Live Music Venues in Ipswich, Suffolk*

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• the plough,steamboat etc are about all thats left of this once thriving musical pick and mix town.
• plough is a good pub saw camel foot raiders there, they were pretty good.
• The Steamboat by the docks is great, Val the landlady is a sweetheart, treats the bands and punters really well, and really tries to put good bands on.
• milestone okay, railway used to be good, john bull no smoking!!! bummer.
• the Railway is up and running again, loads of music 5 nights a week, original band night is thursday with between 4 and 6 live bands a night (free entry). loads of bigger punk stuff, loads of ROCK, loads of tribute bands, check out there new web site. www.ipswichrailway.co.uk
• The best place for music doesn't exist anymore, so I won't mention it. The Earl Roberts. Whoops...
• i saw the camelfoot raiders at the milestone they were shit hot there was this guy wearin a trilby singing who had a voice like a hammer and two (yes count them) great guitarist's the bass and drums took me back to a time when you relied upon a great rythmn section to push you forward bloody hell these boys didn't just push you they got you in there cars and drove you at 90 miles an hour. then the show offs all swapped instruments and proved how versatile they are!!!!!!!! go see them ......soon.
• NYE Spectacular, Corn Exchange Ipswich Feat THE TALENT, playing all styles of music from 70's to date. Mark Hughes hiosts the night from the DJ circuit. Room 2 Feat The Hayze from suffolk + DJ. Tickets on Sale now: £17.50 +b/f £25 +b/f (VIP)
• milestone,the steamboat are still great venues especially as val is back at the steamie,long may she reign. go see the camelfoot raiders they play reggae country and folk,better than kareoke shite. also the brewers arms last thursday of the month has a great buskers night with a bloke called john
• The Regent. Closest to Ipswich? Norwich UEA, unfortunately.
• the railway pub hosts the bands SINGLED OUT AND THE BALLISTICS. They rule.
• check out the Grapevine mag
• The Giles Tavern (Also a lap dancing club- fantastic!) and the Drum & Monkey although that's under new management so could change. Steamboat.
• drum and spunky, steamboat, the milestone, cock and pye, suffolk college.....if venturing try colchester arts centre.
• If you know where to go, there are some decent gigs on. The Giles on Sundays or The Drum and Monkey on Fridays/ Saturdays. Occasionly there's something on at the Steamboat/ Railway. Look in the evening star.
• anywhere that promotes live music is a good place to visit.i saw a band called camel foot raiders at the brewery tap,the band was full of ex ipswich blues type players,but they played country,reggae,ska,folk,rock feck me one of them even played chainsaw banjo,well worth a look,nice to hear proper tunes harmonies,humor and foot tappin good fun.
• The drum and monkey have bands playing almost every week, its friendly in there and always has good music!
• drum and monkey...loads of local bands play there, premier pool club...near the docks. norwich isnt far for bigger bands (arts centre for hot rod circuit, hundred reasons etc)
• What music venues? occasionly there are a few good acts at the cornexchange or the regent but unfortunately its mostly the likes of Blazin Squad and Daniel O'Donnel (old ladies and 13yr olds queuin up for weeks in Ipswich)The Drum and Monkey is full of local "hotshots". Yay. Digbys student union bar at suffolk collese has a jukebox.
• Railway for live bands but ipswich could do with a purpose built pub with a stage rather than a few tables and chairs moved out of the way!
• the tramp is cool
• the milestone good rock and blues pub,has taken over from the railway and the steamboat, come back val we need your chilli.
• having played in bands in the ipswich area for nearly 15 yrs the pub music scene is hard few places are willing to book bands they would much rather opt for the cheaper d.j/kareoke type crap but two real good venues are the milestone and tha steamboat.though the latter has gone downhill since the wonderfull " saint val of assistance " has left.
• Steamboat - owners have changed but still the best pub for live music. The Milestone - blues bands. It's ok, but when you've heard one version of Mustang Sally.............. The Plough - if you don't like the band, it's next door to a kebab shop!
• steamboat tavern does sum pretty cool bands, but there's usually alot ofdodgy old rockers in there. the premier pool club is wicked-it has sum really good rockbands on, it's always packed, there's a great atmosphere, the drinks r dirt cheap and has the best mosh in ipswich. the spread eagle on fridays is also okay.
• The Steamboat(go there!)
• Kartousche, sound academy
• Corn Exchange and Regent. Churches have concerts also.
• The Pool club - good for up and coming bands - excellent mosh pit.
• With the Earl Roberts demolished, the Steamboat inn down the docks is taking over as a good live venue, also the Mulberry Tree has improved greatly and seems to have a variety of bands on almost every night. Local bands Red Flag and Rist are worth catching every single time they play. Apart from that there are very few venues. 'Uni' type bands play Colchester,Cambridge or Norwich but not here. Best to see bands in the parks - Alexandra Park on 'MayDay', Christchurch Park on Ipswich Music Day.
• not many of note. But with some pleasant execptions.
• Always look out for gigs being played at the Premier Pool club, there have been some exellent up and coming bands which have started off there.
• For live music twice a week you could do worse than check out P.J McGinty`s or the Railway Tavern on Foxhall rd for local bands of all types.
• Earl Roberts now shut Railway done up over 3 years ago!!
• Some great live music venues in Ipswich:
  • Railway, Foxhall Road. Live music Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Good venue which has just been done up with stage, lights and large screen so those at the back can see the band too!
  • Earl Roberts, Cox Lane. Becoming more and more popular with the punters, this is a great venue with good music to be seen every Wednesday and Sunday.

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Last updated: 2011-04-24