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MAY

WED 2	David Hoyle: Diamond SOLD OUT	PERFORMANCE
THU 3	A Hawk And A Hacksaw + Harpoon Group	GIGS
FRI 4	Farmers Market *	MARKET
FRI 4	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 5	The ELO Encounter * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SUN 6	Alex Hitchcock Quintet	JAZZ
TUE 8	Steve Lamacq: Going Deaf For A Living	GIGS
WED 9	Sh!t Theatre: DollyWould SOLD OUT	PERFORMANCE
THU 10	Classic Horror Nights: Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires [1974]	FILM
FRI 11	London Astrobeat Orchestra performs Talking Heads	GIGS
SAT 12	Hot Coals Theatre Presents: Knock Knock	KIDS
SAT 12	Nine Below Zero *	GIGS
SUN 13	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 13	An Evening With Gary Lucas: From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond *	GIGS
MON 14	Luke Daniels & Tim Edey *	FOLK
TUE 15	Tim Key: Megadate 2 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
WED 16	Stacy Makishi: The Comforter	PERFORMANCE
THU 17	Beans On Toast * 23 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
FRI 18	Phill Jupitus: Juplicity * 1 TICKET LEFT	COMEDY
SAT 19	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Town Hall Tour *	WALKING TOUR
SAT 19	New Town Kings + Faintest Idea*	GIGS
SUN 20	Vinyl Sessions: I Like Trains - Progress. Reform + Elegies...	MUSIC
SUN 20	Fairport Convention * SOLD OUT	FOLK
MON 21	Bring Your Own Baby Comedy *	COMEDY
MON 21	Clive Gregson & Liz Simcock *	FOLK
TUE 22	The Magic Numbers + Penelope Isles * 6 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
WED 23	Rachel Mars & Greg Wohead: Story #1	PERFORMANCE
THU 24	The Hut People + Paul Riley	FOLK
FRI 25	Wreckless Eric + Barry Payne	GIGS
SAT 26	Comedy Club 4 Kids SOLD OUT	KIDS
SAT 26	Black Roots + Hobo Chang *	GIGS
SUN 27	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
TUE 29	33rd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival *	BEER
WED 30	33rd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival *	BEER
THU 31	33rd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival *	BEER

APRIL

TUE 3	The Girl And The Moon: CANCELLED	THEATRE
WED 4	To Helen Back 25 TICKETS LEFT	PERFORMANCE
THU 5	Steve Ignorants Slice Of Life + Pet Needs	GIGS
FRI 6	Farmers Market *	MARKET
FRI 6	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 7	Variety Night 9 TICKETS LEFT	VARIETY
SUN 8	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 8	KRISTIAN BORRING QUARTET	JAZZ
MON 9	Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith *	FOLK
TUE 10	Shonen Knife + Grandma's Waffle Velocity	GIGS
TUE 10	MAJESTIC KIDS EVENTS: Easter Holidays Special ILLUMIN PARTY TRIBAL GLOW	KIDS
WED 11	Richard Layzell: The Naming 32 TICKETS LEFT	PERFORMANCE
THU 12	From The Jam + Feedback * SOLD OUT	GIGS
FRI 13	Classic Horror Nights: Vault Of Horror [1973]	FILM
SAT 14	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Town Hall Tour *	WALKING TOUR
SAT 14	Mime Workshop For Beginners	KIDS
SAT 14	GARLIC THEATRE: LITTLE RED ROBIN HOOD [RELAXED PERFORMANCE]	KIDS
SAT 14	Daliso Chaponda: What The African Said * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SUN 15	Maggie Bell & Dave Kelly *	GIGS
SUN 15	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
MON 16	Talisk *	FOLK
TUE 17	Terminal Cheesecake + Horacio Pollard + Nothing.Existed	GIGS
WED 18	Natasha Davis: T Shirts	PERFORMANCE
THU 19	Kris Drever	FOLK
SAT 21	The Floyd Effect * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SUN 22	Vinyl Sessions: Hawkwind - Space Ritual	MUSIC
SUN 22	MARTIN SPEAKE QUARTET FEATURING ETHAN IVERSON	JAZZ
MON 23	Ninebarrow *	FOLK
TUE 24	Say Sue Me + SuperGlu + Sam Eagle & The Lemon Lizards	GIGS
WED 25	Sarah Blanc: It Started With Jason Donovan	PERFORMANCE
THU 26	Sieben + Fishclaw + Harpoon Group	GIGS
THU 26	The Horne Section: Postponed *	COMEDY
FRI 27	Shappi Khorsandi: Mistress & Misfit *	COMEDY
SAT 28	BOOSTER CUSHION: HANSEL, GRETAL AND YOU, WHO? [CLOWNING AND THEATRE WORKSHOP]	KIDS
SAT 28	BOOSTER CUSHION: HANSEL, GRETAL AND YOU, WHO? [SHOW]	KIDS
SAT 28	Maddy Prior In Concert with Hannah James and Giles Lewin *	FOLK
SUN 29	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour X *	WALKING TOUR
MON 30	Dovetail Trio *	FOLK

