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.
Spotlight Events
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
The Psychic Pimps showcasing new material with support from Scruff Myers
Chew The Fat! Presents MARSHALL JEFFERSON
Brighten The Corners Presents folk nine-piece Shovel Dance Collective at The Church for a matinee performance on Sunday 22nd March.
Join us for a pub / music quiz in The Church!
Vinyl only DJ sets at The Church with guest DJs every Thursday. Happy Hour 5-7pm!
Coming 1000s miles from Slovakia to see YOU! Pivnica plays The Smokehouse with Fetus Destruction, Mincer, and Done With Waiting
FACTORY FLOOR. A DJ led night, built for the dance floor.
BooSi Promotions presents PICANTE, an immersive experience that embody raw energy, bouncy bass lines and vibrant community spirit of the golden era of Hardhouse.
Walking Babes clothes swap at The Church
Celebrating 30 years since their debut No.1 Album Expecting The Fly, The Baths sees the return of one of Britpop's favourite guitar bands. Presented by JALP events.
Brighten The Corners Presents Cambridge psych-folk quintet Fuzzy Lights at The Smokehouse on Saturday 28th March, with support from The Feathered Thorns.
Vinyl only DJ sets at The Church with guest DJs every Thursday. Happy Hour 5-7pm!
Guitar riff-laden Brighton band SLAG play The Smokehouse on Thursday 2nd April
Ipswich’s friendliest and loudest party returns. WREKT guarantee you a packed dance floor hosting some of the best Drum & Bass Jungle DJ’s & MCs in the UK.
Bark is a night of live music by local artists for local artists, curating some of the best Ipswich talent.
Brighten The Corners Presents iconic Post-rock, ambient, and prog-rock collective Held By Trees.
War bastard is a 4-piece Brutal Death Metal band hailing from Colchester, Essex. A must for lovers of fast techy riffs and brutal hardcore inspired breakdowns
Join us for a pub / music quiz in The Church!
Vinyl only DJ sets at The Church with guest DJs every Thursday. Happy Hour 5-7pm!
The Pomegranates take to the stage for the release of the Debut EP 'Through the Garden Gate' ready to blow the roof off of The Smokehouse.
Join us after Ipswich Town take on Middlesbrough for all the usual Kings of Anglia podcast debate and analysis, plus associated nonsense... LIVE!
Rad Pitt are BACK in Ipswich. After a stonking 10 year celebration at The Church last August, The Pitt are excited to serve a slice of riffs to the unsuspecting Suffolk folk.
Brighten The Corners Presents Norwich alt country band Brown Horse at The Church on Saturday 18th April.
Fiddle-player Mikey Kenney joins us for Early Doors, a new series of intimate events with an early finish.
Vinyl only DJ sets at The Church with guest DJs every Thursday. Happy Hour 5-7pm!
Brighten The Corners and Ipswich Central have launched a new, free, one-day grassroots music festival at pubs and venues in Ipswich town centre.
Establishing themselves as one of the must -see live bands in the UK. GETNOTGOT create musical landscapes that are fused in the Blue Note heritage with contemporary acid-jazz nuances and a funk -fuelled musical energy.
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

