Come down to St Stephen's Church to cleanse your soul with vinyl, wine, beer, nibbles and a boogie.

Brighten The Corners and Canvvs are proud to present Rhythm + Sole, an immersive sneaker customisation workshop designed to inspire young creatives and introduce them to industry pathways in art, design, and music.

Pretty Wasted return to The Smokehouse after their headline set in September 2024. Inspired by Linkin Park, Bring Me the Horizon, and more, this Ipswich band deliver an energetic mix of songs to start your weekend right. With support from Nailbed and Peninsula.

Join us at the Smokehouse for an evening of shoegaze, grunge and 90s riot girl inspired music

Known for their attention to detail, Dirty/DC brings the full AC/DC experience with songs from both Bon Scott and Brian Johnson eras.

Get ready for a genre-defying night of music as 1lemon and Evan McCarthy take the stage

Offbeat Ipswich brings an electric showcase of alternative tallent from the east Anglian scene, with acts from BalaClava, With Teeth, and Spineless.

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AETHORIA are a five piece hard rock band from Suffolk. Voytek are a group of four friends united on a mission to create and spread their unique blend of groovy, progressive and heavy music.

Brighten The Corners Presents vocalist, guitarist, composer, dancer and poet Hannah Frances on Thursday 21st August.

A night of East Anglian angst to celebrate ten years of Rad Pitt. There ain’t no party like a Rad Pitt party.

The Detour are headlining the Smokehouse at the end of this August with a night of high energy, alternative music to end their string of summer gigs. Supported by the upcoming pop-rock band Not a Chance and Keeley Mae. This is a night you don’t want to miss.

Description Alive & Amplified is a multi-genre, live music, event hosted to raising funds for Survivors in Transition a charity local to Ipswich, doing tremendous work, helping those recover and deal with past traumatic experiences.  

Genre-blending folk band The Rabbitts have been described as "ethereal and understated" on BBC Radio 6 Music. Their unique and colourful sound is characterised by delicate harmonies and an intricately interwoven tapestry of mandolin, guitar, bass, and drums.

Brighten The Corners Presents indie four-piece China Bears at The Smokehouse.

Luke Fisher and The Ghost Tides rise from the meeting point of weathered Americana and the restless pulse of punk. The Lamplight Club is a Dark, alternative rock n' roll rooted in garage, folk and gothic Americana. Vincent Vermillion plays a variety of genres and a plethora of covers from artists with similar styles of americana, folk and rockabilly.

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Brighten The Corners Presents radical East London duo Stick In The Wheel, known for their intense live shows exploring the raw holler of folk, electronica, spoken word and intricate rustic dobro guitar.

A collection of local artists getting together for an evening of music

Come and join us for an evening of ritual, release and renewal where you can be the first to hear Break/Bleed/Bloom in all its live glory.

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Brighten The Corners Presents experimental folk four-piece Modern Nature at The Smokehouse on Thursday 9th October 2025.

The Camden Grunge's scene top-selling band, NeverUnder, is taking a stop in Ipswich, at the Smokehouse, as part of their UK 2025 Tour! Join the Camden Grunge Scene UK Invasion Tour for an epic night of grunge music.  This will be just a week after NeverUnder headlines The Underworld - and after headlining the O2 Academy2 Islington earlier this year!

Regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters as the best Oasis tribute band there is, Definitely Oasis return to Ipswich after 2 sold out shows!

Brighten The Corners Presents Welsh indie pop band The Bug Club at St Stephen's Church on Thursday 16th October 2025.

Brighten The Corners presents experimental guitar pop group Blue Bendy play The Smokehouse.

Brighten The Corners Presents indie-folk duo lilo at The Smokehouse on Friday 31st October.

Playing a seated performance at St Stephen’s Church, John Smith has been at the pioneering forefront of British Folk Guitar Music for twenty years. Support comes from Katie Spencer

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Celebrate 10 years of Semantics with us! Those ten years have taken him to some of the biggest festivals in the UK, sharing stages and posters with bands and artists he'd grown up listening to and getting support and love from Radio 6's Steve Lamacq.

Prolific Scottish songsmith Tommy Ashby plays St Stephen’s Church

Brighten The Corners Presents Invada Records' electronic rock band Benefits on Friday 14th November at The Smokehouse.

By nature, Duke Special (aka Belfast’s Peter Wilson) is a curious person. He is curious about music, theatre, books, poetry, art, love, life, redemption, death and 78RPM records. All of this is evidenced by the variety of musical adventures throughout his career.

Brighten The Corners Presents London singer-songwriter and storyteller Scott Lavene on Friday 5th December at The Smokehouse.

Nonsuchdjs and John Skelt present a night of Northern Soul, Tamla Motown and Crossover at St Stephen's Church on Saturday 6th December.

Join us for a Music Quiz in St Stephen’s Church! Christmas edition!