From modest beginnings the Ipswich Hospital Band has progressed to become one of the best in the area and is now very much in demand for concerts, summer fetes and a wide variety of other engagements.

Over the years the band has raised thousands of pounds for numerous health-related charities and other worthy causes. Throughout the year the band regularly performs in concerts and at fetes and other outdoor events, such as the Suffolk Show. It takes part in carol and church services on hospital sites and in the local area. Every year culminates in the traditional playing of carols around the wards at Ipswich Hospital on Christmas morning.