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BTC All Dayer Festival

Brighten the Corners, Ipswich

Information - BTC All Dayer Festival

Join us for a day of live music across 7 venues in Ipswich celebrating the grassroots music scene.  FREE ENTRY!

In partnership with Ipswich Central, BTC All Dayer will take place across pubs, venues and community spaces in Ipswich town centre.

This is all about supporting independents, connecting the town and celebrating regional talent.

The venue taking part are Three Wise Monkeys, CHIp Studios, Arcade Tavern, the Halberd Inn, The Thomas Wolsey, the empty Superdry unit in the Buttermarket Centre, and BTC-run venue The Church, all located in central Ipswich.

Curated and programmed by Brighten The Corners, there will be over 40 artists from the region performing across the festival, with a chance to apply to play.

This is a new opportunity to bring together local businesses and platform emerging regional talent, with the intention for it to take place annually alongside our summer festival Brighten The Corners, returning in 2027.

BTC All Dayer is a brand new one-day FREE festival in Ipswich. Join us for a day of live music across 7 venues in Ipswich celebrating the grassroots music scene on Saturday 25th April.

BTC All Dayer is a new grassroots festival and celebration of emerging, regional artists. The festival is free to attend thanks to funding from Ipswich Central, the Business Improvement District (BID), and will be hosted across a variety of town-centre venues, including pubs and community hubs.

The seven venues taking part are the Three Wise Monkeys, CHIp Studios, Arcade Tavern, Halberd Inn, Thomas Wolsey, the empty Superdry unit in the Buttermarket, and BTC-run venue The Church, all located in central Ipswich.

LIVE MUSIC:
1lemon, A Different Kitchen, Arthur Black, Ashleigh Bankx, AYO, Bag of Cans, Bonuru, Briti$h, The Bungees, Chance For Good, Chest, Dean Frost, The Detour, Digitonal, Doll Face, Dream Houses, e.m.arson, Echo Located, Eve’s Delight, Everything Eff, The Feathered Thorns, The Fool’s Moon, Frost-D, Gabriela Eva, Gasoline Green, Girl Guide, Harriet Cree, hollowwaves, I Am Afiya, Jaded Teeth, Joe Gray, JULIET, Kasumu, kirakira, LOOME, Lottie Brazier, Mama Oh No, May Gabriels, New Gen, The Rabbitts, Rad Pitt, Robin Torbitt, Ryski, Sam Milne & The Tyrants, Samuel Taylor, $ebbuku, Sleep’s Cousin, Takeda, Zamani Fitri

DJS:
Amy Nomvula, Andreas Koch, Andy Westbrook, Bopper Rankin, Dee Fuller, Dream Baby Dream DJs, Hana Sola, Issy B, Jake Beautyman, Jimmy Green, Leroy LP, Lochness, DJ Mac, Mello Jamz, Modern Athletics, Uprock DJs, Yebsie

BTC All Dayer’s headline sponsor is Ipswich Central, with additional support from Arts Council England, PRS Foundation and University of Suffolk.