11th - 26th JULY events programme

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welcome to bungay festival Children’s activities, concerts, Shakespeare, a flower festival, cultural events, lots of fun – it all means the Bungay Summer Festival is with us once again. The two-week festival begins on July 11th, the result of several months planning by the festival committee under chairman Jason Collins, and I am grateful to all of them for their commitment in seeing this popular annual event continues. Our thanks too, to the sponsors of the festival. Without their support the festival could not happen. Now it is up to the community to support the work put in and the support given by attending all the events in good numbers and enjoying the wide-ranging programme of events that have been drawn up - some new events, some tried and tested popular ones, all, a credit to the organisations and individuals who are staging them and helping to show what Bungay has to offer. Full details of prices and tickets are in this programme. So let the festival begin! Enjoy it! Terry Reeve Town Reeve of Bungay

Sprake & Kingsley The Old Bank Tearooms Cundy’s Dairy The Town Trust Bungay Society M & H Plastics The Art Trading Company Harleston & Bungay Pet Stores Earsham Street Cafe Allens Cadge & Gilbert Bungay Rotary

11TH JULY Kids Fun Day Location: Castle Meadow Time: 12pm-5pm Admission: FREE An afternoon including traditional races for kids of all ages (including grown ups), Tug-of-war, Bouncy Castle, Stalls, Games, BBQ and a display by the ‘Waggy Tails Dog Agility Display Team’. Organised by the Rotary Club of Bungay.

Concert by the Norwich Mozart Orchestra in aid of the NSPCC

This will include the Festival Opening Ceremony at 2pm.

Roughcast Theatre Company present

As You Like It

Location: St Marys Church Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £10

Location: The Fisher Theatre Time: 8.00pm Admission: £9/£7 As you Like It is one of Shakespeare’s funniest comedies, populated by a motley collection of villains and lovers : philosophers and shepherds, complete with a Duke on the run, a faithful fool and ancient rustic. To book please call 01986 897130 or visit www.fishertheatre.org 4

Once again we welcome back the Norwich Mozart Orchestra but this time with their main work being Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, with soloist Rachel Cannon. Tickets available from The Fisher Theatre, New Beginnings (Earsham St) or Terry Reeve 01986-896416

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12TH JULY

13TH JULY

Bungay Antiques Market Location: Earsham Street & Castle Meadow Time: 9am – 4pm Admission: FREE Becoming quite a tradition where people travel far and wide to see what Antiques Bungay has on offer. Earsham Street will be closed to welcome many stall holders as well as the Castle Meadow which will be welcoming many more offerings. All the business’ will be open throughout the day with all the Cafes & Pubs serving refreshments.

An Evening with Rachel Hore Location: Bungay Library Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £5 (including refreshments) Bungay Good Read Group are pleased to present an evening with Rachel Hore, highly acclaimed local author whose best-selling books include ‘Glass Painters Daughter’, ‘A Place of Secrets’, A Gathering Storm’ and ‘The Silent Tide’.

Art on the Railings Location: St Marys Church Time: 10am – 4pm Admission: FREE Art will be exhibited on the railings outside St Marys Church by the collective Black Dog Arts. All of the work will be for sale and if you should like to know any more information please contact 01986-895113.

Tower Tours

Fisher Theatre Cinema present

Before I Go To Sleep Location: The Fisher Theatre Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £5

Refreshments included : tea/coffee/juice and biscuits. If very wet, tower ascents may have to be cancelled. No disability access.

Starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong. It is a psychological thriller based on the worldwide best-selling novel about a woman who wakes up every day remembering nothing – the result of a traumatic accident in her past – until one day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone her

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Location: St Mary’s Church Time: 2pm – 4pm Admission: £2.50 per adult £1.00 per child 15 and under

14TH JULY Tour of Clays Location: Clays Reception in Popson Street Time: 5.30pm Admission: FREE This tour has limited numbers, so if you would like to book please contact Martin Evans : 01986 893563. Just to note down: 18’s & over, lots of walking & stairs! Not to be missed.

