Ipswich.love · Monthly report

June 2026
in Ipswich

1,899

event occurrences — in just one month, across 92 venues and 216 hosts.

Versus the month before

That's -0.1% on the month before — -2 fewer events.

A quieter month than last. The 12-month line shows the wider rhythm.

12-mo avg 1,7261,429Jul1,399Aug1,482Sep1,764Oct1,670Nov1,883Dec1,717Jan1,668Feb1,949Mar1,955Apr1,901May1,899Jun
New on the site
118

new events were listed on Ipswich.love in June 2026.

That's 118 fresh listings added by organisers and the editorial team — separate from the 1,899 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 996 events.

  • Community & Charity 30%
  • Health & Wellbeing 16%
  • Sports & Fitness 14%
  • Family & Kids 13%
  • Arts & Culture 6%
  • Outdoor & Nature 5%
  • Workshops & Classes 4%
  • Music & Concerts 4%
  • Education 3%
  • Food & Drink 3%
  • Nightlife 2%
  • Shopping 0%
  • Business & Networking 0%
  • Heritage Open Days 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 64 of them.

  1. Murrayside Community Centre 64
  2. Kesgrave War Memorial Community Centre and Sports Hall 49
  3. Castle Hill URC Church 40
  4. Whitton Sports Centre 38
  5. Gainsborough Sports & Community Centre 35
  6. Christchurch Park 28
  7. The People’s Community Garden 26

92 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 93 events this month.

  1. Gainsborough Community Library 93
  2. The Suffolk Academy of Dance and Performing Arts (SADPA) 89
  3. Ipswich County Library 71
  4. Ipswich Borough Council 66
  5. ActivLives 57

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

When they happened

Tuesdays were the busiest — 385 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 1463
  2. Teenagers 1182
  3. Older Kids 565
  4. Babies & Toddlers 364
  5. Youngsters 363

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

4 sends. Average 40.0% open rate.

5,635 emails landed across 1,410 subscribers. -4 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

6.5% click rate on average across the month's sends. Below the fold: which links readers tapped most.

Who's reading

6,547 sessions, mostly from Ipswich.

  1. Ipswich 1267
  2. London 1158
  3. International 436
  4. Bath 384
  5. Norwich 267
  6. Luton 137
  7. Other UK 1845

4,496 people opened 9,631 pages. 69.0% on a phone — this is a hand-held town. Average reader stays 100s, which is roughly long enough to clock a Saturday plan.

How they found us

6,767 clicks from search across 294,626 impressions.

2.3% click-through, average position 10.1. The top landing page from search was https://ipswich.love/event/halo-festival-2026/ with 399 clicks.

Top queries

  1. halo festival 106
  2. halo festival ipswich 99
  3. ipswich love 56
  4. halo festival 2026 38
  5. outdoor cinema ipswich 37
  6. windrush ipswich 2026 32
  7. ipswich events 31
  8. halo festival 2026 ipswich 30
  9. lark in the park 2026 28
  10. whats on ipswich 28
  11. low-volume 81

Rising this month

  • “halo festival ipswich” +85 clicks, rank up 3
  • “halo festival” +60 clicks, rank up 2
  • “windrush ipswich 2026” +32 clicks
The month, all in

Three numbers to sit with.

Event occurrences
1,899
↓ -0.1% on prior month
Newsletter subscribers
1,410
↓ -4 this month
Visits to the site
6,547
Thanks for reading

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