Day Seventeen - Sunday May 25
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Walk – Bury in the steps of the Tudors
- 10.30am at the Tourist Information Centre, Bury St Edmunds
£7SOLD OUT (includes coffee and a pastry)
A tour around central Bury St Edmunds bringing the Tudor era to life during a period of great change in a religious, economic and architectural sense. Listen to the stories and find out more about the real characters of that time.
Bury St Edmunds Flower and Continental Market
- 10.00am at the Buttermarket/Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds
- Free event
- Ends 4.00pm
This popular annual event promises a host of flowers, plants, bulbs and seedlings, gardening equipment as well as the gastronomic delights on offer at the French Market.
Past and Present Tour
- 2.00pm at Ickworth House, Horringer
- £12 (includes admission to the park)
- Ends 4.00pm
Learn about the secret history of Ickworth Park and Gardens as Head Forester, Head Gardener and the National Trust's Regional Archaeologist lead you on this fascinating tour. Please wear stout shoes and waterproofs.
Simon Amstell + support
- 7.30pm at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
- £7 to £22.50
The acerbic host of BBC TV’s Never Mind The Buzzcocks and winner of two British Comedy Awards brings his acclaimed stand-up show to the Theatre Royal.
"Intellectually sophisticated, engagingly honest, genuinely accomplished stand-up" - The Scotsman
A Theatre Royal promotion
Booking for this event opens on Monday 10 March (Theatre Royal priority bookers). General booking opens on Monday 17 March.
Greene King Festival in the Gardens in partnership with BBC Radio Suffolk: Salute to the Rat Pack
- 8.00pm in the Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds
- £17, £9 under 12s (increases to £20 & £10 from 9 May, inc. reservations)
- Ends 10.15pm
- No seating provided; No dogs, tables, barbecues or naked flames
- Event entrance is in Mustow Street. Gates open at 7.00pm
Back by popular demand is the Pete Long big band joined by the stars from the West End’s "Rat Pack Confidential" as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Junior. The night ends with a fantastic Firework Finale.
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