Ale Trail Location: Beginning at The Swan Inn Time: 7.00pm Visiting The Three Tuns, Green Dragon, Chequers & The Fleece Pubs of Bungay. For more information please contact Fudge Farrar : [email protected]

Festival Quiz Location: St Edmunds Parish Hall Time: 7.00pm Tickets: £5 All proceeds from the evening are to be split between Waveney Foodbank and St Edmunds Church. Snacks will be provided. Bring your own bottle and there will be a raffle. Fun for all the family. Tickets available from : Crocks – Earsham St ~ Carole Hunt 01986-894656 8

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450th Anniversary Summer Concert by Bungay High School

The Town Reeve’s Ball

Location: St Marys Church Time: 7.00pm Admission: £4 (£2 Concessions and U16’s) A concert of music, with pieces by some of the school’s most accomplished soloists and small groups, featuring performances by the school wind band, orchestra, string ensemble and choir. This is one of several events the school is holding to mark the 450th anniversary of the founding of the school, as Bungay Grammar School, in the environs of St Mary’s Church, in 1565.

Location: Castle Meadow Time: 7pm Tickets: £40 includes a drink on arrival The evening includes a four-course meal plus a cabaret and live dance band. John and Jayne Groom are once again organising this lavish event in aid of the Town Reeve’s appeal and other local charities and good causes. The evening is always a huge success so book your seats without delay by ringing John Groom on 01986 895105.

For tickets, contact [email protected]

16TH JULY

Bungay Flower Club & The Friends of St Marys Bungay present

National Theatre LIVE -

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Everyman

Location: St Marys Church Time: 10am – 4pm Admission: FREE – refreshments available and donations welcome

Location: The Fisher Theatre Time: 7.00pm Tickets: £12 BAFTA winner and Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 years a slave) takes the title role in this dynamic new production of one of English drama’s oldest plays, directed by the NT’s new Director Rufus Norris (Broken, London Road) 10

A combination of flower arrangements and church embroideries in St Marys Church from Friday 17th July to Sunday 19th July.

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18TH JULY Invitation to view Earsham Hall

Glyndebourne Season LIVE ‘Die Entfuhrung’

Location: Earsham Hall Time: 2.30pm Admission: £18.50

Location: The Fisher Theatre Time: 5pm Tickets: £12

For a chance to come and have a tour of Earsham Hall, conducted by Annabel Stretton-Derham, followed by a full Afternoon Tea served in the Tearooms.

LIVE from Glyndebourne Opera House - the home of Mozart – comes a new production of Die Entfugrung as dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), the opera in which the 25 year old composer is often said to have found his mature voice.

Numbers are limited so if you are interested in booking please call 01986-893868

19TH JULY

All Hallows Hospital Staff Celebration

Inaugural Great Bungay Duck Race

Time: 2pm-5pm Tickets: £10 Location: Castle Meadow

Location: Falcon Meadow Time: 3pm Admission: Family Ducks secured by £2.50 entry tickets 1st Prize £250 – 2nd Prize £100. Buy at the Duck Sign!

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It will include the presentation of long service awards, and there will be a 1940as theme and music by the Cool Blue Showband will be geared to that. There will also be entertainment form Nigel Boy Syer and Treble Clef.

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21st JULY

Bungay Film Club present

Pride

Grammar School & High School Reunion

Location: The Fisher Theatre Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £5 Non Members / £2.50 Members

Time: 12pm-10pm Location: Castle Meadow Marquee Admission: £8 Luncheon ~ £6 Evening

A joyous British film inspired by an extraordinary true story. It is 1984 and the Miners’ Strike is causing great hardship in pit villages. Pride boasts excellent performance from a top notch cast and is scripted with a deft mix of indignation and comedy.

