Events at The Apex
1 Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3FD
Tel: 01284 758000
1 – 28 May, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm
Gallery Exhibition: All The World’s A Stage
Fine art photography exhibition, with subject matter and photographic techniques including portraiture, satire, the theatre and dramatic rural and urban landscapes, challenging the viewer to look again at that which we take for granted.
Art evening Friday 3 May, 6pm.
Fri 3 May, 8pm
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
Over 30 years & over 30 albums, several EPs and a box set; thousands of live performances around the globe; a legion of dedicated and enthusiastic fans; dozens of classic songs; a record— Hearts of Stone —that Rolling Stone called one of the “top 100 albums of the 70’s and 80’s”. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes are brassing their way full steam ahead the same way they always have, with no holds barred, good time rock and roll.
£22.50adv/£24.50door
Thu 9 May, 7.30pm
Curtis Stigers: Up Close and Personal
Curtis Stigers shot to international fame with his worldwide hits I Wonder
Why and You’re All That Matters To Me. This is a rare
opportunity to see and hear him performing songs from all his albums in a
stripped-down intimate acoustic setting.
£22.50 (£20.50conc)
Friday 10 May, 8pm
Jon Hart CD Launch
The Jon Hart Band host a night of live music to celebrate their third release, which will be available for the first time on the night. Joined by familiar friends from the Suffolk music scene. £5 adv
Sun 12 May, 8pm
Fat Cat Comedy Club
Bury’s great monthly comedy night. Check out www.fatcatcomedyclub.com for more details. £10
Bury Festival – all over town from 16th – 19th May 2013
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See www.buryfestival.co.uk for full details of all events.
Thu 16 May: 7.30pm
Aurora Orchestra
Joined by dancers from Bboy’s Attic and Company Decalage for a new work for orchestra, solo viola and dancers as well as new versions of two movements from Holst’s Planets Suite and Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony. Sponsored by Music Sales
£18, £15, £5 (Festival Friends)
Fri 17 May: 1.00pm
Tina May
With Frank Harrison on piano, Arnie Somogyi on double bass and Stephen Keogh on drums – expect a session of well known jazz standards as well as lesser known gems.
£7, £5 (Festival Friends)
Fri 17 May: 7.30pm
Lesley Garrett, Emma Johnson and Andrew West
Two of Britain’s most glamorous and versatile performers appear together in a specially devised programme for the soprano voice and its instrumental counterpoint, the clarinet. To include support by pianist Andrew West.
£30, £24, £5 (Festival Friends)
Fri 17 May: 10pm
Matthew Barley – Around Britten
Celebrating the centenary of Britten’s birth the wonderful cellist Matthew Barley will be performing a late night concert. To include Benjamin Britten Suite no 3, Op 87 and JS Bach Suite No 5 in C Minor
£12, £5 (Festival Friends)
Sat 18 May: 11am
Coffee Concert Jayson Gillham
Jason Gillham comes to The Apex to give a recital following his success at the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition. Works include Beethoven Sonata No 21 in C major, Op 53 ‘Waldstein’
£12, £5 (Festival Friends includes interval coffee)
Sat 18 May: 8pm
Sierra Maestra
Stars of Cuban Music – an incredible live experience with infectious Cuban rhythms guaranteed to lift the dance floor.
£18, £5 (Festival Friends)
Sun 19 May: 11am
Coffee Concert: Royal Academy of Music
Alauda Quartet alongside other chamber musicians from the Royal Academy for a concert that culminates in the Mendelssohn Octet. Also Haydn String Quartet no 59 in G minor, op 74 no.3 ‘The Rider’
£12, £5 (Festival Friends includes interval coffee)
Sun 19 May: 1pm
West Suffolk Youth Jazz Orchestra
What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than a couple of hours of big band jazz with the talented musicians that make up West Suffolk Youth Jazz Orchestra.
Free event
Sun 19 May: 8pm
Stacey Kent
Award winning Jazz vocalists
£18, £5 (Festival Friends)
Thu 23 May, 8pm
Seth Lakeman
Celebrated folk-inspired singer-songwriter and virtuoso fiddler Seth Lakeman has released six albums including 2005’s Mercury-nominated Kitty Jay and his latest album, Tales from the Barrel House which confirms Seth’s innate knack for writing both foot-stomping, sing-along songs and more tender, thoughtful ballads. His fiddle and tenor guitar playing is often breathtaking and Seth’s trademark, soaring vocals are at the forefront of this album, as beguiling and haunting as ever.
£17 standing/ £19 seated
Sun 26 May, 4pm
Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra
Elgar’s Cello Concerto, featuring special guest Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), & Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No.2 (“London”). Conducted by Leslie Olive.
£34-£4
Wed 29 May, 8pm
Lulo Reinhardt
Unique show by gypsy guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt complete with his top class band. Lulo Reinhardt is, of course, the grand-nephew of jazz legend Django Reinhardt. But the family’s musical ties run deeper than that for Lulo is also the nephew of the gypsy violin master Shnuckenack Reinhardt and comes from a lineage peppered throughout with highly talented musicians. Lulo represents one of the most unique voices in gypsy-jazz music today. His Latin-Swing Project combines pure gypsy-swing music with elements of Latin music such as flamenco, tango, and bossa nova.
£16 (£14conc)
Thu 30 May, 8pm
Tom McRae
‘From The Lowlands’ album release & solo tour. Tom’s fantastic live reputation is hard won and well deserved, in the 13 years since the release of his Mercury and Brit nominated debut, he has toured regularly all over the world, garnering a fiercely loyal audience.
£12adv/£14 door
Fri 31 May, 10am-4pm
BurySOUND Workshops
Songwriting, live performance, recording, one-to-one advice.
Free
Fri 31 May, 4pm-6pm
BurySOUND Unplugged
Featuring up & coming artists aged under 23 (in the bar).
Free
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