Diary

SEPTEMBER

WED 17	Heritage Open Day	HERITAGE
THU 18	Sam Avery: Thunderstorm	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 19	Taz Modi + AGENESIS (Robert Curgenven & Kathleen McDowall)	EXPERIMENTAL	BUY TICKETS
SAT 20	Hundred Watt Club: An Evening of Burlesque & Vaudeville *	CABARET	BUY TICKETS
SUN 21	Martin Newell's Golden Afternoon with Lorraine Bowen & Attila The Stockbroker	POETRY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 21	Philip Clouts Quartet CANCELLED	JAZZ	CANCELLED
MON 22	Tarren *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 23	Alan Licht + Plantman	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 25	Roman River Festival at Colchester Arts Centre: Jordan Ashman, percussionist *	CLASSICAL	BUY TICKETS
FRI 26	The John Hackett Band + Heather Findlay	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 27	Colchester Arts Centre’s Daytime Disco with DJs Ben Howard & Sam Leppard	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 28	Colchester Games Fair 2025	FAIR	BUY TICKETS
MON 29	Kegs *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 30	Nerina Pallot 24 TICKETS LEFT	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

OCTOBER

WED 1	Wonderful Wednesdays - TomYumSim: A Suffocating Choking Feeling	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 2	Classic Horror Nights! The Reptile	FILM	BUY TICKETS
FRI 3	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 4	Kid Carpet And The Noisy Garden Centre	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 4	The Unbelievable Truth + Lost Movies	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 4	The Unbelievable Truth + Lost Movies	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 5	Hejira: Celebrating the Music of Joni Mitchell	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 6	Clive Carroll *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 7	Emmanuel Sonubi: Life After Near Death	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
WED 8	Wonderful Wednesdays - Shôn Dale-Jones: Stories from An Invisible Town	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 9	The Haar *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
FRI 10	Microcorps + Bada Duum + Nukleopatra	EXPERIMENTAL	BUY TICKETS
SAT 11	The Carpenters Experience - A Special Afternoon Matinee *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 11	Real Magic Queen *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 13	Chris While & Julie Matthews *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 14	Heidi Talbot *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
WED 15	Wonderful Wednesdays - Stacy Makishi: Walking Each Other Home	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 16	Eddie Izzard Performs Shakespeare's Hamlet * SOLD OUT	PERFORMANCE	SOLD OUT
FRI 17	Eddie Izzard Performs Shakespeare's Hamlet * SOLD OUT	PERFORMANCE	SOLD OUT
SAT 18	Slay Duggee Live!	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 19	Vinyl Sessions: The Beatles - The Beatles (AKA ‘The White Album’)	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
MON 20	Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 21	Jamie Lawson	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 23	Gordon Giltrap & John Etheridge – 2 Parts Guitar	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 24	Colchester Fringe Festival: The Sparkle Saloon presents... A Bite of Burlesque	CABARET	BUY TICKETS
FRI 24	Colchester Fringe Festival: Just May - Tales of a PorkChop	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
SAT 25	Colchester Fringe Festival: The Sparkle Saloon presents... A Bite of Burlesque	CABARET	BUY TICKETS
SAT 25	Colchester Fringe Festival: Just May - Tales of a PorkChop	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
SUN 26	Diwali 2025	COMMUNITY	BUY TICKETS
MON 27	The Wilderness Yet *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
WED 29	Wonderful Wednesdays - Alice Cockayne: Licensed. Professional. Trained. Qualified.	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 30	Colchester Fringe Festival: Daisy Diamond's Burlesque - The Enchanted Emporium	BURLESQUE	BUY TICKETS
FRI 31	Colchester Fringe Festival: Daisy Diamond's Burlesque - The Enchanted Emporium	BURLESQUE	BUY TICKETS

NOVEMBER

SAT 1	Colchester Fringe Festival: Penny Peach Performing Arts - The Golden Age of Piracy - Or Just Before	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 1	Luke Wright's Pub Grub *	POETRY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 2	Colchester Fringe Festival: Penny Peach Performing Arts - The Golden Age of Piracy - Or Just Before	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 2	Colchester Fringe Festival: The Last Cabaret	CABARET	BUY TICKETS
MON 3	Jon Wilks *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 4	Keith James: The Songs of Nick Drake	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 6	Classic Horror Nights! The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires	FILM	BUY TICKETS
FRI 7	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 9	Gong + Henge: Sounds of the Cosmos Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 10	Blazin' Fiddles *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 11	Stevie Martin SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
THU 13	Tom Rogerson + Manu Louis	EXPERIMENTAL	BUY TICKETS
FRI 14	The ELO Encounter: Blue Sky Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 15	Indigo Moon Theatre: Seedheart	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 16	Vinyl Sessions: Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica	VINYL	BUY TICKETS
SUN 16	Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us * SOLD OUT	COMEDY	SOLD OUT
MON 17	Martin Simpson *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 18	The Primitives *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
WED 19	Wonderful Wednesdays - Ali Matthews & Company - Mushroom Language: A Fungal Gothic	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 20	Anna Mudeka: Mama Afrika	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
FRI 21	Forever Clapton *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 22	Frock Swap *	FAIR
SAT 22	A Peaceful Noise *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 23	XGenerationX + Herbie May (The Lounge Society) *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 24	The Medlars *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 25	Jesca Hoop + Evy Frearson	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
WED 26	Wonderful Wednesdays - Covered in Jam: That’s Not My Name	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 27	UnderDog Crew Annual Showcase *	FILM	BUY TICKETS
FRI 28	The Wandering Hearts: 'It's Beginning To Look Alot Like Christmas' *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 29	Mermaid Chunky	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 30	Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

