Ipswich.love · Monthly reportJuly 2025
July 2025
in Ipswich
1,429
event occurrences — in just one month, across 66 venues and 142 hosts.
Versus the month before
That's +15.4% on the month before — 191 more events.
July 2025 kept the climb going. Below: the last 12 months at a glance.
New on the site
189
new events were listed on Ipswich.love in July 2025.
That's 189 fresh listings added by organisers and the editorial team — separate from the 1,429 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 694 events.
- Community & Charity 27%
- Health & Wellbeing 20%
- Family & Kids 13%
- Arts & Culture 9%
- Sports & Fitness 9%
- Outdoor & Nature 6%
- Music & Concerts 4%
- Nightlife 3%
- Education 3%
- Food & Drink 2%
- Workshops & Classes 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
Whitton Sports Centre hosted 44 of them.
66 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 96 events this month.
142 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 — 315 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 926 subscribers. 62 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
5,429 sessions, mostly from Ipswich.
3,715 people opened 12,381 pages. 73.0% on a phone — this is a hand-held town. Average reader stays 182s, which is roughly long enough to clock a Saturday plan.
How they found us
8,550 clicks from search across 370,793 impressions.
2.3% click-through, average position 12.5. The top landing page from search was https://ipswich.love/event/ed-sheeran-shows-at-portman-road/ with 1,291 clicks.
Top queries
Rising this month
- “ed sheeran portman road timings” ↑ +140 clicks
- “ed sheeran ipswich timings” ↑ +55 clicks
- “brass on the grass ipswich” ↑ +54 clicks
The month, all in
Three numbers to sit with.
Event occurrences
1,429
↑ +15.4% on prior monthNewsletter subscribers
926
↑ +62 this monthVisits to the site
5,429
↑ +32% 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.