Diary

NOVEMBER

WED 5	Wonderful Wednesdays - Dre Spisto & Joana Nastari: 50 Ways to Kill a Slug	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 6	Classic Horror Nights! The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires	FILM	BUY TICKETS
FRI 7	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 8	Mixed Frequencies II	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 9	Gong + Henge: Sounds of the Cosmos Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 10	Blazin' Fiddles * 46 TICKETS LEFT	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 11	Stevie Martin SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
WED 12	Wonderful Wednesdays - Richard Layzell: The Perfect Number	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 13	Tom Rogerson + Manu Louis	EXPERIMENTAL	BUY TICKETS
FRI 14	The ELO Encounter: Blue Sky Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 15	Indigo Moon Theatre: Seedheart	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 15	Colchester Arts Centre's Daytime Disco with DJs Ben Howard and Sam Leppard	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 16	Vinyl Sessions: Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
SUN 16	Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us * SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
MON 17	Martin Simpson *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 18	The Primitives *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
WED 19	Wonderful Wednesdays - Ali Matthews & Company - Mushroom Language: A Fungal Gothic	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 20	Anna Mudeka: Mama Afrika	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
FRI 21	Forever Clapton *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 22	Frock Swap *	FAIR
SAT 22	A Peaceful Noise *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 23	Author Event: Robin Ince: Ice Cream For A Broken Tooth *	LITERATURE	BUY TICKETS
SUN 23	XGenerationX + Herbie May (The Lounge Society) *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 24	The Medlars *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 25	Jesca Hoop + Evy Frearson	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
WED 26	Wonderful Wednesdays - Covered in Jam: That’s Not My Name 40 TICKETS LEFT	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 27	UnderDog Crew Annual Showcase *	FILM	BUY TICKETS
FRI 28	The Wandering Hearts: 'It's Beginning To Look Alot Like Christmas' * 46 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 29	Chris Mayne's Wonderful World of Magic!	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 29	Mermaid Chunky	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 30	Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It 34 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

DECEMBER

MON 1	Christina Alden & Alex Patterson *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 2	Grace Petrie: This Is No Time To Panic!	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
WED 3	Wonderful Wednesdays - Masumi Saito and An-Ting: Departure	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 4	Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
FRI 5	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 6	Made in Colchester Christmas Fair *	FAIR	BUY TICKETS
SAT 6	Stephen K Amos: Now We're Talking *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 7	JA Performing Arts: Christmas Showcase 2025*	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
SUN 7	Manchester Calling! Ft. The Total Stone Roses, The Smiths Presumably & Oaysis * 48 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 8	Janice Burns & Jon Doran *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
WED 10	The Haunted House Of Curiosities with Jason Frederick	FILM	BUY TICKETS
THU 11	British Lion * 2 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 12	Goodiepal + Valhallans	EXPERIMENTAL	BUY TICKETS
SAT 13	Isle 'Ave A Shanty - Christmas Matinee Special *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
SAT 13	Abba Reunion *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 14	Ady Johnson's Annual Colchester Christmas Show *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 15	Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden's Wassail * SOLD OUT	FOLK	SOLD OUT
TUE 16	I Hear Voices Theatre Company presents A Ghost Story for Christmas: "Number 3.141592653589…"	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
WED 17	I Need to Cher	CABARET	BUY TICKETS
THU 18	Classic Horror Nights! Black Christmas (1974) + The Classic Horror Christmas Quiz!	FILM	BUY TICKETS
FRI 19	Northern Soul Night featuring The Croupiers	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 20	Christmas Poetry Bash with John Cooper Clarke, Martin Newell, Luke Wright & Ross Sutherland * SOLD OUT	POETRY	SOLD OUT
SUN 21	A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Movie... And the Music of Vince Guaraldi	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 22	SNOWY JOY & THE TOYSAVERS – Festive Edition	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 23	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins - Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 23	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins - Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 23	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight - BSL Performance	XMAS STORY	BUY TICKETS
WED 24	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins - Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
WED 24	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins - Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
WED 24	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight	XMAS STORY	BUY TICKETS
WED 31	The Laughter Zone New Year's Eve Special + After Show Club Night with DJ Sam Leppard *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

