All you need to know for the Brighten The Corners Festival

Brighten The Corners Festival 2024 is returning on June 14 and 15, with performers from around the country and region coming to Ipswich to share their talents.

The festival, which has previously been nominated for a festival of the year award, takes over the town with five venues hosting live music.

These include The Smokehouse, which has a capacity of 70 people, The Baths, which has a capacity of 300, St Stephen's Church, which can hold 200 people, Corn Exchange and a free stage on the Cornhill.

The Cornhill will be a free stage (Image: Jon Hayes)

You do not need wristband access for the Cornhill stage which is required at the other venues.

The two-day festival brings some of the most exciting emerging names in music to reflect what's happening in the national music scene and bring a taste of it to Ipswich.

The mission of Brighten The Corners has been to create an ecosystem with the three venues (St Stephen's Church, The Baths and The Smokehouse) so that touring bands have the opportunity to play in Ipswich.

Last year the festival was well attended with people enjoying the day (Image: Charlotte Bond)

To gain access to all indoor venues, you will need to have purchased either a Friday, Saturday, or weekend ticket.

Ticket holders must collect their wristbands from the box office which is located in Ancient House in Butter Market.

These wristbands will gain you access to the indoor venues, and those collecting will need to bring email confirmation and ID to collect.

St Stephen's Church is one of the venues (Image: Charlotte Bond)

Tickets for the festival can be bought here.

The Ancient House will be home to the box office, the exclusive talks programme, DJs, Hex Record Shop, coffee and bagels from Good Inside Cafe on Saturday, a VR experience and art displays from young artists in Suffolk.

The Ancient House will be open from 10am to 9pm both days.

The Cornhill was busy last year with people enjoying the event (Image: Tom Cann)

Music starts at 2.40pm on the Cornhill Stage on Friday, June 14, with the Apply to Play winners, starting with Sophiethegreat.

The festival closes on Saturday with Hot Chip's frontman Alexis Taylor with a DJ at The Baths.

As well as the free stage on the Cornhill, there will also be festival drinks partner Adnams, who will have a beer truck serving refreshments including a special lager created in partnership between BTC and Adnams.

There will also be food vendors on the Cornhill.

Thousands are expected to attend over the weekend (Image: Brighten The Corners)

Festival merchandise is also available to purchase from Ancient House, which features the full line-up on the back of the t-shirts.

Festival-goers can also pick up a printed schedule when collecting their wristband, ideal for circling your favourites and knowing where to go and when.

Some key acts include Friday's headliners Ibibio Sound Machine, Saturday's post-punk headliners shame, indie rock group The Mysterines, rapper and producer Jay Prince and more.

Crew in St Stephen's Church (Image: Ollier Hosier)

The full list of names announced to date includes Alexis Taylor DJ, Art School Girlfriend, Borough Council, The Brackish, Bricknasty, C Turtle, Chartreuse, CLT DRP, Coach Party, Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations, Deb Googe, deep tan, Divorce, Donna Thompson, Ebbb, En Attendant Ana, Folly Group, Free Love, Girl Ray, HONESTY, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jay Prince, JIM, Lambrini Girls, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, mary in the junkyard, mui zyu, The Mysterines, Nabihah Iqbal DJ, NeOne The Wonderer, The Orielles, plantoid, Prima Queen, Sam Akpro, shame, SØWT, Tapir!, TATYANA, Theon Cross, Too Many Things, Trout, Ugly, Whitelands, Yoni Mayraz.

For a full schedule and times, click here.

To get a taste of what you will hear around Ipswich, click here for the official Brighten The Corners Spotify playlist featuring music of those performing.