Quiz Night

EVERY MONDAY

@11 Market Place

Fancy a drink and a think? Join us, and Quizmaster Ivan, every Monday at the bar 11 Market Place! Six people max per team, the winner takes the pot.

6pm-10pm

No need to book, just pay £1 per person on the door

Spear of Destiny

THURSDAY 1ST MAY

SPEAR OF DESTINY were formed in 1983 after the demise of Kirk Brandon’s post punk iconic rockers THEATRE OF HATE. (Brandon had also, before TOH, been the main man in every punk rockers favourite band of that era, The Pack)

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £22.50 Adv.

Big Sky Orchestra

FRIDAY 2ND MAY

+ Support

Big Sky Orchestra are a five-piece British band, with music that draws from soft rock, funk and Americana. Big Sky's live show is based on the ethos of the 60/70's West Coast jam band scene, with a British feel retained. A jazz rhythm section backing up two rock and roll guitar players and soaring vocal harmonies builds an intricate and improvised, yet always driving brand of Funk Americana.

The approach is built upon the improvisation and expression of each member, with songs cycled into one another and two lead guitars trading off throughout, meaning no two Big Sky shows are ever the same.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £10 Adv.

Viva Promotions: XSLF

SATURDAY 3RD MAY

Hosted by Viva Productions

Viva Promotions presents XSLF, the legendary UK punk band with ex-members from Stiff Little Fingers.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £10 Adv.

JPC Book Club

1ST WEDNESDAY OF MONTH

@11 Market Place

Join us at the Bar at 11 Market Place every month to meet and discuss the latest book for the JPC Book Club!

Start Time: 8pm

Free Entry

Gin Annie

SATURDAY 10TH MAY

With Regional One and Molly Karloff

A rising star of the UK's vibrant emerging rock scene, Wolverhampton's Gin Annie are helping maintain British Hard Rock at it's finest, complete with swagger, showmanship and a dedication to their own distinct brand of energetic and melodic hard rock.

"It’s a wonderful, high tempo, gritty rock and roll set played out to the backdrop of pyro and fire and high energy" - Moshville Times

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £13.50 Adv.

Skinny Lister

SUNDAY 11TH MAY

With The Wilswood Buoys

Since 2009, Skinny Lister have been at the forefront of first-rate folk/punk in the UK. Making waves with the irrepressible energy of their debut album ‘Forge and Flagon’ in 2012, the London formed crew went on to sign with Xtra Mile Recordings for the release of their classic second album ‘Down On Deptford Broadway’ (2014) and so beginning a partnership that has birthed a further four records with the label including ‘The Devil, The Heart, The Fight’ (2016), ‘The Story Is...’ (2019), ‘A Matter Of Life & Love’ (2021), and most recently ‘Shanty Punk.'

And now with the tantalising promise of new material on the horizon, catch Skinny Lister doing what they do best

at the John Peel Centre!

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £20 Adv./£23 OTD

Troy Redfern

THURSDAY 15TH MAY

With Red Giant

Carving out a name for himself by relentlessly touring and blazing a trail across the main stage  festival circuits in the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia, and sharing the stage with the likes of  Robert Plant and Dr Feelgood, Troy has worked tirelessly to build a strong following of diehard fans who gravitate towards his passionately honest, fiery performances and visceral guitar playing.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £15 Adv.

The Cloverhearts

FRIDAY 16TH MAY

+ support

The Cloverhearts are one of the newest, and fastest growing bands in the Celtic Punk scene today.

Fronted by Australian singer/songwriter, Sam Cooper, in just a matter of years the band has accumulated millions of streams online, whilst performing alongside genre giants such as The Mahones, Ferocious Dog, Booze & Glory and Mr.Irish Bastard, to name a few.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £14 Adv.

Let's Bop!

WEDNESDAY 9TH APRIL

Do you love to dance but no longer get a chance? Get your mojo back on the dance floor with Let’s Bop! For women 18 to 80!

Simply turn up & dance, on your own or with friends!

Event start: 19:30

Tickets: £7 Adv.

