What's on guide

Listed below is a round-up of events taking place in and around the district this month. We've taken care to ensure that this information is accurate but please check details and dates of events with the event organisers, our Tourist Information Centres or by using the website links where provided. We do not accept responsibility for any changes, errors or omissions.

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Friday 26 February onwards | Friday 5 March onwards | Friday 12 March onwards | Friday 19 March onwards | Friday 26 March onwards

Events taking place throughout the month ...

RSPB Minsmere Nature Reserve, Westleton, Saxmundham
The RSPB's flagship reserve at Minsmere runs events and activities for all ages, all year round at Minsmere, North Warren and Snape, for more information call 01728 648281 or email minsmere@rspb.org.uk. For a full programme of events visit the RSPB website (new window).

Free squash and racketball coaching - Brackenbury Sports Centre, Felixstowe
5 week courses for juniors, adults and over 50s starting Monday 1 March and Monday 12 April, spaces are limited and pre-booking is required, call 01394 270278 to book or for more information or visit our sport and leisure centres webpage.

Activities Unlimited website
Activity and short break website for children and young people who are disabled or who have additional needs, for more information visit www.activities-unlimited.co.uk.

Discover the Great Painters - Framlingham
Until Wednesday 17 March - Illustrated talks exploring Western art presented by John Sheeran, Thursday mornings and evenings (10.30am repeated at 7.30pm) at St Michael’s Rooms, Church Street, Framlingham. £50 per series of 10 talks or £7.50 per individual talk, complimentary refreshments, to book please contact Imogen Lock on 01728 621126 or email imogenlock@sheeranlock.com, for further information visit www.sheeranlock.com.

Events listing ...

Danza Contemporanea de Cuba - Snape Maltings Concert Hall
7.30pm, tickets available from the Aldeburgh Music Box Office on 01728 687110 or book online at www.aldeburgh.co.uk.

Friday 26 February

Ensemble Diderot - Jubilee Hall. Aldeburgh
12.15pm, lunchtime chamber music concert, music by CPE Bach, Leclair, Telemann, JS Bach, tickets available from the Aldeburgh Music Box Office on 01728 687110 or book online at www.aldeburgh.co.uk.

Isambarde - Everyman Folk Club, Benhall
At the Benhall and Sternfield Ex Servicemans’ Club, School Lane, Benhall, for further information and booking visit the www.wheatstone.co.uk.

Quiz Night in aid of Suffolk Wildlife Trust - Felixstowe
7.30pm at St Felix Church Hall, Gainsborough Road, Felixstowe, individuals or teams of up to 6, £2 a head, excellent bar selling fine ales and wines, booking essential 01394 210535.

Saturday 27 February

Hunger Lunch - Aldeburgh
12 noon - 2pm at the Church Hall, Aldeburgh, organised by Save the Children UK, Aldeburgh Branch, for more information contact 01728 832061.

Farmers’ Market - Easton Farm Park
9am - 1pm, for more details visit www.eastonfarmpark.co.uk or call 01728 747736.

Two Men in Black: Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash - Spa Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe
7.30pm, unique tribute show bringing together the music of two of the most iconic singers of all time brought together in one spectacular show with the Memphis show band Class of 55, tickets £13, concessions £12, available from Spa Pavilion box office (new window) on 01394 282126 or Felixstowe, Woodbridge and Aldeburgh Tourist Information Centres.

Farmers’ Market - Woodbridge Community Hall
9am - 1pm, wide range of local produce, for more information contact 01473 210634 or visit the Woodbridge Farmers' Market website (new window).

A 'GO' Walk -  Bromswell to Ufford
Meet and park at 10.10am at The Cherry Tree, Bromswell to pre-order food, this 6 mile walk offers pretty grazing meadows close by the River Deben with a visit to the historic and magnificent church at Ufford, please book by Wednesday, 24 February on 01473 402093 if you wish to attend, for more information visit www.getting-out.co.uk.

Pre-Christian Gods of Old England in Art and Literature - Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge
An attempt to rediscover the authentic nature of pre-Christian religious allegiances with Steve Pollington, prior booking essential on 01394 386498, course fee £38 includes a full day of lectures, access to the National Trust site, parking, coffee and tea throughout the day and access to the National Trust exhibition, more details at www.wuffingeducation.co.uk.

DJs and Diamonds Charity Ball in aid of EACH - Ufford Park Hotel
7.00pm - midnight, In aid of EACH - East Anglia's Children's Hospices, tickets £30, include 3 course meal and disco, tickets can be requested via www.charityball-tickets.comuf.com.

Fo’c’stle - Ye Olde Bell &Steelyard, New Street, Woodbridge
9pm, traditional folk and easy listening. www.yeoldebellandsteelyard.co.uk

Sunday 28 February

Alde Valley Ramblers Association Walk - Tunstall Forest
Meet at 2pm at Tunstall Forest car park (GR382558), for an afternoon short walk, leader Karen 01728 454145.

