East Suffolk Council
Home >
News Archive >
Dates announced for March markets in Beccles and Leiston
Dates announced for March markets in Beccles and Leiston
Two festival-style markets are to take place as part of First Light Market Place project.
Dates have been announced today for spring markets in Beccles and Leiston. The Beccles market will take place on Saturday 5th March between 1000 and 1400 hours. Leiston will take place on Saturday 26th March, again between 1000 and 1400 hours.
These follow the successful Christmas market held in Saxmundham at the beginning of December and are part of the Market Place Project run by First Light Festival Community Interest Company, funded through the ERDF Welcome Back Fund and supported by East Suffolk Council.
The Beccles 'Wild About Art' market will be a family-orientated, celebratory event based around art in all its forms. Located mainly within the New Market area of the town, the centre piece will be a set of three life-size marsh ponies created by local artists Sarah Cannell, Rachael Long and Andy Jarrett. A family walking trail linking the three ponies with 12 other hand-crafted ponies and 50 smaller ones will take place across the town. In addition, there will be a makers’ market, hands-on family activities and street entertainment as well as locally-sourced food and drink, all creating a mini festival feel to attract local as well as out-of-season visitors.
The 'Discover Leiston' market will celebrate the opening of the new Church Community Garden and include a number of eclectic musical performances, a makers’ market, plants and vintage stalls as well as antiques and crafts stalls hosted at the Long Shop Museum. Street entertainers, Dance East performances and family activities will add to the celebratory feel of the event.