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MR James Lecture
May 26
The Athenaeum, Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1LU
MR James is best known for his ghost stories, but his work as a
medievalist scholar remains highly respected and researching the
Abbey of St Edmund was a lifelong passion. His seminal lecture on the
Abbey of St Edmund was delivered at the Athenaeum on Thursday,
April 21 1932, and 2022 will mark the 90th anniversary of his lecture.

Picnic in the Park
July 16
The Abbey Gardens, 22 Mustow St, IP33 1XL
A community picnic in the Abbey Gardens held by West Suffolk
Council.

St Edmunds Day Weekend Spectacle of Light
November 17-20
The Abbey Gardens, 22 Mustow St, IP33 1XL
A three evening Spectacle of Light show projecting images of
illuminated manuscripts from the Abbey onto historic buildings plus a
light trail through the Abbey gardens and ruins in partnership with West
Suffolk College.

Best of the fests

Woodbridge Mind Body Spirit Festival
April 16 & 17
Woodbridge Community Hall, Woodbridge IP12 4AU

INK Festival
April 21-24
Halesworth
Bigger and better than ever - four days and eight venues including the

festival HQ at The Cut, The Rifle Hall, MR King & Sons, The Halesworth
Museum, and more. Each venue will show hour-long performances of
four or more short new plays, showing several times during each day.
More than 50 brilliant, short new plays, performed by more than 50
actors. Performance poetry, stand-up comedy, kids’ Play-in-a-Day, an
art show in The Cut Gallery, a community stage with more than 16
locally written plays and great food. Plays written by Miranda Hart, Will
Gompertz, actor Elliot Cowan, as well as many first-time writers, young
and old, selected from over 2,000 entries. Luke Wright headlines
an exciting line up of performance poets. John Morton, the writer of the