The Sutton Hoo Treasure and the Staffordshire Hoard - Sutton Hoo
11.30am - 2pm, lecture lunch with Dr Sam Newton, a preliminary look at the newly discovered treasure in the light of the wonders of Sutton Hoo, includes coffee and two course hot lunch, tickets £22.50, booking essential, for more information call 01394 389700 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/suttonhoo.

Monday 1 March

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Short Health Walk around Wickham Market (also 15 and 29 March)
Meet at 2pm by the bus shelter in the middle of the Square at the Hill, for a 1-2 mile gentle stroll around Wickham Market on hard surfaces, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Tuesday 2 March

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Eyke
Meet 2pm at the car park by Eyke Primary School for a 2 mile walk through open woods lasting about 1 hour, grade 2, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Wednesday 3 March

Let’s make an Opera - Felixstowe Recorded Music Society
7.30 - 9.45 pm, with Gillian Bishop, United Reformed Church Hall, Tomline Road, all welcome, visitors £2, for more information call 01394 270724.

Thursday 4 March

Speakeasy@Martlesham - Martlesham Community Hall
7pm, an enjoyable evening of speaking to improve skills and confidence, for more information visit www.speakeasyatmartlesham.co.uk.

RSPB Woodbridge - Woodbridge Community Centre
7.30pm, illustrated talk on a bird watching trip to Australia by John Britten, members £2, non-members £3, for more information Jenny James on 01394 385099.

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Landguard Common, Felixstowe
Meet at 10.30am on the Prom opposite Beach Station Road to see the nature reserve at the southern end of the peninsular, grade 3, distance 2½ miles, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Felixstowe Scenes Historical Film Show - Deben High School, Felixstowe
Hosted by the Rotary Club Felixstowe Landguard, doors open 7.15pm for 7.45pm start, showing materials from the East Anglian Film Archive, including ‘Felixstowe beagle’ (1913), ‘Felixstowe Holiday’ (1933), ‘Felixstowe Air Base’ (1935) and ‘Growth Port’ (1972), other film from East Anglia will also be shown, licensed bar, tickets £6.50 adult, concessions £6, children under 12  £4.50, tickets must be purchased in advance on 01394 277137 (Felixstowe) or 01394 380625 (Woodbridge area), all proceeds to charity.

9th Aldeburgh Literary Festival
For details and booking contact the Aldeburgh Book Shop on 01728 452587 or visit www.aldeburghbookshop.co.uk.

Friday 5 March

Women’s World Day of Prayer Service - Aldeburgh
11am at Fairfield Centre, Aldeburgh, for more information contact 01728 452856.

Piatti Quartet - Jubilee Hall. Aldeburgh
12.15pm, lunchtime chamber music concert, Bartok Quartet No 2. Debussy Quartet Opus 10, tickets £7, under 27s half price, tickets available from the Aldeburgh Music Box Office on 01728 687110 or book online at www.aldeburgh.co.uk. Concert in memory of Fidelity Cranbrook.

'Harrier Operation and Vintage Flying Display' - Martlesham Heath Aviation Society
7.30pm, illustrated talk by Gerry Honey, Wing Commander (Retd) OBE FRAeS, Gerry was in the RAF for 36 years (11 flying Harrier jets around the world), he now flies with the Boeing Stearman vintage display team out of Old Buckenham, Norfolk, in his talk he describes his fascinating career, operations and flying experiences, admission £1.50 Members, £2.50 non-members, the Main Hall, Martlesham Heath Community Centre, Old Felixstowe Road (behind Tesco’s), for more information contact Howard King on 01473 274300 or visit www.mhas.org.uk.

Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 March

Let’s dance with change4life - Felixstowe and Leiston
Free street jazz dance sessions for 7 to 10 year olds and 11 to 16 year olds are being held at Felixstowe Leisure Centre, Brackenbury Sports Centre and Leiston Leisure Centre - book your places now!, for more information visit our sport and leisure centres webpage.

Saturday 6 March

Table Top Sale - Fairfield Centre, Aldeburgh
8.30 - 11.30am, raffle and coffee.

Farmers' Market - Snape Maltings
9.30am - 12.30pm, free car parking, www.snapemaltings.co.uk.

Black Pudding & Pork Butchery - Snape Maltings
Cookery course at the Metfield Café, Snape Maltings,  £25 per person including lunch, for bookings telephone 01728 687980, www.snapemaltings.co.uk.

Sale of Jumble and Bric-a-Brac - Darsham Village Hall
2pm - 3.30pm, all welcome, proceeds to the WI fund.

Quiz Night - Middleton Village Hall
Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start, teams of 6, £5.00 per head includes soup and roll, bar available, raffle, proceeds to Middleton Primary School PTA, to book call 01728 648283

River & Heaths Ramble - Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge
11am - 1.30pm, a four mile guided ramble through the countryside surrounding Sutton Hoo, £6.00, booking essential, for more information visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/suttonhoo or call 01394 389700.

