Culture
Clay 1a will fire up a new historical experience for Ipswich
CLAY 1A, a new visitor attraction planned for Ipswich’s waterfront, has secured funding from the Towns Fund Town Centre Regeneration…
How to Help Shape Ipswich’s UK City of Culture 2029 Bid
With the final bid submission to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) coming up fast this August, the…
Unlock the Secrets Behind Ipswich’s Most Mysterious Blue Door
Some of the activities that everyone can get involved in at The Ipswich Institute on Tavern Street Ipswich
Ipswich kicks off a summer of engagement to shape its City of Culture 2029 bid
Ipswich is one of nine places longlisted for UK City of Culture 2029. Share ideas at ipswich2029.com or at a roadshow before the 10 August bid deadline.
Step Behind the Mysterious Blue Door: August at the Ipswich Institute
Have you ever walked down Tavern Street in the centre of town and wondered what lies behind that striking, mysterious blue door?
Ipswich Book Festival is back – and chapter two looks even bigger
The second Ipswich Book Festival runs 2-4 October 2026: 50-plus events across ten town centre venues, with Caroline Quentin and Janet Street-Porter.
Back Ipswich’s City of Culture bid
Ipswich is in the running to become City of Culture 2029. Find out how to get involved and #BackTheBid.
Local Creative Producers Appointed to Help Shape Ipswich’s 2029 City of Culture Bid
Four Ipswich and Suffolk creative producers join Bid Director Amy Vaughan to build the UK City of Culture 2029 programme before August's submission.
Ipswich steps up its UK City of Culture 2029 bid
Cultural leaders, businesses and community groups met at the Ipswich Regent on 17 June to shape the UK City of Culture 2029 bid. Public events to follow.
One Big Multicultural Festival Returns to Ipswich: Global Flavours, Music & Free Family Fun
Ipswich is set to come alive with colour, music and global flavours this summer as once again the One Big Multicultural Festival returns to Alexandra Park
New Trail Makers AI project will engage schoolchildren in the town’s history and The Ipswich Society’s Blue Plaques scheme
Ipswich Trail Makers teaches primary pupils the town's history through The Ipswich Society's Blue Plaques. Piloted at Ranelagh and Broke Hall primaries.
Resident of Park View Care Home receives a letter from Buckingham Palace
Mrs A.G. of Park View Care Home wrote her poem for the Queen Mother in 2002. Staff sent it to Buckingham Palace two decades later. The Palace wrote back.
The Net: Soft Apocalypse, by Local Author David Matthews
a blog about anew book written by a local author David Matthews called The Net. The book is just released and bought online.
Boundless blues…….
a poem submitted by a local creative that was written about the recent ITFC promotion to the Premier League
Windrush Festival Returns to Ipswich this June
Landseer Park hosts the Heritage & Legacy Music Festival on Saturday 20 June 2026, the Ipswich Windrush Society's fourth, marking 78 years since Windrush.
Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House – summer openings
An article introducing visitors to the Grade 1 listed Ipswich Unitarian meeting house with summer opening hours
St Peter’s by the Waterfront Summer Opening
A reminder that St Peter's by the Waterfront is soon to open for the summer season of tourist visits and is hosted by The Ipswich Society
Arts Council England fund creative health project in Suffolk and Norfolk
an article talking about the importance of creative health and how danceast has been awarded a major grant in this area
Windrush: vibrant event to light up Ipswich
Ipswich comes together to celebrate the Windrush anniversary
Ipswich Longlisted for UK City of Culture 2029
Ipswich is one of nine places longlisted for UK City of Culture 2029. Each gets £60,000 to develop a full bid; the winner takes £10 million for the year.
You Are Ipswich!
Across the town, we’re listening - through surveys, recordings and conversations - capturing what makes Ipswich distinctive and how culture can help our town to thrive over the next decade.
The Museum Beginnings
a brief update of Ipswich Museum's history including its original location and reasons for the move
Future Female Society celebrates 10 years of impact ahead of International Women’s Day
Future Female Society (FFS) marked its 10-year anniversary with a celebration evening on Tuesday 24th February at King Street Cinema
Ipswich Completes First Step of UK City of Culture Bid
Ipswich has completed the first stage of its bid to become the UK City of Culture 2029, submitting its Expression of Interest to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The Town waits to hear if succesful in passing the the next stage. Residents are ask to continue to sign the pledge at www.ipswich2029.com to show breadth and depth of support