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MARCH

FRI 1	Late Lounge @ Firstsite: Loula Yorke, The Abominable Mr Tinkler + Guests *	GIGS
FRI 1	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * 12 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
SAT 2	Wonderful Weekends - Booster Cushion Theatre: Little Red Riding Hood and Friends 10 TICKETS LEFT	COMMUNITY
SAT 2	Keep Colchester Cool presents Colchester's Sound feat Slugworth + Gasoline Green + Artificially Yours + Gabriela Eva *	GIGS
SUN 3	Justin Moorhouse: Stretch & Think *	COMEDY
SUN 3	Wonderful Weekends - Crafty Sundays with Caroline and Mary 1 TICKET LEFT	COMMUNITY
MON 4	The Churchfitters * 26 TICKETS LEFT	FOLK
WED 6	Wonderful Wednesdays - Louise Orwin: Famehungry 49 TICKETS LEFT	PERFORMANCE
THU 7	Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates	PERFORMANCE
FRI 8	Schools Rock Prom 2024	GIGS
SAT 9	Lyngo Theatre: The Little Prince	FAMILY
SAT 9	Wonderful Weekends - Booster Cushion Theatre: Big Goldilocks and the Three Bears Plus SOLD OUT	COMMUNITY
SAT 9	Martin Turner Ex Wishbone Ash: Live Dates Volume II... plus *	GIGS
SUN 10	Wonderful Weekends - Crafty Sundays with Caroline and Mary 1 TICKET LEFT	COMMUNITY
SUN 10	Jazz Dynamos - Jazz'n'80s - featuring Lucy Randell	JAZZ
MON 11	Sam Sweeney *	FOLK
TUE 12	Martha Tilston Trio	GIGS
WED 13	Wonderful Wednesdays - Moritz Praxmarer: The Story of Larry / Shon Dale Jones: Cracking 46 TICKETS LEFT	PERFORMANCE
THU 14	Putan Club + Earth Mother F*cker + Weapon Eyes	GIGS
FRI 15	The Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz: Fancy Another Round? *	COMEDY
SAT 16	Author Event - No Ordinary Day - John Murray and Matt Johnson in conversation *	LITERATURE
SAT 16	The Smyths * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SUN 17	Vinyl Sessions: The Clash - London Calling	VINYL
SUN 17	Tom Houghton: It's Not Ideal	COMEDY
MON 18	Martin Simpson *	FOLK
TUE 19	Conan + Wallowing + Goat Monsoon	GIGS
WED 20	Wonderful Wednesdays - Frankie Thompson: CAttS 50 TICKETS LEFT	PERFORMANCE
THU 21	Jon Courtenay: Bigger * CANCELLED	COMEDY
FRI 22	Colchester Schools Prom 2024 @ Charter Hall *	CLASSICAL
FRI 22	Fiona Allen On The Run *	COMEDY
SAT 23	Indigo Moon Theatre: The Lost Forest	FAMILY
SAT 23	Wonderful Weekends - Chris Mayne's World of Magic 42 TICKETS LEFT	COMMUNITY
SAT 23	What A Waste - The Ian Dury & The Blockheads Show *	GIGS
SUN 24	Wonderful Weekends - Crafty Sundays with Caroline and Mary 22 TICKETS LEFT	COMMUNITY
SUN 24	Aaron Simmonds: Hot Wheels & Baby Steps	COMEDY
MON 25	Emily Portman & Rob Harbron *	FOLK
TUE 26	Tom Meighan Acoustic * 2 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
WED 27	Wonderful Wednesdays - Luke Rogers: There Will Be A Party	PERFORMANCE
SAT 30	Wonderful Weekends - Sandal Sticks Theatre: The Tinderbox and Other Stories 48 TICKETS LEFT	COMMUNITY
SAT 30	People Like Us (aka Vicki Bennett): The Library of Babel (2023) + Diacritical Mark	GIGS
SUN 31	Wonderful Weekends - Crafty Sundays with Caroline and Mary 24 TICKETS LEFT	COMMUNITY

