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Southwold Arts Festival

  • 1st May - 3rd May 2026
  • 11.am -10,30.pm
  • £10-£25
  • Southwold Arts Centre & St Edmund's Church

    • A weekend of music, drama, art and poetry.

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    The May Bank holiday weekend (1st-3rd May) will be crammed with arts events. See Dame Maureen Lipman and friends’ West End show; Andrew Harrison’s moving solo performance of the life of Henri Nouen; Chris Difford of Squeeze with The Derek Nash Band; fuse music and art at ‘Once Upon A Tune’, hear Chris Ingham’s talk “the Beatles and Me’ or support our local stars of the future at the Young Musicians’ Showcase.

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    Charity | Family Fun

    Trek 24 Suffolk

    • 18th April 2026
    • 08:00 – 20:00
    • £6-£85
    • Sotterley Estate

    Trek 24 is East Anglian Air Ambulance flagship event since 2021 and was created to raise funds for their 24/7 flying.

    • Participants will take part in either a 24 mile, 24km or 2.4 mile trek to raise funds for the air ambulance.
    • There will be an event village base at Sotterley Estate as well as 3 rest stops around the route for drink and snack refills (Dunwich Cliffs Caravan Park, Walberswick Village Hall, and Frostenden Recreation Field). This event village will provide participants with essential information / toilet facilities / start & finish line / medal & water station.

    Parking will be at Sotterley Estate and participants will be driven by coach to the start points (Aldeburgh for the 24 mile route & Dunwich for the 24 km route)

    Food and Drink | Music

    The Friday Night Wind Down With Peter Hepworth

    • 24th April 2026
    • 7pm - 10pm
    • £8.00
    • Old Hall Cafe & Walks, Halesworth Road, Reydon, IP18 6SG

    An evening of top quality live acoustic music and sourdough pizza in our beautiful cafe.

    Food and Drink

    Spring Supper Club at The Canteen

    • 24th April 2026
    • 6:30pm
    • £49
    • The Canteen Southwold

    Spring Supper Club with Rosie Sykes at The Canteen Southwold.

    Music | Performance

    Southwold Jazz Club

    • 24th April 2026
    • 7.30pm
    • £20
    • Southwold Arts Centre

    Pete Letanka and the Caped Crusaders Sextet

    Charity

    Light Up Southwold Fundraising Quiz

    • 24th April 2026
    • From 7pm for a 7:30 start
    • £5
    • Stella Peskett Hall, Mights Rd, Southwold IP18 6BE

    Fundraising Quiz for the Southwold Christmas Lights 2026

    Sport | Wellbeing

    Suffolk Roubaix 2026

    • 26th April 2026
    • 7:30am-5:00pm
    • Under the water tower