Music

Legally Blonde, 
Theatre Royal

Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra, The Apex, Sunday March 4

He’s appeared with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Danielle De Niese, played at Wigmore Hall and Glyndebourne, but now pianist  Matthew Fletcher bring his talents to his home town to play at Suffolk Sinfonia’s spring concert. Debbie Rodman discovers how this award-winning pianist was born with music in his veins.

A Redgrave band which has supported Status Quo said the time was right to release their tribute music video to the late Rick Parfitt – a year on after his “devastating” death.

After an avalanche of applications from across East Anglia, the full line-up for the BurySOUND Music Competition’s 20th year is announced.

Redgrave rockers Walkway have been drafted in to support legends Status Quo when they take to the stage in Norwich next week.

Crazy For You, Theatre Royal Norwich

Girl power got a helping hand today when one of the world's biggest music promoters launched an initiative in to encourage more female UK led bands, solo acts and sound engineers.

A Redgrave band will celebrate their 1,000th show and tenth year since forming when they launch their third album later this year.

A newcomers’ competition will help put aspiring bands on the main stage at the Bury St Edmunds Folk Festival.

Haverhill bands Umbrella Assassins and Three Screaming Popes are included on a new compilation album due out this week.

St Peter’s in Sudbury will host the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra on Sunday at 3pm.

Mamma Mia! Theatre Royal Norwich

The original drummer for legendary rockers Status Quo is playing with Redgrave’s Walkway in a tribute to the late Rick Parfitt.

Ahead of their appearance in Heat Five of BurySOUND, Catherine Neilson caught up with Ely alternative rock four piece, Saltfen. The band are made up of Tom Woolner, Alec Woolner, Tom Hall and John Kirby. Here’s what they had to say…

LeeStock Music Festival in Long Melford has added a further act to its lineup for the festival at the end of May.

Chart-topping singer/songwriter Newton Faulkner is to headline this year’s LeeStock Music Festival in Long Melford.

Bursting on to the scene at the start of 2016, the stripped back Sounds Like the Live Sessions makes a triumphant return to the Hunter Club, in Bury St Edmunds, on February 8.

The Sudbury Festival of Performing Arts programme is now available.