FEBRUARY

THU 1	15th Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival	ALE & CIDER
FRI 2	15th Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival	ALE & CIDER
FRI 2	Late Lounge @ Firstsite: Meemo Comma, DJ Grumb + Guests * 16 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SAT 3	15th Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival	ALE & CIDER
MON 5	Kitewing *	FOLK
TUE 6	Malevolence + Pain of Truth + Rough Justice * SOLD OUT	GIGS
WED 7	Henge + Dogshow	GIGS
THU 8	Ania Magliano: I Can't believe You've Done This	COMEDY
FRI 9	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * 4 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
SAT 10	The Witch and the Egg	FAMILY
SAT 10	Eddie & The Hot Rods + The Rezidents	GIGS
SUN 11	Vinyl Sessions: PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love	VINYL
SUN 11	Alfie Moore: Work In Progress 1 TICKET LEFT	COMEDY
MON 12	Harbottle & Jonas *	FOLK
THU 15	Sixth Form College Battle of the Bands *	GIGS
FRI 16	Sam Avery: How Not To Be A Terrible Parent	COMEDY
SAT 17	Rob Auton – The Rob Auton Show	COMEDY
SUN 18	N'Faly Kouyaté: The Ré-Génération Tour	GIGS
MON 19	Show Of Hands * SOLD OUT	FOLK
TUE 20	The Magic of Terry Pratchett * SOLD OUT	LITERATURE
WED 21	Wonderful Wednesdays - Subira Joy: Kill The Cop Inside Your Head	PERFORMANCE
FRI 23	Let There B/DC *	GIGS
SAT 24	Indigo Moon Theatre: Jungle Book	FAMILY
SAT 24	Shakatak * 19 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SUN 25	JA Performing Arts Showcase *	FAMILY
SUN 25	Philip Clouts Quartet	JAZZ
MON 26	James Delarre & Saul Rose *	FOLK
TUE 27	Chloe Petts: If You Can't Say Anything Nice	COMEDY
WED 28	Lust For Life (Glen Matlock, Clem Burke & Katie Puckrik) *	GIGS
THU 29	Lust for Life (Glen Matlock, Clem Burke & Katie Puckrik) * SOLD OUT	GIGS

JANUARY

MON 1	Heritage Tour NYD: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester*	WALKING TOUR
SAT 6	The Great Arts Centre Jumble Sale	JUMBLE SALE
MON 8	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM
TUE 9	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM
WED 10	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM
THU 11	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM
THU 11	Julia Drouhin & Blenno Die Wurstbrücke Povera + Pettaluck + Strandings	GIGS
FRI 12	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM
FRI 12	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SAT 13	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM
SAT 13	British Lion * 1 TICKET LEFT	GIGS
SUN 14	The Baby Question - An At Home Digital Screening on Demand*	FILM
WED 17	Viggo Venn * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
THU 18	Onipa + Hobo Chang	GIGS
FRI 19	Viggo Venn * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SAT 20	Nicola Werenowska: Playwriting Surgeries	WORKSHOP
SAT 20	Goodiepal + V-Lars + Koolroc'e + Lee Ashcroft	GIGS
SUN 21	Vinyl Sessions: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral	VINYL
TUE 23	Venomous Concept + Taupe + Jotnarr CANCELLED	GIGS
THU 25	Clearwater Creedence Revival * 7 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
FRI 26	Tom Stade: Natural Born Killer * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SAT 27	Nicola Werenowska & Peter Jones: Little Star Poetry Workshop	WORKSHOP
SAT 27	Pete Firman: TrikTok 1 TICKET LEFT	MAGIC
SUN 28	Teddy Bear's Concert SOLD OUT	FAMILY
SUN 28	Tommaso Starace Organ Trio play Bird and Cannonball	JAZZ
MON 29	Kegs *	FOLK
WED 31	15th Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival	ALE & CIDER

