Ipswich.love · Monthly reportOctober 2025
October 2025
in Ipswich
1,764
event occurrences — in just one month, across 82 venues and 189 hosts.
Versus the month before
That's +19% on the month before — 282 more events.
October 2025 kept the climb going. Below: the last 12 months at a glance.
New on the site
238
new events were listed on Ipswich.love in October 2025.
That's 238 fresh listings added by organisers and the editorial team — separate from the 1,764 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 716 events.
- Community & Charity 24%
- Health & Wellbeing 16%
- Sports & Fitness 13%
- Family & Kids 13%
- Arts & Culture 10%
- Outdoor & Nature 5%
- Workshops & Classes 3%
- Music & Concerts 3%
- Nightlife 3%
- Shopping 3%
- Education 3%
- Food & Drink 2%
- Halloween 2%
- Business & Networking 0%
Across 14 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
Murrayside Community Centre hosted 49 of them.
82 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 97 events this month.
189 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 — 366 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.
Editor's picks
Featured events this month.
Email campaigns this month
4 sends. Average 41.9% open rate.
4,282 emails landed across 1,098 subscribers. 57 more readers than last month. The weekly What's On in Ipswich is the regular send; surveys, announcements and one-offs land here too.
“Events in Ipswich This Week”
The best-performing send of the month
7.1% click rate on average across the month's sends. Below the fold: which links readers tapped most.
Who's reading
5,947 sessions, mostly from Ipswich.
3,886 people opened 11,102 pages. 71.0% on a phone — this is a hand-held town. Average reader stays 153s, which is roughly long enough to clock a Saturday plan.
How they found us
8,648 clicks from search across 299,182 impressions.
2.9% click-through, average position 8.4. The top landing page from search was https://ipswich.love/event-type/family-things-to-do-ipswich/ with 450 clicks.
Top queries
Rising this month
- “ipswich fireworks 2025” ↑ +94 clicks, rank down 0.6
- “love ipswich” ↑ +49 clicks
- “halloween events ipswich” ↑ +43 clicks
The breakout link
Whats On In Ipswich This Week
44
clicks from the newsletter. Whatever the editor said about it that week, it worked. Take a look →
The month, all in
Three numbers to sit with.
Event occurrences
1,764
↑ +19% on prior monthNewsletter subscribers
1,098
↑ +57 this monthVisits to the site
5,947
↑ +18% 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.