Diary

DECEMBER

SAT 14	The John Otway Band Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 15	JA Performing Arts: The Showcase 2024 *	SHOWCASE	BUY TICKETS
SUN 15	Manchester Calling: The Total Stone Roses, The Smiths Presumably and Oaysis * 9 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 16	Nordic Giants + Masal	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
TUE 17	Classic Horror Nights! Tales From The Crypt + The Annual Classic Horror Nights Quiz!	FILM	BUY TICKETS
WED 18	A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Movie... And the Music of Vince Guaraldi	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
THU 19	I Hear Voices Theatre Company Presents... A Ghost Story For Christmas: Count Magnus Magnus Magnusson	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
FRI 20	Evergrey + Klogr + Inner Vitriol	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 21	Theatre of Widdershins - Pigs + Bears Don't Come in Pairs! SOLD OUT	XMAS KIDS	SOLD OUT
SAT 21	Theatre of Widdershins - Pigs + Bears Don't Come in Pairs! BSL Performance 32 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS KIDS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 21	Abba Reunion - Christmas Show *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 22	Theatre of Widdershins - Pigs + Bears Don't Come in Pairs! SOLD OUT	XMAS KIDS	SOLD OUT
SUN 22	Theatre of Widdershins - Pigs + Bears Don't Come in Pairs! SOLD OUT	XMAS KIDS	SOLD OUT
SUN 22	Christmas Poetry Bash: John Cooper Clarke, Martin Newell, Luke Wright, Ross Sutherland, Stephen Munson * SOLD OUT	POETRY	SOLD OUT
MON 23	Theatre of Widdershins - Pigs + Bears Don't Come in Pairs! 14 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS KIDS	BUY TICKETS
MON 23	Theatre of Widdershins - Pigs + Bears Don't Come in Pairs! 45 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS KIDS	BUY TICKETS
MON 23	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight BSL Performance SOLD OUT	XMAS STORY	SOLD OUT
TUE 24	Theatre of Widdershins - Pigs + Bears Don't Come in Pairs! SOLD OUT	XMAS KIDS	SOLD OUT
TUE 24	Theatre of Widdershins - Pigs + Bears Don't Come in Pairs!	XMAS KIDS	BUY TICKETS
TUE 24	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight SOLD OUT	XMAS STORY	SOLD OUT
SAT 28	Grahame's Fab Night *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
TUE 31	The Laughter Zone New Year's Eve Special + After Show Club Night with DJ Sam Leppard *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

JANUARY

SAT 4	The Great Arts Centre Jumble Sale	JUMBLE SALE	BUY TICKETS
THU 9	Laurence Jones *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 10	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 14	Jozef Van Wissem + The Witching Tale	EXPERIMENTAL	BUY TICKETS
WED 15	Limehouse Lizzy * SOLD OUT	GIGS	SOLD OUT
THU 16	Olcay Bayir	WORLD MUSIC	BUY TICKETS
FRI 17	Red Richardson: Bugatti Live *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 18	Morris Dancing Taster Workshop	WORKSHOP	BUY TICKETS
SAT 18	Mermaid Chunky	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 19	Vinyl Sessions: Portishead - Dummy	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
SUN 19	Karen Street Quartet	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
WED 22	Corinna Piatti	WORLD MUSIC	BUY TICKETS
THU 23	Sealionwoman	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 24	Henge	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 25	The Black Charade + Fell Out Boy + Dookie *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 26	Tom Stade: Risky Business *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 27	John Kirkpatrick *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
WED 29	Colchester Winter Ale Festival *	BEER	BUY TICKETS
THU 30	Colchester Winter Ale Festival *	BEER	BUY TICKETS
FRI 31	Colchester Winter Ale Festival *	BEER	BUY TICKETS

FEBRUARY

SAT 1	Colchester Winter Ale Festival *	BEER	BUY TICKETS
MON 3	Songs of the Folk *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
WED 5	Iggor Cavalera	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 6	Tujiko Noriko + Mia Zabelka	EXPERIMENTAL	BUY TICKETS
FRI 7	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 8	Russell Hicks: Happy To Be Here	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 9	Teddy Bear's Concert	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 9	Sophie Duker: But Daddy I Love Her	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 10	An Evening With The Magpie Arc *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 11	Ahir Shah: Ends	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
WED 12	Sixth Form College Battle of the Bands 2025 *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 13	Jenny Eclair: Joke, Jokes, Jokes, Live! * SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
FRI 14	Chloe Petts: How You See Me, How You Don't	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 15	Motley Crew Sea Shantymen *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
SAT 15	Eshaan Akbar: Live 2025	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 16	John Law's Re-Creations	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 17	Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 18	Mark Thomas: Gaffa Tapes *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 20	Oval + Masal + Frazer Merrick	EXPERIMENTAL	BUY TICKETS
FRI 21	Arthur Smith & Clare Ferguson-Walker: Two poets and a packet of crisps *	POETRY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 23	Vinyl Sessions: Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
MON 24	Ainsley Hamill *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS

MARCH

SAT 1	Daytime Disco featuring DJs Gilly, Ben Howard & Sam Leppard	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 2	Andy Zaltzman: The Zaltgeist SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
MON 3	The Churchfitters *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 4	Matt Forde: End of An Era Tour *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 7	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 8	Snapped Ankles	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 9	Vinyl Sessions: The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
MON 10	Katherine Priddy *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 11	Omar Perry & Easy Riddim Maker: A Tribute to Lee Scratch Perry *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 13	The Thinking Drinkers and Flat & The Curves: The Booz-ical *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 14	Schools Rock Prom 2025	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 15	Martin Kohlstedt *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 16	Antonio Forcione & Giorgio Serci	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 17	Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 18	Putan Club	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 20	Hainbach + Rorquals	EXPERIMENTAL	BUY TICKETS
FRI 21	Zion Train + Johnny Fisher AKA Cyberdog	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 22	Strawberries In The Snow	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
MON 24	Fara *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 25	Huge Davies: A.F.M.A Dead	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 27	Beans On Toast *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 28	Dreadzone *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 29	Existentialist + Mechromorph + Rad Pitt + Draugrheim	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 31	Chris Wood *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS

APRIL

FRI 4	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 6	Emily Saunders: Moon Shifts Oceans	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 7	Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys + Honey & The Bear *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
THU 10	Rob Auton: The Eyes Open & Shut Show	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 12	Hundred Watt Club: An Evening of Burlesque & Vaudeville *	CABARET	BUY TICKETS
SUN 13	Vinyl Sessions: Bongwater - The Power of Pussy	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
MON 14	Gigspanner Big Band *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 15	Ignacio Lopez: Señor Self-Destruct	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 17	Solstice	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 19	Patrick Monahan: The Talkinator	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 20	Ex-Easter Island Head	EXPERIMENTAL	BUY TICKETS
THU 24	Josh James: Doin' Alright 41 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 28	Steve Tilston *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS

MAY

FRI 2	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 4	David Preston: Purple / Black featuring Seb Rochford & Conor Chaplin	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 5	Leveret *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
MON 12	Roswell *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 13	The Oxley-Meier Guitar Project	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
FRI 16	Angela Barnes: Angst *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 17	Fleetwood Bac *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 18	Vinyl Sessions: Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
SUN 18	John Bramwell (I Am Kloot) *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 19	Flook *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 20	Rosalie Cunningham	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 22	An Evening with The Inbetweeners' Joe Thomas! *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

JUNE

FRI 6	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	A Foreigner's Journey *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 8	Charlie Dore	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
FRI 20	The Style Councillors: 'Shout To The Top' 40th Anniversary *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 21	George Lewis: The Best Thing You'll Ever Do * SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
SUN 22	Vinyl Sessions: Definitely Park, Maybe Life - Blur vs Oasis	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
SUN 22	Jack Skipper: Skint	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 24	Tony Klinger: My Crazy Life In The Film Business *	FILM	BUY TICKETS
SAT 28	The Luke Combs Experience *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 29	Gryphon *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

JULY

FRI 4	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 5	Sounds Like the 80s - The Ultimate 80s Experience *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 24	Latitude Festival 2025 (Weekend Tickets)	FESTIVAL	BUY TICKETS
FRI 25	Chinese Elvis presents The Diverse Elvis Spectrum	CABARET	BUY TICKETS

AUGUST

FRI 1

The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *

COMEDY

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SEPTEMBER

FRI 5	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 6	Tom Houghton: Deep	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 9	Ben Miller: Volcano Show	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 12	Knightmare Live 10th Anniversary Tour	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 15	Christine Collister *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
THU 18	Sam Avery: Thunderstorm	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 20	Hundred Watt Club: An Evening of Burlesque & Vaudeville *	CABARET	BUY TICKETS
SUN 21	Philip Clouts Quartet	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS

OCTOBER

FRI 3	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 4	Kid Carpet And The Noisy Garden Centre	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
THU 9	The Haar *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 21	Jamie Lawson	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

NOVEMBER

TUE 4	Keith James: The Songs of Nick Drake	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 7	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 13	Manu Louis	EXPERIMENTAL	BUY TICKETS
SUN 16	Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

DECEMBER

FRI 5	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 6	Stephen K Amos: Now We're Talking *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 19	Northern Soul Night featuring The Croupiers	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

JANUARY

SAT 24

The Specials Ltd: 'Too Much Too Young' *

GIGS

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FEBRUARY