MARCH

THU 1	Shazia Mirza: With Love From St.Tropez	COMEDY
FRI 2	Farmers Market *	MARKET
FRI 2	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 3	Majestic Kids Events presents: EPIC	KIDS
SAT 3	Dingus Khan's Big Red Baseball Cap Sale + Big Slammu + Jack Rundell	GIGS
SUN 4	Chris Ingham Quartet: The Jazz of Dudley Moore	JAZZ
MON 5	Knight & Spiers *	FOLK
TUE 6	Tiff Stevenson: Bombshell	COMEDY
WED 7	Simon Evans: Genius *	COMEDY
THU 8	Itch (The King Blues Unplugged)	GIGS
SAT 10	The LipSinkers	CABARET
SUN 11	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 11	Raghu Dixit	WORLD MUSIC
MON 12	Kitty MacFarlane *	FOLK
TUE 13	The Temperance Movement * 5 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
WED 14	Tom Gill: Growing Pains	PERFORMANCE
THU 15	Iain Sinclair + MacGillivray + Harpoon Group & Holkham	LITERATURE
FRI 16	Whole Lotta Led *	GIGS
SAT 17	On For 2018	GIGS
SAT 17	Lyngo Theatre Presents "Tom Thumb"	KIDS
SUN 18	Jazz, Funk, Soul with BASSISTRY	JAZZ
MON 19	Granny's Attic *	FOLK
WED 21	Timberlina presents FFS!!	PERFORMANCE
THU 22	Rob Auton: The Hair Show	COMEDY
FRI 23	The Guns 'N Roses Experience + Wrong Jovi + Hotter Than Hell (Kiss Tribute) * 6 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SAT 24	Undiscovered Live Music Contest: The Final *	GIGS
SUN 25	Vinyl Sessions: DJ Shadow - Endtroducing	MUSIC
MON 26	Twelfth Day *	FOLK
TUE 27	John Robins: The Darkness of Robins * 1 TICKET LEFT	COMEDY
WED 28	Doctor Zeemans Catastrophe Machine	PERFORMANCE
THU 29	Stick In The Wheel	FOLK
FRI 30	Under The Sea *	PARTY
SAT 31	Theatrerotto Productions: The Walrus & The Carpenter: Get Making Workshop!	KIDS
SAT 31	Theatrerotto Productions: The Walrus & The Carpenter	KIDS
SAT 31	Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers + Tim Aves & Wolfpack + Martin McNeill *	GIGS

FEBRUARY

THU 1	Sixth Form College Battle of the Bands 2018 *	GIGS
FRI 2	Farmers Market *	MARKET
FRI 2	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 3	THEATRE OF WIDDERSHINS: THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF & OTHER FURRY TALES 3 TICKETS LEFT	KIDS
SAT 3	Iain Stirling: U OK HUN?X SOLD OUT	COMEDY
SUN 4	Teddy Bears Concert	KIDS
SUN 4	ALCYONA MICK & TORI FREESTONE + ESSEX YOUTH JAZZ SEXTET	JAZZ
MON 5	Sunjay *	FOLK
WED 7	11th Colchester Winter Beer Festival *	BEER
THU 8	11th Colchester Winter Beer Festival *	BEER
FRI 9	11th Colchester Winter Beer Festival *	BEER
SAT 10	11th Colchester Winter Beer Festival *	BEER
MON 12	Fara *	FOLK
TUE 13	Compassion - An Alternative Valentine's Party *	GIGS
WED 14	Tom Allen: Absolutely - POSTPONED	COMEDY
THU 15	Paradise Lost + Outshine + Goat Monsoon *	GIGS
FRI 16	Lucy Porter: Choose Your Battles	COMEDY
SAT 17	HALF A STRING: A HEART AT SEA - RELAXED PERFORMANCE	KIDS
SAT 17	HALF A STRING: A HEART AT SEA	KIDS
SAT 17	Space + Bessie Turner + Dominic Benjamin	GIGS
SUN 18	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 18	Zoe Francis/Jim Mullen Quartet: Blossom Time	JAZZ
MON 19	Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar *	FOLK
TUE 20	Schools Rock Prom 2018	GIGS
WED 21	Rob Newman: A Total Eclipse of Descartes	COMEDY
THU 22	Ellie Taylor: This Guy	COMEDY
FRI 23	Big Country + The Occupants *	GIGS
SAT 24	Viva La Camp! *	CABARET
SUN 25	PARTY LIKE IT'S 1599	GIGS
SUN 25	Patrick Monahan: Rewind Selector 90s	COMEDY
MON 26	Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow - CANCELLED *	FOLK
TUE 27	Stephen Bailey: Cant Think Straight	COMEDY

