Ipswich.love · Monthly report

March 2025
in Ipswich

1,067

event occurrences — in just one month, across 71 venues and 144 hosts.

Versus the month before

That's +9.1% on the month before — 89 more events.

March 2025 kept the climb going. Below: the last 12 months at a glance.

12-mo avg 546148May154Jun283Jul284Aug367Sep489Oct607Nov730Dec900Jan978Feb1,067Mar
New on the site
258

new events were listed on Ipswich.love in March 2025.

That's 258 fresh listings added by organisers and the editorial team — separate from the 1,067 individual occurrences that took place across the month. Recurring events keep running; new listings show fresh activity.

What kind of events?

Community & Charity led the month, with 488 events.

  • Community & Charity 28%
  • Health & Wellbeing 17%
  • Family & Kids 12%
  • Arts & Culture 9%
  • Outdoor & Nature 8%
  • Music & Concerts 6%
  • Sports & Fitness 5%
  • Workshops & Classes 4%
  • Food & Drink 3%
  • Business & Networking 3%
  • Nightlife 2%
  • Education 1%
  • Shopping 1%

Across 13 categories — from gigs and gallery openings to family days and Saturday markets. Community & Charity carried the weight, but the long tail tells the more interesting story.

Where they happened

The People’s Community Garden hosted 26 of them.

  1. The People’s Community Garden 26
  2. Christchurch Park 26
  3. Burlington Church Halls 25
  4. Holywells Park 23
  5. University of Suffolk 17
  6. Chantry Library 14
  7. St Clements Arts Centre 14

71 unique venues hosted events this month. Pubs, parks, town hall rooms, theatre stages, museum nooks, churches, and beach huts — the spaces you find Ipswich in.

Who's running things

Gainsborough Community Library ran 79 events this month.

  1. Gainsborough Community Library 79
  2. Ipswich County Library 69
  3. ActivLives 61
  4. Suffolk County Council 58
  5. Ipswich Top Up Shops 37

144 organisations, groups, and individuals hosted events. Some run a single night; others fill the calendar week after week.

When they happened

Wednesdays were the busiest — 188 events.

Hover or tap a square to see the count. The weekend always wins, but the midweek shape is where you can spot quieter evenings the town might want filling.

Who's it for?

Most events were tagged for Adults.

  1. Adults 764
  2. Teenagers 599
  3. Older Kids 243
  4. Babies & Toddlers 196
  5. Youngsters 169

Events can be tagged for more than one age group, so the numbers overlap. The split shows who the community is building for — and where the gaps might be.

Editor's picks

Featured events this month.

Email campaigns this month

0 sends. Average 0% open rate.

0 emails landed across 732 subscribers. 49 more readers than last month. The weekly What's On in Ipswich is the regular send; surveys, announcements and one-offs land here too.

0% click rate on average across the month's sends. Below the fold: which links readers tapped most.

Who's reading

3,231 sessions, mostly from Ipswich.

  1. Ipswich 983
  2. London 962
  3. Norwich 79
  4. Manchester 41
  5. Birmingham 40
  6. International 35
  7. Other UK 787

2,081 people opened 6,142 pages. 64.0% on a phone — this is a hand-held town. Average reader stays 224s, which is roughly long enough to clock a Saturday plan.

How they found us

4,412 clicks from search across 171,242 impressions.

2.6% click-through, average position 13. The top landing page from search was https://ipswich.love/event/ with 357 clicks.

Top queries

  1. ipswich love 48
  2. ipswich half marathon 41
  3. love ipswich 39
  4. what's on ipswich 37
  5. what's on in ipswich 32
  6. ipswich events 29
  7. whats on in ipswich 19
  8. mothers day ipswich 17
  9. whats on ipswich 17
  10. events in ipswich 13
  11. low-volume 125

Rising this month

  • “ipswich love” +48 clicks
  • “love ipswich” +39 clicks
  • “ipswich half marathon” +37 clicks, rank up 3.8
The month, all in

Three numbers to sit with.

Event occurrences
1,067
↑ +9.1% on prior month
Newsletter subscribers
732
↑ +49 this month
Visits to the site
3,231
↑ +13% on prior month
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