best Exotic Marigold www.gainsborough.org Hotel Quay Theatre, Sudbury CO10 2AN 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tickets £5 (friends £4.50) Wed 5 th Tel: 01787 374745 Sudbury Boat Trips to www.quaytheatre.org.uk Great Cornard Lock Departs from The Granary Tea Room. CO10 2AN 1pm – 4pm. Adult £5. Child £3 www.riverstourtrust.org Thurs 6 th Children’s Activity - Seriously Board: Games Afternoon Sudbury Library CO10 2EN Wed 5 th 2pm-4pm Free Melford Music-Rock Choir Tel: 01787 242570 Long Melford Holy Trinity Church CB10 9DL 1.10pm. FREE Entry

2 Fri 7 th Children’s Activity Fri 7 th Wild Print It! Fleece Jazz: Robert Habermann Sings Arger Fen, CO8 5BN. Gershwin Map ref: TL 931 353 Stoke by Hotel CO64PZ 10.30am-12.30pm FREE 7.30pm Tickets £15 Tel: 01787 211865

th th Sat 8 Sat 8 Quiz at All Saints Church hall Cavendish Sale Trail Church St, Sudbury CO10 2BN In aid of St Mary’s Church 6.30pm £7.50 includes Ploughman’s Maps & Refreshments available in Teams of up to 6, St Mary’s Church Bring your own wine 9.30am-12.30pm Soft drinks and glasses provided Tel :01787373566

Sat 8 th Quay Musicals- Mamma Mia! Quay Theatre, Sudbury CO10 2AN Sat 8 th 3pm & 7.30pm A ‘Brief Vintage Encounter’ Tickets £8. Friends £7 St. Peter’s Church, Market Hill Tel: 01787 374745 Sudbury.CO10 2EH www.quaytheatre.org.uk 10am-5pm Admission £1

Sat 8 th Antiques Valuation Day- Reeman Dansie & Valuer Jonathan Benson Groton, Sat 8 th 11am- 2pm – Refreshments available 007 Skyfall Summer Ball Suggested donations £2 The Delphi Centre, Sudbury CO10 2RR 6pm- 10.30pm Tickets £25 Sat 8 th Available from The Befriending Scheme The Great Cornard Community Association 2015 Summer Fete Tel : 01787 371333 Great Cornard Recreation Ground www.thebefriendingscheme.org.uk CO10 0WD Midday till 5pm. Free Entry

3 Sun 9 th th Sun 9 Sudbury Boat Trips to Alderford Mill, Great Cornard Lock Sible Hedingham CO9 3HZ Departs from Open 2pm – 5pm Admission free The Granary Tea Room. CO10 2AN Milling. 11am – 5pm. Adult £5. Child £3 Tea served on the miller’s lawn. www.riverstourtrust.org Contact Jane Bentley 01787 460095

Mon 10 th The Mayor’s Charity Curry Evening Sun 9 th India Sudbury Restaurant, 58 North NEW – Street CO10 1RE Guided Walk of Long Melford 7.30pm Tickets £20 Start: Tiffins Tea Room, Available from Sudbury Town Coun- Hall St. CO10 9JT cil & Sudbury Tourist Information 2.30pm. Tickets £4. In aid of Mayor’s Benevolent Fund Tickets at Tiffins 01787 827911 or Lavenham TIC. 01787 248207

Mon 10 th Children’s Activity Creative writing workshop Tues 11th Sudbury Library CO10 2EN Children’s Activity - Print It! 8+ years Gainsborough House CO10 2EU 10.30-12.00 Booking essential £2.00 10.30am-1.30pm Tel: 1787242570 Child £2. Adult £3 includes admission www.gainsborough.org Tues 11 th St Peters – Music at lunchtime: Kevan Taplin St Peters Church CO10 2EH th Tues 11 12.30-1.30pm. FREE entry Children’s Activity Garden Print It! Gainsborough House CO10 2EU Wed 12 th 10am-1.30pm Sudbury Boat Trips to Child £2.Adult £3 includes admission Great Cornard Lock www.gainsborough.org Departs from The Granary Tea Room. CO10 2AN 1pm – 4pm. Adult £5. Child £3 www.riverstourtrust.org

