Ipswich.love · Monthly reportApril 2026
April 2026
in Ipswich
1,955
event occurrences — in just one month, across 91 venues and 213 hosts.
Versus the month before
That's +0.3% on the month before — 6 more events.
April 2026 kept the climb going. Below: the last 12 months at a glance.
New on the site
156
new events were listed on Ipswich.love in April 2026.
That's 156 fresh listings added by organisers and the editorial team — separate from the 1,955 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 946 events.
- Community & Charity 29%
- Health & Wellbeing 16%
- Sports & Fitness 15%
- Family & Kids 11%
- Arts & Culture 6%
- Workshops & Classes 5%
- Outdoor & Nature 5%
- Music & Concerts 4%
- Nightlife 3%
- Food & Drink 3%
- Education 1%
- Business & Networking 0%
- Shopping 0%
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
Murrayside Community Centre hosted 65 of them.
91 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
The Suffolk Academy of Dance and Performing Arts (SADPA) ran 98 events this month.
213 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 — 443 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
5 sends. Average 43.0% open rate.
6,734 emails landed across 1,401 subscribers. 28 more readers than last month. The weekly What's On in Ipswich is the regular send; surveys, announcements and one-offs land here too.
“🙏❤️ We really need your help”
The best-performing send of the month
7.0% click rate on average across the month's sends. Below the fold: which links readers tapped most.
Who's reading
6,413 sessions, mostly from Ipswich.
4,502 people opened 10,156 pages. 65.0% on a phone — this is a hand-held town. Average reader stays 110s, which is roughly long enough to clock a Saturday plan.
How they found us
6,579 clicks from search across 267,791 impressions.
2.5% click-through, average position 9.4. The top landing page from search was https://ipswich.love/event/ with 406 clicks.
Top queries
Rising this month
- “ipswich love” ↑ +42 clicks
- “ipswich may day festival 2026” ↑ +38 clicks
- “whats on ipswich” ↑ +24 clicks, rank down 0.2
The breakout link
us17.list-manage.com
96
clicks from the newsletter. Whatever the editor said about it that week, it worked. Take a look →
The runners-up
† list-manage.com is Mailchimp's link-tracking domain. When it shows up here it's almost always a one-off survey or feedback form linked from the newsletter rather than a normal on-site link — the clicks were real, the destination just isn't a single page on Ipswich.love.
The month, all in
Three numbers to sit with.
Event occurrences
1,955
↑ +0.3% on prior monthNewsletter subscribers
1,401
↑ +28 this monthVisits to the site
6,413
↑ +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.