A Christmas shopping evening at Kesgrave Community Centre has raised more than £1,600 for Cedarwood Primary School and the community centre.

Ipswich Star: The Christmas shopping evening at Kesgrave Community Centre. Picture: FI'S FAB PHOTOSThe Christmas shopping evening at Kesgrave Community Centre. Picture: FI'S FAB PHOTOS (Image: Archant)

More than 250 shoppers came together to enjoy 30 stalls selling gifts, jewellery, accessories, hand-crafted goodies and food.

The evening also featured beauty treatments and live music performances by singer Pip Duffy and Pop Chorus, which performed its newly released single Always in aid of St Elizabeth Hospice.

Ipswich Star: The Christmas shopping evening at Kesgrave Community Centre. Picture: FI'S FAB PHOTOSThe Christmas shopping evening at Kesgrave Community Centre. Picture: FI'S FAB PHOTOS (Image: Archant)

The event raised £1,687.20 which will be split between the community centre and Cedarwood Primary School.

Jo Barker, who organised the event alongside Fiona Farrell, said: “We would like to thank everyone who came along to the Christmas shopping evening at Kesgrave Community Centre on Friday night, it was a fantastic evening.”

Ipswich Star: The Christmas shopping evening at Kesgrave Community Centre. Picture: FI'S FAB PHOTOSThe Christmas shopping evening at Kesgrave Community Centre. Picture: FI'S FAB PHOTOS (Image: Archant)

The event will return to the community centre on Friday, November 30 next year. Call 01473 612648 to book a space.