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
Prolific Scottish songsmith Tommy Ashby plays The Church.
Brighten The Corners Presents Invada Records' electronic rock band Benefits on Friday 14th November at The Smokehouse.
Join us for a weekend of arcade games, tournaments, performances, and crafts!
Showcasing a celebration of women and LGBTQ+ in alternative music!
Youth Open Mic sessions, every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Join Qi Goth for shadowy Qigong and Tai Chi rituals for mental health and Somatic alchemy for wellbeing to moody alt soundscapes.
Brighten The Corners Presents Ghanaian afropop pioneer Ata Kak at The Church on Thursday 20th November 2025.
We're bringing together the best breweries in the land to create an amazing craft beer festival like no other.
Self Harmony present a night of music at The Smokehouse.
Love Music Hate Racism in association with Brighten The Corners present Ipswich based Ska and Reggae legends The Downsetters.
Essex Heavyweights return to Ipswich with their iconic sledgehammer of a show, brutal, fast and with a complete new set they reunite with Metal 2 the Masses Winners Arms to Oblivion who need no introduction to the Suffolk scene.
Join Qi Goth for shadowy Qigong and Tai Chi rituals for mental health and Somatic alchemy for wellbeing to moody alt soundscapes.
Brighten The Corners Presents South London four-piece choir WOOM for a special intimate show at The Church.
Come join us for a varied metal lineup which is sure to hold something for any headbanger!
Finding Emo presents a night of punk, indie, and rock at The Smokehouse with Balaclava, Happy September!, The Fifth Flaw, and Jess Davey.
Youth Open Mic sessions, every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month.
A line up of New Gen alumni is presented by Brighten The Corners. New Gen is a music production, songwriting, performance project for young people.
Brighten The Corners Presents London singer-songwriter and storyteller Scott Lavene on Friday 5th December at The Smokehouse.
Plantfood are a blood-pumping jazz force summoning an onslaught of electronic and acoustic sounds with influences ranging from heavy hitters like The Prodigy to the spiritual explorations of John Coltrane.
When that first trumpet sounds, the world will know These Are End Times – not by a hail of fire and blood, but by the long-awaited announcement of a rare gig by this eschatological post-rock group
Nonsuchdjs and John Skelt present a night of Northern Soul, Tamla Motown and Crossover at The Church on Saturday 6th December.
Join us for a Music Quiz in The Church! Christmas edition!
Uridium are primed to deliver a resurrection of pure heavy metal energy at The Smokehouse.
Viva Promotions Present...XMAS SKA, PUNKY PARTY.
Furry Indie Night is 25! Ipswich's cult indie night is celebrating a quarter of a century of filling the dancefloor.
Join the Joe Keeley band as they make their return at The Smokehouse
Ipswich Record Fair returns to The Church on Sunday 14th December.
Youth Open Mic sessions, every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Emulate Productions presents ALCHEMY, with DJ Rizz/MC Spice, 1 Lemon, Rorie Dines, Louie Brown, L.A.Muse, and Generation We
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


By nature, Duke Special (aka Belfast’s Peter Wilson) is a curious person. He is curious about music, theatre, books, poetry, art, love, life, redemption, death and 78RPM records. Supported by Slow Leaves.