www.ipswich.gov.uk SUMMER 2015 Ip swich summertime Don’t miss a minute of it! In this special events paper we are bringing you details of lots of events to keep everyone entertained all summer www.ipswich.gov.uk/summertime www.ipswich.gov.uk SUMMER 2015 IPSWICH ARTS FESTIVAL 19 JUNE-12 JULY Ip-art, the Ipswich Arts Festival, is bringing you four weekends of fun this summer HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: IPSWICH JAZZ FESTIVAL Friday 19 June-Sunday 28 June THEATRE ON THE LAWN Wednesdays 1 July & 8 July OPEN AIR CINEMA Saturday 4 July IPSWICH MUSIC DAY Sunday 5 July GLOBAL RHYTHM Saturday 11 July INDIAN SUMMER MELA Sunday 12 July Ipswich Summertime is published by Ipswich Borough Council and delivered to households in Ipswich. It is also published in the Ipswich Star and is available online at www.ipswich.gov.uk www.ipswich.gov.uk SUMMER 2015 There is something for everyone, including the fabulous Ipswich Music Day in Christchurch Park, the UK’s biggest one-day free music festival. Also sure to draw huge audiences are the Indian Mela and Global Rhythms. Madcap comedy team the Pantaloons are offering twice as much mirth this year, with performances of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice in Christchurch Park and Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in Holywells. Shakespeare in Suffolk , set in Christchurch Mansion, sees the Bard’s touring company arrive in Suffolk in the year 1596. Plague, spies and playwrights! For the first time, a skateboarding competition will enable youngsters to show off their talents, while guided walks and circus workshops add to the fun. For classical music fans, the Ipswich Orchestral Society will be performing in the Corn Exchange and there is a Classical Picnic Concert in the park. An open-air film day at ITFC, the Ipswich Jazz Festival, street markets and lots of performance and visual arts treats are also included. Ipswich Armed Forces Day on 28th June in Christchurch Park will mark the anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day and commemorate the Battle of Waterloo. Attractions include a climbing wall, assault courses, music, dance and re-enactments. 01473 433100 | ip-art.com | @ip_art www.ipswich.gov.uk SUMMER 2015 Welcome to the Ipswich Jazz Festival, in partnership with the Ipswich Arts Festival. With its active, local jazz scene, Ipswich is a great place to host a jazz festival. A mix of live music performances, films, art and Saturday 20th June 1pm – 5pm workshops, the ten day festival has something Learn How to Sing Jazz Tuesday 23rd -Saturday 27th June for everyone who enjoys jazz or who wants to Gallery 3, Ipswich Town Hall, Classic Jazz Films Cornhill, Ipswich, IP1 1DH. Ipswich Film Theatre, begin enjoying this great music. Many events A workshop and masterclass led by local jazz musician Corn Exchange, Ipswich IP1 1DH. are free and there are also live gigs by some of Andi Hopgood. An overview of all things jazz singing. The Man with the the top names in British jazz. Tickets £12 from Ipswich Regent Box Office Jazz Guitar (PG) Ipswich Tourist Information Centre Dir: Marc Mason, UK, 2012, 115 mins So come and listen or even join in! Tel 01473 433100 or www.ipswichregent.com A delightful portrait of the fascinating 50s jazz Saturday 20th June 9pm – 11pm musician and popular radio broadcaster, Ken 2nd June - 27th June Sykora. Inspired by Django Reinhardt, Ken’s musical Jazz Arrivals career was cut short by the 2nd World War and C Jazz Art and Artefacts The Woolpack, Tuddenham Rd, Ipswich, IP4 2SH. rock‘n’roll. He moved into broadcasting where P Exhibition Jazz Arrivals play a mixture of Swingy-Jazz-Soul-Funky- he worked on more than 3000 programmes over V “Tea Room” Gallery, Ipswich Town Hall, Blues with a jaunty nod towards the organ sound of the 4 decades. At the peak of his popularity in the Cornhill, Ipswich, IP1 1DH. Friday 19th June 7.45pm – 9.30pm 50s and 60s. early 70s he suddenly and unexpectedly quit the Open Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm Free (but donations welcome!) BBC and moved his wife and young family from A With an open view “Jazz Lounge” Clare Teal and her trio Suffolk to Scotland, to run a hotel, in ‘the middle Saturday 6th June 1.30pm-4pm, including live jazz. New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Sunday 21st June 12.00-3pm of nowhere’. Featuring intimate interviews with S Free Ipswich, IP1 2AS. 01473 295900 Father’s Day lunch his children, close friends and colleagues, Ken is Fleece Jazz at the Stoke by Nayland Hotel presents Cock and Pye, Upper Brook St, Ipswich, IP4 1EG. creatively brought to life through a mix of animation 16th June – 27th June Clare Teal and her trio. Clare Teal performs jazz Listen to four Suffolk jazz bands. and his radio voice. £ standards, including music by her heroes, Ella Jazz Photography Exhibition Free admission Tues 23rd June 2.30pm and 7.30pm Fitzgerald, Doris Day and Peggy Lee as well as I Subterranean Boulevard Gallery, Wed 24th June 7.30pm more contemporary covers and original material. T 21 St Peters Street, Ipswich, Sunday 21st June 3pm – 5pm Thurs 25th June 2.30pm Including Jazz Camera, the work of music photographer Beautiful melodies, fabulous arrangements all Body and Soul Jazz Band John Watson. interspersed with Clare’s warm and witty story telling. A night of wonderful music to open the Isaacs on the Quay, Ipswich, IP4 1AS. Mo’Better Blues (15) Open View 18th June 5.30pm – 8pm Ipswich Jazz Festival. Playing a popular mix of jazz including standards from Dir: Spike Lee, US, 1990, 124 mins Gallery Open: Tuesday – Saturday 10.00am – 4pm S Tickets from £10. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk the great American songbook, funk, Latin, blues and Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes Sunday 21st 11am - 3pm f also some unusual treatments of modern pop songs. Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington) is an ace jazz Free G Friday 19th June 5.30pm – 7pm. Free trumpeter with his own quintet and a love of C C the ladies but trouble is on the horizon as his Thursday 18th June Jazz Masterclass P A Sunday 21st June 8pm – 10.30pm saxophonist wants to leave and his manager Before Clare Teal’s show, her band (Jason Rebello V Ipswich Community Radio (ICR) Zoe Francis, Jim Mullen struggles with gambling debts. A subtle portrait of - piano, Simon Little – bass and Matt Skelton Jazz Grooves with GerryG 8pm-10pm. and the Chris Ingham Trio a jazz musician with a soundtrack by jazz greats. - drums) will run a masterclass for local jazz players A special festival preview show on 18th June and again California Club, 195 Foxhall Rd, Ipswich, IP3 8LB. Thurs 25th and Fri 26th June 7.30pm and music lovers on the New Wolsey Theatre A on Thursday 25th June. Also, Velvet Jazz Lounge with Hosted by Ipswich Jazz Club. Outstanding singer Zoe will Sat 27th June 2.30pm and 7.30pm stage. Some local players will have an opportunity w Althea Browne. 12.00– 2pm Sunday 21st June. to improvise on stage with the band during the be joined by accomplished guitarist Jim Mullen and East 105.7 FM, www.icrfm.co.uk, S Tickets £7/£3 (25 and under) are available class and receive feedback. Anglia’s premier jazz trio of Chris Ingham, keyboards, or via the tunein apps. from the IFT box-office or www.iftt.co.uk Tickets £10. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk Mick Hutton, bass and George Double, drums. Tickets £13.00 on the door £ N www.ipswichjazzfestival.org.uk www.ipswichjazzfestival.org.uk www.ipswichjazzfestival.org.uk www.ipswichjazzfestival.org.uk www.ipswichjazzfestival.org.uk I m T Friday 26th June 7pm Saturday 27th June 2pm – 5pm Morphology Jazz Drumming Arlingtons Brasserie, Museum St, Ipswich IP1 1HE. T for Absolute beginners Jazz dinner and live music by outstanding jazz quartet Gallery 3, Ipswich Town Hall, Morphology who draw on the cool sounds of 1950s Cornhill, Ipswich, IP1 1DH. West Coast America; melodic compositions from the A workshop led by Ipswich jazz drummer and bandleader avant-garde scene and original pieces by the band.Music Bob Airzee. Please bring drumsticks. which is bright, breezy and easy to listen to. A fresh Tickets £12 from Ipswich Regent Box Office Box acoustic sound dominated only by the absence of drums. Office Ipswich Tourist Information Centre Only £20 for three courses, so book now. Tel 01473 433100 or www.ipswichregent.com www.arlingtonsbrasserie.co.uk Sunday 28th June 3pm - 5pm Pre-event dinner offer Weird Rare Animal Early Dinner Menu for just £10 Isaacs on the Quay, Ipswich, IP4 1AS. Saturday 27th June 7.30pm -10pm Come to Arlingtons Brasserie before a jazz festival event No, not another heavy metal pub band but the unique Noemi Nuti and enjoy our special Pre-Festival Early Dinner Menu for Ipswich modern jazz trio who play a selection of Council Chamber, Ipswich Town Hall, just £10. This includes a main course and glass of wine or modern jazz classics from the jazz masters, but often in Cornhill, Ipswich, IP1 1DH. beer. Available between 5pm – 7pm weekdays and week- a startlingly new way. Charlie Parker as reggae… ends, Just mention Ipswich Jazz Festival when you come. Peppery Productions & Jazz East at the Fludyers present: or funk…Johann Sebastian Bach played swing. Vocalist Noemi Nuti accompanied by Quentin Collins www.arlingtonsbrasserie.co.uk Free – trumpet/flugelhorn, Andrew McCormack – piano, Tim Thornton - double bass and Ernesto Simpson - drums. For the best radio coverage of the festival tune into BBC Radio Suffolk. A show with some of the finest Brazilian and British jazz.