Fringe Hop
Thurs 20th June
Fringe Hop
Switch Fringe is a 16 day annual music and arts festival taking place throughout Ipswich , Suffolk . We are a non-profit community group that serves to promote , inspire , unify and celebrate the extraordinary creativity in our town , alongside some very special national guests . More than half the events are free , and the rest are a tenner or less .
From June 20th til July 6th our wicked town centre pubs , clubs and venues will be invaded by bands and bards , DJs and MCs , stand-up poets and spoken word entertainers , award winning beat boxers and dazzling burlesque dancers .
Keep an eye on the website for news , updates and maybe a few last minute surprises ...
Amy Wragg - Fringe Organiser
Thanks
Switch Fringe Festival exists because many people donate their time , skills , money , resources and events to make this a truly tremendous event for Ipswich .
Here are a few who need a special mention . Editor , Chairman and Zelda Map designer Ric Hardacre for all his hard work , support and love . You are amazing . Stephen Mortimer for donating his brilliant design skills to put this whole programme together . Cad Taylor . Ipswich Borough Council . Suffolk County Council . The Camel Housing Coop for inspiring me daily . Daniel Fisher for the front cover . Thomas FJ Ford , Olly Woodman and Gavin King for the Photography . Phil from No 16 Tacket Street . Grapevine Magazine . Ipscene . Lattice Lodge . Nonsuchdjs . Rowan James . World Fringe Network . Aysh Schofield . Vinnie . Bertie . And Diki Mols , all of whom we all miss terribly .
FREE No 16 Tacket Street - 8pm
facebook . com / gracesavageofficial thedecibelkid . com / switchhop
We are very proud to have joined forces with the team from Switch Hop to launch the festival in 2013 with their very special guest , UK Female Beatbox Champion Grace Savage .
Grace was mentored by former female world beatbox champion Bellatrix and has spent the past five years gigging and touring the country . She is a key member of Shlomo ’ s Vocal Orchestra which has just had a six week residency as the headlining act at the E4 Underbelly tent on the South Bank . Grace has also been singing and playing guitar from an early age and for the past year she has been developing her song writing skills ; unleashing an eclectic array of songs that could melt the iciest of hearts .
Switch Hop is on the 3rd Thursday of every month at No . 16 and is the brainchild of local DJs The Decibel Kid and Psyone . The night is devoted to Intelligent Electronic Music , which translates as anything from Glitch to Garage and from Trip Hop to Trance . Not your usual shiny happy pop chart shiz featuring some tonecorrected pinup female or wannabe gangsta , mind , but the proper underground stuff for the discerning punter .
2