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Tuesday will be the first in June so it'll also be the second monthly Laxfield Royal Oak Open Mike Night ... feels like the Sweffling Jam Party has found a new home. ♫

Mike Griffiths' People Places Parties show at Butley Mills starts today for the second long weekend and true to the title there's a party Sunday.

Paintings and ceramics by Wendy Raynsford and Garry Magee are Shades of Summer at the George Farnham Gallery Saxmundham from Tuesday and running practically all of June.  Tipple, nibble and meet the artists 12-2pm Sat 13th June.

Free entry from 11am Sunday at Debach Airfield Museum for a military vehicle road run.

♫ The Phoenix Singers will be 50 this year and celebrating with a concert of Purcell. Bach, Mozart and Pittoni ... who? ... ah Pittoni. ♫

Quite a crowd for a roasting Fram Gala yesterday.

St Titch isn't keen but only a week left of No Mow May .

Catalytic converter marking is back 10am-2pm Saturday at the Barley Green Garage Brome (it's sort of near Eye).

The Sudbourne Printmakers will be part of Suffolk Open Studios next month.

♫ Leiston British Royal Legion Band playing at Theberton's Cakes and Ale Holiday Park for tomorrow's Memorial Air Show.

We went away around lunchtime (sounds like builders cut a cable) but we're back now.

♫ Yesterday's audience particularly appreciated the Trio Élégiaque composed by Rachmaninoff when he was younger than the Collatus Piano Trio ... but only just:).  Next month's Fram Chamber Concert is Rose Gosney violin Duncan Honeybourne piano.

When decluttering an alternative to eBay, Vinted or a charity shop is the Brandeston Fete which welcomes donations of clothes, bric-a-brac, books and puzzles.

Last Saturday of next month the 27th it's Charsfest not surprisingly in Charsfield with many traditional Suffolk summer fete pursuits including sportingly tug of war.

Anorak Alert No.76:  So comforting that we are not alone.

The next available supporter slot is now, it will give you that nice warm feeling of having done the right thing.

Yesterday the third shut out in a row to start the season Ipswich Cardinals 38-00 Norwich Devils.  In the second quarter a flurry of Cards scoring ... more here

Art Yard Studios in John Street Leiston are quiet, airy with communal kitchen, toilets, private parking and available for rent ... call Paul Spencer 07733 218024.

♫ Tonight at the Snape Maltings the Beccles Choral Society, the Phoenix Singers and the Lambeth Orchestra come together to perform Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.

Suffolk Overheard:  He's such a committed pacifist he doesn't even have s Swiss army knife.

Don't know your way round nearthecoast?  You need the A to Z, it's FREE, kills 99% of known germs plus you don't have to pay and display or walk through the gift shop to get out.

The tractorati quiver with antici ... pation for the nearthecoast digest that emails out at tea time.  Get your free copy by clicking on Alan Smethurst The Singing Postman. ♫

The Walpole Old Chapel is one of the oldest nonconformist chapels in England .  Upcoming there is a whole bunch of events starting Sunday afternoon 7th June with the Dollard Collectief.

Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of Luke Durbin's disappearance on a night out in Ipswich.