Are Garden Birdwatchers Real Birdwatchers? - Great Hall, Bawdsey Manor
7.30pm, Bawdsey Bird Club presents an illustrated talk by Carl Powell, British Trust for Ornithology garden birdwatch ambassador for Suffolk, adults £2.50, under 18s £1, includes refreshments, everyone welcome.

Ipswich & Norwich Co-op Band Concert - St John’s Church, Woodbridge
7.30pm, concert in aid of the Samaritans, tickets £6, concessions £3, for tickets contact 01394 615644, 01473 737707 or 01394 383162.

The Magic of Motown 'Reach Out' Tour - Spa Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe
7.30pm, direct from the USA The Magic of Motown will have you singing and dancing to 50 years of classic hits all-time favorites, tickets £16.50, concessions £15, available from Spa Pavilion box office (new window) on 01394 282126 or Felixstowe, Woodbridge and Aldeburgh Tourist Information Centres.

Let’s Dance with Change4Life - Orwell High School, Felixstowe
2pm - 4.30pm, an afternoon of movement and dance hosted by the Suffolk Branch of the Keep Fit Association at Orwell High School, Maidstone Road, Felixstowe, for more information contact Sue Lisette on 01473 273924 or visit www.change4life.com/dance.

Trianon Music Group Community Concert - Trinity Methodist Church, Felixstowe
7.30 - 9.30pm, Trinity Methodist Church, Hamilton Road/Orwell Road, Felixstowe, £7 including light refreshments, all proceeds to East Suffolk Association for the Blind.

Manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Age - Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge
Study day with Professor Michelle Brown, an exploration of surviving Anglo-Saxon books, such as the Lindisfarne Gospels, and of the alchemy of change brought about by the coming of Latin literacy, prior booking essential on 01394 386498, course fee £38 includes a full day of lectures, access to the National Trust site, parking, coffee and tea throughout the day and access to the National Trust exhibition, more details at www.wuffingeducation.co.uk.

Phil Jackson featuring Mudz - Ye Olde Bell &Steelyard, New Street, Woodbridge
9pm, fabulous rock n’roll. www.yeoldebellandsteelyard.co.uk

Sunday 7 March

Edith Pretty Tour & Cream Tea - Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge
A tour of Sutton Hoo focusing on Edith Pretty who instigated the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon ship burial, includes access to Tranmer House, finish with a cream tea, £8.60 per person, booking is essential, for more information visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/suttonhoo or call 01394 389700.

Tea Dance - Woodbridge Community Centre
2.30pm - 4.30pm, the big brew tea dance, all ages welcome, tickets £7 per pair or £5 per pair concessions, to book or for more information call 01394 382589.

Wedding Fayre - Woodhall Manor, Sutton
11am - 4pm, up to 50 quality exhibitors, with fashion shows at 12.30 and 2.30pm, for more information visit www.woodhallmanor.co.uk

Music in Felixstowe Concert - St Andrew’s Church, Felixstowe
3pm - 5 pm, with Caroline Mitchell violin, Cliff Wybrow clarinet, John Stafford piano, £10, school age children free.

Monday 8 March

Bright Stars - St Michael’s Church Centre, Martlesham Heath
10.30am, a children’s workshop and activity session for preschoolers and toddlers, each session is based on a story or theme from the Bible, half hour sessions are free, for more information contact Jo Dixon on 01473 622160 or Rev Ian Naylor on 01473 622424.

Monday 8 - Saturday 13 March

A Celebration of Schools’ Music - Snape Maltings Concert Hall
7pm, approximately 1500 pupils from 50 schools will perform in jazz and rock bands, choirs, orchestras, ensembles and cross-arts pieces, tickets £6, under 27s half price, tickets available from the Aldeburgh Music Box Office on 01728 687110 or book online at www.aldeburgh.co.uk.

Wednesday 10 March

Family History @ your Fingertips - Felixstowe Family History Society
7.30pm - 10.00pm, talk by Meryl Catty hosted by Felixstowe Family History Society, Broadway House, Orwell Road, Felixstowe. www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Walberswick
Meet 10am at the Cliff Field car park in Walberswick village for a 5.5km walk from the car park along Shingle Ridge, across the Dunwich River, taking in the picturesque water mill and continue to the Hoist wood where a short stretch of country lane will take us back to the field edges and allotments, grade 5, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Thursday 11 March

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Snape to Iken Cliff
Meet at 10.30am at Snape Maltings overflow car park for a 2½ mile walk from Snape Maltings through reed beds to Iken Cliff, good for spotting birds, free parking, toilets and refreshments available, grade 2, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

U3A East Suffolk Talk 'The Queen’s Face' - Market Hall, Saxmundham
2pm, talk by John Sutton exploring the image making and iconography on the portraiture of Queen Elizabeth 1, for further information please contact U3A secretary on 01728 668100 or visit www.u3a-es.org.uk.

