Compiled by
Sudbury Tourist Information Centre,
The Library
Market Hill,
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 2EN,
01787 881320
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that details are correct, Sudbury
Tourist Information Centre cannot be held responsible for any amendments or
cancellations of which we have not been notified. This list is just a selection of various
events taking place in the month.
If you wish for an event to be advertised please email
Sat 3rd
May Market at
Gainsborough’s House
46 Gainsborough St. Sudbury
Arts, Crafts, Jewellery, Plants
and delicious home-made
refreshments 10am – 4pm
Telephone: 01787 372958
Sat 3rd
Table Sale for the W.I.
Long Melford Village Hall
11am – 2.30pm
£6 per table. To book contact
01787 880875
Refreshments available
Sat 3rd
Craft Fair - Friends of St
Peter’s Church
10.00 – 4.00pm
Market Hill, Sudbury,
CO10 2EA
www.stpetersudbury.co.uk
In and around SUDBURY
Sat 3rd
Long Melford – Plant Sale &
Coffee Morning
Holy Trinity Church – Long
Melford Flower Ladies
*Plants *Home Cooking
*Cakes *Floral Sundries
*Brick A Brac-
All proceeds to Melford
Church Flower Fund
10am – 1pm
Details call 01787 882394
Breaking News
Gainsborough’s House
Now open on Sundays
11am—5pm
Sat 3rd/Sun 11th
Two Rivers Mission comes
to
Sudbury.
Tues 6th May – Grill- a- Vicar.
Thurs 8th – Art That Speaks,
Healing Service, Show & Tell.
Fri 9th – Any Questions?
www.tworiversmission.org
Wed 7th
Lavenham Village Hall -
Flix in the Stix- Diana Doors
Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £4.00
Tel 01787 248599
Sun 4th
Sudbury Boat Trips to Great
Cornard Lock
Departs from The Granary Tea
Room. CO10 2AN
11am – 5pm. Adult £5. Child
£3
www.riverstourtrust.org
Wed 7th
HealthWalk-
Sible Hedingham CO9 3 HP
Circular walk- meet in car park
behind Co-op
Contact Alan 01787 464095
www.ramblers.co.uk Mon 5th
Quay -
Car Boot & Table Sale
Quay Car park, Foyer and Bar
9am – 1pm
Admission Free
Pitches £6 in advance, £8 on
the day
Set-up for sellers from 8am
Box Office 01787 374745
Sun 4th
Quay Film – Sleeping Beauty-
Opera & Ballet
Quay Theatre,Sudbury.
7.30pm. Tickets £10.00 Friends
£9.00 Children £6.00
Box Office 01787 374745.
Mon 5th
Plant Market on the
Market Hill, Sudbury
Stall holders £35.00 or double
pitch £65.00
Quay Theatre’s 13th Annual
Plant Market,
By kind permission of
Sudbury Town Council.
Quay Fundraisers
Sun 4th
Car Boot Sale
Stour Valley Business Centre,
Brundon Lane.
Sat 31st
Quay Music – Gala Charity
Concert
Quay Theatre, Sudbury.
7.30pm.
Tickets £12.00 Friends
£10.00
Box Office 01787 374745
Sat 31st
Quilt Exhibition
St. Mary’s Church, Boxford
10am-5pm
Proceeds to St. Mary’s Church
and EACH (Children’s Hos-
Fri 30th
Sudbury Farmers’ Market St. Peter’s Church
9.30am – 2pm.
Free entry.
Contact Justine 07704627973.
Email: [email protected] www.suffolkmarketevents.co.uk
www.longmelford.co.uk
Fri 30th
Film Night – Gravity (PG13)
Nayland Village Hall Cinema
8pm.
Tickets £5
(incl.tea/coffee biscuits)
Thurs 29th
Babergh Health Walk
- Hadleigh
Meet 12pm at Hadleigh Library
Length of walk approx. 60 mins.
Led by Babergh Walk Leaders
Thurs 29th
Silk-Walking With Dragons!
Guided Walk
Location: Sudbury.
Meet:Bures community centre.
10 am Free www.suffolkwalkingfestival.co.uk
Wed 28th
Silk-An Ancient and Modern
Fabric-Guided Walk
Location: Sudbury.
Meet:Gainsborough’s Statue
2pm. Adults £5. Child 5-14 £2.50 www.suffolkwalkingfestival.co.uk
Wed 28th
Melford Music presents
Lunchtime Recitals
Trevor Cordwell (piano)
1.10pm.
Admission free
Bank Holiday Mon 26th
Sudbury Teddy Bear Boat
Rides
Departs from The Granary Tea
Room. CO10 2AN
11am – 4pm.
Adult £5. Children under 12 go
free when accompanied by an
adult and their teddy bear
www.riverstourtrust.org
Mon 26th
Nayland Church Fete Nayland Playing Field
Adults £2. Children 50p.
Concessions £1.
01206 262161
Sun 25th
Car Boot Sale
Stour Valley Business Centre,
Brundon Lane.
7.30am – 1pm. £5 a pitch for sell-
ers.
Tel: 01787 378430
Mon 26th
The Suffolk Villages Festival-
JS Bach Mass in B minor
St. Peter’s Sudbury
6pm.
Tickets £11 (available from the
Sudbury Tourist Information in
the Library)
Mon 26th
Quay - Car Boot & Table Sale
Quay Car park, Foyer and Bar
9am – 1pm
Admission Free
Pitches £6 in advance, £8 on the day
Set-up for sellers from 8am
Box Office 01787 374745
www.quaytheatre.org.uk
Mon 26th
Quay Drama –The Shake-
speare Delusion
Quay Theatre, Sudbury.
7.30pm.
Tickets -Pay want you want
Box Office 01787 374745.
Sat 24th/Mon 26th
Lavenham Arts Festival
Painting, Prints, Pottery and
Sculpture
www.lovelavenham.co.uk
Sun 25th
Quay Music Night –
Held in the Bar area upstairs
Quay Theatre, Sudbury.
7.30pm. Free
Sun 25th
Farmers’ Market Lavenham Village Hall
10am – 1.30pm.
Free entry.
Thurs 8th
Kettle & Fish - Friends of St
Peter’s Church
9.45 – 2.00pm
Market Hill, Sudbury,
CO10 2EA
www.stpetersudbury.co.uk
Sat 10th
Long Melford Book Fair
10am to 4pm – Adults £1.00
Children under 15 free
Memorial Hall off Hall Street,
Long Melford, Sudbury,
CO10 9LQ
Contact 01245 361609
www.missingbookfairs
Thurs 8th
Film Club – Audrey Hepburn 10.30am. Tickets £10.00 or season
£35.00
Quay Theatre, Sudbury.
Box Office 01787 374745
Fri 9th
Quay Music – The FB Pocket
Orchestera
Quay Theatre, Sudbury.
7.30pm. Tickets £10.00 Friends
£9.00
Box Office 01787 374745
Sat 10th
Craft Fair - Friends of
St Peter’s Church
9.00 – 4.00pm
Market Hill, Sudbury,
CO10 2EA
www.stpetersudbury.co.uk
Sat 10th
Trinity Singers – May Concert
SS Peter & Paul Church,
Lavenham
7.30pm.
www.trinitysingers.com
Sat 10th
Lavenham Village Hall –
Fete
12.00 – 4.00pm
Free Entry
Sat 10th
The Goldfield Ensemble in
Clare Church
7.30pm Tickets £15
(students £5)
Tickets available at Compact
Music, Sudbury
Tel: 01787 277731
Email: [email protected]
Sun 11th
The Women’s Tour-
Harwich to Bury St Edmunds
Passing through Sudbury
approx 11.23am
Further information Tour
Website www.thetour.co.uk
Sat 10th
Musical Treats featuring
Stour Winds & Colin Tait Lamarsh Church
3.30pm. Entry free.
