Diary

DECEMBER

FRI 8	Manchester Calling! Ft. The Total Stone Roses, The Smiths Presumably & Oaysis * SOLD OUT	GIGS	SOLD OUT
FRI 8	Late Lounge @ Firstsite * 13 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 9	Of Mice & Men + Caskets + Defects * SOLD OUT	GIGS	SOLD OUT
SUN 10	Vinyl Sessions: The Ramones - It's Alive	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
SUN 10	A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Movie... And the Music of Vince Guaraldi	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 11	The Wilderness Yet *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 12	Spear of Destiny *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 14	Sh!t Theatre: Sing-a-long-a Muppet Christmas Carol SOLD OUT	XMAS STORY	SOLD OUT
FRI 15	Nine Below Zero + Dr Feelgood * 5 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 16	Christmas Poetry Bash featuring John Cooper Clarke , Martin Newell and Luke Wright * SOLD OUT	POETRY	SOLD OUT
MON 18	The Blockheads * 38 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
TUE 19	Mediaeval Baebes * SOLD OUT	GIGS	SOLD OUT
WED 20	I Hear Voices Theatre Co: A Ghost Story For Christmas: The Stalls of Tarchester	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 21	Classic Horror Nights: Blood From The Mummy's Tomb (1971)	FILM	BUY TICKETS
FRI 22	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic SOLD OUT	FAMILY	SOLD OUT
FRI 22	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic SOLD OUT	FAMILY	SOLD OUT
SAT 23	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic 2 TICKETS LEFT	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 23	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic 3 TICKETS LEFT	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 23	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight SOLD OUT	XMAS STORY	SOLD OUT
SUN 24	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic SOLD OUT	FAMILY	SOLD OUT
SUN 24	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic 38 TICKETS LEFT	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 24	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight SOLD OUT	XMAS STORY	SOLD OUT
WED 27	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic 28 TICKETS LEFT	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
THU 28	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
THU 28	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 29	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 29	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 30	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 30	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 31	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 31	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 31	The Laughter Zone New Years Eve Special! + After Show Club Night *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

JANUARY

MON 1	Heritage Tour NYD: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester*	WALKING TOUR	BUY TICKETS
SAT 6	The Great Arts Centre Jumble Sale	JUMBLE SALE
MON 8	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM	BUY TICKETS
TUE 9	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM	BUY TICKETS
WED 10	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM	BUY TICKETS
THU 11	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM	BUY TICKETS
THU 11	Julia Drouhin & Blenno Die Wurstbrücke Povera + Pettaluck + Strandings	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 12	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM	BUY TICKETS
FRI 12	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club*	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 13	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM	BUY TICKETS
SAT 13	British Lion * SOLD OUT	GIGS	SOLD OUT
SUN 14	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM	BUY TICKETS
WED 17	Viggo Venn * SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
THU 18	Onipa	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 19	Viggo Venn * SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
SAT 20	Nicola Werenowska: Playwriting Surgeries	WORKSHOP
TUE 23	Venomous Concept + Taupe + Jotnarr CANCELLED	GIGS	CANCELLED
THU 25	Clearwater Creedence Revival *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 26	Tom Stade: Natural Born Killer *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 27	Nicola Werenowska & Peter Jones: Little Star Poetry Workshop	WORKSHOP
SAT 27	Pete Firman: TrikTok	MAGIC	BUY TICKETS
SUN 28	Teddy Bear's Concert	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 28	Tommaso Starace Organ Trio play Bird and Cannonball	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 29	Kegs *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
WED 31	15th Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival	ALE & CIDER

FEBRUARY

THU 1	15th Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival	ALE & CIDER
FRI 2	15th Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival	ALE & CIDER
SAT 3	15th Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival	ALE & CIDER
MON 5	Kitewing *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 6	Malevolence + Pain of Truth + Rough Justice *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
WED 7	Henge	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 8	Ania Magliano: I Can't believe You've Done This	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 9	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club*	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 10	The Witch and the Egg	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 10	Eddie & The Hot Rods + The Rezidents	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 11	Alfie Moore: Work In Progress	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 12	Harbottle & Jonas *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
FRI 16	Sam Avery: How Not To Be A Terrible Parent	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 17	Rob Auton – The Rob Auton Show	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 18	N'Faly Kouyaté: The Ré-Génération Tour	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 19	Show Of Hands * SOLD OUT	FOLK	SOLD OUT
TUE 20	The Magic of Terry Pratchett *	LITERATURE	BUY TICKETS
FRI 23	Let There B/DC *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 24	Indigo Moon Theatre: Jungle Book	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 24	Shakatak * 47 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 25	Philip Clouts Quartet	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 26	James Delarre & Saul Rose *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 27	Chloe Petts: If You Can't Say Anything Nice	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
WED 28	Lust For Life (Glen Matlock, Clem Burke & Katie Puckrick) *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 29	Lust for Life (Glen Matlock, Clem Burke and Katie Puckrik) * SOLD OUT	GIGS	SOLD OUT

