Beer Festival and Cinema Day at Portman Road - Ipswich Town News
The FieldTurf behind the East of England Co-op Stand will be hosting the 32nd Ipswich Beer Festival and an Open Air Cinema Day during the summer.
The Beer Festival will run from Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th June and will feature more than 180 beers and in excess of 80 ciders, a foreign beer stall, various food stalls, a family-friendly area and souvenir glasses. Full details on the Suffolk Camra website.
Meanwhile, Town and Ipswich Borough Council are staging the Open Air Cinema Day as part of the Ip-art Festival.
The Saturday 4th July event starts with a screening of Frozen (PG) at 10am, where there will be the chance to dress up as characters from from the film and to sing along.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (U) will follow at 12.30pm before Avengers Assemble (12A) at 3.45pm. The evening film, The Bodyguard (15), starts at 8pm. Full ticketing details can be found on IBC’s website.
Rosie Richardson, Town’s director of sales, Ipswich Town Football Club, said: "We are delighted to be working with Ipswich Borough Council to stage an open air cinema day at Ipswich Town Football Club.
"There will be an array of films to suit all tastes and will look forward to welcoming everyone. Ipswich Town Football Club supporters can take advantage of special ticketing rates by quoting their ITFC customer number at the time of booking.”
Meanwhile, the club’s annual End of Season Dinner takes place at the Hangar at Milsoms, Kesgrave Hall. The squad and staff will be present at the sell-out event where the Players’ Player of the Year will be announced.
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