Elly Tree aka Helen Woodbridge is a singer-songwriter based in Ipswich, Suffolk that runs a band - solo, duo and 4-piece.
Bringing passion and flair to music you can dance, listen, laugh and cry to.
Some recent descriptions of EllY Tree -
“Beautiful songs, lovely singing, fab uke playing...the bass was sublime”
"weirdly wonky punk folk”
We play mainly original material in an art/folk/pop/indie/world music mash-up.
Fuze is a four-piece indie/rock band that likes to blur the lines of genre with inspirations coming from bands such as Foo Fighters, Green Day and The Rumjacks.
Fuze have played venues across East Anglia and surrounding areas including the Hunter Club in Bury St Edmunds, the Horn in St Albans and the Portland Arms in Cambridge. They were also BurySOUND! finalists and played at Strawberry Fair in 2022.... and next year are booked to play at Rock 'N Vie in Apremont, France.
Suffolk-based crying cowboy indie band.
Winners of the 2024 BurySound Band Competition
Mel & Marcel Alt Pop Duo
During the pandemic Mel, a former songwriter and West End performer in The Rocky Horror Show, started writing comedy sketches and songs to help cheer up lock down spirits with the aid of her musician and producer husband Marcel and the internet. After Covid, Mel and Marcel continued their journey with live gigs and films that illustrate their songs, producing and recording from their home a former Georgian pub in Manningtree Essex.
“Our quirky songs are all about life, waiting at stations looking for missing trains, coping with noisy families, celebrating Essex girls, going to funerals, anxiety. These songs are comments on life for all ages and reflect our experience of being parents and having had a life lived on the London art scene. As we get older and have more space, we are loving playing live and the reaction from the crowd as they smile in recognition of our stories being everyone’s stories.”
We are looking forward to future projects and a cameo appearance by Mel & Marcel in a new feature film Love Without Walls by director Jane Gull soon to be released.
Formed in 2017, Nomad is a group of three musicians with a wide range of influences. Our first album, called “Turning Point”, released in 2021, contained exclusively original material and was built on more groove based jazz, in keeping with the origins of the band. However, we were already exploring other directions. As a result, the second album, released in 2025 and titled "See The World", again contains original compositions, but these are now a much truer reflection of our love of music from around the world and contemporary jazz from America and Europe and establishes the band's new approach.
Now embarking on our eighth year we have performed at The Minak Theatre, Mevagissey Shanty Festival and in 2023 at the prestigious Port Isaac Shanty Festival. We are also regular performers at the Harwich International Shanty Festival, we've sung at the Cutty Sark Shanty Festival and other festivals throughout Norfolk.
We have gained an enviable reputation for singing traditional, and not so traditional shanties and songs of the sea in our own unique style
We are incredibly proud of one Crew member who we think is the only British Sign Language signing shantyman in the country.
Expect totally inclusive, laid back, entertaining sessions, full of fantastic harmonies, humour, brilliant musicianship and audience participation.
Six part female vocal harmony group with backing band from Sudbury, Suffolk. We sing everything from swing, tunes from the Great American Songbook, light classical to disco numbers.
We come with either Flat Broke, our four piece backing band, or with keyboard accompaniment from David Butcher. We can tailor our repertoire to fit the occasion, having performed around Suffolk/Essex since 2010 at concerts, celebrations, fundraisers, parties, weddings and village fetes.
Please contact us via our website, our Facebook page or email.
Like a phoenix, THE BACKDRAFTS have risen from the ashes to become the hardest working rock band in East Anglia.
Comprising of former members of Norfolk Fire Service they continue to blaze a trail playing a blend of classic rock with an abundance of energy and a level of musicianship and vocal skill that leaves audiences wanting more.
Higgy fronts this live act, his warm voice with a sprinkling of Springsteen. Stuart Gibson is on guitar, with his fingers of fury, face melting riffs and stage antics reminiscent of Eddie Van Halen. Rob Forder provides beautiful thunderous bass lines along with the voice of a homesick angel. Drummer Tommy Toggle provides the timing, technique and drive guaranteed to get your toes tapping and hands clapping.
NOT TO BE MISSED!
The Flying Symbols are a 4 piece high octane, rock band based in the Hertfordshire/Essex border. Winners of the 2024 Cambridge Band Competition
The Flying Symbols are experts at large or festival gigs, winning fans and audiences at such events as the Saffron Walden Dance In The Square, Cambridge Band Competition, Bishops Stortford Rugby Club Fireworks Display, Fete De La Musique, Strawberry Fair , Saffron Walden's Coronation Concert, Saffron Walden Town Hall and venues such as the Junction, Cambridge, The Portland Arms, Cambridge and many more.
The Optics are a high-energy funk, soul and Motown covers band, bringing timeless classics to life. We do it because we love it - nothing beats live music, a packed dancefloor and the magic of soul. Let’s dance!
This Circus Life was formed by former advertising man Charlie Mear who has been described as a man who had it
all, lost it all, and now doesn’t want it back! He started writing songs in 2019 as a way to make sense of a seven-year period of personal tragedies and often bizarre experiences. Now with life back on track the band has gone from strength to strength and already have a growing following picked up by regularly playing the east coast festival circuit.
They won the 2021 Ely Folk Festival competition and were runners up in both the 2023 and 2024 Cambridge Band competition. Making comparisons with other well known bands is always tricky, but listeners often reference Turin Brakes, Del Amitri, Squeeze, REM and Crowded House. Indeed, one reviewer described their song ‘Falling star’ as the best Crowded House song not written by Neil Finn! But forget comparisons. The best way to get to know This Circus Life is simply to immerse yourself in their music.