Archive

OCTOBER

SUN 1	Matt Ridley Quartet	JAZZ
MON 2	Alden, Patterson & Dashwood *	FOLK
TUE 3	Robin Ince: Pragmatic Insanity	COMEDY
WED 4	Jenny Lee: Heartbeats & Algorithms	PERFORMANCE
THU 5	Sharon Shannon *	FOLK
FRI 6	Farmers Market	MARKET
FRI 6	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 7	Colchester Games Fair	FAIR
SAT 7	Simon Day, In Character 36 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
SUN 8	Kills On Wheels	FILM
MON 9	The Young'uns - Strangers Album Tour *	FOLK
TUE 10	Mark Thomas: A Show That Gambles On The Future	COMEDY
WED 11	Figs In Wigs: Often Onstage	PERFORMANCE
THU 12	Kevin Pearce: Album Launch	GIGS
SAT 14	Comedy Club 4 Kids with BSL interpretation	KIDS
SAT 14	Jeremy Hardy Live 2017 * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SUN 15	COLCHESTER HERITAGE TOUR WITH SIR BOB RUSSELL - TOUR A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 15	Black History Month celebrates The Origins of Black Music *	GIGS
MON 16	The Sam Kelly Duo *	FOLK
TUE 17	FRANK IERO and the PATIENCE *	GIGS
WED 18	H2 Dance: Strangers & Others (Doors open 5.30pm) 29 TICKETS LEFT	PERFORMANCE
WED 18	H2 Dance: Strangers & Others (Doors open 7.45pm) 19 TICKETS LEFT	PERFORMANCE
THU 19	Laurence Clark: Independence	COMEDY
FRI 20	Phill Jupitus: Juplicity * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SAT 21	The Great British Take Off featuring Jon Culshaw & Bill Dare * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SUN 22	Charlie Wood Band	JAZZ
MON 23	Martin Simpson: Trails & Tribulations Tour *	FOLK
TUE 24	Jimeoin: Ridiculous * 5 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
WED 25	Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping Choir: Trump Depression Hotline Tour	PERFORMANCE
THU 26	AKDK + Artificially Yours + Nothing.Existed	GIGS
FRI 27	Latin Rhythm Salsaween Party *	SALSA
SAT 28	Lyngo Theatre Presents "There And Back Again- An Odyssey"	KIDS
SAT 28	Pet Shop Boys Tribute	GIGS
SUN 29	The Vinyl Sessions - Bjork: Homogenic	MUSIC
SUN 29	Akercocke + Hecate Enthroned + Terra	GIGS
MON 30	4Square *	FOLK
TUE 31	Justin Currie & The Pallbearers *	GIGS

