The Ipswich Charity Concert Committee has announced details of its concerts for 2009.

The Fairey Band will appear at the Ipswich Corn Exchange in April, with Black Dyke in June.

Welcome back

Committee secretary, Tim Mutum told 4BR: "We are delighted to be welcoming back the Fairey Band, and are especially pleased that the Black Dyke Band will be appearing as the current Champion Band of Great Britain. We are also very grateful for continued financial support from Ipswich Borough Council for both concerts, and for the 19th successive year the East of England Co-operative Society will be the principal sponsor of our summer concert."

We are delighted to be welcoming back the Fairey Band, and are especially pleased that the Black Dyke Band will be appearing as the current Champion Band of Great BritainTim Mutum

Beneficiaries

Beneficiaries from the two concerts will be The Level 2 Youth Project in Felixstowe (which provides an open-access drop-in centre for young people aged 10 – 25), The Mayor of Ipswich’s Charities (The Fire Fighter’s Charity, the East Anglian Air Ambulance and the Ipswich Children’s Hospice), Cancer Research UK and the Ipswich Hospital Ear Nose and Throat Equipment Fund.

Charity funds

Last year’s concerts, featuring Leyand and Brighouse and Rastrick, raised £2,700 for charity. Since 1990 the Ipswich Charity Concert Committee has presented 39 concerts and raised £56,555 for charity.