DECEMBER

FRI 1	Friday Afternoon Club SOLD OUT	VARIETY
FRI 1	Late Lounge @ Firstsite * 2 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
FRI 1	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * 36 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
SAT 2	Fell Out Boy + The Black Charade + L1nkn P4rk * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SUN 3	Heritage Tour X: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* SOLD OUT	WALKING TOUR
SUN 3	Theatricool Winter Showcase 2023 (Doors 1.30pm, Show 2pm) *	SHOWCASE
SUN 3	Theatricool Winter Showcase 2023 (Doors open 4pm, show 4.30pm) * 31 TICKETS LEFT	SHOWCASE
SUN 3	The Joe Allard Commission 2023: John Carlin	GIGS
MON 4	The Ciderhouse Rebellion *	FOLK
TUE 5	Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates	PERFORMANCE
WED 6	The Sugar Dandies' Christmas Tea Dance 25 TICKETS LEFT	TEA DANCE
THU 7	Ruts DC	GIGS
FRI 8	Manchester Calling! Ft. The Total Stone Roses, The Smiths Presumably & Oaysis * SOLD OUT	GIGS
FRI 8	Late Lounge @ Firstsite * 13 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SAT 9	Of Mice & Men + Caskets + Defects * 1 TICKET LEFT	GIGS
SUN 10	Vinyl Sessions: The Ramones - It's Alive	VINYL
SUN 10	A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Movie... And the Music of Vince Guaraldi	JAZZ
MON 11	The Wilderness Yet *	FOLK
TUE 12	Spear of Destiny *	GIGS
THU 14	Sh!t Theatre: Sing-a-long-a Muppet Christmas Carol SOLD OUT	XMAS STORY
FRI 15	Nine Below Zero + Dr Feelgood * 4 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SAT 16	Christmas Poetry Bash featuring John Cooper Clarke , Martin Newell and Luke Wright * SOLD OUT	POETRY
MON 18	The Blockheads * 1 TICKET LEFT	GIGS
TUE 19	Mediaeval Baebes * 3 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
WED 20	I Hear Voices Theatre Co: A Ghost Story For Christmas: The Stalls of Tarchester	PERFORMANCE
THU 21	Classic Horror Nights: Blood From The Mummy's Tomb (1971)	FILM
FRI 22	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic SOLD OUT	FAMILY
FRI 22	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic SOLD OUT	FAMILY
SAT 23	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic SOLD OUT	FAMILY
SAT 23	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic 4 TICKETS LEFT	FAMILY
SAT 23	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight 9 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS STORY
SUN 24	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic 4 TICKETS LEFT	FAMILY
SUN 24	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic SOLD OUT	FAMILY
SUN 24	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight 4 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS STORY
WED 27	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic SOLD OUT	FAMILY
THU 28	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic SOLD OUT	FAMILY
THU 28	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY
FRI 29	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY
FRI 29	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic 48 TICKETS LEFT	FAMILY
SAT 30	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY
SAT 30	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic 2 TICKETS LEFT	FAMILY
SUN 31	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY
SUN 31	Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic	FAMILY
SUN 31	The Laughter Zone New Years Eve Special! + After Show Club Night *	COMEDY

