No need to go away during the school holidays with so much happening in Sudbury.  Gainsborough’s House have a summer of events for the family throughout August with Tom’s Tuesdays every week between 10am and 1pm which include an opportunity to view the galleries and on August 24 join artist Robert Dukes for a gallery talk of the (…)

Vital funds from the Dedham Vale AONB Sustainable Development Fund helped Nayland Farmers Market run a Smoothie Bike Challenge last Saturday which proved to be a huge success.  Quirky events such as these really help pull in the crowds and with this in mind Justine Paul, owner of Suffolk Market Events and the person behind (…)

A huge Art Fair is launching in Sudbury next week and is set to run for six days. This is no ordinary art exhibition as it is a showcase for the work of over 60 of this area’s leading artists and crafts people – most of them well known professionals. It is being held in the town’s central venue of St Peter’s on the Market Hill.  The Sudbury Summer (…)

Sudbury’s Party in the Park will return again in 2019.  The date for the event will be announced shortly and we will confirm this as soon as possible.

Tuesday 5th – Saturday 9th July, SDS will be treading the boards again at The Quay, Sudbury, Suffolk with a stunning production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’, marking the 400th anniversary of The Bard’s death. An ensemble of 9 actors and 3 musicians bring this mystical play to life through music, physical action, visual images and, (…)

Sudbury Farmers Market is now one of the busiest town centre Farmers Markets in Suffolk.  The market is held on the last Friday of each month in St. Peter’s, Market Hill in the centre of Sudbury between 9.30am and 2pm – Free Entry.

Sudbury Citizens Advice is moving out of Belle Vue and into new premises within the town. On June 18th they are having an Open Day at Belle Vue and inviting people to come and have a look round before they move out, as the building has an interesting history. Anne Grimshaw from the Sudbury Society has previously given (…)

Some of England’s greatest artists have found inspiration in and around Sudbury including one of Sudbury’s most famous sons, Thomas Gainsborough.  Until the July 24, Gainsborough’s House are displaying nine landscape paintings from the Dutch Golden Age.  This is an international collaboration with the Rijksmuseum Twenthe, a (…)

Transition Sudbury have lots planned for the Summer and Autumn with our Preserving Class on the 2nd July at the Stevenson Centre in Great Cornard, Smoothie Bike at the Nayland Farmers Market on the 9th July.   We have our Autumn Give and Take (Swap Shop) on the 17th September in the Methodist Church in (…) 

Customer voting will soon be open at Sainsbury’s Sudbury for the retailer’s Local Charity of the Year scheme.  Each Sainsbury’s supermarket and convenience store has shortlisted a maximum of three charities to put forward for the customer vote. Customers can vote through the in-store voting system or online at (…)

The nation’s favourite Simon and Garfunkel Tribute slip slide into The Quay Theatre in Sudbury, Suffolk with their highly acclaimed All The Hits 1957-1987 tour on 18th June.  Now in its tenth year of touring, The Sounds of Simon delighted theatre audiences up and down the UK with its note-perfect reproduction of the award-winning (…)

On May 28th local artists will be in Sudbury, Suffolk at the Market promoting this years Suffolk Open Studios event and Artists Trail weekend of 4/5th June when all ten artists involved will be opening their studios over the same weekend.   Some of the artists involved will be on the Saturday Market in the centre of Sudbury to talk to visitors (…)

Find out more about Sudbury’s fascinating history; Simon of Sudbury, Capital of Silk, The Common Lands, 101 Dalmatians, River Transport and lots more at the Heritage Museum, Gaol Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk.  Normally open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm, it will also be open during the Taste of Sudbury Food & Drink Festival on Sunday 12th June 2016.

