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DIARY

SEPTEMBER

SAT 23 Classic Horror Nights Special! The Brain That Wouldn't Die - with a live score by Jason Frederick FILMBUY TICKETSFILM
SUN 24 Martin Newell's Golden Afternoon GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SUN 24 I Hear Voices Theatre Co: Poets Day PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
MON 25 Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
TUE 26 Miranda Sex Garden + Bleedingblackwood GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
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 GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
FRI 29 Live/Wire * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SAT 30 Faux Fighters UK + Foxymop + Stereophonies * SOLD OUT GIGSSOLD OUTGIGS

OCTOBER

SUN 1 Heritage Tour A: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* 11 tickets left WALKING TOURBUY TICKETSWALKING TOUR
SUN 1 Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
MON 2 Ellie Gowers * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
WED 4 Wonderful Wednesdays: Hannah Maxwell - Nan, Me and Barbara Pravi PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
THU 5 The Steve Ignorant Band: Crass Songs + Pissabed Prophet GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
FRI 6 Friday Afternoon Club VARIETYBUY TICKETS 
FRI 6 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SAT 7 Colchester Games Fair 2023 FAIR  
SAT 7 Choc 'n Gilly Reunion 2023 * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SUN 8 Gasper Nali + Michael Mountain WORLD MUSICBUY TICKETSWORLD MUSIC
MON 9 The Jackie Oates Trio * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
TUE 10 Monsters In Our Midst: Tales of True Crime with Geoffrey Wansell * LITERATUREBUY TICKETSLITERATURE
WED 11 Wonderful Wednesdays: Alice d'Lumiere - Trans Lady Sings! PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
FRI 13 Fleetwood Bac * SOLD OUT GIGSSOLD OUTGIGS
SAT 14 Booster Cushion Theatre: Little Red Riding Hood FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SAT 14 Evile + Beneath The Embers + Regicide GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SUN 15 Vinyl Sessions: My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade VINYLBUY TICKETS 
SUN 15 Martin Kohlstedt GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
MON 16 Clive Carroll plays the music of John Renbourn * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
TUE 17 Ghosts of Atlantis + Existentialist + Draugrheim GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
WED 18 Wonderful Wednesdays: Luke Wright's Silver Jubilee PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
THU 19 Colchester Fringe Festival: Toby - L*dyL*ke DANCEBUY TICKETS 
THU 19 Colchester Fringe Festival: Standing on a Nail - A Queer Horror Story PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
FRI 20 Colchester Fringe Festival: Toby - L*dyL*ke DANCEBUY TICKETS 
FRI 20 Colchester Fringe Festival: Flamenco Express DANCEBUY TICKETS 
FRI 20 Colchester Fringe Festival: PaperHouse Productions - Zhooshy Cabaret CABARETBUY TICKETS 
SAT 21 Colchester Fringe Festival: Stage Write - Living With Luke PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
SAT 21 Colchester Fringe Festival: Stage Write - Living With Luke PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
SAT 21 Colchester Fringe Festival: Flamenco Express DANCEBUY TICKETS 
SAT 21 Colchester Fringe Festival: Standing on a Nail - A Queer Horror Story PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
SAT 21 Colchester Fringe Festival: PaperHouse Productions - Zhooshy Cabaret CABARETBUY TICKETS 
SUN 22 Antonio Forcione & Dado Pasqualini JAZZBUY TICKETSJAZZ
MON 23 Suthering * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
TUE 24 Jesca Hoop + Sam Eagle GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
WED 25 Wonderful Wednesdays: Charlie Connelly - Attention All Shipping PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
THU 26 The Blue Project GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
FRI 27 Police Dog Hogan GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SAT 28 James Phelan - The Greatest Magician: An Evening of Wonders MAGICBUY TICKETS 
SUN 29 Reverend Richard Coles: Borderline National Trinket * SOLD OUT COMEDYSOLD OUTCOMEDY
MON 30 John Kirkpatrick: The Victorian farmer's Year In Song * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
TUE 31 Classic Horror Nights: Scars of Dracula (1970) FILMBUY TICKETSFILM