NOVEMBER

WED 1	Wonderful Wednesdays: Luca Rutherford - You Heard Me 14 TICKETS LEFT	PERFORMANCE
THU 2	Chris Cleverley + Rosalind Harniess	GIGS
FRI 3	Friday Afternoon Club 3 TICKETS LEFT	VARIETY
FRI 3	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SAT 4	Olaf Falafel's Super Stupid Show (20% More Stupider)	FAMILY
SAT 4	Jo Caulfield: Here Comes Trouble	COMEDY
SUN 5	Heritage Tour B: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* SOLD OUT	WALKING TOUR
SUN 5	King King *	GIGS
MON 6	Pons Aelius *	FOLK
TUE 7	Silver Moth + Samana	GIGS
WED 8	Wonderful Wednesdays: John Osborne - The New Blur Album	PERFORMANCE
THU 9	Frozen Light: The Bar At The Edge Of Time* SOLD OUT	PERFORMANCE
THU 9	Frozen Light: The Bar At The Edge Of Time* SOLD OUT	PERFORMANCE
FRI 10	Frozen Light: The Bar At The Edge Of Time* SOLD OUT	PERFORMANCE
FRI 10	Frozen Light: The Bar At The Edge Of Time* SOLD OUT	PERFORMANCE
SAT 11	Frozen Light: The Bar At The Edge Of Time* SOLD OUT	PERFORMANCE
SAT 11	Frozen Light: The Bar At The Edge Of Time* SOLD OUT	PERFORMANCE
SAT 11	Stephen K Amos: Oxymoron 2 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
SUN 12	Ben Hart: Jadoo	MAGIC
MON 13	Blazin Fiddles * SOLD OUT	FOLK
TUE 14	Brian Bilston * 2 TICKETS LEFT	POETRY
WED 15	Wonderful Wednesdays: Eloina - High Steaks SOLD OUT	PERFORMANCE
FRI 17	Zion Train + Johnny Fisher AKA Cyberdog	GIGS
FRI 17	Late Lounge @ Firstsite * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SAT 18	John Hegley: I Am A Poetato	FAMILY
SAT 18	Keep Colchester Cool presents Colchester's Sound feat Bridget + Greebo + Butterfly Handshake + Generation Feral *	GIGS
SUN 19	Vinyl Sessions: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')	VINYL
SUN 19	Tim Kliphuis Trio	JAZZ
MON 20	The Trials of Cato * SOLD OUT	FOLK
TUE 21	Gong + Ozric Tentacles SOLD OUT	GIGS
WED 22	Poetry Workshop with John Hegley (At The Lawrence Walker Community Centre, 31 Priory Walk) 11 TICKETS LEFT	WORKSHOP
WED 22	Wonderful Wednesdays: Richard Layzell - Psychosomatic 50 TICKETS LEFT	PERFORMANCE
THU 23	Classic Horror Nights: The Uncanny (1977)	FILM
FRI 24	The LipSinkers	CABARET
SAT 25	Frock Swap	OTHER
SAT 25	Jay Stapley & Robin A Smith: An Evening of Cool Blues / Soul / Jazz *	GIGS
SUN 26	Crime & The City Solution + Joshua Murphy + Earth Mother F*cker	GIGS
MON 27	Sam Kelly & Jamie Francis *	FOLK
TUE 28	Underdog Crew Studios Annual Awards Ceremony + Essex Doc Fest SOLD OUT	FILM
WED 29	Wonderful Wednesdays: Will Dickie - White Sun	PERFORMANCE
THU 30	Geoff Norcott: Basic Bloke * SOLD OUT	COMEDY

OCTOBER

SUN 1	Heritage Tour A: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* 14 TICKETS LEFT	WALKING TOUR
SUN 1	Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell	GIGS
MON 2	Ellie Gowers *	FOLK
THU 5	The Steve Ignorant Band: Crass Songs	GIGS
FRI 6	Friday Afternoon Club	VARIETY
FRI 6	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 7	Choc 'n Gilly Reunion 2023 *	GIGS
SUN 8	Gasper Nali + Michael Mountain	WORLD MUSIC
MON 9	The Jackie Oates Trio *	FOLK
TUE 10	Monsters In Our Midst: Tales of True Crime with Geoffrey Wansell *	LITERATURE
WED 11	Wonderful Wednesdays - Alice d'Lumiere: Trans Lady Sings!	PERFORMANCE
FRI 13	Fleetwood Bac *	GIGS
SAT 14	Booster Cushion Theatre: Little Red Riding Hood	FAMILY
SAT 14	Evile + Beneath The Embers + Regicide	GIGS
SUN 15	Vinyl Sessions: My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade	VINYL
SUN 15	Martin Kohlstedt	GIGS
MON 16	Clive Carroll plays the music of John Renbourn *	FOLK
TUE 17	Ghosts of Atlantis + Existentialist + Draugrheim	GIGS
WED 18	Wonderful Wednesdays: Luke Wright's Silver Jubilee	PERFORMANCE
THU 19	Colchester Fringe Festival: Toby - L*dyL*ke	DANCE
THU 19	Colchester Fringe Festival: Standing on a Nail - A Queer Horror Story	PERFORMANCE
FRI 20	Colchester Fringe Festival: Toby - L*dyL*ke	DANCE
FRI 20	Colchester Fringe Festival: Flamenco Express	DANCE
FRI 20	Colchester Fringe Festival: PaperHouse Productions - Zhooshy Cabaret	CABARET
SAT 21	Colchester Fringe Festival: Stage Write - Living With Luke	PERFORMANCE
SAT 21	Colchester Fringe Festival: Stage Write - Living With Luke	PERFORMANCE
SAT 21	Colchester Fringe Festival: Flamenco Express	DANCE
SAT 21	Colchester Fringe Festival: Standing on a Nail - A Queer Horror Story	PERFORMANCE
SAT 21	Colchester Fringe Festival: PaperHouse Productions - Zhooshy Cabaret	CABARET
SUN 22	Antonio Forcione & Dado Pasqualini	JAZZ
MON 23	Suthering *	FOLK
TUE 24	Jesca Hoop	GIGS
FRI 27	Police Dog Hogan	GIGS
SAT 28	James Phelan - The Greatest Magician: An Evening of Wonders	MAGIC
SUN 29	Reverend Richard Coles: Borderline National Trinket * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
MON 30	John Kirkpatrick: The Victorian farmer's Year In Song *	FOLK
TUE 31	Classic Horror Nights: Scars of Dracula (1970)	FILM