Woodbridge Horticultural Society Annual quiz - Woodbridge Community Hall
7.30pm, for more information call 01394 386431 or visit www.woodbridge-hs.org.uk.

Supper Concert - The Abbey Hall, Woodbridge
The notorious comedy piano duo Katzenjammer perform a supper concert, booking essential, for tickets contact 01394 615015.

Speakers of Felixstowe Meeting - Mrs Simpson’s Tearoom, Felixstowe
7.45 pm, gain confidence in interview or presentation skills, speech writing and delivery for those important occasions, or just for fun, topics enable impromptu speaking for 2 minutes, come along and join the fun. Enthusiastic and friendly group, keen to see new faces, first visit to the club is free. Cotman Hall, Mrs Simpson’s Tearoom, Undercliff Road East, Felixstowe. For more information call Deborah Stones on 01394 284 988 or visit www.felixstowespeakers.org.uk.

Brodowski Quartet - Jubilee Hall. Aldeburgh
12.15pm, lunchtime chamber music concert, Schulhoff Five Pieces, Tchaikovsky Op.11 No.1 in D, tickets £7, under 27s half price, available from the Aldeburgh Music Box Office on 01728 687110 or book online at www.aldeburgh.co.uk.

Eastern Angles 'The Long Way Home' by Charles Way - Sibton Church, Sibton
Tickets £7.50 available from 01728 660369/660236 or from Creasey’s the Butcher in Peasenhall, proceeds to the friends of St Peter’s, Sibton.

Great Glemham Film Night - Great Glemham Village Hall
Doors open at 7.15pm for 7.45pm start, showing Hot Fuzz (Cert 15) at Great Glemham Village Hall Cinema.

'Hot Flush' The Ultimate Girls Night Out - Spa Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe
7.30 pm, an outrageous new musical, share the friendships, the secrets, the laughs, the tears and the ups and downs of four ordinary women - and one man - living extraordinary lives, tickets £19.50, concessions £18.50, available from Spa Pavilion box office (new window) on 01394 282126 or Felixstowe, Woodbridge and Aldeburgh Tourist Information Centres.

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Trimley St Martin
Meet at 10.30am at Trimley Memorial Hall for a 2½ mile walk through field and meadows, grade 3, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Saturday 13 March

Spring Survey and Clean-up - Aldeburgh & District Marine Conservation Society
2pm - 4pm, Aldeburgh Beach, to take part please call 01728 833903 preferably before Monday 1 March.

Flea Market/Brocante - Yoxford Village Hall
9am - 1pm, free entrance, refreshments available, stall bookings 01728 660213.

Farmers’ Market - Woodbridge Community Hall
9am - 1pm, wide range of local produce, for more information contact 01473 210634 or visit the Woodbridge Farmers' Market website (new window).

A 'GO' Walk - Ramsholt to Shottisham
Meet and park 10.10am at the Ramsholt Arms (IP12 3AB) public house for a 7 mile walk, £4 per person and booking is required by 10 March, for more information call 01473 402093 or visit www.getting-out.co.uk.

Community Market - Old Felixstowe Community Association
10.00am -12.00noon, Old Felixstowe Community Centre, Ferry Road, free admission, easy parking, refreshments and raffle, to book or for further information please contact Jane Bolton on 01394 286710.

Sylvia Anderson 'My Fab Years' - Spa Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe
7.30pm, a unique and entertaining live show centered around Sylvia’s long awaited biography in conversation with David Courtney, tickets £16, concessions £14.50, available from Spa Pavilion box office (new window) on 01394 282126 or Felixstowe, Woodbridge and Aldeburgh Tourist Information Centres.

The Domesday Book in East Anglia - Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge
This study day with Dr Lucy Marten will focus on the East Anglian volume of the Domesday Book, the 'Little Domesday', looking at the process of the Domesday survey and then examining how much it can tell us about the East Anglia before and after 1066, prior booking essential on 01394 386498, course fee £38 includes a full day of lectures, access to the National Trust site, parking, coffee and tea throughout the day and access to the National Trust exhibition, more details at www.wuffingeducation.co.uk.

The Scattercats - Ye Olde Bell &Steelyard, New Street, Woodbridge
9pm, very popular local duo, not to be missed. www.yeoldebellandsteelyard.co.uk

Sunday 14 March

Tallis Chamber Orchestra - St Peter’s Church, Westleton
3pm, programme to include music by Schubert, Berkeley, Sibelius and Dohnanyi, director and soloist Diana Cummings, admission by programme, £7 at the door.
 
Woodbridge Antiques and Collectors Fair - Woodbridge Community Centre
10am - 4pm, for enquiries contact David on 07909 623439.

Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea - Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge
Celebrate Mother’s Day with an Edwardian style afternoon tea in the elegant surroundings of Tranmer House, £14.95, booking essential, for more information visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/suttonhoo or call 01394 389700.

Invitation to View - Glemham Hall (also Sunday 28 March)
2.30pm, guided tour of the house and garden, lasts approx 2 hours, £15 per person including tea, cakes and biscuits, booking essential visit www.invitationtoview.co.uk or call 01206 573948.

Suffolk Concert Band - Spa Pavilion Theatre Felixstowe
2.45 pm, a traditional band concert featuring music from the shows, overtures, marches and much more, tickets £7, available from Spa Pavilion box office (new window) on 01394 282126 or Felixstowe, Woodbridge and Aldeburgh Tourist Information Centres.

Monday 15 March

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Short Health Walk around Wickham Market (also 29 March)
Meet at 2pm by the bus shelter in the middle of the Square at the Hill, for a 1-2 mile gentle stroll around Wickham Market on hard surfaces, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Tuesday 16 - Saturday 20 March

Keyworth Players 'Private Lives' - Trimley St Martin Hall
7.30 pm, £9, concessions £8, tickets on 07742 160467 or at J&C Webb, Orwell Road.

Tuesday 16 March

How to help the wildlife and your garden - Suffolk Wildlife Trust Felixstowe Group
7.30pm, wildlife gardening talk with slides by Jim Foster, adults £2, Broadway House, Orwell Road, Felixstowe.

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Health Walk from Rendlesham Children’s Centre
Starting at 9.15am, a 2 mile circular walk around the play areas of Rendlesham lasting approximately 1 hour, grade 1, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Framlingham
Meet 10.30am at the castle car park for a 1 hour walk around Framlingham, grade 2-3, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Wednesday 17 March

Woodbridge RSPB Group Walk - Martlesham Creek
Meet in Martlesham Church car park (TM262469), for more information contact Bill and Jan Henderson on 01728 633049.

Open Evening - Felixstowe Family History Society
7.30pm - 9.30pm, stuck on your family history research? - we can help, open evening at The Tree House, Orwell High School Grounds, Maidstone Road, Felixstowe. www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/

Musical Milestones - Felixstowe Recorded Music Society
7.30 -9.45pm, talk by Trevor Lockwood, Chairman of Felixstowe Radio, URC Hall, Tomline Road, Felixstowe.

Thursday 18 March

Suffolk Coastal District Council Local Development Framework Meeting - Trinity Park Suffolk Showground
6.00pm, Full Council meeting to discuss the Local Development Framework Core Strategy, members of the public are welcome to attend.

Speakeasy@Martlesham - Martlesham Community Hall
7pm, an enjoyable evening of speaking to improve skills and confidence, for more information visit www.speakeasyatmartlesham.co.uk.

We’ll Meet Again - Spa Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe
2.30 pm, hits from the Blitz, tickets £12, concessions £10, available from Spa Pavilion box office (new window) on 01394 282126 or Felixstowe, Woodbridge and Aldeburgh Tourist Information Centres.

Hush House - RAF Bentwaters, near Woodbridge
A sound Installation by Kathrine Sandys, 12noon - 5pm each day in the Hush House aircraft hanger at the de-commissioned Cold War airbase, free, no ticket required, part of the Aldeburgh Music Spring season, Faster Than Sound. www.aldeburgh.co.uk

Friday 19 March

Illustrated Talk on the 1953 Floods - Church Hall, Aldeburgh
7.30pm, talk by Bill Roberts, area engineer to former East Suffolk and Norfolk River Board, admission £5, for more information call 01728 452765.

Friends of Woodbridge Museum Tea & Talks - Woodbridge Community Centre
2.30pm - 4pm, talk by Kevin Gosling about the life and work of Peter Pears, friends £2.50, visitors £3.50, for more information contact Anne Merrett on 01394 385572.

Free Live Country and Western Music - Queen's Head, Bramfield
9pm, with George Jackson and John 'Wiggy' Goldsmith, for more information call 01986 784214 or visit www.queensheadbramfield.co.uk

Saturday 20 March

Benhall Daffodil Show - Benhall Club
Stalls and lunches will be served

Farmers’ Market - Aldeburgh Church Hall
9am - 12.30pm

Faster Than Sound: Parallel Lives - Snape Maltings Concert Hall
7pm in the Hoffmann Building, Snape, tickets £10, pre-event talk with the creative team in the Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape at 4pm (admission free but please book), tickets available from the Aldeburgh Music Box Office on 01728 687110 or book online at www.aldeburgh.co.uk.

Phoenix Singers Concert - St Michael’s Church, Framlingham
7.30pm, with soloists Zoe Bonner, Alastair Ross, Ben Francis and Matthew Kellett performing music by Purcell, Vivaldi, Pergolesi and Durante with the Suffolk Baroque Players led by Pam Munks, tickets £12, under 18s half price, available from the Aldeburgh Music Box Office on 01728 687110, Framlingham Stationers, choir members, or at the door.