DECEMBER

MON 1	Christina Alden & Alex Patterson *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 2	Grace Petrie: This Is No Time To Panic!	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
WED 3	Wonderful Wednesdays - Masumi Saito and An-Ting: Departure	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
THU 4	Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
FRI 5	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 6	Made in Colchester Christmas Fair *	FAIR	BUY TICKETS
SAT 6	Stephen K Amos: Now We're Talking *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 7	Manchester Calling! Ft. The Total Stone Roses, The Smiths Presumably & Oaysis *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 8	Janice Burns & Jon Doran *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
WED 10	The Haunted House Of Curiosities with Jason Frederick	FILM	BUY TICKETS
THU 11	British Lion * SOLD OUT	GIGS	SOLD OUT
SAT 13	Isle 'Ave A Shanty - Christmas Matinee Special *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
SAT 13	Abba Reunion *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 14	Ady Johnson's Annual Colchester Christmas Show *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 15	Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden's Wassail * 38 TICKETS LEFT	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 16	I Hear Voices Theatre Company presents A Ghost Story for Christmas: "Number 3.141592653589…"	PERFORMANCE	BUY TICKETS
WED 17	I Need to Cher	CABARET	BUY TICKETS
THU 18	Classic Horror Nights! Black Christmas (1974) + The Classic Horror Christmas Quiz!	FILM	BUY TICKETS
FRI 19	Northern Soul Night featuring The Croupiers	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 21	A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Movie... And the Music of Vince Guaraldi	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
MON 22	SNOWY JOY & THE TOYSAVERS – Festive Edition	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 23	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight - BSL Performance	XMAS STORY	BUY TICKETS
WED 24	A Christmas Carol By Candlelight	XMAS STORY	BUY TICKETS

2026

JANUARY

SAT 10	Nine Below Zero + Dr. Feelgood: A Shot of Rhythm & Blues Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 15	Rob Newman: Where The Wild Things Were	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 17	London Calling Play The Clash: Clash City Rockers Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 18	Bassistry	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
WED 21	Vittorio Angelone: you can’t Say Nothing any more	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 23	Glenn Moore: Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore?	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 24	The Specials Ltd: 'Too Much Too Young' * SOLD OUT	GIGS	SOLD OUT
SUN 25	Phil Nichol: Trying My Best	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 26	An Audience Without Jake Thackray *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS

FEBRUARY

MON 2	John Kirkpatrick: 200 Years of the Squeezebox *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 3	Phil Ellis: Bath Mat	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 5	Geoff Norcott: Basic Bloke 2 - There's No Bloke Without Fire	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	Crafty Fools: Adventures In Science	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	Ian Stone is Looking For The Wow	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 10	Omar Perry & Easy Riddim Maker: A Tribute to Lee Scratch Perry	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 13	Fleetwood Unchained *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 14	Pete Firman: Tricks & Giggles	MAGIC	BUY TICKETS
THU 19	Darren Walsh: Do You Like Puns? *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 21	Silent Jon & The Magical Egg Quest	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 21	The Black Charade + Fell Out Boy + Dookie *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SUN 22	Tom Rosenthal: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 23	The Brothers Gillespie *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
THU 26	Chloe Petts: Big Naturals	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
FRI 27	Wrong Jovi *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 28	Depeche Mode Tribute: The Devout *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

MARCH

MON 2	Gilmore & Roberts *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	Comedy Club 4 Kids	FAMILY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 7	The Britpop Show with Marc Burrows	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 9	Sam Carter *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
TUE 10	Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 17	Chesney Hawkes: Smash It To Pieces Tour *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 20	Lucy Porter: Let Yourself Go! *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SAT 21	Tom Lucy: Golden Boy *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
TUE 24	The Very Best of Tommy Cooper (Just Like That)	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
THU 26	Au Pairs *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 28	Jessica Fostekew: Iconic Breath	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 29	Rob Auton: CAN	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

APRIL

MAY

SUN 3	The Easy Rollers	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
THU 14	Robin Nolan: For The Love of George	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
MON 18	The Shackleton Trio *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
FRI 22	Danny Baker: Aye Aye! Ahoy Ahoy! *	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS

JUNE

THU 18

Tom Stade: Naughty By Nature *

COMEDY

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JULY

SAT 11

Dismanibus: Dacia Album Launch Party + Olympus + By Virtue Fall + Killerkorp + Draugrheim *

GIGS

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SEPTEMBER

SAT 12	Chemistry: A Tribute To Rush	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 24	Sun Cutter (AKA Kevin Pearce)	GIGS	BUY TICKETS

OCTOBER

SUN 4	Hannah East: Express Yourself	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
MON 12	Lady Maisery *	FOLK	BUY TICKETS
SUN 18	Under The Surface	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS

THU 9	The James Oliver Band featuring Norman Watt-Roy + The Punk Freud *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
THU 16	A Head Full of Coldplay *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
FRI 17	The Smyths present The Queen Is Dead at 40 *	GIGS	BUY TICKETS
SAT 18	Cally Beaton: Namaste Motherf*ckers	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS
SUN 19	Aspyrian	JAZZ	BUY TICKETS
THU 30	John Kearns: Tilting At Windmills	COMEDY	BUY TICKETS