JANUARY

THU 1	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins - Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
THU 1	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins - Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 2	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins - Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 2	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins - Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 4	The Great Arts Centre Jumble Sale 2026!	JUMBLE SALE	BUY TICKETS
SAT 10	Nine Below Zero + Dr. Feelgood: A Shot of Rhythm & Blues Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 15	Rob Newman: Where The Wild Things Were	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 16	The Prettiest Starman: 10th Anniversary Show *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 17	London Calling Play The Clash: Clash City Rockers Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 18	Bassistry	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
TUE 20	The James Hunter Six *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
WED 21	Vittorio Angelone: you can’t Say Nothing any more	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 23	Glenn Moore: Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore?	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 24	The Specials Ltd: 'Too Much Too Young' * SOLD OUT	GIGS	SOLD OUT
SUN 25	Phil Nichol: Trying My Best	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 26	An Audience Without Jake Thackray *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS

FEBRUARY

MON 2	John Kirkpatrick: 200 Years of the Squeezebox *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 3	Phil Ellis: Bath Mat	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 5	Geoff Norcott: Basic Bloke 2 - There's No Bloke Without Fire	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	Crafty Fools: Adventures In Science	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	Ian Stone is Looking For The Wow	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 10	Omar Perry & Easy Riddim Maker: A Tribute to Lee Scratch Perry	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 12	Moot Hall Organ Film Night	FILM	BUY TICKETS
THU 12	Keep Colchester Cool and Best Days Vintage Presents: Jeanie From The Mountains + Swines + Chunky Ate A Bee	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 13	Fleetwood Unchained *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 14	Pete Firman: Tricks & Giggles	MAGIC	BUY TICKETS
THU 19	Darren Walsh: Do You Like Puns? *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 21	Silent Jon & The Magical Egg Quest	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 21	The Black Charade + Fell Out Boy + Dookie *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 22	Tom Rosenthal: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 23	The Brothers Gillespie *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
THU 26	Chloe Petts: Big Naturals	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 27	Wrong Jovi *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 28	Depeche Mode Tribute: The Devout *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

MARCH

SUN 1	Jazz Dynamos: Jazz'n'80s - featuring Lucy Randell	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 2	Gilmore & Roberts *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	Comedy Club 4 Kids	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	The Britpop Show with Marc Burrows	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 9	Sam Carter *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 10	Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 12	Russell Hicks: This Time It's Personal *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 17	Chesney Hawkes: Smash It To Pieces Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
WED 18	Wonderful Wednesdays - Paula Varjack: Nine Sixteenths	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
FRI 20	Lucy Porter: Let Yourself Go! *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 21	Tom Lucy: Golden Boy *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 24	The Very Best of Tommy Cooper (Just Like That)	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 26	Au Pairs *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 28	Jessica Fostekew: Iconic Breath	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 29	Rob Auton: CAN	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

APRIL

SUN 5	Alasdair Beckett-King: King of Crumbs *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 9	The James Oliver Band featuring Norman Watt-Roy + The Punk Freud *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 16	A Head Full of Coldplay *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 17	The Smyths present The Queen Is Dead at 40 *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 18	Cally Beaton: Namaste Motherf*ckers	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 19	Aspyrian	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
FRI 24	Mike Wozniak: The Bench SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
SUN 26	Laurence Jones	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 27	John Jones *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
THU 30	John Kearns: Tilting At Windmills	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

MAY

SUN 3	The Easy Rollers	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
TUE 5	Belle Chen	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 10	Pierre Novellie: You Sit There, I'll Stand Here *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 14	Robin Nolan: For The Love of George	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 15	Cara Dillon *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
MON 18	Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 19	Daniel Foxx: How Lovely *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 22	Danny Baker: Aye Aye! Ahoy Ahoy! *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

JUNE

MON 1	John Robb	TALK	BUY TICKETS
THU 18	Tom Stade: Naughty By Nature *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 19	The Monochrome Set	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

SEPTEMBER

SAT 12	Chemistry: A Tribute To Rush	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 21	The Shackleton Trio *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
THU 24	Sun Cutter (AKA Kevin Pearce)	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

OCTOBER

SUN 4	Hannah East: Express Yourself 46 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 12	Lady Maisery *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
SUN 18	Under The Surface	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS

NOVEMBER

THU 5	Jack Carroll: The Fall Guy *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 14	Dismanibus: Dacia Album Launch Party + Olympus + By Virtue Fall + Killerkorp + Draugrheim *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 20	Knightmare Live	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS