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About the show
Leee John, the platinum-selling lead singer of pioneering British black music act Imagination, is headlining the launch of a new Woodbridge Festival event in Suffolk. Starting Friday 22 May, the three-week series will celebrate Thomas and John Clarkson, renowned anti-slavery and peace campaigners that lived in Woodbridge and nearby Playford in Suffolk.
The star-studded line-up at St Mary's Church, Woodbridge, will see Leee John appear with his new Jazz band, featuring Simple Minds drummer Mel Gaynor, Imagination and Sister Sledge pianist Dr. John Watson, Soweto Kinch and Jazz Warriors bassist Miles Danso and virtuoso Saxophonist Dave Mansell.
The night launches a campaign to celebrate the legacy of the local heroes Thomas and John Clarkson, who founded two of the world's first civil rights movements, campaigning for the abolition of slavery and world peace. Events at St Mary's Church, Woodbridge, where John Clarkson is buried, will book-end the three-week festival.
The opening night on 22 May celebrates the foundation of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, co-founded by Thomas Clarkson on 22 May 1787. It will also launch a campaign for a space in Woodbridge where the Clarkson's contribution to civil rights can be permanently celebrated. The closing event, on Sunday 14 June, marks the 210th anniversary of the foundation of the world's first peace movement.
Featuring
Leee John
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Ben Osborne
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on Friday 22 May 2026