JANUARY

FRI 5	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 6	Keith James in concert The Songs of Leonard Cohen	GIGS
SUN 7	The Joe Allard Commission: Lou Terry	GIGS
SUN 7	Brubecks Play Brubeck 4 TICKETS LEFT	JAZZ
SAT 13	The Prettiest Starman *	GIGS
SUN 14	DEREK NASH FUNK EXPERIENCE featuring Noel McCalla	JAZZ
THU 18	An Evening with Michael Wood * 30 TICKETS LEFT	LIVE LITERATURE
FRI 19	Sofie Hagen: Dead Baby Frog 26 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
SAT 20	Bhangra Chef: Bolly Masala	WORKSHOP
SAT 20	SEALEGS PUPPET THEATRE: THE SELFISH GIANT	KIDS
SUN 21	Lee Hurst: Mucking About *	COMEDY
MON 22	Steve Tilston *	FOLK
TUE 23	Modern Ritual featuring Charles Hayward & Laura Cannell	GIGS
FRI 26	F.O.X + Dead Cannons + Amethysts	GIGS
SAT 27	Stephen K Amos: Bread and Circuses 1 TICKET LEFT	COMEDY
SUN 28	And I: A Film by Reynir Hutber with Marcia Farquhar	FILM
MON 29	Sarah McQuaid *	FOLK
TUE 30	John Smith	GIGS
WED 31	Mark Thomas: Showtime From the Frontline * SOLD OUT	THEATRE

DECEMBER

FRI 1	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
FRI 1	Farmers Market	MARKET
SAT 2	Made In Colchester Christmas Fair	AIR FAIR
SAT 2	Harry & Chris	COMEDY
SUN 3	The Oxley/Meier Guitar Project	JAZZ
MON 4	Jackie Oates & Mike Cosgrave *	FOLK
TUE 5	The Ballad of Shirley Collins	FILM
WED 6	Omid Djalili: Schmuck For A Night * 1 TICKET LEFT	COMEDY
THU 7	Ahir Shah: Control	COMEDY
FRI 8	The Thinking Drinkers History of Alcohol 9 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
SAT 9	Nick Copes Christmas Concert! SOLD OUT	KIDS
SAT 9	The Blockheads: The 40th Anniversary Tour * 3 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SUN 10	The Blockheads: The 40th Anniversary Tour *	GIGS
SUN 10	The Vinyl Sessions - Scott Walker: Tilt	MUSIC
SUN 10	Colchester Heritage Tour with High Steward Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
MON 11	A Christmas Carol At Colchester Town Hall	XMAS STORY
MON 11	Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Winter Warmer Pick & Mix *	FOLK
TUE 12	Singing & Stage School: Live Showcase *	SHOWCASE
WED 13	Last Orders At The Dog & Dumplings	PERFORMANCE
FRI 15	Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band + Duotone *	GIGS
SAT 16	Christmas Poetry Bash 2017 with John Cooper Clarke, Martin Newell, Luke Wright & Ross Sutherland SOLD OUT	POETRY
SUN 17	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 10:30am	XMAS KIDS
SUN 17	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 1:30pm	XMAS KIDS
SUN 17	Jason Frederick Cinematic Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Music of Vince Guaraldi	JAZZ
MON 18	The Churchfitters Christmas Cracker * SOLD OUT	FOLK
TUE 19	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 10am	XMAS KIDS
TUE 19	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 1:30pm	XMAS KIDS
WED 20	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 10am	XMAS KIDS
WED 20	Sh!t Theatre: Sing-a-long-a Muppet Christmas Carol SOLD OUT	FILM
WED 20	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 1:30pm	XMAS KIDS
THU 21	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 10am	XMAS KIDS
THU 21	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 1:30pm	XMAS KIDS
THU 21	Classic Horror At Christmas: Tales From The Crypt	FILM
FRI 22	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 10am	XMAS KIDS
FRI 22	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 1:30pm	XMAS KIDS
FRI 22	Goodiepal + The Dead Rat Orchestra + Lee Ashcroft + The Valhallans	GIGS
SAT 23	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 10:30am	XMAS KIDS
SAT 23	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 1:30pm [BSL Interpreted, Relaxed Performance]	XMAS KIDS
SAT 23	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight SOLD OUT	XMAS STORY
SUN 24	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight SOLD OUT	XMAS STORY
SUN 24	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 1:30pm	XMAS KIDS
SUN 24	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 10:30am	XMAS KIDS
MON 25	STREET PHOTOGRAPHY CALENDAR - PURCHASE HERE	HOMELESS
WED 27	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 10:30am	XMAS KIDS
WED 27	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 1:30pm	XMAS KIDS
THU 28	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 10:30am	XMAS KIDS
THU 28	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 1:30pm	XMAS KIDS
FRI 29	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 10:30am	XMAS KIDS
FRI 29	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 1:30pm	XMAS KIDS
FRI 29	The Fabs + Short People + The Judith Charmers * SOLD OUT	GIGS
SAT 30	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 10:30am [BSL Interpreted, Relaxed Performance]	XMAS KIDS
SAT 30	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 1:30pm	XMAS KIDS
SUN 31	Goblins Peter and the Wolf 10:30am	XMAS KIDS
SUN 31	New Town Kings New Years Eve Party * 6 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS

NOVEMBER

WED 1	Tom Marshman: Kings Cross (Remix)	PERFORMANCE
THU 2	Dingus Khan + Rubber Jaw + Tr-33n	GIGS
FRI 3	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
FRI 3	Farmers Market	MARKET
SAT 4	Hugh Cornwell *	GIGS
SUN 5	Pete Kennedy Book Launch	LIVE LITERATURE
SUN 5	MONK MISTERIOSO: A Journey into the Silence of Thelonious Monk	JAZZ
MON 6	Cardboard Fox *	FOLK
TUE 7	Danny Bhoy: Make Something Great Again For Stronger Better Future Tomorrow Together 20 TICKETS LEFT	COMEDY
WED 8	Franko B: Milk + Blood	PERFORMANCE
THU 9	INDIGO MOON THEATRE & COMPAGNIE VIA CANE present Shakespeare versus Moliere	THEATRE
FRI 10	The Paul Francis Band *	GIGS
SAT 11	Daryl Beeton Presents: A Square World - Relaxed Performance	KIDS
SAT 11	Daryl Beeton Presents: A Square World	KIDS
SAT 11	Not the Rolling Stones *	GIGS
SUN 12	Ella Fitzgerald at 100 with Martin Taylor & Alison Burns	JAZZ
MON 13	Gigspanner *	FOLK
TUE 14	Dalek + (((((Palindromes)))))	GIGS
WED 15	Jo Bannon: Alba	PERFORMANCE
THU 16	Afro Celt Sound System with guests The Dhol Foundation * 20 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
FRI 17	The Temperance Movement	GIGS
SAT 18	Frock Swap!	MARKET
SAT 18	Snapped Ankles + Ghosts of Men + The Valhallans	GIGS
SUN 19	COLCHESTER HERITAGE TOUR WITH SIR BOB RUSSELL - TOUR B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 19	The Vinyl Sessions - Pink Floyd: Piper At The Gates of Dawn + Q&A WITH 'TWINK'	MUSIC
SUN 19	TOMMY SMITH & BRIAN KELLOCK	JAZZ
MON 20	Megson *	FOLK
TUE 21	Banner Theatre: Rise, Like Lions! *	THEATRE
WED 22	Luke Wright: The Toll	PERFORMANCE
THU 23	James Acaster: Classic Scrapes Book Tour * SOLD OUT	COMEDY
FRI 24	Matt Richardson	COMEDY
SAT 25	Dreadzone * 2 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS
SUN 26	INDIGO MOON THEATRE Presents ALADDIN SOLD OUT	KIDS
SUN 26	The Magic Band Play the Music of Captain Beefheart: Farewell Tour *	GIGS
MON 27	Chris Wood *	FOLK
TUE 28	The Vaudevillians: Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales SOLD OUT	COMEDY
WED 29	Danielle Imara: Get Therapy	PERFORMANCE
THU 30	Paul Chowdhry: Live innit * SOLD OUT	COMEDY