Jazz at St Michael’s - St Michael’s Church, Rendham
7.30pm, Jack Pescod, piano and Dan Friend, trumpet - fresh from the London Jazz Festival at the Barbican, tickets £10, in aid of the Friends of St Michael’s, booking on 01728 663485/663770/663295.

New Volunteers Coffee Morning - Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge
Would you like to help welcome visitors to Sutton Hoo?  To find out more come along to the coffee morning, for more information or to register an interest call 01394 389737.

Rollermania - Spa Pavilion Theatre Felixstowe
 7.30pm, an evening with Les McKeown and the legendary Bay City Rollers, take a trip back in time to a world of the 1970’s biggest pop sensation, tickets £18.50, concessions £16.50, available from Spa Pavilion box office (new window) on 01394 282126 or Felixstowe, Woodbridge and Aldeburgh Tourist Information Centres.

Table Top Sale - St. Mary’s Church Centre, Trimley St. Mary
11am - 3 pm, homemade soup and rolls, coffee, tea and homemade cakes, tables £5, to book call 01394 283327, in aid of World Scout Jamboree.

Old Felixstowe Nursery Quiz Night - Old Felixstowe Community Centre
7.00pm - 9.00pm, Old Felixstowe Community Centre, Ferry Road, up to 6 per team, £7 per entrant including fish and chip supper, bring your own bottle, book on 07962 018089.

Sutton Hoo in the Light of the Staffordshire Hoard - Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge
Study day with Drs Angela Care Evans & Noël Adams, a reassessment of the Sutton Hoo treasures in the light of the Staffordshire hoard and other recent discoveries, with two of the world’s leading specialists in Early Medieval art and metalwork, prior booking essential on 01394 386498, course fee £38 includes a full day of lectures, access to the National Trust site, parking, coffee and tea throughout the day and access to the National Trust exhibition, more details at www.wuffingeducation.co.uk.

Sam & Daisy - Ye Olde Bell &Steelyard, New Street, Woodbridge
9pm, great duo, from Joplin to the Cranberries. www.yeoldebellandsteelyard.co.uk.

Mother's & Daughters Dance Event 'Belly-Wood' Style - Riverside Community Centre, Stratford St Andrew
2.30 - 5.30pm, fun an lively dance workshop teaching some bellydance and bollywood moves to a well known modern song, great present for Mothers Day!, £8.50 per mother and daughter pairing, additional tickets £5 (open to all), booking essential via text to 07796 087255 or email leda2713@btinternet.com, visit www.mysticbellydance.co.uk for further details.

Sunday 21 March

Alde Valley Ramblers Association Walk - Mumberry Hills, Dunwich Heath, Eastbridge
Meet 10am at  Reckford Road, Westleton (B1125) GR441685, 9 mile walk, bring lunch, walk leader Pauline 01728 831117.

Matinees Musicales presented by Humphrey Burton - Aldeburgh Cinema
3pm, Marvellous Mariinsky - St Petersburg’s Theatrical Jewel, a portrait of the great opera and ballet theatre in St Petersburg, known in the Soviet era as the Kirov, tickets £10, for tickets call 01728 452996 (between 10am and midday) or buy online at www.aldeburghcinema.co.uk.

Britten-Pears Chamber Choir with Britten Sinfonia - Snape Maltings Concert Hall
7pm, Britten Te Deum, Faure Requiem, Durufle Requiem, Britten-Pears Chamber choir, conductor Ralph Woodward with children from Worlingham Middle School, Saint Felix School, Sir Robert Hitcham’s Primary School and Bucklesham Primary School, tickets £18, £15 and £12, available from the Aldeburgh Music Box Office on 01728 687110 or buy online at www.aldeburgh.co.uk.

Italian Food Market - Budgens Car Park, Hamblin Road, Woodbridge
10am - 4pm, the colourful 'Italia in Piazza' Italian food market returns to Woodbridge.

House and Garden Tour - Glemham Hall
A guided tour house and gardens by the owner of Glemham Hall, tour lasts approx 2 hours, £15.00 per person including refreshments, booking essential, call 01728 746704 or email events@glemhamhall.co.uk.

Charity Dog Walk in aid of Cancer Research UK
9th annual dog walk, for details contact Richard Bradshaw on 01394 285025.

Monday 22 March

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Boyton
Meet 2pm at Boyton Church for a 1½ hour walk around the church and then down onto the River Alde wall and back, magnificent views over Havergate, Orfordness and down toward Shingle Street, grade 3-4, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Bright Stars - St Michael’s Church Centre, Martlesham Heath
10.30am, a children’s workshop and activity session for preschoolers and toddlers, each session is based on a story or theme from the Bible, half hour sessions are free, for more information contact Jo Dixon on 01473 622160 or Rev Ian Naylor on 01473 622424.