SEPTEMBER

FRI 1	A Midsummer Nights Scream * SOLD OUT	THEATRE
FRI 1	Farmers Market	MARKET
FRI 1	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 2	Sustainable Colchester: Urban Environmentalism with Pam Nelson	STREET TOURS
SAT 2	Street Photography with Jonathan Doyle	STREET TOURS
SAT 2	A Midsummer Nights Scream * SOLD OUT	THEATRE
SAT 2	Street Cinema: Nightcrawler (At The Old Bus Depot, Queen Street)	FILM
SUN 3	Riots, Rebellions & Protests with Dorian Kelly	STREET TOURS
SUN 3	An (In)spire-rational Tour with Richard Dedomenici	STREET TOURS
THU 7	Citizen Journalism	WORKSHOP
SAT 9	Concrete Legacy with Katherine Wood	STREET TOURS
SAT 9	Street Cinema: Locke (At the Old Bus Depot, Queen Street)	FILM
SAT 9	Living With Luke (Doors 7.30pm)	THEATRE
SAT 9	Living With Luke (Doors 2.30pm)	THEATRE
SAT 9	7am with Ant Roberts	STREET TOURS
SUN 10	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 10	Tom Stade: I Swear 25 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
SUN 10	Haunted Colchester with Rob Brown	STREET TOURS
MON 11	Pons Aelius *	FOLK
TUE 12	Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle	FILM
WED 13	Simon Finn + The Doomed Bird of Providence + Harpoon Group	GIGS
THU 14	Nathan Caton: The Pursuit of Happiness	COMEDY
FRI 15	Maya Youssef Trio *	CLASSICAL
SAT 16	Place Story Artefact: Exploring the Walk as Art with Sara Hayes	STREET TOURS
SAT 16	Street Cinema: The Motorcycle Diaries (At The Old Bus Depot, Queen Street)	FILM
SAT 16	Jessica Walker Cabaret Songs *	CLASSICAL
SAT 16	Sustainable Colchester: Green Living and Learning with Emily Harrup	STREET TOURS
SUN 17	Lost Theatres Of Colchester With Dorian Kelly	STREET TOURS
SUN 17	Natalie Clein *	CLASSICAL
MON 18	Greg Russell & Jack Rutter *	FOLK
TUE 19	The End of St Petersburg with a live score by Harmonieband	FILM
THU 21	Paul Foot: 'Tis A Pity She's A Piglet	COMEDY
FRI 22	Il Sogno Del Marinaio (Featuring Mike Watt) + Mother Sky + iAlpha	GIGS
SAT 23	Street Cinema: Thelma & Louise (At the Old Bus Depot, Queen Street)	FILM
SAT 23	Street Cinema: The Wizard Of Oz	FILM
SUN 24	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 24	The Vinyl Sessions - Ride: Nowhere	MUSIC
SUN 24	Lekan Babalola's Sacred Funk Project	WORLD MUSIC
MON 25	Boo Hewerdine & Brooks Williams State of the Union *	FOLK
WED 27	Gwyneth Herbert & her band *	FOLK
THU 28	Alan Moore & MacGillivray *	LIVE LITERATURE
FRI 29	Street Hunt	STREET HUNT
FRI 29	John Otway	GIGS
SAT 30	RHYTHM AND TASTE! BHANGRA MASALA BY INDI SANDHU - BHANGRA CHEF PRESENTS: BOLLYMASALA	KIDS
SAT 30	Paul Zerdin: All Mouth * 2 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY

AUGUST

THU 3	Trembling Bells, Mike Heron & Ed Askew - The Summer of Love Anniversary Tour	GIGS
FRI 4	Farmers Market *	MARKET
FRI 4	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 5	King Ayisoba + Hobo Chang	GIGS
SUN 6	Vinyl Sessions Jazz Open House	MUSIC
TUE 8	Kids Summer Arts Festival: Majestic Kids - It's A Small World	KIDS
WED 9	Kids Summer Arts Festival: Majestic Kids - It's A Small World	KIDS
THU 10	Kids Summer Arts Festival: Majestic Kids - It's A Small World	KIDS
FRI 11	Kids Summer Arts Festival: Majestic Kids - It's A Small World	KIDS
SUN 13	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SAT 19	Cryptopsy + Jotnarr + A Bribe For The Ferryman	GIGS
WED 23	Milton Jones Is Nearly Out There: Work In Progress * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
THU 24	65daysofstatic + Meemo Comma	GIGS
SAT 26	Street Cinema: A Streetcat Named Bob (At The Old Bus Depot, Queen Street)	FILM
SAT 26	Steemy Dan	GIGS
SAT 26	Street Cinema: Mad Max: Fury Road (At the Old Bus Depot, Queen Street)	FILM
SUN 27	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 27	Colchester Vegan Fair	VEGAN FAIR
TUE 29	Essex Book Festival presents Putrid Potion Workshop *	KIDS
TUE 29	Essex Book Festival presents The Super Stinky Pongorific Gameshow *	KIDS
WED 30	A Midsummer Nights Scream * SOLD OUT	THEATRE
WED 30	Vaudou Game	WORLD MUSIC
THU 31	A Midsummer Nights Scream * SOLD OUT	THEATRE