Sainsbury’s Local Charity of the Year scheme is back and the Sudbury store is looking for a new charity to support from the Sudbury/Cornard area.  Over the next couple of months, Sainsbury’s stores will make a shortlist of charities for customers to vote for. The winning charity will then receive a year of support from the store, which includes (…)

Transition Sudbury have organised a preserving class at the Stevenson Centre, Great Cornard, Suffolk on Saturday, the 2nd July at 10am.  Libby Laurence will give a talk on preserving whilst showing how to make strawberry conserve and strawberry jam, there is a difference!  Everyone in the class will get a 8oz jar to take away (…)

Sudbury is well known for its association with art, the annual Garlanding of Thomas Gainsborough’s Statue on the Market Hill is on May 14 at 10.30am.  The Mayor and Mark Bills will kick off the day by the statue and then all will be led by the Great Waldingfield Bush Band down to the Gainsborough’s House for the festive day!  Free (…)

Taking over the Market Hill in Sudbury and St. Peter’s on Sunday, 12^th June, the Taste of Sudbury Food & Drink Festival is the perfect summer treat for all food lovers.  Local restaurants, eateries and food producers come together to celebrate the fabulous diverse range of food available on the Suffolk/Essex border.   Cooking demonstrations (…)

There are still tickets left for the fantastic comedian, Simon Evans, he of Radio 4 and Live at the Apollo fame. If you like your humour intelligent and well researched, he’s the man for you! Playing at The Quay on 14th April at 8pm. Tickets: £14.00.

Spring is here – a good time to have a sort through your household items for the Transition Sudbury Swap Shop to be held on Saturday 16th April from 10am to 12pm at the Stevenson Centre, Great Cornard, Sudbury, CO10 0WD.  Give away your unwanted items or take whatever you like or swap them for something else all for FREE – (…)

A new Community Kitchen is open every Monday at St Gregs Hall, Princes Street, Sudbury between 12 – 2pm for a free lunch of homemade soup, cake, tea and coffee. Everyone is welcome to come along for a chat, drink tea, read the papers or meet friends.  There is no charge as ingredients are donated by Sainsburys and others and it (…)

Transition Sudbury have organised a visit to Fulibroch Dairy in Bures St. Mary on the 14th May 2016, 10am to 12pm to find out more about how their goat herd was established within the valley.  The guided tour will include how the dairy was built and set up, the environmental projects and how they produce the raw goats milk and  (…)

Between 13th and 28th May Sudbury will come alive with art!  Thanks to the generosity of local businesses, Winch and Blatch, The Angel Wine Bar and The Art and Framing Centre, artists living in and around Sudbury have been given the opportunity to display their work as a prelude to the ever popular Suffolk Open Studios (…)

Churches Together in Sudbury and District have organised an Easter Egg Hunt during Holy Week (21^st -26^th March).  Local shops and businesses around Sudbury will be displaying signs with lettered eggs on them. The aim is to collect all the letters and make an Easter related sentence. You can collect entry forms from 21^st March from the  (…)

Lettice & Lovage is coming soon! The much-awaited new play from Quay Productions (Directed by Trevor Laver) following on from the critical successes of Not About Heroes and Kennedy’s Children, this multi-award winning Peter Shaffer play is rapier-sharp and enormous fun to boot! Playing 7th – 9th April. Hurry and book your tickets!

Taking over the Market Hill in Sudbury and St. Peter’s on Sunday, 12^th June, the Taste of Sudbury Food & Drink Festival which celebrates the fabulous diverse range of food available on the Suffolk/Essex border.  Jam Tartz Catering based in Sudbury will be providing the perfect summer treat for all food lovers, with a pop up restaurant (…)

Sudbury comes alive with events in April and with the warmer weather more outside pursuits.  Boat Trips by the River Stour Trust have started again, every Sunday from April through to October, they operate between Sudbury, Great Cornard and Great Henny.  The Choral Society hold their Spring Concert in St. Peter’s  (…)

Events and classes in 2016 will include a free Chicken Keeping Class for Beginners on the 12^th March.  Our half-yearly Swap Shop when anyone is welcome to give away their unwanted items and take whatever treasures catch their eye, all for free, with the aim to reduce landfill will be held on the 16^th April.  A visit to Fulibroch Dairy (…)

The 2016 Suffolk Walking Festival kicks off on Saturday, 14^th May and continues for three weeks until Sunday, 5^th June.  The varied programme of 77 themed walks across the county include 4 in Sudbury; England’s Silk Capital, Duelling Dragons and other legends, Common Lands and In Gainsborough’s Footsteps (…)