NOVEMBER

WED 1 Wonderful Wednesdays: Luca Rutherford - You Heard Me PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
THU 2 Chris Cleverley + Rosalind Harniess GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
FRI 3 Friday Afternoon Club VARIETYBUY TICKETS 
FRI 3 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SAT 4 Olaf Falafel's Super Stupid Show (20% More Stupider) FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SAT 4 Jo Caulfield: Here Comes Trouble COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SUN 5 Heritage Tour B: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* 9 tickets left WALKING TOURBUY TICKETSWALKING TOUR
SUN 5 King King * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
MON 6 Pons Aelius * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
TUE 7 Silver Moth + Samana GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
WED 8 Wonderful Wednesdays: John Osborne - The New Blur Album 22 tickets left PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
THU 9 Frozen Light: The Bar At The Edge Of Time* SOLD OUT PERFORMANCESOLD OUTPERFORMANCE
THU 9 Frozen Light: The Bar At The Edge Of Time* SOLD OUT PERFORMANCESOLD OUTPERFORMANCE
FRI 10 Frozen Light: The Bar At The Edge Of Time* SOLD OUT PERFORMANCESOLD OUTPERFORMANCE
FRI 10 Frozen Light: The Bar At The Edge Of Time* 12 tickets left PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
SAT 11 Frozen Light: The Bar At The Edge Of Time* 18 tickets left PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
SAT 11 Frozen Light: The Bar At The Edge Of Time* 2 tickets left PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
SAT 11 Stephen K Amos: Oxymoron COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SUN 12 Ben Hart: Jadoo MAGICBUY TICKETS 
MON 13 Blazin Fiddles * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
TUE 14 Brian Bilston * SOLD OUT POETRYSOLD OUTPOETRY
WED 15 Wonderful Wednesdays: Eloina - High Steaks PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
FRI 17 Zion Train GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SAT 18 John Hegley: I Am A Poetato FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SAT 18 Keep Colchester Cool presents Colchester's Sound feat Bridget + Greebo + Butterfly Handshake + Generation Feral * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SUN 19 Vinyl Sessions: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') VINYLBUY TICKETS 
SUN 19 Tim Kliphuis Trio JAZZBUY TICKETSJAZZ
MON 20 The Trials of Cato * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
TUE 21 Gong + Ozric Tentacles GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
WED 22 Poetry Workshop with John Hegley (At The Lawrence Walker Community Centre, 31 Priory Walk) 15 tickets left WORKSHOPBUY TICKETS 
WED 22 Wonderful Wednesdays: Richard Layzell - Psychosomatic PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
THU 23 Classic Horror Nights: The Uncanny (1977) FILMBUY TICKETSFILM
FRI 24 The LipSinkers CABARETBUY TICKETS 
SAT 25 Frock Swap * SWAP  
SAT 25 Jay Stapley & Robin A Smith: An Evening of Cool Blues / Soul / Jazz * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SUN 26 Crime & The City Solution GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
MON 27 Sam Kelly & Jamie Francis * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
WED 29 Wonderful Wednesdays: Will Dickie - White Sun PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
THU 30 Geoff Norcott: Basic Bloke * SOLD OUT COMEDYSOLD OUTCOMEDY

DECEMBER

FRI 1 Friday Afternoon Club VARIETYBUY TICKETS 
FRI 1 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SAT 2 Fell Out Boy + The Black Charade + L1nkn P4rk * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SUN 3 Heritage Tour X: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* 16 tickets left WALKING TOURBUY TICKETSWALKING TOUR
SUN 3 Theatricool Winter Showcase 2023 (Doors 1.30pm, Show 2pm) * SHOWCASEBUY TICKETS 
SUN 3 Theatricool Winter Showcase 2023 (Doors open 4pm, show 4.30pm) * SHOWCASEBUY TICKETS 
MON 4 The Ciderhouse Rebellion * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
TUE 5 Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
WED 6 The Sugar Dandies' Christmas Tea Dance TEA DANCEBUY TICKETS 
THU 7 Ruts DC GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
FRI 8 Manchester Calling! Ft. The Total Stone Roses, The Smiths Presumably & Oaysis * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SAT 9 Of Mice & Men + Caskets + Defects * SOLD OUT GIGSSOLD OUTGIGS
SUN 10 Vinyl Sessions: The Ramones - It's Alive VINYLBUY TICKETS 
SUN 10 A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Movie... And the Music of Vince Guaraldi JAZZBUY TICKETSJAZZ
MON 11 The Wilderness Yet * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
TUE 12 Spear of Destiny * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
THU 14 Sh!t Theatre: Sing-a-long-a Muppet Christmas Carol XMAS STORYBUY TICKETSXMAS STORY
FRI 15 Nine Below Zero + Dr Feelgood * SOLD OUT GIGSSOLD OUTGIGS
SAT 16 Christmas Poetry Bash featuring John Cooper Clarke , Martin Newell and Luke Wright * LOTTERY SIGN UP POETRYBUY TICKETSPOETRY
MON 18 The Blockheads * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
TUE 19 Mediaeval Baebes * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
WED 20 I Hear Voices Theatre Co: A Ghost Story For Christmas: The Stalls of Tarchester PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
THU 21 Classic Horror Nights: Blood From The Mummy's Tomb (1971) FILMBUY TICKETSFILM
FRI 22 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
FRI 22 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SAT 23 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SAT 23 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SAT 23 A Christmas Carol By Candlelight XMAS STORYBUY TICKETSXMAS STORY
SUN 24 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SUN 24 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SUN 24 A Christmas Carol By Candlelight XMAS STORYBUY TICKETSXMAS STORY
WED 27 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
THU 28 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
THU 28 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
FRI 29 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
FRI 29 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SAT 30 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SAT 30 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SUN 31 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SUN 31 Theatre of Widdershins: The Gingerbread Man & A Pot Full of Magic FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
2024