JULY

SUN 2	Darius Brubeck Quartet	JAZZ
SUN 2	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
TUE 4	VIBE PRESENTS	GIGS
WED 5	Sabar Drumming Workshop with Modou Diouf	WORLD MUSIC
WED 5	An Evening of African Kora & Sabar Drumming with Modou Diouf & Sefo Kanuteh	WORLD MUSIC
THU 6	Industrial Soundtrack for the Urban Decay + Paris/Berlin: 20 Years of Underground Techno	FILM
FRI 7	Farmers Market *	MARKET
FRI 7	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 8	D'Ukes Fest 2017	GIGS
SAT 8	D'Ukes	GIGS
TUE 11	Aspergers Are Us	COMEDY
THU 13	Classic Horror Nights Double Bill! Satanic Rites of Dracula + The Abominable Dr Phibes	FILM
FRI 14	The Latin Rhythm presents Son Yambu	SALSA
SAT 15	New Town Kings + Drive + (((Palindromes))) + Stitch & Bitch DJs: A John Ball Day Special	GIGS
FRI 21	Mammalian Diving Reflex, Darren O'Donnell: All The Sex I've Ever Had	PERFORMANCE
SAT 22	Mammalian Diving Reflex, Darren O'Donnell: All The Sex I've Ever Had	PERFORMANCE
MON 24	Tunde Jegede & The Art Ensemble of Lagos	WORLD MUSIC
TUE 25	Colne Valley Youth Orchestra Fundraising Concert	CLASSICAL
THU 27	Steve Harris British Lion * SOLD OUT	GIGS
FRI 28	Shitmat + An Unnecessarily Justified With + Sam Fez	GIGS
SAT 29	Sesh For Luke *	GIGS
SUN 30	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 30	The African Salsa Orchestra	WORLD MUSIC

JUNE

THU 1	32nd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival *	BEER
FRI 2	32nd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival *	BEER
SAT 3	32nd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival *	BEER
SUN 4	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 4	Solstice	JAZZ
FRI 9	Farmers Market *	MARKET
FRI 9	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 10	Frock Swap!	FASHION
SAT 10	Terry Alderton	COMEDY
SUN 11	Virtuosity - In Aid Of MS-UK *	GIGS
MON 12	Solstafir + Tropic of Xhao	GIGS
TUE 13	Zu + Earthmass + Meadows	GIGS
WED 14	Ursula Martinez: Free Admission	PERFORMANCE
THU 15	Steve Ashley	FOLK
FRI 16	Limehouse Lizzy *	GIGS
SUN 18	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 18	Torus	JAZZ
TUE 20	James Veitch: Game Face	COMEDY
WED 21	Summer Solstice Celebration: A Midsummer Night's Dream *	GIGS
THU 22	Acoustic Strawbs *	FOLK
FRI 23	Katy Brand - I Was a Teenage Christian	COMEDY
SAT 24	Compagnie Animotion: Watch your feet! And your hands! Workshop	KIDS
SAT 24	Compagnie Animotion presents The War Of The Buttons (With Integrated BSL)	KIDS
SAT 24	Monster Florence *	GIGS
SUN 25	The Vinyl Sessions - Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland	MUSIC
TUE 27	Laniakea + Thighpaulsandra (Ex Coil) + Jessica Moss (Thee Silver Mt Zion)	GIGS
WED 28	An Audience With Author Sarah Perry *	LITERATURE
THU 29	Classic Horror Nights! Theatre of Blood + Q&A with Madeline Smith	FILM
FRI 30	The Noise Next Door: Uproar!	COMEDY

MAY

TUE 2	Lance Corporal Richard Jones * SOLD OUT	MAGIC
WED 3	Peter McMaster: 27	PERFORMANCE
THU 4	Illuminating Alice	THEATRE
FRI 5	Farmers Market Plus	MARKET
FRI 5	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 6	Committed To The Blues Brothers *	GIGS
SUN 7	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 7	Partikel	JAZZ
MON 8	Jon Boden * 23 TICKETS LEFT	FOLK
WED 10	Stefanie Mueller: Prelude to a Coat	PERFORMANCE
THU 11	Theatre at Breakfast Time! Stefanie Mueller: Prelude to a Coat	PERFORMANCE
THU 11	Anna & Elizabeth + East Creek Union	FOLK
FRI 12	Classic Horror Nights! Dracula AD 1972	FILM
SAT 13	Three Half Pints presents The Three Musketeers	KIDS
SAT 13	Three Half Pints presents The Three Musketeers (Relaxed Performance)	KIDS
SAT 13	The Swing Spectacular * 31 TICKETS LEFT	SWING
MON 15	Benji Kirkpatrick (ex Bellowhead) *	FOLK
TUE 16	Brian Conley: The Greatest Entertainer (In His Price Range) * 8 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
WED 17	Old Trunk: Fran & Leni	PERFORMANCE
THU 18	Vein	JAZZ
FRI 19	John Callaghan + USOL + Jotnarr + The Abominable Mr Tinkler + DJGram	GIGS
SAT 20	CKY SOLD OUT	GIGS
SUN 21	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 21	The Vinyl Sessions - Miles Davis: Kind of Blue	MUSIC
SUN 21	Cara Dillon *	FOLK
MON 22	Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan *	FOLK
WED 24	Francesca Beard: How To Survive A Post-Truth Apocalypse	PERFORMANCE
FRI 26	Cut Hands + Possession Trance + The Fez!	GIGS
SAT 27	Sea Legs Puppet Theatre presents The Musicians of Bremen	KIDS
SAT 27	Sea Legs Puppet Theatre presents The Musicians of Bremen (Relaxed Performance with BSL)	KIDS
SUN 28	The Warm & Toasty Club... Goes Coast To Coast	GIGS
SUN 28	Ayesha Hazarika: The State of the Nation	COMEDY
TUE 30	32nd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival *	BEER
WED 31	32nd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival *	BEER

