Winter is just round the corner and the build up to Christmas. There are lots of reasons to do your Christmas shopping in Sudbury with 3 hours FREE parking. Look out for the posters for the benefits of shopping locally and supporting your local shops. Read more….
Not forgetting to support your local restaurants and cafes who are starting to introduce their festive menus.
Another reason for coming into Sudbury is to take part in the Best Christmas Window Display and Best Mince Pie competitions. You can vote for the best window online or pick up voting form in the Mercury. The best mince pie will run from November 23 to December 14. Go into any of the participating cafes or restaurants to pick up a voting form. You will automatically be entered into the free prize draws.
Christmas Light Switch On and Fair will be on Friday November 27 at 6.30pm. Christmas shopping gets into full swing; with stalls and lots going on including Santa’s Grotto, adult and children’s rides, majorettes, circus workshop, a synthetic Ice Skating Rink plus a visit from Elsa from Frozen. There will also be a two day French Market in North Street on the Friday and Saturday 28.
To really get into the festive mood, take a historic guided Dickensian walk round Sudbury on November 28 with ‘Scrooge’ and ‘Mrs Scatchit’ and explore the links Charles Dickens has with Sudbury.
The Quay Theatre always has a wide range of films and shows throughout the month. Sudbury Musicals Society celebrate their 30th year at the Quay Theatre between November 18 and 21 with Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance.
The hit Broadway production of John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ filmed on stage by the National Theatre Live will be showing at the Quay Theatre on November 22.
To find out more and for a full list of all the events visit the Sudbury Tourist Information Centre located in the library.
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Quay Theatre
Drama – Rumours – Nov 3 to 7
The Falcon’s Malteser – Nov 11
Hardeep Singh-Kohli – Nov 13
Music – Johny Cash Revisited – Nov 14
Pirates of Penzance – Nov 18 to 21
Film – A Royal Night Out – Nov 25
A Tribute to Nat King Cole – Nov 27
Science Blast Part 11 – Nov 28
St Peter’s Church
Kettle & Fish – Every Thurs
Selion Swing Concert – Nov 1
Woolovers Sale – Nov 5
Christmas Craft Far – Nov 7
Organ Recital – Nov 8
Autumn Craft Fair – Nov 14
Sudbury Choral Society Concert – Nov 15
Craft & Gift Fair – Nov 21
Farmers Market – Nov 27
Fundraising Craft Fair – Nov 28
Sudbury Symphony Orchestra – Nov 29
Market Hill
Remembrance Day March – Nov 8
Christmas Light Switch On & Fair – Nov 27
Sudbury Library
Dickensian Guided Walk – Nov 28
St Gregory’s School
Rotary Charity Quiz Night – Nov 16
All Saints Church Hall
Folk Evening with ShipShape – Nov 28
Stepping out in Suffolk – Health Walks
Quay Theatre – Nov 3
Quay Theatre – Nov 17