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Events and Aldeburgh news for the holiday season, look here to see a varied programme of events for the holidaymaker and local visitor alike.
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Christmas Concert - Snape Maltings Concert Hall Fri. 10th Dec 2010: Category: Music |
 The Britten-Pears Chamber Choir joins forces with Aldeburgh Music's talented youth music group to present a sparkling programme of seasonal music and readings to herald the start of the festive holiday season and round off the old year in style.
Britten Pears Chamber Choir was Established...
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Posted on Sun, 28 November 2010 at 08:46:42 |
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Aldeburgh Christmas holiday lights and market Friday 24th Nov 2010: Category: Default |
 Aldeburgh Christmas holiday festivities and lights switch-on with Christmas market in the high street and evening entertainment.
4 weeks until Christmas to go and to get you in the mood Aldeburgh high street will be closed off at 1.00pm and its festive decorations will be formally switched on. ...
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Posted on Wed, 24 November 2010 at 08:22:01 |
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Benjamin Britten: Saint Nicholas - Aldeburgh Parish Church Sat 20th Nov 2010: Category: Music |
 Two semi-staged performances at 5pm and 7.30pm on Saturday 20 November, presented by the Jubilee Opera, with the Britten Pears Choir, Jubilee Opera Chorus, orchestra led by The Solstice Quartet
The cantata was originally written for the centenary of Peter Pears' old school Lancing College in...
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Posted on Fri, 19 November 2010 at 08:39:38 |
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Smokehouse Tour at Pinney's Saturday 13th Nov 2010: Category: Food |
 Join Food Safari on a behind the scenes tour of Pinney's at Butley Creek, where oysters have been cultivated for centuries and Richard Pinney started smoking fish in the 1950s.
Learn about how all the fish are first salted or brined, and then hung in the smokehouse where they are then flavoured...
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Posted on Fri, 12 November 2010 at 09:18:07 |
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Pre-Christmas holiday 3-bird roast and carvery class Friday 12th Nov 2010: Category: Food |
 Get in to the Christmas holiday spirit with Food Safari's Christmas preparation event for the Gourmet. On Friday evening they are running an evening workshop with Gerard King to make your own three-bird roast.
You will get involved from removing the bones from guinea fowl, chicken and pheasant...
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Posted on Thu, 11 November 2010 at 09:17:18 |
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fireworks display at Heveningham Hall Sat 6th Nov 2010: Category: Kids |
 A huge Guy Fawkes bonfire keeps you warm for this fantastic fireworks display in the magnificant setting of the grounds of Heveningham Hall on Saturday November 6th 2010, gates open 6pm
There is a Fun Fair, bar and refreshment stands with a choice of fish & chips, BBQ chicken, hog roast,...
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Posted on Sat, 6 November 2010 at 08:22:54 |
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Sizewell Sports and Social Club's fireworks night display 5th Nov 2010: Category: Kids |
 The nearest fireworks display to Aldeburgh holiday makers is just up the coast at Sizewell Sports and Social Club.
The fireworks night displaya takes place on Friday, 5 November and includes a family disco, fun fair and barbeque. Admission is 3 pounds, from 6pm....
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Posted on Fri, 5 November 2010 at 17:28:43 |
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Aldeburgh Poetry Festival 4-8 Nov 2010: Category: Arts |
 Aldeburgh - Suffolk is always the place to be for the first weekend each November. Thirty outstanding poets will take part in a record forty four events (twelve entirely free) at this 22th Festival. An abundance of ideas, connections and pleasures. held in venues throughout Aldeburgh,
For the...
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Posted on Fri, 29 October 2010 at 08:38:21 |
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Halloween on the Heath - Dunwich Heath Fri. 29th Oct 2010: Category: Kids |
 Halloween on the Heath - Dunwich Heath Coastal Centre
An evening of games, crafts, spooky stories and a 'trick or treat' ramble by torch light over the heath, aimed at children aged 5 - 12,
Child 5 Pounds, booking essential on 01728 648501
Dunwich, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17...
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Posted on Fri, 29 October 2010 at 08:13:50 |
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Maasai Warrriors - Aldeburgh Parish Church 26th Oct 2010: Category: Arts |
 A performance by the Osiligi Troupe of Maasai Warriors. The troupe will perform their song and rhythm routines and spread the word about their culture.
Crafts and wares available for purchase afterwards.
