If you are looking for a great day out in Suffolk make sure you pay a visit to the Bungay Festival this summer!

The Bungay Festival runs from 3rd –to the 25th of July. Its is a family friendly three week long festival packed with lots of fun activities which aim to celebrate the local culture. The famous Ale Trails will allow the ale lovers to try a number of local specialities and the annual antiques market will prove as popular as ever with people who like antiques. Visitors will also find music, literature, theatre, sport and arts will also feature in the Bungay festival programme.

Full Bungay Festival Listings

Saturday 3rd July:

Opening Ceremony – Caslte Meadow, 10:30am
The flag will be raised by the Town Mayor and the Town Reeve followed by a procession led by the Town Crier to the Country Market and finishing at the Old Grammar School Playing Field.

Country Market – The Butter Cross, 8:30am-12pm
Selling home baking, savouries, preserves, plants, crafts and seasonal vegetables & flowers.

Kid’s Fun Day – Old Grammar School Field, 11am-5pm
Organised by Bungay Rotary, Bungay Youth Association & St. Edmund’s PTA.

Band Concert – St Mary’s Church, 7pm
Leiston Royal British Legion perform.

Black Dog Arts: Garden Art Trail – Bungay, 11am-3pm
A chance to see artworks in six Bungay gardens.

Sunday 4th July:

Youth Football Tournament – Maltings Meadow Sports Ground, 10:30am-4pm
Football tournament for under 10s and under 13s.

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party – Willows Cafe & Three Willows Garden Centre, 2-4pm
Alice in Wonderland themed cakes served with teas and coffees.

Black Dog Arts: Garden Art Trail – Bungay, 11am-3pm
A chance to see artworks in six Bungay gardens.

Monday 5th July:

Come and Try Running – Maltings Meadow Sports Centre, 6-7pm
Eight-week course starting today.

Celebrating 75 years of St Johns Ambulance in Bungay – St Johns Ambulance HQ, 7-9pm
Display and refreshments.

Tuesday 6th July:

Bungay Festival Ale Trail – Meet at Castle Inn, 7:30pm
Visiting the Castle Inn, the King’s Head, the Three Tuns, and the Chequers where the hosts are supplying a buffet.

Thursday 8th July:

Display of St. John Through the Ages – Emmanuel Church, 9:30-11:30am
Display and refreshments.

A Musical Evening in St Edmunds – St Edmund’s Church, 7pm
Bungay Choral Society and St Edmunds Choir perform, with refreshments during the interval.

Friday 9th July:

Alice in Bungleland – Fisher Theatre, 7pm
A festival dinner with a performance on Alice in Bungleland performed by Bungay Theatre Group written by Betty Warnes, Chris Reeve & Marlene Jervis.

Saturday 10th July:

Bungay Camera Club Annual Exhibition – St Mary’s Church, 9am-6pm

Teddy Bears’ Picnic – Castle Meadow, 11am-2pm
Bring your bears and a picnic for lots of fun and games.

RAF Film & Exhibition – Bungay Community Centre, 7pm
A history of the Royal Air Force film and exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with refreshments and a raffle.

Sunday 11th July:

Antiques Fair – Earsham Street, 9am-4pm
Antiques, collectables and much more!

Craft Fair – Fisher Theatre, 10:30am-4pm

Youth Football Tournament – Maltings Meadow Sports Club, 10:30am
Organised by Bungay Town FC, with barbeque, bar, teas and coffees.

Bungay Camera Club Annual Exhibition – St Mary’s Church, 9am-6pm

Monday 12th July:

Readers and Writers Evening – Bungay Library, 7:30-9:30pm
Speaker: Henry Sutton – the Daily Mirror Brooks Editor, local novelist and the Creative Writing Fellow at UEA.

Bungay Camera Club Annual Exhibition – St Mary’s Church, 9am-6pm

Tuesday 13th July:

Real Ale Trail – Meet at Duke of York, 7:30pm
Visiting the Duke of York, the Green Dragon, the White Swan and the Fleece where a buffet will be supplied by the hosts.

Wednesday 14th July:

Probus Open Meeting: An Indian Experience – Mettingham Village Hall, 10:45-12pm
The Probus Club open their doors to all for a talk by Peter Baker with plenty of parking and coffes & teas.

What? Where? When? – 25 Trinity Street, 6:30pm
Dowsing objects & maps to discover what it is, where it is and how old it is.

Thursday 15th July:

Guided Tour – St Edmund’s Church, 7pm
A guided tour of St Edmund’s Church followed by a tour of the gravestones & ceiling bosses of St Mary’s.

Friday 16th July:

Coffee Morning – All Hallows Nursing Home, 10am-12pm
Homemade produce and cake stall, drinks and scones.

Saturday 17th July:

Open Churches Week – Holy Trinity Church, 9am-5pm
Come and view this beautiful church, refreshments available.

Horticultural Show – Community Centre, 1:30-4:15pm
Displays of fruit, veg, and flowers plus refreshments and a raffle.

The Norwich Mozart Orchestra – St Mary’s Church, 7:30pm
Performance by the Norwich Mozart Orchestra presented by the NSPCC Bungay Committee.

Sunday 18th July:

Classic Car Rally – Maltings Meadow Sports Club, 10am-4pm
Lowestoft & District Classic Car Club have their annual classic car rally with bar, barbeque, teas & coffees, car boot sale and entertainment.

The Godric Way Cycle Ride – Meet at the Butter Cross, 10am

Church Tower Tour – St Mary’s Church, 11am-4pm
See Bungay as you’ve never seen it before in this tour of the Church Tower of St Mary’s.

Tuesday 20th July:

Bungay Festival Ale Trail – Depart from the Butter Cross, 7pm
By coach to St Peter’s Brewery, The Rumburgh Buck, The Artichoke and The Queen’s Head where the hosts will supply a buffet.

Bungay WI Open Meeting – Bungay Community Centre, 7:15pm
Speaker: Mr Pip Wright on John Steggal, the Suffolk Gypsy.

Wednesday 21st July:

Shakespeare at the Castle – Bungay Castle, 7:30pm
Performance of Othello at Bungay Castle – for tickets call 01986 892905.

Friday 23rd July:

Flower Festival – Holy Trinity Church, 10am
This year’s theme is Summer Wedding.

Town Reeve’s Ball – Bungay Caslte, 7pm-12am
Cocktails, cabaret, 3 course meal. For tickets call 01986 894681.

Saturday 24th July:

Flower Festival – Holy Trinity Church, 10am
This year’s theme is Summer Wedding.

Sunday 25th July:

Festival Songs of Praise – St Mary’s Church, 3pm

Flower Festival – Holy Trinity Church, 11am
This year’s theme is Summer Wedding.

Flag Lowering Ceremony – Bungay Castle, 5pm
The Town Mayor and the Town Reeve mark the end of this year’s festival.

With the world cup on the horizon there has been a massive increase in the amount of TV Brackets being sold to people in Bungay. Many people are buying new flat screen tv’s to watch the action on and these naturally require TV brackets to attach them to the wall. Lets hope England go all the way so that all these TV brackets and TV’s were worth the investment. Go England!

The Love Bungay team are pleased to have recently launched the Love Bungay tourism information website, which is part of the Suffolk Riviera group of websites who’s aim is to positively promote the towns of Lowestoft, Southwold, Beccles, Bungay and Halesworth online via the major internet search engines such as Google, Yahoo & Bing.

Each town in north east suffolk have their own dedicated tourism website which can be used by both potential visitors and towns folk alike to find places to stay, places to go and things to do in each of the respective towns.

SuffolkRiviera.co.uk as well as 8 individual tourism websistes for Lowestoft, Oulton Broad, Pakefield, Kessingland, Halesworth, Beccles, Bungay & Southwold have been launched by Norwich based Sharp Darts Digital Media who specialise in Web design & Internet Marketing.

These websites are designed to firstly attract high volumes of potential visitors to this wonderful part of the UK, then give these potential visitors all the information they will need to make a decision on whether to visit for a day, a short break of enjoy a family holiday in the Suffolk Riviera.

For businesses who wish to generate revenue from visitors to the area, the Suffolk Riviera group of websites present an excellent opportunity to engage and communicate with potential customers through a range of affordable & effective advertising opportunities.

Rory, Marketing Director at Suffolk Riviera explains “Everybody involved with Suffolk Riviera and each of the individual tourism websites are passionate about promoting North East Suffolk as a “Great British” holiday destination and aim to bring much needed investment to this area of the UK in the form of increased and sustainable tourism”

He went on to say “We want to work closely with the businesses within the Suffolk Riviera, finding out what they have to offer potential visitors and seeing how we can work together to market & generate increased revenue from each businesses unique selling points”.

Here’s to a Great Year in Bungay! From All The Love Bungay Team