Events at The Apex

1 Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3FD

Tel: 01284 758000

www.theapex.co.uk

Tue 2 Jun, 8pm

Heritage Blues Orchestra

Take a journey down Highway 49 from Clarksdale to New Orleans, go from chain gangs to orchestra pits, church pews and back porches and hear the spirituals, gospel and blues of the African-American south. HBO spice up the grit of low-down country and urban blues with the bold brass of New Orleans, and punctuate the hand-clapping fervour of gospel with fiery jazz-infused horn arrangements.

£17/ £5 U25s

Wed 3 Jun, 7.30pm

Gisela João

Gisela João, aged 30, is the new fado singer now making waves in Portugal. She released her debut album in the summer of 2013 and it went straight to number 1 in the national charts.

This concert is part of Songlines Encounters Festival On Tour 2015.

£16 (£14conc) £5 U25s

Thu 4 Jun, 8pm

Simpson, Cutting & Kerr

Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr are three of Britain’s finest folk musicians. Nancy Kerr has just won Folk Singer of the Year 2015 at the BBC Folk Awards and is a key member of The Full English band; Andy Cutting is a squeezebox master who has played live with The Who, Roger Daltry and Sting, amongst others; Martin Simpson is a multi-award winning musician, singer and songwriter and was nominated for Musician of the Year and for Best Album at the Folk Awards 2014.

£16

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Sun 7 Jun, 7.30pm

Sky’s The Limit

RAF Honington Voluntary Band & Musicians from the Youth of Norfolk.

£9.50

Tue 9 Jun, 2.30pm

John Humphrys

Having been a journalist for more than half a century, John is one of Britain’s most controversial broadcasters and is best known for Mastermind and the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.

£20 (£18conc)

Tue 9 Jun, 8pm

Rod Woodward

Award-winning Welsh comedian Rod Woodward brought the house down at the 2014 Royal Variety Performance. Rod has been tipped for stardom by such luminaries as Peter Kay and the late Bob Monkhouse after winning the Best Newcomer to Variety Award. Having supported Paddy McGuinness and Russell Brand on tour, he won the BBC 1 Wales Comedy Competition ‘Funny Business’.

£17.50

Thu 11 Jun, 7.30pm

An Evening with Peggy Seeger

In her 80^th year, Peggy Seeger – folk queen, feminist icon, political activist, eco-warrior, muse – releases her 24th and probably finest solo album. With Neill MacColl and Calum MacColl.

£19.50

Fri 12 Jun, 8pm

Half Man Half Biscuit

Witty and dry, sardonic yet never cynical, melodically infectious yet edgy sing along songs, these four lads who shook the Wirral remain an undiscovered national treasure.

So grab your Joy Division Oven Gloves and don your Dukla Prague away kit, as The Biscuit are coming to town.

£20adv

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Sat 13 Jun, 7.30pm

60s Hits and Laughter Show

With Marmalade (Lovin’ Things; Mr Tambourine Man; Summer in the City; Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da!)

And The Swinging Blue Jeans: The Hippy Hippy Shake; Good Golly Miss Molly; Lawdy Miss Clawdy; and many more

£23.50

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Sun 14 Jun, 8pm

Fat Cat Comedy Club

See www.fatcatcomedyclub.com for line-up.

£12

Wed 17 Jun, 7.30pm

Jackson – Live in Concert

Starring Ben and his Incredible Band & Dancers. Ben’s portrayal of Jackson has to be the most accurate and exciting tribute to the King of Pop to have ever toured UK theatres. He’s got the look, the moonwalk and the voice! His renditions of Thriller, Beat it and Billie Jean are truly sensational.

£20/ £15 U16s

Sat 20 Jun, 7.30pm

The Carpenters Story

Phil Aldridge’s lavish arrangements, stunning vocal harmonies and Claire Furley’s uncanny representation of Karen Carpenter combine to bring back memories of pop’s most melodic duo.

Featuring: They Long to be Close To You, We’ve Only Just Begun, I Won’t Last a Day Without You, Goodbye to Love, Yesterday Once More, Top of the World, Please Mr Postman, Solitaire and lots more.

£23 (£21conc)

Sun 21 Jun, 7.30pm

Pasadena Roof Orchestra

Re-creating the sounds of a golden era of music from the 1920s and 1930s: Enjoy beautifully arranged songs from Irving Berlin, Ray Noble, Cole Porter and their contemporaries, re-live the electrifying hot jazz from Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington.

£20 (£18conc)

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Sat 27 June, 7.30pm

Suffolk Sinfonia Concert

Brahms: Double Concerto, Mozart: Overture La Clemenza di Tito & Glazunov: The Seasons.

£12 (£10conc/ £4 students)

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