Hoedown Showdown (PG)

FRIDAY 23RD MAY

Hosted by Jericho Entertainment

Throw on those cowboy hats, two step into your boots and head on down to the Hoedown Showdown!!

With country music, lip syncs, and prizes to be won, join us for a great country themed night, promoted by the successful "Big Night Out" events.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £16

The Lovely Eggs

WEDNESDAY 28TH MAY

With Grace Calver

For The Lovely Eggs being in a band is a way of life.  It’s about art. It’s about creativity and expression. It’s about following your own path and doing things your own way. Holly and David operate on their terms, spewing out music, records, art and television shows before piling in the van and tearing round the country to perform a load of live sold out shows. Their wild and wilful independence sets themselves apart from other bands and  despite having no management, booking agent, record label or publisher their album “IamMoron” shot to Number One in the Official UK Independent Charts and they continue to sell out shows across the country.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £20 Adv.

The Vinyl Lounge

31ST MAY

12TH JULY

4TH OCTOBER

A cracking night of listening, dancing and sharing your vinyl

+ your favourite guest DJ’s

Starts: 19:30

Tickets: £5

New Candys

WEDNESDAY 11TH JUNE

+ support

Concocted with the darkest deviant rock'n'roll ethos and distinctive melodic distortions, New Candys have established themselves as one of the most compelling bands to emerge from Italy in recent years. Founded by songwriter and singer-guitarist Fernando Nuti alongside bassist and synth player Dario Lucchesi, the lineup is completed by Emanuele Zanardo on lead guitar and backing vocals and Francesco Giacomin on drums and sampler.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £15 Adv./ £18 OTD

Peggy Seeger: Final Farewell

FRIDAY 13TH JUNE

Peggy Seeger, the grande dame of American and British Folk music, embarks on her last ever concert tour alongside her sons, Neill and Calum MacColl, in celebration of her 90th Birthday in June 2025.

Peggy has been performing for over seventy-five years and will showcase some of her best loved songs from across her extraordinary career, as well as new songs from her final album (out Spring 2025). Her songs remain uncompromising, and her wit and delivery are as sharp as ever.

Neill and Calum MacColl are superb musicians, sharing unique onstage chemistry with their mother. Expect whip-smart humour & family banter, blood harmonies and audience participation, alongside world-class musicianship.

This will be the last opportunity to hear Peggy in concert so do not miss this.

“Peggy Seeger inspires; as funny, feisty and angry as ever” The Guardian

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £30 Adv.

The Warlocks

SATURDAY 9TH AUGUST

+ support

Formed in 1999, L.A.-based group The Warlocks produce a relentless, hypnotic wall of sound that suggests a collision between classic psychedelia, Krautrock and The Velvet Underground.

Relentless international touring and the sheer power of The Warlocks gigantic live sound has built a worldwide cult following for the band that has only grown and intensified.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £18 Adv./£21 OTD

Foreword Festival: Poetry & Spoken Word

FRIDAY 15TH AUGUST

As part of the Foreword Festival, join us at the John Peel Centre for a night of poetry and spoken word from award winning poet, battle-rapper, and Channel 4 star, Mark Grist!

Doors: 19:00

Tickets: £8 Adv.

Diving at Dawn

FRIDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER

+ support

As one half of indie duo The Boy Least Likely To, Pete has had an impressive 20 year career to date.

Diving At Dawn is Pete’s passion project; indie folk storytelling with an intimate yet cinematic feel. Very much a one man band, Pete plays, sings and records everything himself. Live it’s just him, his guitar and his stories.

Music starts: 20:00

Tickets: £8 Adv.

Burning Rope

SATURDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER

With Dove & Boweevil

The three remaining members of multiple UK blues award winners Catfish, following the sad death of frontman Matt Long in October 2024, have come together with superb guitarist Alex Voysey to form a new band, Burning Rope.They will be performing the songs written for Catfish by keyboard player Paul Long and also songs he wrote for his previous band The Riotous Brothers.  The guys are also writing new material together. Join us if you can.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £16 Adv./£19 OTD

The Leylines

SATURDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER

+ support

Heart-Pounding Revelry A high-energy folk-rock band from the West Country, The Leylines mix raucous violin dynamic guitar riffs and acerbic lyrics. All of which culminate in a whirlwind show that will get heart, and mind, pounding.

