Big Day Out

Saturday 28 June

See you in Aldeburgh for a day out with something for everyone – a day of invitation, celebration and participation on this final Festival Saturday.

Inspired by the thread of folk that runs through our Festival, the programme features music and words, pop-ups, two Come & Play events, new work, discoveries, fine food and drink, and unexpected surprises.

At the heart of the programme is a strand of free musical and arts activities for everyone to enjoy. The whole family can take part in a ceilidh, crafting, workshops, and hear pop-up performances around the town – while at Fishers Gin Distillery there’s free live music all afternoon. Anyone who plays a recorder or a brass instrument might like to come and take part in our workshops – and anyone who doesn’t play can still come and enjoy the final performances.

Plus there’s a folk-singing workshop for the whole family with Wise Woman, a reading by writer Julia Blackburn with our friends at Aldeburgh Bookshop, programming in collaboration with FolkEast, and more.

Alongside our programme at The Pumphouse and of course the Aldeburgh Festival concerts, it makes for a fantastic day out for everyone in the Festival's home town.