A unique arts venue for the Felixstowe peninsula. Open for hire to groups involved in visual and performing arts.
Thursday 6th July – Sun 9th July 7:30pm
Black & White Productions present
HARRY’S BAR – A TOUGH OF THE BLARNEY by Suzanne Hawkes
Harry’s Bar goes to Ireland with its usual eclectic mix of drama, cabaret and comedy.
Read More Harrys Bar – A Touch of The Blarney
Tuesday 4th July 7:30pm
Black & White Productions present
HARRY’S BAR – A TOUGH OF THE BLARNEY by Suzanne Hawkes
Harry’s Bar goes to Ireland with its usual eclectic mix of drama, cabaret and comedy.
Read More Harrys Bar – A Touch of The Blarney PREVIEW PERFORMANCE
Friday 23 June 2023 7pm
Martin Newell and The Hosepipe Band return to Felixstowe Book Festival with new offerings as well as poems and music that have proved popular with audiences in previous years.
In 2009, Martin Newell was commissioned to cover the station hoardings at Colchester Hythe Station with poetry about the area – the city’s former ‘engine room’ – with its rich industrial past. This year, for the first time, he’ll be performing some of the poems live as part of the Hosepipe Band’s current show.
Saturday 17th June 7:30pm
Christopher Beaumont plays the music of his long-term friend astronomer Sir Patrick Moore in the year he would have turned 100
Interspersed with anecdotes of the great man’s life -Christopher plays original compositions on the xylophone accompanied by his brother on the keyboards
Friday 2 June 7:30pm
The Matt Carter Octet is one of the most exciting young bands on today’s jazz scene. They’re on an album launch tour of the UK, and will be bringing music from their new album Read Between the Lines to Two Sisters Arts Centre for one night only! The album was recorded at Livingstone Studios in north London in 2022, after a successful UK wide tour last summer. Now completed, they’ll play all ten tracks in their entirety as well as other material from their expanding repertoire.
Saturday 27 May 2023, 7:30pm
Albion Mills (Pink Floyd ) return with their take on The Beatles best album sounds
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Friday 12 May 2023, 7:30pm
Bearfoot Soul is Matt White
A World-Class Vocalist, Acoustic Guitarist & Showman, Matt White, a singer-songwriter and performer with 25+ years live music performance and entertainment industry experience.
He will be showcasing his new album Gravity & Time
A Light Left On are a folk band comprising Singer-Songwriter David J Brown & full time gorilla absurdist Simon Smith Daye.
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Friday 5 May 2023, 7:30pm
Legendary guitarist John Parker is back with a new line up – The Moondancers
Natasha Hodge (vocals)
Vernon Leyton (Bass)
Tony Radford (sax)
John Parker (Gtr)
Read More Jazz – The Moondancers
Saturday 29 April 2023, 7:30pm
Steve Gifford is a highly regarded and prolific country blues and folk singer songwriter.
He recently moved to Ramsgate and is currently touring with a series of gigs along the South coast.
Previously this journeyman was regularly playing in America and Canada but his travels have been curtailed due to the lockdown.
He currently plays solo and brings his unique guitar picking style of acoustic
Read More Steve Gifford
Friday 21st April 2023 7:30pm
THE BALLAD OF SHINGLE STREET & OTHER POEMS
Blake Morrison is perhaps best known for his memoirs And when did you last see your father? and Things my mother never told me, but he started his career as a poet and his collection Shingle Street is the starting point for this collaboration with The Hosepipe Band whose original music accompanies Blake’s reading.