The troupe benefits their community and the families in their village of Kisamis,...
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Posted on Sat, 23 October 2010 at 08:12:41 |
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Halloween Half Term Fun - Easton Farm Park 23-31 Oct 2010: Category: Kids |
 Halloween fun and surprises during half term for the whole family to enjoy. Traditional Halloween games, pumpkin decorating, heated barns with the cannon ball area and indoor play barn and some really scary food in the Riverside Cafe!
Open every day from 23rd October until Sunday 31st October...
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Posted on Sat, 23 October 2010 at 07:48:15 |
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Migration watch at RSPB Minsmere Nature Reserve Thurs 21-Oct-2010: Category: Nature |
 An early morning walk to look for passing migrants. If weather conditions are right, flocks of small birds might be seen arriving from Europe, or geese and wading birds moving past offshore. There could be a rarity mixed in too.
Autumn activity is in full swing migrant wading birds continuing to...
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Posted on Sun, 17 October 2010 at 09:00:28 |
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Launch of Woodwose Outdoor Festival Sat 16th Oct 2010: Category: Festivals |
 The Woodwose Outdoor Festival is a special outdoor festival of events to celebrate the 40th birthday of the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Launch is a fantastic family day out with the following highlights.
- Longbow-making and fletching, join master-craftsman...
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Posted on Mon, 11 October 2010 at 18:09:15 |
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The Cragg Sisters Tearoom journey through the world of tea wed 6th Oct 2010: Category: Food |
 Aldeburgh Food Festival fringe event. Visit the Cragg Sisters Tearoom and join Emma Neilson & Duncan Southgate for a journey through the world or tea.
The guest speaker from loose leaf tea specialist 'Tip Top Tea' and a Suffolk man, will brief you on the differences between tea types and...
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Posted on Tue, 5 October 2010 at 05:42:18 |
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Jokers Comedy Club: Ipswich Sun 3rd Oct 2010: Category: Comedy |
 The best comedy club in Ipswich. With 4 comedians, one of them working as compere for the evening from Rudi Lickwood, John Newton, Tom Goodliffe and MC Kevin Shepherd.
Rudi Lickwood: Using his sense of humour and razor sharp material, Rudi has built an outstanding list of Radio and Television...
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Posted on Sat, 2 October 2010 at 10:04:33 |
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Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival Conference Fri. 24th Sept: Category: Food |
 Friday 24th September will include a lively conference bringing together senior figures from the world of food and nutrition. Staged in the Aldeburgh Music's Hoffman Building at Snape Maltings.
Entitled "How to get people to change their eating habits", the event will be chaired by BBC...
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Posted on Sun, 19 September 2010 at 08:58:28 |
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Guided Tours of Benjamin Britten's house Until 30 September 2010: Category: Arts |
 The Red House - Golf Lane, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Guided tours of The Red House, where Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears lived and worked together for almost thirty years. Britten was one of the foremost composers of the 20th century and developed with the tenor Peter Pears a creative partnership...
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Posted on Sun, 12 September 2010 at 09:21:40 |
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Saatchi Gallery: Tour and Talk at Ipswich Art School: Category: Arts |
 Saatchi Gallery: Tour and Talk at Ipswich Art School.
Introducing an exciting new art facility at the former Art School in High Street, currently displaying an exclusive exhibition loaned by the Saatchi Gallery in London. Join Curator of Art Emma Roodhouse for a private tour of the Saatchi...
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Posted on Sat, 11 September 2010 at 08:17:48 |
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Ruth Watson, The Crown & Castle Hotel, Orford and TV presenter: Category: Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival 2010 - demo |
 1.00am – Sat 25th Sep 2010 on the marquee stage.
Ruth Watson, and her husband David In 1983 , have been based in Suffolk for nearly 30 years. they bought Hintlesham Hall, near Ipswich which had been made famous as a restaurant by Robert Carrier. They transformed it over a period of six years...
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Posted on Thu, 9 September 2010 at 18:59:00 |
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Woodbridge festival of the sea Sat 11-12 Sept 2010: Category: Festivals |
 Maritime Woodbridge An authentic re-enactment, and involvement for visitors of all ages of the Norman invasion in 1066 to the end of the Plantagenets in 1307.
Saturday starts at 12.00 when the Norman warriors raid the thoroughfare and pull their boats through the town. Followed by...
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Posted on Tue, 7 September 2010 at 05:23:20 |
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