Saturday 25th May 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £22

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

Multi award-winning jazz vocalist and BBC Radio presenter, Claire Martin OBE presents a celebration of some of the greatest jazz vocalists of the 20th Century. 

Arranged and curated by Claire, this concert celebrates the music of the twentieth century’s quintessential jazz vocalists – whose legacy and influence continues to define a classic era of music.  She packs the evening with stylish reworkings of Great American Songbook  classics from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Shirley Horn, Carmen McRae and more, as well as sneak previews from her forthcoming album Almost in Your Arms. 

Versatile, charismatic and a passionate advocate for jazz in all its forms, Claire Martin is a tour de force on the UK jazz scene gaining many awards, including winning the British Jazz Awards eight times during her career. A professional singer since the age of 19, she has since released 18 CDs with on the prestigious Linn label, collaborating with musical luminaries including Martin Taylor, John Martyn, Stephane Grappelli, Kenny Barron, Richard Rodney Bennett and Jim Mullen. 

Claire co-presented BBC Radio 3’s flagship jazz program Jazz Line Up from 2000 to 2017 and interviewed many of her musical heroes such as Pat Metheny and the late Michael Brecker.  She was awarded an OBE for her services to jazz in 2011. 

She ranks amongst the four or five finest female jazz vocalists on the planet Jazz Times USA 

A consummate jazz singer with old-school virtues … she wins plaudits everywhere she works 

The Guardian 

The performance ends approx. 9.30pm including an interval. 

Wednesday 29th May 2024, 10.30am to 12.30pm

Doors open at 10.00am

Tickets: free entry, but register your interest HERE

Let’s make some noise this half-term!

Join award-winning singer, choir leader, and educator Tom Appleton this half term at Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall for a vocal workshop suitable for singers of all ages and abilities.

With music to suit all tastes, high-quality vocal warm-ups, Tom’s infectious enthusiasm and humour, and support from pianist Jonathan Rutherford this promises to be a family-friendly event not to be missed.

The two-hour workshop is free to attend and will culminate in an informal presentation – to which friends and family are very welcome to come – at 12.10pm.

Open to all, but we ask that any under 18s are accompanied by an adult at all times (who are welcome to sing or watch!).

This event is generously supported by funding from East Suffolk Council.

Thursday 30th May 2024 at 3.00pm

Doors open at 2.30pm

Tickets: £12 / £10 (18 and under)

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

WiFi Wars is the live comedy family gaming show where you all play along.  Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes! 

Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on UK TV’s hit comedy/gaming show Dara Ó’Briain’s Go 8 Bit) and aided by Guinness World-Record-Breaking tech whizz, the award-winning Rob Sedgebeer. 

As featured in Time Out’s Critic’s Choice, The Times’ Hot List and Metro’s Top Ten London Geek Nights Out. 

Watch the YouTube trailer here  

Recommended for ages 6+ (matinee)

Website: www.wifiwars.co.uk 

Twitter: @WiFiWarsUK 

The event lasts approximately 90 minutes including an interval

Thursday 30th May 2024 at 7.00pm

Doors open at 6.30pm

Tickets: £12 / £10 (18 and under)

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

WiFi Wars is the live comedy family gaming show where you all play along.  Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes! 

Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on UK TV’s hit comedy/gaming show Dara Ó’Briain’s Go 8 Bit) and aided by Guinness World-Record-Breaking tech whizz, the award-winning Rob Sedgebeer. 

As featured in Time Out’s Critic’s Choice, The Times’ Hot List and Metro’s Top Ten London Geek Nights Out. 

Watch the YouTube trailer here  

Recommended for ages 12+ (evening performance)

Website: www.wifiwars.co.uk 

Twitter: @WiFiWarsUK 

The event lasts approximately 90 minutes including an interval

Sunday 2nd June 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 6.45pm

Tickets: £18 (plus booking fee)

Tickets are available HERE

Lady Maisery and Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith – the team behind Awake Arise! – present a show in development – a new show that is an essential incantation to the summertime and all that it holds. 

On the longest day of the year, anything can happen… Lady Maisery and Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith invite you into their next alchemic collaboration!  

Having bewitched and galvanised audiences through many cold Decembers with their much loved wintertime tour ‘Awake Arise’, which twice sold out St George’s in Bristol and filled  venues around the country, “two of the most engaging and inventive acts on the current folk scene” (FRUK) return with a brand new show for the summer! 

With more folk songs historically collected about May than about any other time apart from Christmas, the charismatic 5-piece embark on a journey to mark this season in song. And being the kind of artists they are, ‘as I walked out…’ is just the beginning. There is of course morris, mayday, migration and magic. There is also ritual, rave and cider with Rosie. There are countryside hares and city foxes. There is the fear for our warming planet alongside the promise of ripening fruit. There is class struggle, cuckoo calls, beaches and barbecues. As with their celebrated winter work, the Awake Arise show is an essential incantation to the summertime and all that it holds. 