JANUARY

MON 1 Heritage Tour NYD: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* 17 tickets left WALKING TOURBUY TICKETSWALKING TOUR
SAT 6 The Great Arts Centre Jumble Sale JUMBLE SALE  
THU 11 Julia Drouhin & Blenno Die Wurstbrücke Povera GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
FRI 12 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SAT 13 British Lion * 30 tickets left GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
THU 18 Onipa GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
FRI 19 Viggo Venn * SOLD OUT COMEDYSOLD OUTCOMEDY
SAT 20 Nicola Werenowska: Playwriting Surgeries WORKSHOP  
TUE 23 Venomous Concept + Taupe + Jotnarr GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
THU 25 Clearwater Creedence Revival * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
FRI 26 Tom Stade: Natural Born Killer * COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SAT 27 Nicola Werenowska & Peter Jones: Little Star Poetry Workshop WORKSHOP  
SAT 27 Pete Firman: TrikTok MAGICBUY TICKETS 
SUN 28 Teddy Bear's Concert FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SUN 28 Tommaso Starace Organ Trio play Bird and Cannonball JAZZBUY TICKETSJAZZ
WED 31 15th Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival ALE & CIDER  

FEBRUARY

THU 1 15th Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival ALE & CIDER  
FRI 2 15th Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival ALE & CIDER  
SAT 3 15th Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival ALE & CIDER  
MON 5 Kitewing * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
THU 8 Ania Magliano: I Can't believe You've Done This COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
FRI 9 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SAT 10 The Witch and the Egg FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SAT 10 Eddie & The Hot Rods + The Rezidents GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SUN 11 Alfie Moore: Work In Progress COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
FRI 16 Sam Avery: How Not To Be A Terrible Parent COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SAT 17 Rob Auton – The Rob Auton Show COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SUN 18 N'Faly Kouyaté: The Ré-Génération Tour GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
TUE 20 The Magic of Terry Pratchett * LITERATUREBUY TICKETSLITERATURE
FRI 23 Let There B/DC * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SAT 24 Indigo Moon Theatre: Jungle Book FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SAT 24 Shakatak * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SUN 25 Philip Clouts Quartet JAZZBUY TICKETSJAZZ
MON 26 James Delarre & Saul Rose * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
TUE 27 Chloe Petts: If You Can't Say Anything Nice COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
THU 29 Lust for Life (Glen Matlock, Clem Burke and Katie Puckrik) * SOLD OUT GIGSSOLD OUTGIGS

MARCH

FRI 1 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SUN 3 Justin Moorhouse: Stretch & Think * COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
THU 7 Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
SAT 9 Lyngo Theatre: The Little Prince FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SAT 9 Martin Turner Ex Wishbone Ash: Live Dates Volume II... plus * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SUN 10 Jazz Dynamos - Jazz'n'80s - featuring Lucy Randell JAZZBUY TICKETSJAZZ
MON 11 Sam Sweeney * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
THU 14 Putan Club + Earth Mother F*cker + Weapon Eyes GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SUN 17 Tom Houghton: It's Not Ideal COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
MON 18 Martin Simpson * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
SAT 23 Indigo Moon Theatre: The Lost Forest FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
MON 25 Emily Portman & Rob Harbron * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK

APRIL

FRI 5 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
THU 11 Laugh Out Proud! - The LGBTQIA+ Comedy Night - featuring Mark Cram, Andrew White and Sikisa COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SAT 13 Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles - A Gameshow For Awful Children FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY
SAT 13 New Purple Celebration * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
MON 15 Spiers & Boden * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
FRI 19 Matt Forde: Inside No.10 * COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SAT 20 Paul Foot: Dissolve COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
TUE 23 John Robb - Do you believe in the power of rock n roll? * LITERATUREBUY TICKETSLITERATURE
FRI 26 The Crazy World of Arthur Brown GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SUN 28 Beverley Beirne Trio JAZZBUY TICKETSJAZZ

MAY

FRI 3 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
FRI 10 Holy Other GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
THU 23 Emmanuel Sonubi: Curriculum Vitae COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY

JUNE

THU 6 Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
FRI 7 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SUN 9 Kim Cypher's Brighter Tomorrow JAZZBUY TICKETSJAZZ
FRI 21 Laugh Out Proud! - The LGBTQIA+ Comedy Night - featuring Heidi Regan, Joe Sutherland and Ada Campe COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SUN 23 Earl Okin GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SAT 29 The Brit Funk Association * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS

JULY

FRI 5 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
FRI 19 A Head Full Of Coldplay - A Celebration Of The Music * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SAT 27 Cillian O'Connor: My Magic World * FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY

AUGUST

FRI 2 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY

SEPTEMBER

THU 5 Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
FRI 6 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
THU 19 Clinton Baptiste: Roller Ghoster! * COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SUN 29 Horn Factory JAZZBUY TICKETSJAZZ

OCTOBER

FRI 4 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
SAT 5 Northern Soul Night featuring The Croupiers GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
THU 24 Kevin Pearce GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS

NOVEMBER

FRI 1 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY

DECEMBER

THU 5 Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
FRI 6 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
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