Marquee Monday with the Community Kitchen Location: Castle Meadow Time: 6.45pm Admission: £6 for a 2 course meal Hosted by Sustainable The monthly community meal is moving to the Festival Marquee for July! A delicious vegetarian 2 course meal, made from scratch at the location using fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Bring your own drinks The event is organised and run completely on volunteer’s time so if you can spare 15mins+ to lend a hand please let us know when booking, last booking 17th July.

Organised by the Town Reeve to mark the 450th anniversary of the founding of the School. Students of all eras welcome. There will be a display of school memorabilia and the Magna Carta display. There will be a bar open throughout the day. Contact Terry Reeve, Town Reeve, for more information and to book your place. 01986 896416 ~ [email protected]

Paul Daniels & Debbie McGee Time: 7.30pm Location: The Fisher Theatre Tickets: SOLD OUT To join the waiting list please contact the Fisher Theatre on 01986 897130.

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22TH JULY Circle 67 present Twelfth Night Time: 7.30pm Location: Bungay Castle Admission: FREE – booking in advance Circle 67 are back once again with another sell-out performance performed at Bungay Castle. Tickets available from Jesters Café or by calling John Warnes 01986 892855

23RD JULY Bungay Means Business Location: Castle Meadow Time: 10am – 4pm Admission: FREE A showcase of Business’ within Bungay whilst welcoming Black Dog Arts Activities Day and Bungay Camera Club. Black Dog Arts offers the opportunity for all ages to come along and try your hand at a variety of art and crafts. No charge being made to participate. Bungay Camera Club will be exhibiting a selection of their pieces within the marquee which features the Waveney Valley & Wildlife around. For more information about the Bungay Means Business please contact Didy Ward on [email protected] 16

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The Jackson Creek Band is an acoustic trio based in Cambridge, UK performing country & western, bluegrass and American folk music, all with a healthy dose of three part harmonies and fancy guitar picking. Ben Ashby, Helene Jones and Ken Hill make up this smooth, stylish trio, performing both original songs and well-known C&W favourites. They perform regularly at the popular Cambridge Folk Club and at the Milkmaid Folk Club in Bury St. Edmunds, as well as several venues in East Anglia

Jackson Creek Band Location: The Fisher Theatre Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £5

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26th JULY

Teddy Bears Picnic & Zip Wire from St Marys

Godric Way Ride

Location: Castle Park for the Picnic & Zip Wire from St Marys Church Time: 11am-1.30pm Admission: FREE Bungay Toddler Group are hosting their Teddy Bears Picnic. For more information please contact Anne Bradwell on 01986-896740. From 1pm - 1.30pm St Marys Church will be organising a Zip Wire for all eligible teddies to take that leap of faith and zoom down the outside of the church. Refreshments will be available at the Church.This event is sponsored by Fosters Solicitors

Like a Rolling Stone

Location: Starting at The Buttercross Time: 10am FREE to participate Coffee Break at The Black Swan Homersfield. The Godric Cycling Club is one of the oldest cycling clubs in the East of England and we cater for all types of cyclists and cycling, from purely recreational to competitive sport. It was founded in 1953 and continues to this day providing a range of activities for members and non-members across the Waveney Valley.

Closing Ceremony for this years Festival

Location: The Fisher Theatre Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £13.50 Two Top Tribute bands- Not The Rolling Stones and The Bob Dylan Experience, together for a night of prime Dylan and Rolling Stones. NOT THE ROLLING STONES are the ultimate tribute to The Rolling Stones starring their frontman and supremo Jagger lookalike MIKE JAGGER. The band rock through all the golden classics of the Stones from Satisfaction to Sympathy for the Devil. You won’t believe it’s not Jagger! Playing all the songs that have made Bob Dylan a legend, THE BOB DYLAN EXPERIENCE celebrate the fantastic music of Bob Dylan over his 50 year career, performing a powerful set for Bob Dylan fans old and new. 18

Location: Castle Meadow Time: 2pm-4.30pm Admission: FREE Concluding with the lowering of the Flag whilst a number of activities take place at the Castle Grounds. If you would be interested in having a stall please don’t hesitate to contact Terry Reeve [email protected] ~ 01986-896416

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