Award winning trio Lady Maisery (Hannah James, Rowan Rheingans and Hazel Askew) have for nearly a decade produced some of the most exquisite, thrilling vocal harmony work in the English folk scene (The Guardian) 

The beguiling musical partnership of Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith complete the powerful line-up, bringing the outstanding vocals, sensitive instrumentation and powerful social conscience that has won them widespread critical acclaim.  Rousing stuff The Observer. 

Presented by FolkEast 

www.ladymaisery.com
www.jimmyandsidduo.com
www.alanbearmanmusic.co.uk

The performance ends approx. 9.45pm including an interval. 

Monday 10th June 2024 at 11am 

Doors open at 10.30am

Tickets: £23, £17, £12.50 (under 30s half price)

Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE

Alternatively from Britten Pears Arts’ box office at Snape Maltings Concert Hall or by calling 01728 687110.

Saturday 15th June 2024 at 2.30pm 

Doors open at 2.00pm

Tickets: £15 (under 30s half price)

Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE

Alternatively from Britten Pears Arts’ box office at Snape Maltings Concert Hall or by calling 01728 687110.

Friday 21st June 2024 at 10.30am 

Arrival from 10.00am

Tickets: £20 (under 30s half price)

Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE

Alternatively from Britten Pears Arts’ box office at Snape Maltings Concert Hall or by calling 01728 687110.

Friday 28th June 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £10

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

Featuring ‘three bad-ass old bags and a callow youth’, a new comedy show with music offering a fresh perspective on aging.  It looks at love in later-life,  loneliness, dementia and the frailty and foibles of female old age with humour and sensitivity. 

This witty, poignant take on later life in all its baffling glory is a collaboration between Field Theatre Group and Cliff-Edge Theatre Company.  Join the cast and creative team afterwards for an informal discussion – or a celebration of –  growing old disgracefully. 

www.fieldtheatregroup.co.uk
Facebook Field Theatre Group 

The performance lasts 80 minutes.  There is no interval.  Bar open after the performance. 

Saturday 29th June 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £18

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

From Vancouver, a folk-roots collective with a reputation for their scintillating live shows.  “They bring enough energy to the stage to light up a small city… writes their home-town paper “the quartet conjures up a sound that’s like the missing link between Leonard Cohen and the Pogues”  

Songwriters Adrian Glynn and Brendan McLeod, joined by banjo player Chris Suen (Viper Central) and violinist Carly Frey (The Coal Porters), create a sound that’s a beguiling bedrock of traditional roots and Americana with lyrics that are unafraid to tackle the biggest issues of today.  Nowhere more so than in their latest album No Help Coming.  A quirky, compelling collection of songs about the complexities of the everyday – of families, partners and friendships – it is set against the ever-present clarion call of climate change  “There’s still a tendency to create in a vacuum,” they say, “to write a love song as if our province wasn’t engulfed in smoke”.   

Their previous album Trench Songs was nominated for a prestigious JUNO Award for Traditional Roots Album of the Year and they’ve spread their alluring blend of complex harmonies, captivating story-telling and top-notch musicianship across the globe, from Western Europe to North America’s West Coast, British Columbia to Britain. 

Catch them on their only East Anglian date on an extensive UK tour. 

Listen to excerpts from the new album here 

The performance ends approx. 9.30pm including an interval. 

Saturday 6th July 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £20

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

Soulful charismatic singing star Polly has been nominated twice as Best Jazz Vocalist by JAZZ FM and the BBC Jazz Awards. Fully embracing the expansiveness of American jazz, blues and R&B, she has an innate blues sensibility and a warm, rich vocal style.  She signed to acclaimed US label Resonance Records, with whom she’s recorded three albums in the US, though her latest release, last year’s As It Is was recorded in her home county of Suffolk.  

She has been compared to many jazz and soul greats, but her own narrative style, deep and direct emotional engagement with the music, together with her quirky humour make her a true original.  

She is joined for a special performance by the trio Jim Watson (organ), Al Cherry (guitar) and George Double (drums). 

“Polly Gibbons is unmistakably a class act, getting classier fast.” 
★★★★ The Guardian 

“Gibbons is a jazz talent whose voice is also steeped in vintage R&B with shades of Aretha Franklin.”  The Sunday Times 

The performance ends at approximately 9.45pm including an interval. 

Seating for this event is arranged as tables at the front of the hall, with tiered seating behind. 

Friday 26th July to Saturday 3rd August 2024

Friday 26th July to Saturday 3rd August 2024

Monday 5th to Saturday 17th August 2024

Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th August 2024

Monday 26th to Saturday 31st August 2024

Saturday 14th September 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £20

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

‘A bouncy, bubbly stand-up star is born’ The Telegraph of Laura’s Edinburgh Festival stand-up debut five years ago – she was subsequently voted Best Performer in the Comedians’ Choice Awards at two consecutive editions of that biggest and most prestigious of comedy gatherings.  And with her shrewd sideswipes, wry observations and heartfelt honesty combined with a winning, lovable personality it’s easy to see why.  She has since gone on to appear in Live At the Apollo, Dave’s Hypothetical, Radio 4’s The Now Show and scored a viral hit with a Twitter thread imagining married life with the unlikely heartthrob Jurgen Klopp, which she later turned into a book.  This is real life in technicolour, affectionate, from the heart, irresistibly upbeat and very, very funny. 

