Jaackmaate’s Happy Hour podcast

Spotify podcast JaackMaate’s Happy Hour will perform their ‘The Round Sheep Tour’ live in Ipswich on 6th May 2023.

Presented by the trio JaackMaate, Stevie White and Robbie Knox, Happy Hour is one of the most popular British podcasts on Spotify, regularly topping the most listened to charts. Happy Hour Live features plenty of shenanigans and fan favourites like Martin the Guinea Pig Centipede, Creepy Library and Mack Bean, as well as fan unfavourites the Urban Legends. There will be a chance for the audience to confess their sins, as well as take part in a Questions and Answers session, so fans can finally get an answer to their burning questions directly from the Happy Hour gang in person!

Jaackmaate (Jack Dean) is a Norwich-based YouTuber with 1.4 million subscribers. Jack has been a YouTuber for over a decade and started the Happy Hour podcast in 2018.

Stevie White is a Twitch streamer and content creator. After studying animation at university Stevie trained to be an optician, leaving in 2021 to work full time on Happy Hour and Twitch. He has a pet guinea pig called Martin.

Robbie Knox is a YouTuber, Twitch streamer, producer, director and writer. Robbie worked on Sky Sports’ flagship sports entertainment show Soccer AM between 2000 and 2007 before leaving to start his own production company.

• Tickets are on sale at the Ipswich Theatres website at: www.ipswichtheatres.co.uk

Suffolk Book League

On Wednesday 19th April the Suffolk Book League welcomes local children’s author Sophie Green, author of the popular Potkin and Stubbs spooky detective series.

Originally trained as a zoologist, Sophie is interested in urban legends and folklore.

In 2020 Potkin and Stubbs was shortlisted for the Crime Fest Best Crime Novel for Children and the Concorde Book Award.

Sophie’s other career is as librarian for Suffolk Libraries and she works to promote children’s literature and Reading for Pleasure in her home county, Suffolk.

Doors open at the Ipswich Institute Reading Room & Library 15 Tavern Street IP1 3AA at 7pm with the event starting at 7.30pm. Tickets, £5 for Suffolk Book League members, £10 for non-members can be obtained via the League’s website www.suffolkbookleague.org