Friday, 14th May 2010 to Sunday, 30th May 2010
The Bury St Edmunds Festival is one of East Anglia's premier arts events attracting thousands of people to the historic market town at the heart of Heritage Suffolk.
The Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary running from Friday 14 to Sunday 30 May 2010 and promises a great line up of music, theatre, comedy and poetry. A few highlights to whet your appetite include performances from Lesley Garrett, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Stan Tracey Octet and Adrian Edmondson's The Bad Shepherds.
The brochure will be available from 22 February. Outdoor events will be on sale from 15 February via the Box Office on 01284 769505, and all other events go on sale to the general public on 1 March.
We will soon be launching a new Bury Festival website which will have all the details of the events, how to book tickets and more
Sunday, 30th May 2010 to Monday, 31st May 2010
Filling the town with flowers
The centre of Bury St Edmunds will be packed with colours - and flavours - over the bank holiday weekend. While the usual provisions market takes place on Saturday, it will be flowers and stalls selling continental food and products which will take centre stage on Sunday 30 and Monday 31 May, from 10am to 4pm each day.
The Bury St Edmunds Flower and Continental Market gets more popular every year - the streets are packed with stalls selling a huge range of plants and flowers from budding begonias for summer beds to specialist shrubs for those who like a challenge in their gardens. Joining the flower stalls will be the continental market, with its cheeses, meats, bread and all sorts of other crafts and goodies.
Sunday, 18th July 2010
Friday, 26th November 2010 to Sunday, 28th November 2010
An attractive combination of six markets, a fun fair and free entertainment all running for three days, makes the Bury St Edmunds Christmas Fayre the biggest in East Anglia.
Held from Friday 26 November to Sunday 28th November, the Fayre includes colourful stalls selling local produce and crafts, a ‘world’ market with enticing goods from mainland Europe and beyond, a Cathedral gift fair, and an historical market in Moyse’s Hall museum. On Saturday and Sunday we also have our acclaimed provisions market - which is also the largest regular street market of its kind in the area.
The whole historic centre of the town will be welcoming shoppers from far and wide. The Angel Hill with its medieval Abbey Gate, cathedral and links to Charles Dickens will host the traditional fun fair and market stalls with the neighbouring Georgian Athenaeum housing more traders most of which are dressed in period costume.
Non-stop street entertainment in Abbeygate Street will draw visitors into the heart of the town, with its famous name stores, select independent shops, cafes and restaurants. The provisions market will be held on the Buttermarket and Cornhill on Saturday and Sunday and the nearby Corn Exchange will have yet more interesting stalls. Younger visitors will have the chance to visit one very special guest in his grotto on Saturday and Sunday!
