Events at The Apex
1 Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3FD
Tel: 01284 758000
Wed 3 Apr, 8pm
Phronesis
Winners of the 2012 London Jazz award, Scandinavian/British jazz trio Phronesis has the ability to excite, inspire and move people – “the most exciting and imaginative… piano trio since EST” – Jazzwise Magazine.
£14 (£12conc)
Thu 4 Apr, 8pm
Dr Feelgood
Formed on Canvey Island in Essex in the early 1970s, Dr. Feelgood remains one of the most popular and exciting live rhythm and blues acts in the world. with a string of hit singles including Milk and Alcohol, Roxette, Back in the Night, Down at the Doctors, She Does it Right, Going Back Home and See You Later Alligator.
£18.50
Fri 5 Apr, 4pm-6pm
BurySOUND Unplugged
Featuring up & coming artists aged under 23 (in the bar).
Free
Fri 5 Apr, 7.30pm
Carducci Quartet
One of today’s most successful young string quartets & winners of many competitions at home and abroad.
Haydn Quartet No. 42 in C major, Op. 54, No. 2
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 11
Dvorak String Quartet No. 12 ‘American’
£16/£12 (£14/£10) £5 U 25s
Sat 6 Apr, 7.30pm
Bounty Hounds
East Anglia’s leading folk/rock band proudly launch their second studio CD ‘Old Bury Road’. Following in the footsteps of the likes of Fairport Convention, Oysterband and Steeleye Span, the Hounds have made their mark on folk festival stages across the country performing their mix of traditional and original songs and tunes, with a few favourite influences thrown in for good measure, and all delivered in their own unique style.
Plus Two Coats Colder
£8 (£4conc)
Tue 9 Apr, 7.30pm
Dexys
Performing their acclaimed show “One Day I’m Going to Soar” (the album in its entirety, in sequence) plus a few Dexys favourites from their seven Top Twenty hits (including the Number Ones Geno and Come On Eileen) and the landmark albums Searching For The Young Soul Rebels, Too-Rye-Ay and Don’t Stand Me Down.
£20/£22
Wed 10 Apr, 7.30pm
An Evening With Cleo Laine & Friends
National treasure and doyenne of the jazz scene, Cleo Laine has played everywhere from English dance halls to the Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie to the Blue Note Cafe. She’s been on stage on Broadway and London’s West End and has performed in operas and on the BBC.
£25 (£23conc)
Thu 11 Apr, 8pm
Johanna Juhola Reaktori
Four exuberant musicians, playing accordions, harmonium, double bass and with live electronics, shifting from chamber musical folk tones to offbeat electronic music, Eccentric, eclectic and very cheeky: tango Finnish style!
£12.50 (£10.50conc)
Fri 12 Apr, 8pm
The Shee
An exceptional all-female band showcasing three powerful vocalists and a superb level of instrumental prowess, to produce an adventurous brew of Folk, Gaelic, Scots and Bluegrass.
£12 (£10conc)
Sat 13 Apr, 11am-midday
Councillor Paul Farmer will be doing an hour’s concert in the bar area to raise money for Parkinsons Awareness week. He will be doing a non stop hour of Beatles numbers (31 in total).
Free/donations
Tue 16 Apr, 8pm
John Etheridge’s Sweet Chorus: a tribute to Stéphane Grappelli
Formed as a personal tribute to his erstwhile bandleader and mentor – the great violinist Stéphane Grappelli, with whom John toured world-wide for 5 years. This tour will feature material by Grappelli himself, originals, as well as some of the famous tunes from the Hot Club repertoire.
£15 (£13conc)
Wed 17 Apr, 7.30pm
Ana Moura
Glamorous Portuguese fadista Ana Moura has taken the fado world by storm and she enchanted a huge crowd at the recent Womad festival. She has performed alongside Prince and the Rolling Stones and her new album is a collaboration with the legendary jazzman Herbie Hancock.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/oct/13/ana-moura-taking-fado-into-future
£16 (£14 conc/£5 U25s)
Fri 19 Apr, 7.30pm
Fashion Fusion 2013
Over 20 retailers, from independents to high street stores, will showcase their ‘young’ and ‘exclusive’ designs in this exciting evening for fashion lovers.
All proceeds to St Nicholas Hospice
£13.50 to include welcome drink & goody bag