Donations to the church
Tel: 01787 227404
Park at Village hall. CO8 5EU Sun 11th
Car Boot Sale
Stour Valley Business Centre,
Brundon Lane.
7.30am – 1pm. £5 a pitch for
sellers.
Tel: 01787 378430
Sun 11th
Family Car Boot Sale
Stoke-by-Nayland
(field off Stoke to Polstead Road )
follow signs
Buyers 10.30am – 50p a car Book
Sat 10th/Sun 11th
Flower Festival at All Saints
Church
Little Cornard
11am till 4pm
Plant Stalls, Book sales &
refreshments
Tel 01787 227615
Tues 13th-Sat 17th
Monstrous Regiment
Quay Theatre, Sudbury.
7.45pm. Tickets £9.00 Friends
£8.00
Box Office 01787 374745.
9th/10th/11th
V E Weekend
The Five Bells Public House,
Bures Road, Great Cornard
All proceeds to Headley Court
Hospital
Www.cornard.info
Sat 10th
Musical Treats from France,
Austria, Russia
Lamarsh Church
Free Entry
01787 227404
Tues 13th
Lunchtime Concert in St. Peter’s
Folk Songs with Pauline & Mike.
Contact: [email protected]
Sat 24th
Babergh Health Walk
- Shotley Gate Meet 11am at Shotley Gate Marina.
Length of walk—3½ miles
Led by Daphne Turner
Sat 24th/Sun 25th
LeeStock Music Festival
Featuring ‘The Lightning
Seeds’
Melford Hall, Long Melford
www.leestock.org
Sat 24th
Quay Music – The Blues
Brothers Experience
Quay Theatre, Sudbury.
7.30pm.
Tickets £15.00 (no concessions)
Box Office 01787 374745
Thurs 22nd
Babergh Health Walk
- Newton Green Meet 12pm at the Village Hall.
Duration of walk—30 mins Led by Babergh walk leaders
www.livewellsuffolk.org.uk
Fri 23rd
It’s All Halls!! Guided Walk
Location: Stoke by Nayland
Meet:St. Mary’s Church
11am. Tickets £5 www.suffolkwalkingfestival.co.uk
Fri 23rd
Fleece Jazz—Gilad Atzmon
Stoke by Nayland Hotel. CO6 4PZ
7.30pm. Tickets £16 Tel: 01787 211865
www.fleecejazz.org.uk
Wed 21st
Melford Music presents
Lunchtime Recitals
Tony Scheuregger (lute)
1.10pm. Admission free
-retiring collection
www.longmelford.co.uk
Sun 18th
Car Boot Sale
Stour Valley Business Centre,
Brundon Lane.
7.30am – 1pm.
£5 a pitch for sellers.
Tel: 01787 378430
Sun 18th
A Song for Peace United Reform Church, School
St. Sudbury
Raising awareness for Syria
6.30pm
Sun 18th
A Vintage Affair
Hedingham Castle, Essex.
CO9 3DJ
10am – 5pm.
Adults £7.50. Child/Conc £5.
Family £19.
Sun 18th
Gardens Open –
Daws Hall Trust
Lamarsh, Bures, Suffolk,
CO8 5EX
10 acres on the Suffolk/Essex
border
12.00 – 4.00pm - Refreshments
Adults £5.00 Children over 5
£1.00 (no dogs)
Sun 18th
St. Nicholas Hospice Care:
Bury to Clare Fundraiser
Start: Nowton Park IP29 5BD
9am. Tickets £15 www.suffolkwalkingfestival.co.uk
Tues 20th
Babergh Health Walk
- Sudbury Quay Theatre
Duration of walk—30 mins Led by Babergh walk leaders
www.livewellsuffolk.org.uk
Wed 21st
Quay Comedy – Mark Steel’s
back in Town
Funniest Pianist in the World
8.00pm
Tickets £15.00 no concessions
Quay Theatre, Sudbury.
