Ipswich.love · Monthly reportMay 2025
May 2025
in Ipswich
1,320
event occurrences — in just one month, across 68 venues and 149 hosts.
Versus the month before
That's +8% on the month before — 98 more events.
May 2025 kept the climb going. Below: the last 12 months at a glance.
New on the site
134
new events were listed on Ipswich.love in May 2025.
That's 134 fresh listings added by organisers and the editorial team — separate from the 1,320 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 626 events.
- Community & Charity 26%
- Health & Wellbeing 20%
- Family & Kids 11%
- Arts & Culture 10%
- Sports & Fitness 9%
- Outdoor & Nature 6%
- Music & Concerts 5%
- Nightlife 4%
- Food & Drink 3%
- Workshops & Classes 2%
- Education 2%
- Charter 825 1%
- Business & Networking 0%
- Shopping 0%
- Heritage Open Days 0%
Across 15 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
Gainsborough Sports & Community Centre hosted 41 of them.
68 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 82 events this month.
149 organisations, groups, and individuals hosted events. Some run a single night; others fill the calendar week after week.
When they happened
Thursdays were the busiest — 275 events.
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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.
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.
Email campaigns this month
0 sends. Average 0% open rate.
0 emails landed across 831 subscribers. 36 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
4,376 sessions, mostly from Ipswich.
2,959 people opened 7,896 pages. 71.0% on a phone — this is a hand-held town. Average reader stays 144s, which is roughly long enough to clock a Saturday plan.
How they found us
7,515 clicks from search across 306,748 impressions.
2.4% click-through, average position 12.4. The top landing page from search was https://ipswich.love/event/ with 737 clicks.
Top queries
Rising this month
- “suffolk comic con” ↑ +80 clicks, rank up 1.3
- “ipswich may day festival” ↑ +68 clicks
- “love ipswich” ↑ +47 clicks
The month, all in
Three numbers to sit with.
Event occurrences
1,320
↑ +8% on prior monthNewsletter subscribers
831
↑ +36 this monthVisits to the site
4,376
↓ -7% on prior monthThanks for reading
Now — what's next?
Head back to the live dashboard for what's happening this week, or browse other monthly reports.
Go to the live dashboard →Methodology and sources on the About page.