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SEPTEMBER 2016
WHAT’S ON SEPTEMBER 2 – 4
SEPTEMBER 6
Maui Waui Festival
Jeremy Sassoon’s ‘Ray Charles Project’
Theberton
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm
See festivals feature page 8 www.mauiwauievents.co.uk
Adventures with Andy Kershaw
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm SEPTEMBER 2 – 7 Ebb and Flow
The Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings An exhibition of stitched textiles by Tin Hut Textiles, a group of ex-City and Guilds students from East Anglia. Entry: Free Information: 01473 652725 or coopersaa@gmail.com www.tinhuttextiles.co.uk
Andy’s one-man show has become a hugely successful highlight of many literary festivals including a sold-out appearance at Hay on Wye. Fascinating and often hilarious, the twohour audio-visual presentation treats the audience to recollections from a life spent on the front lines of rock & roll, and on the front lines of some of the world’s most extreme and dangerous countries. Tickets: £13 Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk Art on the Prom
SEPTEMBER 3 Farmers Markets
Beccles Heliport 9am –1pm Metfield Village Hall 9am –12 noon Snape Maltings 9.30am –1pm
SEPTEMBER 3 AND 4 Classic Boat Festival – Concours d'Elegance
Aldeburgh Yacht Club, 6pm A flotilla of beautiful classic boats will sail past Aldeburgh Yacht Club. Designed before 1965 and built before 1985, the parade will include Loch Longs and Lapwings, Dayboats, Brightlingsea One Designs, Flying Fifteens, Swallows and Dragons, Dinghies, National 12’s, Merlin Rockets, International14’s, and Enterprises to name but a few. Information: 01728 452562 or secretary@aldeburghyc.org.uk www.aldeburghyc.org.uk
SEPTEMBER 4 Sunday Brunch
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 11am – 1pm Superheroes themed event – Avengers assemble! Kids (and grownups, if they like!) can come dressed as their favourite superhero.You might even get to meet some special superhero guests... with prizes for the best dressed! Entry: Free Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk 14
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Felixstowe Seafront, 10am-4:30pm
Jeremy Sassoon’s 17-piece tribute to the music of Ray Charles has headlined sell-out shows at Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club and at Camden’s Jazz Café for a celebration of Brother Ray’s 85th Birthday. The set list includes all-time classics ‘Georgia on my Mind’, ‘What I’d Say’, ‘I Gotta Woman’, ‘Hallelujah I Love Her So’ and lesser known gems ‘The Jealous Kind’, ‘I Don’t Need No Doctor’ and ‘Hardhearted Hannah’. Tickets: £22 Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk
SEPTEMBER 8 Chantel McGregor
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 8pm
See mini preview page 20 Suffolk Youth Music Gala Concert
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, 5pm A gala performance from the Suffolk Youth Orchestra, Suffolk Young Strings and the Suffolk Youth Brass Ensemble Tickets: £8 www.aldeburgh.co.uk Suffolk Punch Spectacular
Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, 10am – 4.30pm Get up close, learn about the Suffolk Punch and talk to their owners. There will be stallions, mares, foals and geldings, as well as wagons, other horse drawn vehicles and working demonstrations and competitions. Entry: £10 www.kentwell.co.uk Walk with a Fork
Helmingham Hall Estate In aid of Ormiston Families, Walk with a Fork involves taking on a seven mile walk around the Helmingham Hall estate near Otley while sampling local food delicacies from some of the region’s local producers along the way. Proceeds will be used to support children and young people across East Anglia improve their life chances. Tickets: £20 (children under 5 free, dogs welcome) www.ormiston-families.eventbrite.com
Imagine the tone of Robin Trower, the inspiration of Hendrix, the influence of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the energy of Bonamassa, the intensity of Walter Trout and the haunting vocal of Stevie Nicks all rolled into one. Guitar prodigy Chantel McGregor has won five British Blues Awards in the last three years, including Guitarist of the Year in 2013 & 2014. This is “Rock-blues for the new age, played by a musician born with an effortless virtuosity, peppered by flights of incendiary guitar and flanked by moments of poise, grace and fluidity.” Tickets: £16 on the door Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk