🥤 This Week in BSE | 4/12/25

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Good morning to 6,249 of you! We hope you’re enjoying your advent calendars and are getting stuck into all the festive activities Bury St Edmunds has on offer 🎄 What are you up to this weekend?

— Jacob & Keisha

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🗓️ Things To Do

Events

💻 Tech Support Session
Bury St Edmunds Library
Thursday, December 4th | 10:00 AM | More Info

🧶 Knit, Natter & Craft Club
Bury St Edmunds Library
Thursday, December 4th | 2:15 PM | More Info

🎭 Christmas Special Comedy Night
ICE Restaurant
Thursday, December 4th | 8:00 PM | More Info

🎤 Calling Planet Earth
The Apex
Friday, December 5th | 7:30 PM | More Info

🧸 Nutcracker Day
The Nutshell
Saturday, December 6th | 10:00 AM | More Info

📸 Urban Art Photography
Abbey Gardens
Saturday, December 6th | 10:00 AM | More Info

❄️ Winter Wellness Workshop
Old School Cafe
Saturday, December 6th | 1:30 PM | More Info

🕯️ Christmas By Candlelight
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Saturday, December 6th | 7:30 PM | More Info

🎉 Dabbers Sleigh Bae Bingo
Abbeygate Cinema
Saturday, December 6th | 7:30 PM | More Info

🎄 Aquarius Singers Christmas Concert
Trinity Methodist Church
Sunday, December 7th | 7:00 PM | More Info

🎭 John Barrowman
The Apex
Sunday, December 7th | 7:30 PM | More Info

🧩 Connect: For Adults with a Learning Disability
Lackford Lakes
Monday, December 8th | 10:30 AM | More Info

☕ Coffee Morning
Bury St Edmunds Library
Monday, December 8th | 10:30 AM | More Info

🌿 Open Space Wellbeing Drop-in
Bury St Edmunds Library
Monday, December 8th | 2:00 PM | More Info

🎶 Carols from Cambridge
Theatre Royal
Tuesday, December 9th | 1:10 PM | More Info

✍️ Bury Library Writers’ Group
Bury St Edmunds Library
Tuesday, December 9th | 3:00 PM | More Info

🎄 Festive Wreath Making Evening
Bradfield Woods
Tuesday, December 9th | 6:00 PM | More Info

💃 Drop in & Dance
Bury St Edmunds Library
Wednesday, December 10th | 10:30 AM | More Info

🦉 Wildlife Walk
Lackford Lakes
Wednesday, December 10th | 11:00 AM | More Info

🎨 Unpicking Threads: Mary Beale
Bury St Edmunds Library
Wednesday, December 10th | 1:00 PM | More Info

🎄 Festive Wreath Making Afternoon
Bradfield Woods
Wednesday, December 10th | 2:00 PM | More Info

🎻 Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden
The Apex
Wednesday, December 10th | 8:00 PM | More Info

🏺 Anglo-Saxon Snape
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park
Multiple Dates | 10:00 AM | More Info

🚶 Walk & Talk with Geoffrey
Nowton Park
Multiple Dates | 10:15 AM | More Info

🐆 The Snow Leopard of Ickworth
Ickworth Estate
Multiple Dates | 11:00 AM | More Info

🌸 Festive Wreath Workshops
The Flower Hut
Multiple Dates | 5:30 PM | More Info

🎄 Christmas 2025
The Athenaeum
Multiple Dates | 6:30 PM | More Info

🎨 Booze & Brushes
The Apex
Multiple Dates | 7:00 PM | More Info

🖼️ Printbox Live
The Apex
Multiple Dates & Times | More Info

🥾 Active Ickworth: Social Walk
Ickworth Estate
Multiple Dates & Times | 10:30 AM | More Info

👻 The Ghostly and Macabre Walk
Marks and Spencer, Buttermarket
Multiple Dates & Times | More Info

🌿 Wreath Workshop
Nowton Park Nursery / Walled Garden
Multiple Dates & Times | More Info

🏛️ Far East Prisoners of War Exhibition
Moyse's Hall Museum
Multiple Dates & Times | More Info

🎻 André Rieu’s 2025 Christmas Concert
Abbeygate Cinema
Multiple Dates & Times | More Info

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For Families

🧱 Duplo Play
Bury St Edmunds Library
Thursday, December 4th | 11:00 AM | More Info

🍼 Sling Library
Joy Connection
Thursday, December 4th | Multiple Times | More Info

🎮 Friday Games Night
Bury St Edmunds Library
Friday, December 5th | 5:00 PM | More Info

🎵 Toddler Soft Play
Joy Connection
Friday, December 5th | Multiple Times | More Info

👶 Bumps and Babies Meet Up
Joy Connection
Saturday, December 6th | 10:00 AM | More Info

📖 Saturday Storytimes
Bury St Edmunds Library
Saturday, December 6th | 10:00 AM | More Info

📚 Chatterbooks Children's Book Group
Bury St Edmunds Library
Saturday, December 6th | 10:15 AM | More Info

🧩 Lego Club
Bury St Edmunds Library
Saturday, December 6th | 10:30 AM | More Info

🌱 Young Wardens
Lackford Lakes
Saturday, December 6th | 10:30 AM | More Info

🎲 Sunday Board Games
Bury St Edmunds Library
Sunday, December 7th | 10:00 AM | More Info

❄️ Snow Dash
Nowton Park
Sunday, December 7th | 11:00 AM | More Info

👶 Stay & Play
Bury St Edmunds Library
Monday, December 8th | 1:00 PM | More Info

👶 Baby Bounce
Bury St Edmunds Library
Tuesday, December 9th | 9:30 AM | More Info

🎵 Tot Rock
Bury St Edmunds Library
Tuesday, December 9th | 10:30 AM | More Info

🌲 Wild Tots
Lackford Lakes
Wednesday, December 10th | 10:00 AM | More Info

🐺 Wolf Cubs Forest School Session
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park
Wednesday, December 10th | 10:30 AM | More Info

🐆 The Snow Leopard Outdoor Family Trail
Ickworth Estate
Multiple Dates | 10:00 AM | More Info

🎄 Christmas Cabin
arc Shopping Centre
Multiple Dates | 10:00 AM | More Info

🎠 Family Rides
Abbey Gardens
Multiple Dates | 11:00 AM | More Info

🎅 Christmas Grotto
Lackford Lakes
Multiple Dates & Times | More Info

🎭 Rapunzel
Theatre Royal
Multiple Dates & Times | More Info

🚂 The Little Train
Theatre Royal
Multiple Dates & Times | More Info

🎬 Sci-fi & Action: The Art of Cinema
Moyses Hall
Multiple Dates & Times | More Info

🎅 Meet Father Christmas
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
Multiple Dates & Times | More Info

🎄 Father Christmas
Moyse’s Hall
Multiple Dates & Times | More Info

⏳ 60 Second Business

This week, we caught up with Ali from Thurston Butchers and discovered what makes them unique.

Live Music
Please double-check with venue as live music events often change.

Friday 5th

• Hunter Club | Bag O’ Bones | 7:00 PM

Saturday 6th

• Hunter Club | Magnolia | 6:00 PM

• The Grapes | Cherry Bomb | 9:00 PM

🌤️ Weather

Friday: 🌧️ 8°/1°
Saturday: 🌧️11°/7°
Sunday: 🌧️ 12°/7°