1Clare Priory Craft Fair
8.3 milesSat 11 Jul
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Rainy Day Picks This Weekend
11–12 July Near Shimpling Street
Not every listing gets a golden ticket
We check the usual frankly silly number of local websites, then look for events that feel rainy-day friendly: cinemas, theatres, talks, workshops, galleries, concerts, cosy venues, and anything less likely to involve standing in a muddy field making brave weather noises.
Happening Saturday 11 July to Sunday 12 July.
Picked for Shimpling Street, not somewhere halfway across the county.
Only Local Gems and Curated venues make the cut, because standards are still a thing.
Listings with proper descriptions get bumped up the list. Three words and a shrug will not do.
Our 10 picks near Shimpling Street
12Clare Priory Craft Fair
8.3 milesSun 12 Jul
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3BCP Evensong
Winter - the service is at 4.00 pm Summer - the service is at 5.00 pm The very popular and evocative BCP Evensong has returned. It now happens on the 2nd Sunday of every month. It includes a choir and is a lovely way to celebrate and pray in the evening for the week ahead. It uses the beautifully crafted and poetic traditional language of the Book of Common Prayer which reaches the parts other prayer books cannot reach.
9.5 milesSun 12 Jul18:00
4Shine Informal Worship
4 o'clock community informal worship with band, testimonies and opportunity for prayer All welcome!
1.2 milesSun 12 Jul17:00
5Shine Informal Worship
at St Peter and St Paul, Alpheton
4 o'clock community informal worship with band, testimonies and opportunity for prayer All welcome!
1.5 milesSun 12 Jul17:00
6Noteriety Choir Summer Concert
at St Peter's
Join Noteriety Choir for our Summer Concert where we will entertain you with a diverse mix of choral music ranging from pop and folk to classical conducted by our Musical Director, Steph Wakeman.
18.9 milesSun 12 Jul19:00£0.00
7Weekly Worship
Join us at 11am each Sunday (except for the 3rd Sunday in the month) for our service. On the 2nd and 4th Sunday's it is a service of Holy Communion
19 milesSun 12 Jul12:00
8Buy Tickets
at Venue 16
Looking for festival tickets in Ipswich? Summer Soul Vibes 2026 brings soul, funk and disco to Suffolk for a full day of music. Tickets start from £35.
19.5 milesSat 11 Jul£35.00
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