BE AT THE HEART OF IT
Welcome to Brighten The Corners, a not-for-profit youth-focussed live music organisation based in Ipswich, operating three music venues, festivals, and education, skills and training programmes.
We are a youth & volunteer focused live music not for profit based in Ipswich, Suffolk, offering routes into the music industry on and off the stage.
What’s On
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 “Nebraska” album, when he was a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom at King Street Cinema.
Vinyl only DJ sets at The Church with guest DJs every Thursday. Happy Hour 5-7pm!
Brighten The Corners Presents South London four-piece choir WOOM for a special intimate show at The Church.
Come join us for a varied metal lineup which is sure to hold something for any headbanger!
Finding Emo presents a night of punk, indie, and rock at The Smokehouse with Balaclava, Happy September!, The Fifth Flaw, and Jess Davey.
Youth Open Mic sessions, every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month.
A line up of New Gen alumni is presented by Brighten The Corners. New Gen is a music production, songwriting, performance project for young people.
Brighten The Corners Presents London singer-songwriter and storyteller Scott Lavene on Friday 5th December at The Smokehouse.
Plantfood are a blood-pumping jazz force summoning an onslaught of electronic and acoustic sounds with influences ranging from heavy hitters like The Prodigy to the spiritual explorations of John Coltrane.
Open for pre match drinks for Ipswich Town V Coventry
When that first trumpet sounds, the world will know These Are End Times – not by a hail of fire and blood, but by the long-awaited announcement of a rare gig by this eschatological post-rock group
Nonsuchdjs and John Skelt present a night of Northern Soul, Tamla Motown and Crossover at The Church on Saturday 6th December.
Open for pre match drinks for Ipswich Town V Stoke City
Join us for a Music Quiz in The Church! Christmas edition!
Uridium are primed to deliver a resurrection of pure heavy metal energy at The Smokehouse.
Viva Promotions Present...XMAS SKA, PUNKY PARTY.
Furry Indie Night is 25! Ipswich's cult indie night is celebrating a quarter of a century of filling the dancefloor.
Our annual Winter Market is back on Saturday 13th December
Join the Joe Keeley band as they make their return at The Smokehouse
Ipswich Record Fair returns to The Church on Sunday 14th December.
Youth Open Mic sessions, every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Emulate Productions presents ALCHEMY, with DJ Rizz/MC Spice, 1 Lemon, Rorie Dines, Louie Brown, L.A.Muse, and Generation We
Maiden Anglia (formed in early 2023) are the UK’s fastest rising Iron Maiden tribute and have proven they have the quality to be more than a regional act.
Open for pre match drinks for Ipswich Town V Sheff Weds
The Kings of Anglia Live Podcast is back - and you won’t want to miss it!
Sam Milne and the Tyrants, a teenage Ipswich band take to the Smokehouse, the place where it all kicked off for them.
Offbeat Ipswich presents Mincer, HelloKittyFunLand, and Lease on life at The Smokehouse.
Matt Storm makes music that fuses vintage soul and jazz with modern alternative sounds. Matt’s blend of alt soul, often described as “unique yet accessible” touches on themes of vulnerability and hard truths
Cafe and Bar at The Church
Vinyl nights, happy hour, quizzes, Hex record shop, discover your new favourite independent coffee shop and bar in Ipswich


By nature, Duke Special (aka Belfast’s Peter Wilson) is a curious person. He is curious about music, theatre, books, poetry, art, love, life, redemption, death and 78RPM records. Supported by Slow Leaves.