MARCH

FRI 1	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club*	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 3	Justin Moorhouse: Stretch & Think *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 7	Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
FRI 8	Schools Rock Prom 2024	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 9	Lyngo Theatre: The Little Prince	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 9	Martin Turner Ex Wishbone Ash: Live Dates Volume II... plus *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 10	Jazz Dynamos - Jazz'n'80s - featuring Lucy Randell	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 11	Sam Sweeney *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
FRI 15	The Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz: Fancy Another Round? *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 16	The Smyths *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 17	Tom Houghton: It's Not Ideal	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 18	Martin Simpson *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 19	Conan + Wallowing + Goat Monsoon	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 21	Jon Courtenay: Bigger *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 22	Fiona Allen On The Run *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 24	Aaron Simmonds: Hot Wheels & Baby Steps	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 25	Emily Portman & Rob Harbron *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 26	Tom Meighan Acoustic * SOLD OUT	GIGS	SOLD OUT

APRIL

TUE 2	Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 5	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club*	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 6	John Smith	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
TUE 9	Lady Nade Sings Nina Simone	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 11	Laugh Out Proud! - The LGBTQIA+ Comedy Night - featuring Mark Cram, Andrew White and Sikisa	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 13	Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles - A Gameshow For Awful Children	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 13	New Purple Celebration *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 14	Lloyd Griffith: Baroque and Roll *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 15	Spiers & Boden *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
FRI 19	Matt Forde: Inside No.10 *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 20	Chris Mayne's World of Magic	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 20	Paul Foot: Dissolve	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 21	Simon Munnery's Jerusalem	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 23	John Robb - Do you believe in the power of rock n roll? *	LITERATURE	BUY TICKETS
THU 25	Sons of Town Hall	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 26	The Crazy World of Arthur Brown	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 28	Beverley Beirne Trio	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
TUE 30	Green Lung + Lowen	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

MAY

THU 2	Josienne Clarke	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 3	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club*	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 4	Anna Mudeka: Mama Afrika	WORLD MUSIC	BUY TICKETS
SAT 4	Anna Mudeka: Mama Afrika	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
SUN 5	Rosie Holt: That's Politainment! *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 10	Holy Other	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 11	Sandal Sticks Storytelling Theatre: The Little Mermaid	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 11	Sandal Sticks Storytelling Theatre: The Emperor & The Nightingale	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 12	Phil Dawson Quintet feat Adma Newport with guest Marcelo Andrade	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 13	Granny's Attic *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 14	Nick Helm's Super Fun Good Time Show *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 16	Jarlath Regan: Yer Man *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 20	Blowzabella *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 21	Daliso Chaponda: Feed This Black Man Again *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 23	Emmanuel Sonubi: Curriculum Vitae	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 24	Brujeria + Borstal + Chestburster	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 26	Blancmange *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

JUNE

TUE 4	Jessica Fostekew: Mettle *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 6	Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
FRI 7	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club*	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 8	Fraser Morgan's 1000th Gig! *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 9	Kim Cypher's Brighter Tomorrow	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
THU 13	Fin Taylor: Ask Your Mother	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 16	Johnny & The Baptists	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 18	Ashley Blaker: Normal Schnormal	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 21	Laugh Out Proud! - The LGBTQIA+ Comedy Night - featuring Heidi Regan, Joe Sutherland and Ada Campe	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 23	Earl Okin	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
TUE 25	Fabels + Mezzotint + Blenko	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 27	Morgan Rees: Turning Thirsty *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 28	The Killaz UK *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 29	The Brit Funk Association *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

JULY

FRI 5	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club*	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 7	The Dark Room	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 13	Sounds Like the 80s - The Ultimate 80s Experience *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 19	A Head Full Of Coldplay - A Celebration Of The Music *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 21	Love with Johnny Echols *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 27	Cillian O'Connor: My Magic World *	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS

AUGUST

FRI 2

The Laughter Zone Comedy Club*

COMEDY

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SEPTEMBER

THU 5	Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
FRI 6	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club*	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 19	Clinton Baptiste: Roller Ghoster! *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 28	Travis Jay	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 29	Horn Factory	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS

OCTOBER

FRI 4	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club*	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 5	Northern Soul Night featuring The Croupiers	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 11	The Fleetwood Mac Songbook *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 17	Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Peacock	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 24	Kevin Pearce	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

NOVEMBER

FRI 1	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club*	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 14	Anu Vaidyanathan: Work In Progress	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 15	DS:UK - IN TRIBUTE TO DIRE STRAITS *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 16	Nine Below Zero + Dr Feelgood: Maximum R&B Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 17	Wi-Fi Wars (Family Friendly)	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 29	Depeche Mode Tribute - The Devout - The Singles Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

DECEMBER

SUN 1	Carl Hutchinson: Today Years Old	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 5	Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
FRI 6	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club*	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS