Archive

MARCH

THU 2	Chloe Petts: Transience	COMEDY
THU 9	Tony Fox Sales featuring Clem Burke of Blondie * SOLD OUT	GIGS
FRI 10	Tom Houghton: Absolute Shambles	COMEDY
MON 13	Cara Dillon *	FOLK
THU 16	Kingdom of Madness: Classic Magnum featuring Mark Stanway, Micky Barker, Richard Bailey & Mo Birch SOLD OUT	GIGS
FRI 17	Lucy Porter: Wake Up Call	COMEDY
MON 20	Chris Wood *	FOLK
THU 23	Sophie Duker: Hag	COMEDY
FRI 24	The Floyd Effect: The Pink Floyd Show *	GIGS
SAT 25	The Floyd Effect: The Pink Floyd Show *	GIGS
SUN 26	Wise Woman	FOLK
MON 27	The Thumping Tommys *	FOLK
THU 30	David Harper's Romp With The Georgians	COMEDY

FEBRUARY

WED 1	Seth Lakeman * 33 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SAT 4	The Story of Swing *	GIGS
SUN 5	Jen Brister: The Optimist 21 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
MON 6	The Sharon Shannon Trio *	FOLK
THU 9	Tom Stade: The High Road	COMEDY
THU 16	Paul Foot: Swan Power	COMEDY
FRI 17	The Vapors *	GIGS
MON 20	Gigspanner Big Band *	FOLK
TUE 21	Beans on Toast	GIGS
SUN 26	The Brit Funk Association *	GIGS
MON 27	Martin & Eliza Carthy * SOLD OUT	FOLK

JANUARY

SAT 7	Rob Newman: Live On Stage	COMEDY
SAT 14	Paul Jones & Dave Kelly	GIGS
SAT 21	Bhavik Haria: Bollywood Mehfil	WORLD MUSIC
SUN 22	Emily Francis Trio	JAZZ
MON 30	The Churchfitters *	FOLK

DECEMBER

THU 1	Chris Cleverley	GIGS
FRI 2	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SUN 4	Book Launch: Never Knowingly Understood by Dr Anthony Roberts	PERFORMANCE
SUN 4	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour X *	WALKING TOUR
MON 5	India Electric Co *	FOLK
TUE 6	A Warning To The Curious - Two Ghost Stories by MR James *	THEATRE
WED 7	Sh!t Theatre: Sing-Along-A-Muppet-Christmas-Carol	FILM
THU 8	Manchester Calling! Ft. The Total Stone Roses, The Smiths Presumably & Oaysis *	GIGS
FRI 9	The Black Charade + Fell Out Boy * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SAT 10	Queefy Variety Night	CABARET
MON 12	Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman *	FOLK
TUE 13	A Christmas Carol - at The Mayor's Parlour, Colchester Town Hall *	XMAS STORY
WED 14	Therapy? *	GIGS
THU 15	Classic Horror Nights: The Devil Rides Out	FILM
FRI 16	A Christmas Carol - At Colchester Castle * 17 TICKETS LEFT	XMAS STORY
FRI 16	Pet Needs *	GIGS
SAT 17	Christmas with The LipSinkers	CABARET
SUN 18	I Hear Voices Theatre Co: Christmas Ghost Stories	THEATRE
MON 19	Mediaeval Baebes *	GIGS
THU 22	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower Of Doom (Doors open 10.30am)	KIDS XMAS
THU 22	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower of Doom (Doors open 1.30pm)	KIDS XMAS
THU 22	Christmas Poetry Bash featuring John Cooper Clarke and Martin Newell *	POETRY
FRI 23	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower Of Doom (Doors open 10.30am)	KIDS XMAS
FRI 23	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower of Doom (Doors open 1.30pm)	KIDS XMAS
FRI 23	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight	XMAS STORY
SAT 24	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower Of Doom (Doors open 10.30am)	KIDS XMAS
SAT 24	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower of Doom (Doors open 1.30pm)	KIDS XMAS
SAT 24	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight	XMAS STORY
TUE 27	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower Of Doom (Doors open 10.30am)	KIDS XMAS
TUE 27	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower of Doom (Doors open 1.30pm)	KIDS XMAS
WED 28	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower Of Doom (Doors open 10.30am)	KIDS XMAS
WED 28	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower of Doom (Doors open 1.30pm)	KIDS XMAS
THU 29	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower Of Doom (Doors open 10.30am)	KIDS XMAS
THU 29	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower of Doom (Doors open 1.30pm)	KIDS XMAS
FRI 30	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower Of Doom (Doors open 10.30am)	KIDS XMAS
FRI 30	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower of Doom (Doors open 1.30pm)	KIDS XMAS
SAT 31	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower Of Doom (Doors open 10.30am)	KIDS XMAS
SAT 31	Family Christmas Show! Theatre of Widdershins: Rapunzel & The Tower of Doom (Doors open 1.30pm)	KIDS XMAS
SAT 31	New Year's Eve Party with The Meffs and Anna's Bones*	MUSIC

NOVEMBER

TUE 1	Pussy Riot: Riot Days *	GIGS
WED 2	Wonderful Wednesdays - Emilyn Claid: Untitled	PERFORMANCE
THU 3	Essex DocFest: Unheard Voices	FILM
FRI 4	MacGillivray + Leechbook + Diana Collier	GIGS
SAT 5	Ola Onabule RESCHEDULED	GIGS
SAT 5	Choc 'n Gilly Reunion * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SUN 6	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 6	Zeal & Ardor SOLD OUT	GIGS
MON 7	Tom Moore & Archie Moss *	FOLK
TUE 8	Soumik Datta	WORLD MUSIC
WED 9	Wonderful Wednesdays - Livia Kojo Alour: Black Sheep	PERFORMANCE
THU 10	Jarboe (Swans) + Joseph Van Wissem	GIGS
FRI 11	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SAT 12	Free Playwriting Workshop: Adapting for the Stage *	WORKSHOP
SAT 12	James Taylor Quartet * 11 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SUN 13	Bhajans with Bhavik Live	WORLD MUSIC
MON 14	Lady Maisery *	FOLK
WED 16	Wonderful Wednesdays - Urban Foxes: Motherload!	PERFORMANCE
THU 17	Classic Horror Nights: Hands of the Ripper	FILM
FRI 18	Jay Stapley: I Was A Teenage Session Guitarist	GIGS
SAT 19	The Outhouse presents The Emerald City Ball *	CABARET
SUN 20	The Vinyl Sessions - The Mars Volta: De-Loused in the Comatorium	VINYL
SUN 20	Jessica Fostekew: Wench 19 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
MON 21	Free One To One Playwriting Surgeries for Underrepresented Writers *	WORKSHOP
MON 21	Kris Drever *	FOLK
TUE 22	Thea Gilmore *	GIGS
WED 23	Wonderful Wednesdays - Split Britches: Last Gasp	PERFORMANCE
FRI 25	Harriet Kemsley: Honeysuckle Island	COMEDY
SAT 26	Frock Swap *	SWAP
SAT 26	Father Earth + Q&A with Graham Fellows	FILM
SUN 27	Slay Duggee Live! 34 TICKETS LEFT	KIDS
SUN 27	Empirical + Support	JAZZ
MON 28	John Smith & Katherine Priddy *	FOLK
TUE 29	Moonspell	GIGS
WED 30	Wonderful Wednesdays - Hannah Maxwell: Nan, Me & Barbara Pravi	PERFORMANCE

OCTOBER

SAT 1	Faux Fighters UK + Foxymop + Kings of the Stone Age * 2 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SUN 2	Emily Saunders RESCHEDULED	JAZZ
SUN 2	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 2	The Vinyl Sessions - Roxy Music: Roxy Music	VINYL
MON 3	Fara *	FOLK
TUE 4	Chris McCausland: Speaky Blinder * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
WED 5	Plastica Galactica: Get Involved (Workshop) CANCELLED	WORKSHOP
WED 5	Plastica Galactica CANCELLED	PERFORMANCE
THU 6	Fuzzy Lights + Frazer Merrick + These Are End Times	GIGS
FRI 7	Kiri Pritchard-Mclean: Home Truths 42 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
SAT 8	Palaver Party	KIDS
SAT 8	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
MON 10	Breabach *	FOLK
TUE 11	Hayseed Dixie	GIGS
WED 12	Wonderful Wednesdays - Lea Anderson: Shuffle	PERFORMANCE
THU 13	Blancmange *	GIGS
FRI 14	Great Scott Featuring Scott Bennett SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SAT 15	Family Folk Show with Megson	KIDS
SAT 15	Glenn Moore: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, Glenn Im Sixty Moore SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SUN 16	I Hear Voices Theatre Co: Poets Day	THEATRE
MON 17	Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow *	FOLK
TUE 18	Flo & Joan: Sweet Release * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
WED 19	Wonderful Wednesdays: Luke Wright	POETRY
THU 20	Classic Horror Nights: Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde	FILM
FRI 21	Turin Brakes * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SAT 22	Colchester Games Fair *	FAIR
SAT 22	Maisie Adam: Buzzed 2 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
SUN 23	NEURODELICIOUS AT COLCHESTER FRINGE	PERFORMANCE
MON 24	The Brothers Gillespie *	FOLK
MON 24	Mairearad Green & Anna Massie * CANCELLED	FOLK
TUE 25	Clearwater Creedence Revival * 12 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
WED 26	Wonderful Wednesdays - Vijay Patel: Brotherly, Otherly, Disorderly	PERFORMANCE
THU 27	Rob Auton: The Crowd Show	COMEDY
SAT 29	Courtney Pine: Song (The Ballad Book) * SOLD OUT	JAZZ
SUN 30	The Vinyl Sessions - Radiohead: OK Computer	VINYL
SUN 30	Classic Horror Nights Special! The Evil Bat with a live score by Jason Frederick	FILM
MON 31	Zoe Wren * SOLD OUT	FOLK

SEPTEMBER

THU 1	Jamali Maddix: King Crud CANCELLED	COMEDY
FRI 2	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 3	Mick Fest featuring Alex Paterson (The Orb), Justice Yeldham and many more	GIGS
SAT 3	Rev Simpkins by Candlelight at St Peters Chapel *	GIGS
SUN 4	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 4	D'Ukes *	GIGS
MON 5	Curved Air * CANCELLED	GIGS
TUE 6	Bossk	GIGS
FRI 9	Jessica Fostekew: Wench RESCHEDULED	COMEDY
SAT 10	Choc 'n Gilly Reunion * RESCHEDULED	GIGS
SUN 11	The Vinyl Sessions - The Jam: Sound Affects POSTPONED	VINYL
MON 12	Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates	PERFORMANCE
TUE 13	Mono + Natalie Evans	GIGS
WED 14	Graphic Nature CANCELLED	GIGS
THU 15	Classic Horror Nights: Christopher Lee Poll Winner! Dracula: Prince of Darkness	FILM
FRI 16	Fierce Sounds featuring She's In Parties + Bridget + Mezzotint + Lou Brett	GIGS
SAT 17	Mitch Benn: It's About Time	COMEDY
SUN 18	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour X *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 18	Heritage Open Day	EXPERIMENTAL
SUN 18	Jo Harman & Strings	JAZZ
TUE 20	Luke Kempner: Macho Macho Man *	COMEDY
WED 21	Wonderful Wednesdays - Satellites	PERFORMANCE
THU 22	Dance With The Dead	GIGS
FRI 23	New Purple Celebration * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SAT 24	Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash *	GIGS
SUN 25	Martin Newell's Golden Afternoon	GIGS
SUN 25	An Evening of Opera - in Castle Park *	OTHER
MON 26	Jacob & Drinkwater *	FOLK
TUE 27	Maggie Bell & Dave Kelly	GIGS
WED 28	Wonderful Wednesdays - Amy Kingsmill: Light Source	PERFORMANCE
THU 29	Kevin Pearce (AKA Sun Cutter) + Generation Feral	GIGS
FRI 30	Dreadzone *	GIGS

AUGUST

MON 1	The Whispering Jungle (11am) 1 TICKET LEFT	THEATRE
MON 1	The Whispering Jungle (3pm) 1 TICKET LEFT	THEATRE
TUE 2	The Whispering Jungle (11am) 1 TICKET LEFT	THEATRE
TUE 2	The Whispering Jungle (3pm) 2 TICKETS LEFT	THEATRE
THU 4	Darius Brubeck Quartet	JAZZ
FRI 5	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SUN 7	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour X *	WALKING TOUR
THU 11	Atlantic Junction: Blues & More *	GIGS
FRI 12	Terry Alderton: It's Terry!	COMEDY
SUN 14	Talinka RESCHEDULED	JAZZ
MON 15	Malevolence *	GIGS
TUE 16	Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Mystic Voyage 45th Anniversary * 2 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
WED 17	United Bible Studies + Swift Wings: Victor Neuberg's Sussex Poems (Justin Hopper & Sharron Krauss)	GIGS
THU 18	Control Voltage - An Evening of Contemporary Electronic Music	GIGS
SAT 20	Colchester Pride presents A Big Camp Cabaret *	CABARET
SUN 21	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 21	The Slambovian Circus of Dreams	GIGS
SUN 21	Hamish Stuart Band CANCELLED	GIGS
TUE 23	The Verdicts * CANCELLED	GIGS
WED 24	Midgitte Bardot	PERFORMANCE
THU 25	The Lamplight Club + The Wicked Ravens	GIGS
FRI 26	The Guns & Roses Experience + Wrong Jovi + Archie Frost Acoustic * 22 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SAT 27	Ghosts of Atlantis + Existentialist + Regicide	GIGS

JULY

FRI 1	Richard Layzell: The Greatest	PERFORMANCE
FRI 1	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 2	Richard Layzell: The Greatest	PERFORMANCE
SAT 2	Henry Normal: The Escape Plan *	COMEDY
SUN 3	Olcay Bayir - Dream for Anatolia	DANCE
WED 6	Perfect Stranger	GIGS
THU 7	The Beat * SOLD OUT	GIGS
FRI 8	Rotary Club of Colchester Centenary Concert * CANCELLED	VARIETY
SAT 9	The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show	KIDS
SAT 9	ChangesTwoBowie * CANCELLED	GIGS
SUN 10	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
THU 14	The Kakatsitsi Master Drummers	DANCE
FRI 15	Missing Andy * 44 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SAT 16	Transglobal Underground	GIGS
SUN 17	Teddy Bear's Concert	KIDS
TUE 19	Classic Horror Nights: Dr Terror's House of Horrors	FILM
WED 20	The Utopia Strong	GIGS
THU 21	Latitude Festival	GIGS
FRI 22	Latitude Festival (Day Tickets) 40 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
FRI 22	The Meffs + Fashoda Crisis + Ecto Peach + Dead Caress	GIGS
SAT 23	Latitude Festival (Day Tickets) 41 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SUN 24	Latitude Festival (Day Tickets) 25 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SUN 24	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
THU 28	Blake Morrison with The Hosepipe Band	POETRY
FRI 29	The Fillers * RESCHEDULED	GIGS
SAT 30	The Brit Funk Association * RESCHEDULED	GIGS

JUNE

WED 1	CAMRA Colchester Summer Beer Festival *	BEER
THU 2	CAMRA Colchester Summer Beer Festival *	BEER
FRI 3	CAMRA Colchester Summer Beer Festival *	BEER
SAT 4	CAMRA Colchester Summer Beer Festival *	BEER
TUE 7	Rich Hall's Hoedown Deluxe * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
WED 8	Wonderful Wednesdays - Marisa Carnesky: Showwomen	PERFORMANCE
THU 9	Yorkston Thorne Khan CANCELLED	FOLK
FRI 10	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 11	Frock Swap *	SWAP
SAT 11	Mark Watson: This Can't Be It SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SUN 12	Horn Factory	JAZZ
TUE 14	William Basinski	GIGS
WED 15	Wonderful Wednesdays - Victoria Melody: Head Set	PERFORMANCE
THU 16	Classic Horror Nights: Quatermass & The Pit	FILM
FRI 17	Johnny & The Baptists	COMEDY
SUN 19	An Evening of Opera *	OTHER
SUN 19	Nu Jazz with Wild Card + Special Guest Imaani CANCELLED	GIGS
THU 23	The Greatest Magician	MAGIC
FRI 24	Live/Wire: The AC/DC Show *	GIGS
SAT 25	Transmission: The Sound of Joy Division *	GIGS
SUN 26	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour X *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 26	Clark Tracey Sextet CANCELLED	JAZZ
WED 29	Jay Stapley: I Was A Teenage Session Guitarist RESCHEDULED	GIGS
THU 30	Richard Layzell: The Greatest	PERFORMANCE
THU 30	HarmonieBand presents Der Golem	FILM

MAY

SUN 1	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 1	Kingdom of Madness: Classic Magnum featuring Mark Stanway, Micky Barker, Richard Bailey & Mo Birch POSTPONED	GIGS
WED 4	Wonderful Wednesdays - Hannah Ballou: Goo:Ga	FILM
THU 5	Calan	FOLK
FRI 6	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 7	An Evening with Kristin Hersh	GIGS
SUN 8	The Cistern Chapel - Thank You Afternoon	TALK
SUN 8	Terry Seabrook Quintet: Celebrating Wayne Shorter CANCELLED	JAZZ
MON 9	Rag Mama Rag *	FOLK
THU 12	Juliette Burton: No Brainer (WIP)	COMEDY
FRI 13	Ana Silvera	GIGS
SAT 14	From The Jam Unplugged * 30 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SUN 15	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour X *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 15	The Vinyl Sessions: Joy Division	VINYL
SUN 15	Alison Rayner Quintet	JAZZ
MON 16	Local Heroes Night 2: Phil Lyons + The Larks + Tony Winn + The Medlars *	FOLK
WED 18	Wonderful Wednesdays - Chipperlarterart Party: The Board Game	PERFORMANCE
FRI 20	Limehouse Lizzy * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SAT 21	Sam Avery: Role Model *	COMEDY
SUN 22	Kim Cypher Quintet + Support CANCELLED	JAZZ
MON 23	Granny's Attic *	FOLK
TUE 24	Amadou Diagne & Cory Seznec: Touki	DANCE
WED 25	Wonderful Wednesdays - Tom Marshman: Shining Intimacy	PERFORMANCE
THU 26	Classic Horror Nights: The Creeping Flesh	FILM
FRI 27	Lou Sanders: One Word: Wow * 37 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
SUN 29	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 29	Flo & Joan: Sweet Release * SOLD OUT	COMEDY

APRIL

FRI 1	The Smyths - A Tribute to The Smiths *	GIGS
SAT 2	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SUN 3	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour X *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 3	Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy * 3 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
MON 4	Hunter Muskett *	FOLK
TUE 5	Melt Banana + Weapon Eyes	GIGS
WED 6	Wonderful Wednesdays - Beverley Bishop: Finding Magic	PERFORMANCE
THU 7	Shakatak *	GIGS
FRI 8	Peter Hook & The Light: Joy Division - A Celebration * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SAT 9	Salad + Piney Gir + MelodieGroup	GIGS
SUN 10	Volunteer Fair	FAIR
MON 11	Harbottle & Jonas *	FOLK
WED 13	Wonderful Wednesdays - Rhys Hollis: Ladybird Boy	PERFORMANCE
THU 14	John Hegley: Drawings of Dromedaries (And Other Creatures)	POETRY
FRI 15	Lost Voice Guy: Cerebral Lolsy *	COMEDY
SAT 16	Two Mr P's in a Podcast - LIVE 1 TICKET LEFT	COMEDY
SUN 17	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 17	Back To The Roaring Twenties *	CABARET
TUE 19	Senyawa + Frankie + Lee Ashcroft	GIGS
WED 20	Wonderful Wednesdays - Amy Kingsmill: Light Source POSTPONED	PERFORMANCE
THU 21	Roving Crows	FOLK
FRI 22	Chris McCausland: Speaky Blinder *	COMEDY
SAT 23	Jazzie B DJ Set (Soul II Soul Sound System) + Support DJs Gilly & Harry & Johnny Fisher * 47 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SUN 24	The Vinyl Sessions: Calexico	VINYL
SUN 24	Art Themen Organ Trio: Thane & The Villeins	JAZZ
MON 25	Flook *	FOLK
TUE 26	Classic Horror Nights: The Plague of the Zombies	FILM
WED 27	Wonderful Wednesdays - Van Huynh Company presents Rebirth by Dam Van Huynh	PERFORMANCE
THU 28	Seth Lakeman * RESCHEDULED	GIGS
FRI 29	When Rivers Meet * 5 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SAT 30	Steemy Dan	GIGS