The performance ends approx. 9.45pm (including interval).

Seating for this event is arranged as tables at the front of the hall, with tiered seating behind. 

Mondays 7th, 14th, 21st October 2024, 6.30-8pm (Aldeburgh Library)

Monday 28th October 2024, 6.30-8pm (Jubilee Hall)

Saturday 2nd November 2024, 7.30pm (part of live gig at Jubilee Hall)

With Louie Green (tutor).  In association with Aldeburgh Library Foundation

Ever wanted to perform Stand Up comedy?  Professional comedian and compere of Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall comedy nights Louie Green teaches the tricks of the trade.  From generating and refining your material to microphone technique and tips on everything from timing to audience interaction, you will build a five minute set from scratch.   The course culminates in an optional mini-set at an Aldeburgh Comedy Club Night on night at the Jubilee Hall on Saturday 2nd November. Participants receive a 10% discount on tickets for this night – invite your friends and family to come and watch you take the first steps on the comedy ladder! 

Course limited to 8 participants. The session on 28th October will be on the Jubilee Hall stage. 

Tickets £40 for four sessions available via Aldeburgh Library Foundation website here 

Saturday 19th October 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £20

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

An English folk-band at the top of their game, Leveret’s music demonstrates the enduring appeal and endless potential of the folk tune.  They are made up of three of England’s finest folk musicians.  Andy Cutting (button accordion), Sam Sweeney (fiddle) and Rob Harbron (concertina) are each regarded as exceptional performers and masters of their instruments.  Together, their consummate musicianship, mutual trust and freewheeling spontaneity make for a compelling live experience.  With playing as relaxed and natural as this, audiences are drawn in to share music-making that’s alive with possibilities – intimate, intense, made ‘in the moment’ and yet deeply timeless.  Their 2023 album Forms celebrated 10 years together and is a blend of new and traditional tunes played with the band’s trademark interaction and invention. 

“What was remarkable was the delicacy and quality of their playing and the empathy between the three men, watching each other intently as they progressed from repeated melody lines to subtle, spontaneous variations. It was a magical set.” The Guardian **** 

“In folk music you need to hear the human. Leveret have got that trance-like thing – I’ve taken people to Leveret concerts who don’t necessarily have an interest in folk and they’ve totally got it.  Verity Sharp, BBC Radio 3 Late Junction 

www.leveretband.com 

The performance ends approx. 9.30pm including an interval. 

Seating for this event is arranged as tables at the front of the hall, with tiered seating behind. 

Saturday 26th October 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £20

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

An evening of music written by Paul McCartney and spanning over 70 years is performed by The Paul McCartney Project. The band, featuring some of the UK’s top musicians, cover songs from an enormous back-catalogue including those from his time with The Beatles, Wings and solo career. A stunning light show and video complement the performance. 

Presented by Band on The Run. 

The performance ends approx. 9.30pm including an interval.

Friday 1st November 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £15 (21 and under £10)

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

The year is 1900 – the dawn of a new century. Young Jack Grimes arrives to take up his post as assistant to the keeper of the Toll Point Light, off the coast of East Anglia. 

Isaac Troop has been keeper at Toll Point for 20 years, without the need of an assistant. His self-imposed solitude is threatened by the new arrival – is he there to assist or to replace him? 

Guessing that his bosses at Trinity House have doubts about his mental fitness, he hesitates to tell Grimes about the other inhabitant of the lighthouse, as that would likely mean the end of his career.  But Isaac is not the only one disturbed by the newcomer… 

Ghost of The Toll Point Light, in the context of a good old-fashioned ghost story, also explores questions around why people seek seclusion, as a means of escape or of atonement, or as a way of finding peace or achieving enlightenment. 

A play with music in two acts.

The performance ends at approximately 9.45pm including an interval 

Saturday 23rd November 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £18

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

As seen on BBC The One Show, the Sounds of Simon is a tribute to the wonderful music of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, through their years as Simon and Garfunkel, to the successes of both their solo careers.  Exploring the friendship of one of the greatest and most distincitve musical duos that produced songs such as Mrs Robinson, The Sounds of Silence and Bridge Over Troubled Water, the band cover the pair’s solo careers (ou Can Call Me Al, Graceland, and Art’s smash hit, Bright Eyes.) 

Paul and Art are played to perfection, bringing in elements of their famously fractious relationship, as well as replicating the beautiful harmonies flawlessly. With video clips, stories and memories from over a half century of music-making, this multi-media show is packed with wonderful music. 

This is the UK’s longest running tribute to Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, and with its mix of brilliant musicianship, nostalgia and a genuine affection for two stellar musicians, it’s easy to see why. 

www.soundsofsimon.co.uk 

The performance ends at approx. 9.45pm including an interval. 

Seating for this event is arranged as tables at the front of the hall, with tiered seating behind.