SEPTEMBER

FRI 1	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 2	The Guns 'n Roses Experience + Pure Jovi * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SUN 3	Heritage Tour B: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* 5 TICKETS LEFT	WALKING TOUR
SUN 3	Navratri: The Glorious Gujarati Festival of Dance	DANCE
TUE 5	John Hegley: Fresh From the Fringe	POETRY
FRI 8	Juan Martin *	WORLD MUSIC
SUN 10	Vinyl Sessions: Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion	VINYL
TUE 12	Urzila Carlson: Just No * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
THU 14	Classic Horror Nights: Peter Cushing Peoples' Choice: Brides of Dracula	FILM
FRI 15	Markus Birdman: Platinum * CANCELLED	COMEDY
SAT 16	Mick Harvey ft Amanda Acevedo + JP Shilo + Sometimes With Others: The Invisible Blue Unicorns	GIGS
SUN 17	Heritage Tour X: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* 18 TICKETS LEFT	WALKING TOUR
SUN 17	No Big Deal	JAZZ
TUE 19	Hayseed Dixie + The Fargo Railroad Co	GIGS
THU 21	теплота + Weapon Eyes	GIGS
FRI 22	The Style Councillors *	GIGS
SAT 23	Classic Horror Nights Special! The Brain That Wouldn't Die - with a live score by Jason Frederick	FILM
SUN 24	Martin Newell's Golden Afternoon	GIGS
SUN 24	I Hear Voices Theatre Co: Poets Day	PERFORMANCE
MON 25	Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth *	FOLK
TUE 26	Miranda Sex Garden + Bleedingblackwood	GIGS
WED 27	Tom Morris and the Sacconi Quartet: 'Beethoven in the Dark' *	CLASSICAL
WED 27	Ben Goldscheider (horn) and Alex Groves (electronics) *	CLASSICAL
THU 28	Fishclaw	GIGS
FRI 29	Live/Wire *	GIGS
SAT 30	Faux Fighters UK + Foxymop + Stereophonies * SOLD OUT	GIGS

JUNE

SUN 11	Tristan	JAZZ
THU 15	The Fillers *	GIGS

MAY

FRI 12	Simon Brodkin: Screwed Up *	COMEDY
THU 18	The Wedding Present	GIGS
SAT 20	Ian Prowse & Amsterdam - Pele Fireworks 30th Anniversary Tour *	GIGS
THU 25	The Blue Project SOLD OUT	GIGS
FRI 26	Limehouse Lizzy	MUSIC
SUN 28	Talinka	JAZZ

APRIL

SAT 1	Diva Purple: All Female Tribute to Deep Purple + The Upsy Daisies	GIGS
THU 6	Axel Blake: In Style *	COMEDY
SAT 8	Susie Dent presents The Secret Lives of Words *	LITERATURE
THU 20	Rhys James: Spilt Milk	COMEDY
FRI 21	John Kearns: The Varnishing Days	COMEDY
SAT 22	Ola Onabule	GIGS
SUN 23	Emily Saunders	JAZZ
THU 27	Wishbone Ash *	GIGS
SAT 29	Wi-Fi Wars (Family Friendly)	KIDS
SAT 29	Wi-Fi Wars	COMEDY