APRIL

SAT 1	Variety Night 2 TICKETS LEFT	VARIETY
SUN 2	Alison Rayner Quintet	JAZZ
MON 3	Rag Mama Rag *	FOLK
WED 5	Greg Wohead: Celebration, Florida + Lucy Hutson: Bi-Curious George and Other Side Kicks	PERFORMANCE
THU 6	Rob Rouse: Are You Sitting Comfortably?	COMEDY
FRI 7	Farmers Market	MARKET
FRI 7	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 8	David Bowie - All Golden Years *	GIGS
SUN 9	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 9	Free Djembe Drumming Workshops all day	WORKSHOP
SUN 9	Fin Taylor + Mat Ewins - POSTPONED	COMEDY
MON 10	Mairearad Green & Anna Massie *	FOLK
TUE 11	Steve Ignorant's Slice Of Life + Pet Needs	GIGS
WED 12	Nigel Barrett & Louise Mari: Margate/Dreamland	PERFORMANCE
THU 13	Dr Phil Hammond: Dr Phil's Health Revolution 17 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
FRI 14	Superglu + Ordinary Noise + Gaffa Tape Sandy	GIGS
SAT 15	Roving Crows	GIGS
SAT 15	Paper Balloon presents The Boy and The Mermaid - Relaxed Performance with BSL interpretation	KIDS
SAT 15	Paper Balloon presents The Boy and The Mermaid	KIDS
SUN 16	Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker + Matt Buckle	GIGS
TUE 18	Trans Am + Mother Sky + Nothing.Existed	GIGS
WED 19	Tim Bromage	PERFORMANCE
THU 20	Zoe Lyons: Little Misfit	COMEDY
FRI 21	Bang Said The Gun	POETRY
SUN 23	The Vinyl Sessions - Television: Marquee Moon	MUSIC
SUN 23	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 23	Kiri Pritchard-McLean	COMEDY
MON 24	Moore, Moss & Rutter *	FOLK
TUE 25	Hayseed Dixie + Datcha Mandala *	GIGS
WED 26	Catherine Hoffmann: Free Lunch with the StenchWench	PERFORMANCE
THU 27	Tony Law: A Law Unto His-Elf What Welcome	COMEDY
FRI 28	An Evening With Ian McCulloch * 25 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SAT 29	Comedy Club 4 Kids (with BSL Sign Language Interpretation) SOLD OUT	KIDS
SAT 29	The Floyd Effect: Dark Side of the Moon & Beyond * 2 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS

MARCH

WED 1	Access All Areas: The Misfit Analysis	PERFORMANCE
FRI 3	Farmers Market	MARKET
FRI 3	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 4	Richard Herring: The Best * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SUN 5	Georgia Mancio's Quadro	JAZZ
MON 6	Mawkin *	FOLK
TUE 7	MacGillivray + Laura Cannell + Harpoon Group	GIGS
WED 8	Turning Worlds Dance Company: Semaphore#Selfies	PERFORMANCE
THU 9	Idles + Rad Pitt + Abode	GIGS
FRI 10	The Beat featuring Ranking Roger * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SAT 11	Family Folk Show with Megson	KIDS
SAT 11	Camille OSullivan: The Carny Dream *	GIGS
SUN 12	Antonio Forcione & Sarah Jane Morris	JAZZ
MON 13	Leveret *	FOLK
TUE 14	Seann Walsh: One For The Road * 11 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
WED 15	Natasha Davis: Fifty Rooms	PERFORMANCE
THU 16	Peter Hook & The Light: The Substance Tour * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SAT 18	An Evening With The Archers Actress Sunny Ormonde (the outrageous Lilian Bellamy!)	TALK
MON 20	The Rheingans Sisters *	FOLK
WED 22	Third Angel: Partus	PERFORMANCE
THU 23	Theatre at Breakfast Time! Third Angel: Partus	PERFORMANCE
FRI 24	Sara Pascoe: Animal SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SAT 25	Lyngo Theatre Presents "Egg And Spoon" 10:50am	KIDS
SAT 25	Lyngo Theatre Presents "Egg And Spoon" 12:35pm	KIDS
SAT 25	Lyngo Theatre Presents "Egg And Spoon" 2:20pm	KIDS
SAT 25	Undiscovered Live Music Contest: The Final *	GIGS
SUN 26	The Vinyl Sessions - Beastie Boys: Ill Communication	MUSIC
SUN 26	Paul Clipson with Shinya Sugimoto & Jeremy Young present Total Fiction (2017) + Nathaniel Mann	GIGS
MON 27	Clive Carroll *	FOLK
WED 29	Scottee: Bravado	PERFORMANCE
THU 30	Space + Warm Winters + Surge	GIGS
FRI 31	Essex Book Festival: The Final Fling *	VARIETY

FEBRUARY

WED 1	Where You're Meant To Be	FILM
THU 2	Iain Stirling: Onwards!	COMEDY
FRI 3	Farmers Market	MARKET
SUN 5	Teddy Bears Concert 3 TICKETS LEFT	KIDS
SUN 5	Tori Freestone Trio	JAZZ
MON 6	Breabach *	FOLK
WED 8	Sylvia Rimat: This Moment Now	PERFORMANCE
THU 9	Sixth Form College Battle of the Bands *	GIGS
FRI 10	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 11	Theatre Rites presents Beasty Baby	KIDS
SAT 11	Theatre Rites presents Beasty Baby - Relaxed Performance	KIDS
SAT 11	Shunted Again! Steve Gribbin's Real Story of the Railways	COMEDY
SUN 12	Arts Olam presents Room To Move * 1 TICKET LEFT	KIDS
SUN 12	Thought Forms + Aithur + Bosch	GIGS
MON 13	Fara *	FOLK
WED 15	Nicola Hunter: Lost Bodies	PERFORMANCE
THU 16	Andy Zaltzman: Plan Z	COMEDY
FRI 17	Zoe Lyons: Little Misfit - POSTPONED	COMEDY
SAT 18	Ulrich Schnauss (Live) + Nat Urazmetova (Visuals) + Nothng.Existed + ((((((Pallindromes))))))	GIGS
MON 20	Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle *	FOLK
TUE 21	Matt Forde: It's My Political Party (And I'll Cry if I Want To)	COMEDY
WED 22	Richard Dedomenici: The Redux Project	PERFORMANCE
THU 23	Schools Rock Prom 2017 *	GIGS
SAT 25	Fairyland Trust presents Animal Shield Workshops (Doors 10.30am)	KIDS
SAT 25	Fairyland Trust presents Animal Shield Workshops (Doors 12pm)	KIDS
SAT 25	Fairyland Trust presents Animal Shield Workshops (Doors 1.30pm)	KIDS
SAT 25	Grumbling Fur + Radio Orwell + Up	GIGS
SUN 26	Alasdair Roberts Trio + Sound of Yell	FOLK
MON 27	Martin Carthy & John Kirkpatrick *	FOLK
TUE 28	Justin Moorhouse: People & Feelings	COMEDY

JANUARY

MON 2	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 1.30pm)	XMAS KIDS
MON 2	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 10.30am) Relaxed Performance	XMAS KIDS
TUE 3	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 10.30am) 50 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS KIDS
SAT 7	Jumble Sale hosted by Hunt & Darton	JUMBLE SALE
SUN 8	Chris Allard: Invisible Landscape	JAZZ
MON 9	Pete Morton *	FOLK
WED 11	Trevor Cordwell's Piano Recital * - CANCELLED	CLASSICAL
FRI 13	The Prettiest Starman (One Year On) SOLD OUT	GIGS
SAT 14	On For 2017	GIGS
MON 16	James Delarre (Mawkin) & Saul Rose (Faustus) *	FOLK
WED 18	[UNIT] 2 TICKETS LEFT	PERFORMANCE
THU 19	Paul Jones & Dave Kelly *	GIGS
FRI 20	Whole Lotta Led * 49 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SAT 21	Nick Cope's Family Concert (With BSL Sign Language Interpretation) SOLD OUT	KIDS
SAT 21	Jenny Eclair: How to be a Middle Aged Woman (Without Going Insane) * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
MON 23	John Dipper & Dave Malkin *	FOLK
WED 25	10th Colchester Winter Beer Festival *	BEER
THU 26	10th Colchester Winter Beer Festival *	BEER
FRI 27	10th Colchester Winter Beer Festival *	BEER
SAT 28	10th Colchester Winter Beer Festival *	BEER
MON 30	The Churchfitters * 1 TICKET LEFT	FOLK