4 Wed 12 th th Melford Music- Thurs 13 George Ireland: Piano Children’s Activity - Long Melford Holy Trinity Church Stay and play CB10 9DL Sudbury Library CO10 2EN 1.10pm Play time for tiny tots 10.15-11.00 Free Tel: 01787 242570 Thurs 13 th Children’s Activity - Seriously Board: Games Afternoon Sudbury Library CO10 2EN 2pm-4pm Free Thurs 13 th Tel: 01787 242570 Quay Film Club- Sergio Leone Quay Theatre, Sudbury CO10 2AN 10.30am Tickets £35 per 4 sessions/ £10 for a th Fri 14 one-off trail Children’s Activity - Tel: 01787 374745 Family creative colouring www.quaytheatre.org.uk Sudbury Library CO10 2EN 2pm-3.30pm Small charge Tel: 1787 242570 Sat 15 th Henny Summer Fete Henny Swan Riverside Meadow, Sat 15 th CO10 7LS Craft and Gift Fair Parking available. Pub open St. Peter’s Church, Market Hill, Sudbury Craft Stalls, bric a brac, classic cars CO10 2EH 9am – 4pm. Free Entry.

Sat 15 th

th Children’s Activity - Sat 15 The Tale Of and Farmers’ Market Benjamin Bunny Nayland Village Hall, Melford Hall CO10 9AA Church Lane. CO6 4JH 5pm with 6pm start. 9.30am – 1pm. Free entry. Tickets £10 per adult, £7 per child Tel: 07704 627973 or £30 per family email: [email protected] Box Office-08442491895 www.suffolkmarketevents.co.uk

5 SEPTEMBER PREVIEW

Giffords Hall, Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, CO6 4SZ Friday 11 September: Tour 10am & 3pm Saturday 12 September: Tour 10am & 3pm Pre-booking: Required All tours must be pre-booked Contact: Fiona Pimm Email: [email protected]

Clare Priory, Ashen Road, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8NX Thursday 10 September: 10am—5pm Pre-booking preferred through heritage web-site.

Moorlands Bard, Blackhouse Lane, , CO10 0NL Sunday 13th September 2pm—4pm. No booking required.

*Your once-a-year chance to explore the world on your doorstep, unlocked and completely free of charge!

www.heritageopendays.org.uk for more buildings with FREE open days.

CHEAPER COLCHESTER ZOO TICKETS

Available at Sudbury Tourist Information Centre.

OUR PRICE ZOO PRICE on gate ADULT £18.99 £21.99

CHILD 3-14 £11.99 £14.99 years SENIOR £16.99 £19.99 over 60 DISABLED £7.99 £10.99

CARER £7.99 £10.99

6 REGULAR AUGUST EVENTS

Every Sat throughout August and Bank Holiday Monday Children’s Activity - Story Readings Melford Hall, Long Melford. CO10 9AA From 1.15pm. £2.50 per child in addition to normal admission

Every Saturday and Sunday throughout August Lavenham Guided Walks Sat. 2.30pm Sun 11am. Tickets £4 Tel: 01787 248207 Email: [email protected]

Every Wednesday throughout August Evening Boat Supper Trips. Boat sails at 6.15pm. Take the boat from the Granary to the Henny Swan. £12.50 Tel: River Stour Trust for boat trip booking—01787 313199 Tel: Henny Swan for supper booking—01787 269238 www.riverstourtrust.org

7 Sat 15 th Sun 16 th Open Garden Sudbury Boat Trips to Street Farm, Great Henny, Great Cornard Lock nr Sudbury CO10 7LS Departs from The Granary Tea Room. 12 – 4pm CO10 2AN 11am – 5pm. Adult £5. Child £3