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk: The Promenade, Felixstowe
Meet at 2.15pm on the promenade outside the Alex Restaurant, several walks to suit all abilities along the seafront, grade 1, distance 1 - 3 miles, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Tuesday 23 - Saturday 27 March

Keyworth Players 'Private Lives' - Trimley St Martin Hall
7.30 pm, £9, concessions £8, tickets on 07742 160467 or at J&C Webb, Orwell Road.

Tuesday 23 March

'Felixstowe Museum' - Felixstowe Society Speaker Meeting
7.30pm, a presentation by the Felixstowe Museum team, all welcome, members £1, visitors £2, St. Andrew’s Church Hall, Felixstowe.

Wednesday 24 March

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Aldringham Common and The Fens
Meet 10.3am at Aldringham Common car park for a lovely 3 mile walk on grassy tracks, over good boardwalks on The Fens, then on to disused railway walk and back via pretty woods, free parking, grade 2, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Aldeburgh & District Local History Society AGM & Annual Lecture
6.30pm - 8.00pm, 'The Rise and Fall of East Anglian Military Airfields' by David Lee, in sports & community centre, Aldeburgh, £2 members, £3 non-members, for more information contact 01728 454540.

Quiet Day - Otley Hall
10am - 4pm, a day for peace and relaxation in beautiful surroundings, £18 per person, booking essential on 01473 890264 or enquiries@otleyhall.co.uk, for more information visit www.otleyhall.co.uk.

Felixstowe Town Council Committee Meeting - Town Hall Felixstowe
7.30 - 9.30pm, Finance and General Purposes Committee meeting, members of public welcome, for more information visit www.felixstowe.gov.uk.

Thursday 25 March

'Futures Bright, Careers in Sight' - Leiston Enterprise Centre
10am - 2pm, drop in and get free career support and guidance, course information and find out about the local opportunities in your area, for more information call 01728 833122 or visit www.nwes.org.uk, Leiston Enterprise Centre, Eastlands Industrial Estate, Leiston IP16 4US.

O & C Butcher Fashion Show - Aldeburgh
7pm - 9.30pm in the Community Centre, Aldeburgh, proceeds to Aldeburgh Lifeboats, for more information contact 01728 452229.

16th Annual Notcutt Lecture - Woodbridge Community Centre
The Rotary Club of Woodbridge present the 16th annual Notcutt Lecture, illustrated presentations by Squadron Commanders of the 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault) ‘From Rock Barracks to Afghanistan Summer 2010’, tickets £7.50 from Hamilton Smith Estate Agents and Woodbridge Town Council.

Speakers of Felixstowe Meeting - Mrs Simpson’s Tearoom, Felixstowe
7.45 pm, gain confidence in interview or presentation skills, speech writing and delivery for those important occasions, or just for fun, topics enable impromptu speaking for 2 minutes, come along and join the fun. Enthusiastic and friendly group, keen to see new faces, first visit to the club is free. Cotman Hall, Mrs Simpson’s Tearoom, Undercliff Road East, Felixstowe. For more information call Deborah Stones on 01394 284 988 or visit www.felixstowespeakers.org.uk.

Tom Lewis - Everyman Folk Club, Benhall
At the Benhall and Sternfield Ex Servicemans’ Club, School Lane, Benhall IP17 1HE, for further information and booking visit the www.wheatstone.co.uk.

Saturday 27

Open Day - Leiston Longshop Museum
10am - 5pm, engines in steam, Leiston British Legion Brass Band (11.00 to 12noon), refreshments, admission free, for more information visit www.longshop.care4free.net.

Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet - Aldeburgh Cinema
6.00pm - 8.45pm, screened live from Metropolitan Opera House, New York, tickets £20, box office 01728 452996 (between 10am and midday) or buy online at www.aldeburghcinema.co.uk.

A 'Suffolk Night Out' Variety Concert - Yoxford Village Hall
7.30pm, tickets £7.50 including light refreshments, available from Yoxford Post Office 01728 660213 or Horners Stores 01728 668179, proceeds to be divided between Yoxford Royal British Legion and Yoxford Village Hall.

Farmers’ Market - Woodbridge Community Hall
9am - 1pm, wide range of local produce, for more information contact 01473 210634 or visit the Woodbridge Farmers' Market website (new window).

Woodbridge Choral Society - St Mary’s Church, Woodbridge
7.30pm, music for Passiontide, including Bach Cantata No.182 (for Palm Sunday), Haydn Seven Last Words (excerpts).

Coffee Morning - Suffolk Wildlife Trust
10am to 12.30pm, come along for a chat and a cuppa, 79 Roman Way, Felixstowe, £3.