DECEMBER

THU 1	Dreadzone 2 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
THU 1	Pedal-Powered Car Chase - At the Old Bus Depot, Queen Street	PERFORMANCE
FRI 2	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
FRI 2	Farmers Market	FRUIT 'N VEG
SAT 3	Made In Colchester Christmas Fair	AIR FAIR
SUN 4	Alex Merritt Quartet featuring Jeff Williams	JAZZ
MON 5	Bof! + Trio Saozon + No Strings Attached + Paul Riley & Gwendal Moele *	FOLK
TUE 6	Devilment + She Must Burn + Rezinwolf	GIGS
WED 7	Badac Theatre Company: The Box	PERFORMANCE
SAT 10	The Amazing Addrian presents An Edwardian Entertainment at Christmas - RELAXED PERFORMANCE	KIDS
SAT 10	The Blockheads * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SUN 11	Stephen K Amos: World Famous	COMEDY
MON 12	Hark Hark with Coope, Simpson, Fraser & Freya *	FOLK
TUE 13	Sh!t Theatre: Sing-a-long-a Muppet Christmas Carol	FILM
WED 14	Classic Horror Music Night	TALK
THU 15	A Terrible Case of Sherlock Holmes: The Excruciating Affair of the Ivy House Academy	THEATRE
FRI 16	Brigid Mae Power + Pollypreacher	GIGS
SAT 17	The Hosepipe Band & Martin Newell: Black Shuck	GIGS
SAT 17	Christmas Poetry Bash with John Cooper Clarke, Martin Newell, Luke Wright & Ross Sutherland SOLD OUT	POETRY
SUN 18	The Vinyl Sessions - Godspeed You Black Emperor!: F#A#Infinity + Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada	MUSIC
SUN 18	Autism Anglia presents Neurofantastic! *	TALK
MON 19	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 1.30pm)	XMAS KIDS
MON 19	Folk Club Christmas Party & Barn Dance *	FOLK
TUE 20	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 10.30am)	XMAS KIDS
TUE 20	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 1.30pm)	XMAS KIDS
WED 21	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 10.30am)	XMAS KIDS
WED 21	Gilad Atzmon's Spirit of Coltrane	JAZZ
THU 22	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 10.30am) 18 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS KIDS
THU 22	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 1.30pm) - with BSL interpretation 35 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS KIDS
THU 22	Goodiepal & Pals + The Dead Rat Orchestra + Lee Ashcroft + Mick The Hippy's Krautrock Disco	GIGS
FRI 23	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 10.30am) SOLD OUT	XMAS KIDS
FRI 23	Alice D'Lumiere's Tree Topper Cabaret!	PERFORMANCE
FRI 23	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight SOLD OUT	XMAS STORY
SAT 24	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight SOLD OUT	XMAS STORY
SAT 24	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 1.30pm) SOLD OUT	XMAS KIDS
SAT 24	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 10.30am) 2 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS KIDS
TUE 27	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 10.30am) 40 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS KIDS
TUE 27	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 1.30pm) 41 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS KIDS
TUE 27	The Fabs + Short People + The Judith Charmers * 24 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
WED 28	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 10.30am) - with BSL interpretation	XMAS KIDS
THU 29	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 10.30am)	XMAS KIDS
THU 29	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 1.30pm) 1 TICKET LEFT	XMAS KIDS
FRI 30	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 10.30am) 49 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS KIDS
SAT 31	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 10.30am) 35 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS KIDS
SAT 31	Theatre of Widdershins presents Rapunzel (Doors 1.30pm) - Audio Described 43 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS KIDS
SAT 31	New Years Eve Party with Animal Noise + Tropic of Xhao + Ghosts of Men	GIGS