Box Office 01787 374745
Wed 14th
Ancestral Anglia-Historical
Narrative & Period Music
St. Lawrence Church,
Little Waldingfield
7.30pm.
Tickets £4 non members.
£2 members.
Tel: 01787 248298
Little Waldingfield History
Society
Wed 14th
Melford Music presents
Lunchtime Recitals
Beth Spendlove (violin)
Ian Ray (piano)
1.10pm.
Admission free –
retiring collection
www.longmelford.co.uk
Thurs 15th
Kettle & Fish - Friends of
St Peter’s Church
9.45 – 2.00pm
Market Hill, Sudbury,
CO10 2EA
www.stpetersudbury.co.uk
Sat 17th
Lavenham Village Hall –
Rock Choir
Doors Open 6.30pm for
7.30pm start
Tickets £10.00
Tel 01787 248599
(10.00- 4.00 Mon-Fri)
www.longmelford.co.uk
Sat 17th
The Hadleigh Show-
‘How We Farm Today’
Holbecks Park Hadleigh.
IP7 5PE
Family Ticket: £24
2 adults+ 3 children.
Adults £9. Concessions £7.
Parking is FREE.
Tel: 07584 568055
www.hadleighshow.co.uk
Sat 17th
Music for Everyone
St. John’s Baptist Church,
Pebmarsh
Free Admission
01787 222585
Sat 17th
Round Church Craft Fair
and Plant Sale
Little Maplestead, CO9 2SL
10.30am-3.30pm
All proceeds to the Round
Church
JUNE PREVIEW Sun 1st Last day of Suffolk Walking Festival
2.30pm—’Awesome Trees’. A stroll through Nowton Park. Distance 3 miles. Adults £4. Children 15 and under £2.
Sat 7th—37th Rotary Concert featuring The Rock Choir. St. Peter’s church 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Available at Sudbury Tourist
Information Centre.
Sat 7th—Tea Party & Organ Recital at St. Gregory’s Church.
Tickets on sale at Tourist Information.
Thurs 12th—Watercolour Painting Demonstration by Vernon Lever. 7.30pm in the library. Tickets £5 (includes glass of wine)
TIC PRICE ZOO PRICE on gate
HIGH SEASON
from 5/04/14
ADULT £17 £19.99
HIGH SEASON
from 5/04/14
CHILD 3-14
years
£11 £13.99
HIGH SEASON
from 5/04/14
SENIOR £15 £17.99
HIGH SEASON
from 5/04/14
DISABLED £8.50 £9.99
HIGH SEASON
from 5/04/14
CARER £8.50 £9.99
Cheaper Colchester Zoo Tickets
Available at Sudbury Tourist Information Centre.
Prices as below ….. And No Queuing…...
Every
week-
end
from
April
5th
Medieval Meander Around Lavenham -
Guided tour with a Blue Badge Guide.
Sat 2.30 pm, Sun 11.00 am
Starting at Lavenham TIC, Lady Street, Lavenham
£4.00 Adults under 14's free - Contact 01787 248207 -
www.heartofsuffolk.org.uk
River Stour Trust
BOAT TRIPS
DATES FOR MAY
Sun 4th/Mon5th/Sun 11th/Sun 18th/
Sun 25th/Mon 26th
FROM THE GRANARY
11AM—5PM
LATEST NEWS
From
GAINSBOROUGH‘S HOUSE
NOW OPEN ON
SUNDAYS
11AM—5PM
Admission Adults £6.50
SUDBURY GUIDED WALKS
Our next themed guided walk is Saturday
28th June
“Strolling In Gainsborough’s Footsteps”
Meet in the library 11am. Tickets are £4 each. It is
advisable to book early to avoid disappointment.
Take a stroll around 18th century Sudbury with Ted and Emma.
Experience the town in Gainsborough’ time and see the buildings that
Gainsborough and his family lived in.
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