Indoor Car Boot Sale - Old Felixstowe Community Association
10am - 12 noon, Old Felixstowe Community Centre, Ferry Road, tables £5 (must be booked in advance), to book a table ring Fred Andrew on 01394 283070.

Landguard Fort Opens for 2010 Season - Viewpoint Road, Felixstowe
10.00am - 5pm, 95th Rifles re-enacters in attendance, 2009 admission charges held, for more information call 07749 695523 or visit www.landguard.com.

Nashville Nights & Dixie Days - Spa Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe
7.30 pm, the greatest hits of country music, tickets £12.50, concessions £11.50, available from Spa Pavilion box office (new window) on 01394 282126 or Felixstowe, Woodbridge and Aldeburgh Tourist Information Centres.

Easter Craft Fayre - 8th Felixstowe Scout Group
10 am - 4 pm, various craft stalls selling gifts, craft supplies, cards, jewellery, toys, chocolate etc, refreshments will be available, Trinity Methodist Church, Orwell/ Hamilton Road, Felixstowe, for more information contact: 01394 286984.

The Aldertones - Ye Olde Bell &Steelyard, New Street, Woodbridge
9pm, 50s. 60s & 70s plus more! www.yeoldebellandsteelyard.co.uk.

Sunday 28 March

Invitation to View - Glemham Hall
10.30am, guided tour of the house and garden, lasts approx 2 hours, £15 per person including tea, cakes and biscuits, booking essential visit www.invitationtoview.co.uk or call 01206 573948.

Farmers' Market - Snape Maltings
9.30am - 12.30pm, free car parking, www.snapemaltings.co.uk.

RNLI Sponsored Welly Walk - Aldeburgh
10.30am start, Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station, two distances to choose from - 3 or 6 miles, for further information call 01728 452059, for a registration form email events_east@rnli.org.uk, entries close 19 March.

Mary’s Tea Dances - Kesgrave Community Centre
2pm - 4.15pm, dancing to 'Touch & Go', £3.75 per person, includes tea with cakes.

Open Session: Group A - Britten Studio, Snape Maltings Concert Hall
 4pm, Aldeburgh Music’s new youth group in a showcase of their work, tickets £5, under 27s half price, available from the Aldeburgh Music Box Office on 01728 687110 or book online at www.aldeburgh.co.uk.

Introduction to Traditional Stone Carving - Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge
10.30am - 4.30pm, Brian Ansell gives a practical introduction to traditional stone carving, refreshments and a light lunch included, £35, booking essential (minimum age 12), for more information vist www.nationaltrust.org.uk/suttonhoo or call 01394 389700.

Book Fair - Woodbridge Community Hall
10am - 4pm, general antiquarian and secondhand books often with maps and prints, admission £1.

Landguard Fort  - Viewpoint Road, Felixstowe
10am - 5pm, 95th Rifles re-enacters in attendance, outside battery tour at 11.30 am weather permitting (no extra charge for battery tour - maximum 10 people), for more information call 07749 695523 or visit www.landguard.com.

Sing the Faure Requiem in aid of St. Elizabeth Hospice - Felixstowe
Organised by Music in Felixstowe, programme will include further pieces, singers please book on 01394 670633, rehearsal at 1.00pm, performance 3.00 - 5.00 pm, St Andrew’s Church, St. Andrew’s Road, Felixstowe, tickets for singers and audience £10, school age children free.

Monday 29 - Wednesday 31 March

Landguard Fort - View Point Road, Felixstowe
10am - 5pm, come and see new Martello Tower exhibition, for more information call 07749 695523 or visit www.landguard.com.

Monday 29 March

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Short Health Walk around Wickham Market
Meet at 2pm by the bus shelter in the middle of the Square at the Hill, for a 1-2 mile gentle stroll around Wickham Market on hard surfaces, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Tuesday 30 March

An Evening with the Stars of Strictly Come Dancing - Spa Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe
7.30pm, Brian Fortuna and Kristina Rihanoff bring to Felixstowe their amazing new show which will include dancing demonstrations/exhibitions, a question and answer session, workshops with audience participation and much, much more, tickets £18.50, available from Spa Pavilion box office (new window) on 01394 282126 or Felixstowe, Woodbridge and Aldeburgh Tourist Information Centres.

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Woodbridge
Meet at 10.30am outside Deben Pool for a 2½ mile spring walk along the River Deben, grade 2, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Wednesday 31 March

Stepping Out in Suffolk Walk - Leiston Common
Meet 2.30pm at the Leisure Centre, Red House Lane for a 2½ mile walk along tracks and footpaths on Leiston Common, can be muddy in places after rain, free parking, toilets and refreshments available, grade 2, for more details call 01394 444501 or visit the health walks webpage.

Around the World - Felixstowe Recorded Music Society
7.30 - 9.45 pm, talk by Ian Ross, URC Tomline Road, visitors £2 including refreshments, all welcome, for more information contact 01394 270724.