Diary

DECEMBER

WED 31

The Laughter Zone New Year's Eve Special + After Show Club Night with DJ Sam Leppard *

COMEDY

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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 43 TICKETS LEFT	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 2	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins - Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown 36 TICKETS LEFT	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
THU 8	Ed Byrne & Guests Comedy Special * 12 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 9	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 10	Nine Below Zero + Dr. Feelgood: A Shot of Rhythm & Blues Tour * SOLD OUT	GIGS	SOLD OUT
TUE 13	Simon Brodkin: New Work in Progress *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
WED 14	Vinyl Sessions: Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
WED 14	Vinyl Sessions: Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner	VINYL	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 * 42 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 18	Bassistry	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
TUE 20	The James Hunter Six + Lucca Mae *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
WED 21	Vittorio Angelone: you can’t Say Nothing any more 48 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 23	Glenn Moore: Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore? 31 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 24	Teddy Bear's Concert	FAMILY	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
WED 28	17th Colchester Winter Ale Festival	ALE & CIDER	BUY TICKETS
THU 29	17th Colchester Winter Ale Festival	ALE & CIDER	BUY TICKETS
FRI 30	17th Colchester Winter Ale Festival	ALE & CIDER	BUY TICKETS
SAT 31	17th Colchester Winter Ale Festival	ALE & CIDER	BUY TICKETS

FEBRUARY

SUN 1	Fiona Ross	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 2	John Kirkpatrick: 200 Years of the Squeezebox *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 3	Phil Ellis: Bath Mat SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
THU 5	Geoff Norcott: Basic Bloke 2 - There's No Bloke Without Fire SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
FRI 6	East Anglian Folklore Centre Fundraiser featuring Armoured Man, Oli Steadman (Stornoway) and the Eerie Essex Podcast *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	Crafty Fools: Adventures In Science	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	Ian Stone is Looking For The Wow 44 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 9	Fire & Dust: A Woody Guthrie Story - Reg Meuross & The Strike *	FOLK	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
SUN 15	My Darling Clementine in Concert	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 16	Harbottle & Jonas *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
THU 19	Darren Walsh: Do You Like Puns? *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 20	EXTC 'THIS IS POP' *	GIGS	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	Vinyl Sessions: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
SUN 22	Tom Rosenthal: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am * SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
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	Natalie Cassidy: Live with Nat	COMEDY	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
TUE 3	Schools Rock Prom 2026	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 6	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	Comedy Club 4 Kids	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	The Britpop Show with Marc Burrows	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 8	Vinyl Sessions: The The - Soul Mining	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
SUN 8	Teeth of the Sea + A'Bear	GIGS	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
SUN 15	Lady Nade Sings Nina Simone	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 16	Steve Knightley: Sanctuary - Songs From Sacred Spaces *	FOLK	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
MON 23	Boo Hewerdine *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 24	The Very Best of Tommy Cooper (Just Like That)	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 26	Au Pairs *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 27	Under The Turning Light: A Night of Post Rock & Alternative - Abrasive Trees + Rothko + Strandings + Vaahl	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 28	Jessica Fostekew: Iconic Breath	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 29	Rob Auton: CAN	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 30	The Churchfitters *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS

APRIL

THU 2	The Guilty Men	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 3	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
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
SAT 11	Dire Streets *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 12	Vinyl Sessions: REM - Green	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
SUN 12	Henry Normal & Jan Brierton	POETRY	BUY TICKETS
WED 15	Wonderful Wednesdays - Sababa Co.: Coiled Up	PERFORMANCE	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
MON 20	Granny's Attic *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 21	CLASSIC HORROR NIGHTS: THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM	FILM	BUY TICKETS
FRI 24	Mike Wozniak: The Bench SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
SAT 25	A Star Wars Improv Show: The One-Man Made-Up Movie	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 26	Laurence Jones	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 27	John Jones *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
WED 29	Wonderful Wednesdays - DYKE Systems Ltd.	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 30	John Kearns: Tilting At Windmills	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

MAY

FRI 1	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 3	The Easy Rollers	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
TUE 5	Belle Chen	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 7	CLASSIC HORROR NIGHTS: I, MONSTER	FILM	BUY TICKETS
SUN 10	Vinyl Sessions: Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
SUN 10	Pierre Novellie: You Sit There, I'll Stand Here *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 11	Miranda Sykes & Jim Causley *	FOLK	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
FRI 5	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 7	Vinyl Sessions: Millie Jackson - Caught Up	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
THU 11	CLASSIC HORROR NIGHTS: THE OBLONG BOX	FILM	BUY TICKETS
SUN 14	Blood Incantation + Elder *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
TUE 16	Mitch Benn: The Lehrer Effect	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 18	Tom Stade: Naughty By Nature *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 19	The Monochrome Set	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 20	The Spirit & Sound of Steely Dan - Nearly Dan in Concert *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 21	Nina Wadia: In Conversation	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS

JULY

FRI 3	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 9	CLASSIC HORROR NIGHTS: TORTURE GARDEN	FILM	BUY TICKETS
WED 22	Matt Hobs: 100% Badgers	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 23	Latitude Festival 2026 (Weekend Tickets)	FESTIVAL	BUY TICKETS

AUGUST

FRI 7

The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *

COMEDY

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SEPTEMBER

FRI 4	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 10	CLASSIC HORROR NIGHTS: THE PEOPLES' CHOICE	FILM	BUY TICKETS
SAT 12	Chemistry: A Tribute To Rush	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 13	Vinyl Sessions: Radiohead - Kid A	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
TUE 15	Phil Ellis: Bath Mat	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 17	Ed Patrick: Numb And Number	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 18	The Floyd Effect - The Pink Floyd Show: Pulse of the Darkside Tour 2026-27 *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 19	The Floyd Effect - The Pink Floyd Show: Pulse of the Darkside Tour 2026-27 *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 21	The Shackleton Trio *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
THU 24	Sun Cutter (AKA Kevin Pearce)	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

OCTOBER

FRI 2	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 4	Hannah East: Express Yourself 1 TICKET LEFT	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 8	CLASSIC HORROR NIGHTS: ISLAND OF TERROR	FILM	BUY TICKETS
SAT 10	Brian Bilston: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside *	POETRY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 11	Vinyl Sessions: Goat - Requiem	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
SUN 11	Ania Magliano: Peach Fuzz	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 12	Lady Maisery *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 13	Wishbone Ash: The Time Was tour 2026 *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 18	Under The Surface	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
THU 22	James Phelan: The Man Who Was Magic *	MAGIC	BUY TICKETS

NOVEMBER

THU 5	Jack Carroll: The Fall Guy *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 6	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 8	Michael Spicer: Hope All's Well *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 12	CLASSIC HORROR NIGHTS: SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA	FILM	BUY TICKETS
SAT 14	Dismanibus: Dacia Album Launch Party + Olympus + By Virtue Fall + Killerkorp + Draugrheim *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 15	Vinyl Sessions: Jeff Buckley - Grace	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
FRI 20	Knightmare Live	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

DECEMBER

FRI 4	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 11	Ignacio Lopez: Nada *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 15	CLASSIC HORROR NIGHTS: FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE + THE CLASSIC HORROR CHRISTMAS QUIZ	FILM	BUY TICKETS