Sun 16 th Tues 18th NEW –Guided Walk of Long Children’s Activity - Living a Painting Melford Gainsborough House CO10 2EU Start: Tiffins Tea Room, Hal l St. CO10 9JT 2.30pm. Tickets £4. Tues 18 th Children’s Activity - The Big Bug Hunt Friars Meadow CO10 2SU 11am-3pm Tues 18 th St Peters – Music at lunchtime: Bows & Bellows th St Peters Church CO10 2EH Wed 19 12.30-1.30pm Children’s Activity - Teddy Bear’s Picnic Melford Hall CO10 9AA

Wed 19 th Children’s Activity - Woodland Art and Craft Day Little Ropers Woodland, Rd, Bures St Mary CO8 5JX Wed 19 th 10.30am-3.30pm FREE Sudbury Boat Trips to Great Cornard Lock Departs from The Granary Tea Room. CO10 2AN 1pm – 4pm. Adult £5. Child £3 Wed 19 th Melford Music-Aurora Voices: Singers th Long Melford Holy Trinity Church Wed 19 CB10 9DL Children’s Activity - Craft activity 1.10pm Sudbury Library CO10 2EN 10-11.30am £2.00

8 Wed 19 th th Melford Hall- Second Hand Book Sale Thurs 20 Melford Hall CO10 9AA Children's Activity - 1-4.30pm Stay and Play Sudbury Library CO10 2EN Playtime for tiny tots 10.15-11am Free 01787 242570 Thurs 20 th Children’s Activity -

Seriously Board: st Games Afternoon Fri 21 Sudbury Library CO10 2EN Fleece Jazz: Basil Hodge Quintet 2pm-4pm Free Celebrating Horace Silver 01787 242570 Stoke by Nayland Hotel CO64PZ 7.30pm Tickets £16 01787 211865

Fri 21 st Film:What We Did On Holiday Nayland Village Hall CO6 4JH Bar opens 7.30pm. Fri 21 st /Sun 23 rd Film starts at 8pm. Folk East Festival Gelmham Hall IP13 0BT www.folkeast.co.uk

Fri 21 st /Mon 24 th ‘Strands’- Textile, Ceramics Exhi- bition. nd Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford. Sat 22 CO10 9DT Children’s Activity - 10am-5pm Free admission Seriously Beginners sewing class Tel: 01787 277370 Sudbury Library CO10 2EN Under 10’s 10-11.30am Booking essential £2.00 Sat 22 nd Mander Antiques and Interiors Auc- tion The Auction Centre, Assington Road, Sat 22 nd Newton Green CO10 0QX. The Red House Garden Party Auction starts at 10.00am, viewing Fri- The Red House Residential Home day 9am to 8pm & Saturday from 9am. Telephone 01787 Sudbury CO10 2TD 211847 [email protected] 2pm –5pm

9 Sun 23 rd Sun 23 rd Farmers’ Market Assington Mill-Invitation To View Lavenham Village Hall £15 including tea/coffee/cake. 10am – 1.30pm. Free entry. 2 hour tour of mill and farm Tel: 07704 627973 or email: [email protected] Tues 25 th St Peters – Music at lunchtime: Sun 23 rd Bel Canot Buskers NEW –Guided Walk of Long Mel- St Peters Church CO10 2EH ford 12.30-1.30pm Start: Tiffins Tea Room, Hall St. CO10 9JT th 2.30pm. Tickets £4. Wed 26 Tickets at Tiffins 01787 827911 Quay Quiz or Lavenham TIC. 01787 248207 Quay Theatre, Sudbury CO10 2AN 7.30pm Entry £1.50 per person Tel: 01787 374745 www.quaytheatre.org.uk Tues 25 th Children’s Activity - Tom’s Trunk, Fake or Fortune? Wed 26 th Gainsborough House CO10 2EU Sudbury Boat Trips to 10am-1.30pm Great Cornard Lock Departs from The Granary Tea Room. CO10 2AN Wed 26 th 1pm – 4pm. Adult £5. Child £3 Sudbury Boat Trips to www.riverstourtrust.org Great Cornard Lock Departs from The Granary Tea Room. CO10 2AN Thurs 27 th 1pm – 4pm. Adult £5. Child £3 Children’s Activity - Stay and Play www.riverstourtrust.org Sudbury Library CO10 2EN Playtime for tiny tots 10.15-11am Free Tel: 01787 242570 Wed 26 th Melford Music Rock Champagne Finale Thurs 27 th with Bryony Ensemble Children’s Activity - Long Melford Holy Trinity Church Seriously Board: Games Afternoon CO10 9DL 1.10pm Sudbury Library CO10 2EN 2pm-4pm Free Tel: 01787 242570

10 Fri 28 th Fri 28 th Children’s Activity - Farmers Market Origami craft activity St Peter’s Church, Sudbury Library CO10 2EN Market Hill, Sudbury 2pm-3.30pm £2.00 9.30am – 2pm. Free entry. Tel: 01787 242570 Contact Justine 07704 627973. Email : [email protected]

Sat 29 th Summer craft fair Sat 29 th St. Peter's Church, Market Hill, Children’s Activity - Sudbury CO10 2EH Seriously Beginners sewing class 10am - 4pm Free entry Sudbury Library CO10 2EN Tel: 01787 238191 Under 10’s email: [email protected] 10-11.30am Booking essential:£2.00 www.simplyevents.me Tel: 01787 242570

Sat 29 th /Sun 30 th Sat 29 th /Sun 30 th Long Melford Antiques & Vintage 4th Cider & Wine Festival Fair Dedham Vale Vineyard, The Old School, Long Melford, Boxted. CO4 5TS CO10 9DX . 9.30am – 4pm. Tel: 01206 271136. Tel: 07837 497617 www.dedhamvalevineyard.com

Sat 29 th / Mon 31 st Sun 30 th The Suffolk Villages Festival Sudbury Boat Trips to Box Office: 01904651485 Great Cornard Lock Departs from The Granary Tea Room. Sun 30 th CO10 2AN Sudbury Carnival 11am – 5pm. Adult £5. Child £3 60’s and 70’s theme www.riverstourtrust.org Procession starts at 11.30am

Sun 30 th Sun 30 th Ngs – Open Gardens – Richmond House NEW – 20 Nethergate St. Clare CO10 8NP Guided Walk of Long Melford 2pm – 5pm. Admission £3.50 Child free. Start: Tiffins Tea Room, Hall St. Ngs – Open Gardens – Orchard House CO10 9JT 22 Nethergate St. Clare CO10 8NP 2.30pm. Tickets £4. 2pm – 5pm. Admission £3.50 Child free. Combined Garden Admission £6 Tickets at Tiffins 01787 827911 www.ngs.org.uk or Lavenham TIC. 01787 248207

11 Sun 30 th Mon 31 st Summer Sundaes: Quay Lane Open Day/Street Party The Sussex Jazz Kings CO10 2AN Colchester Jazz Club Parish Hall, Old Displays and Demonstrations, Craft fair, Live music London Road, Marks Tey. CO6 1EJ Fun for all the Family! 7.15pm.

Mon 31 st Mon 31st Melford Hall- Second Hand Book Sale Children’s Activity Pirates on the Stour Boat Trips to Cornard Lock Melford Hall CO10 9AA Departs from The Gran ary Tea Room. 1pm-4.30pm CO10 2AN Dress as a pirate and sail for FREE Under 14’s only. Mon 31st 11am – 5pm. Adult £5. Child £3 Lavenham Carnival www.riverstourtrust.org & Rare Breeds Car Show. Leaves Market Place 12 noon. Recreation Ground 12.30pm Admission Adults £5. Under 16’s free . www.discoverlavenham.co.uk/what’son

Compiled by Sudbury Tourist Information Centre, The Library Market Hill, Sudbury Suffolk CO10 2EN, Tel: 01787 881320

If you wish for an event to be advertised please email [email protected]

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that details are correct, Sudbury Tourist Information Centre cannot be held responsible for any amend- ments or cancellations of which we have not been notified. This list is just a selection-

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