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
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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.
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