 2025 marks the arrival of The Leylines’ long-awaited third

studio album, ‘Phosphenes’. Brace

yourself for an immersive listening experience that captures the soul of the band’s evolution - raw, bold, and

unforgettable.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £16 Adv.

DAVE PEARCE: 90’s vs 00’s Dance Anthems – RIGHT HERE IN STOWMARKET (18)

FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER

Get ready for a host of 90s 00’s dance tracks from the likes of The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Gala, Sandy B, Crystal Waters, N-Trance, Ultra Nate, Livin Joy, Groove Armada, Faithless, Darude, SASH, Paul Van Dyke, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk and much much more, right here at The John Peel Centre!

Dave Pearce launched Dance Anthems on Radio 1 and has sold over 1 million mix compilation albums in the UK with numerous top 5 UK Chart positions. He has held residencies in Ibiza, Ministry Of Sound in London and BCM in Mallorca. He has played at all the major dance festivals including Creamfields, has been featured three times in DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs in the world and is fresh back from supporting The Pet Shop Boys on their sold-out arenas tour.

Party the night away and re-live the best, most influential musical eras of our times, as Dave comes back to Stowmarket!!

VIP TICKETS: Includes Glass of Prosecco or Lager on arrival and one item in the cloakroom

Doors 7.15pm

Event starts 7.45pm (Last entry 9pm (prompt)

Ian McNabb

SATURDAY 11TH OCTOBER

Lead singer/songwriter of The Icicle Works, Mercury-nominated solo artist

McNabb (64) has made twenty-six studio albums since 1984. He has worked with Peter Buck, Jason Falkner, Crazy Horse, Ringo Starr, Waterboys, Lightning Seeds and Danny Thompson amongst others. Ian lives in Liverpool and performs solo or with a band as and when he can.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £20 adv.

The Milk Men

FRIDAY 17TH OCTOBER

+ support

The Milk Men are one of the most popular and acclaimed blues rock bands in the UK.

Nominated for eight UK Blues Awards and British Blues Challenge finalists, and with a Number 1 blues album and single to their name, they have earned a reputation as the one of the most dynamic and enjoyable live bands on the circuit.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £14 Adv./£17 OTD

Kris Barras' Hollow Souls

SUNDAY 19TH OCTOBER

British virtuoso blues-rock guitarist, former pro MMA fighter and hard rock frontman Kris Barras launches an exciting new musical collective that takes him back to his blues rock roots. Once the leading light of the young British blues-rock scene; he's back with a new band; Hollow Souls. 

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £23.50 Adv.

The Wedding Present

SUNDAY 26TH OCTOBER

+ support

David Lewis Gedge and his "semi-legendary" band celebrate a special anniversary live across Ireland and the United Kingdom, stopping off at the John Peel Centre in October!

‘The boy Gedge has written some of the best love songs of the ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ era. You may dispute this, but I’m right and you’re wrong!’ – John Peel

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £30 Adv.

Baskery

WEDNESDAY 29TH OCTOBER

+ support

The queens of banjopunk, these three Swedish sisters are back! Baskery play a combination of classic ‘roots music and Americana’ with a twist of rule breaking punk turn this much loved style of music on it’s head. Their sound oozes style and playfulness and has helped them accrue a number of plaudits and accolades.

Doors: 19:30

Tickets: £18.50 Adv.

East Town Pirates

SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER

With Khoshekh and The Psychic Pimps.

From smugglers dens along the East Suffolk coastline, through the punk dives and back bars of ye Olde Ipswich Towne they have come, armed to the teeth with infectious new tunes. East Town Pirates have been sharpening their hooks in raids on taverns and alehouses around East Anglia before taking their explosive live show on the road and laying waste to the rest of England, Ireland and France. ‘Motorhead meets The Pogues’ seems to be an apt description of the ETP sound.

Spooky-pirate themed, dress up encouraged!

Doors: 19:00

Tickets: £9 Adv./£12 OTD