2023

JUNE

THU 1 36th Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival * BEERBEER
FRI 2 36th Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival * BEERBEER
SAT 3 36th Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival * BEERBEER
MON 5 Asunojokei + Lebrique + The Grey GIGSGIGS
TUE 6 Simon Day is Dave Angel Eco Warrior: 'Living The Dream' * SOLD OUT COMEDYCOMEDY
THU 8 Suzi Ruffell: Snappy 1 ticket left COMEDYCOMEDY
FRI 9 Friday Afternoon Club SOLD OUT VARIETY 
FRI 9 Brighten The Corners Festival 2023 (Weekend Tickets) SOLD OUT FESTIVAL 
FRI 9 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * COMEDYCOMEDY
SAT 10 The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show FAMILYFAMILY
SUN 11 Heritage Tour B: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* 12 tickets left WALKING TOURWALKING TOUR
SUN 11 Tristan JAZZJAZZ
TUE 13 Karine Polwart GIGSGIGS
WED 14 Les Mots Rien Tot GIGSGIGS
THU 15 The Fillers * 23 tickets left GIGSGIGS
FRI 16 Tom Davis: Work In Progress * SOLD OUT COMEDYCOMEDY
SAT 17 Frock Swap * SWAP 
SAT 17 Colchester Institute Presents...* GIGSGIGS
SUN 18 Vinyl Sessions - The Jam: Sound Affects VINYL 
TUE 20 Fiona Bevan + Adam Beattie GIGSGIGS
WED 21 Chestburster + Jotnarr + More TBC CANCELLED GIGSGIGS
WED 21 Suffocation + Chestburster + Jotnarr CANCELLED GIGSGIGS
THU 22 Classic Horror Nights: The Sorcerers (1967) FILMFILM
FRI 23 Branco Stoysin WORLD MUSICWORLD MUSIC
SAT 24 Motorpsycho CANCELLED GIGSGIGS
SUN 25 Heritage Tour X: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* 8 tickets left WALKING TOURWALKING TOUR
SUN 25 Beautify Junkyards + Mezzotint + Abrasive Trees GIGSGIGS
TUE 27 Baushig + Strandings GIGSGIGS
THU 29 Clive Anderson* SOLD OUT COMEDYCOMEDY
FRI 30 Frankenstein Unchained! With Jason Frederick & Madeline Smith FILMFILM

JULY

SAT 1 Mick Fest 2023 featuring The Utopia Strong, Kavus Torabi, Elf Traps & More GIGSGIGS
TUE 4 Raghu Dixit GIGSGIGS
THU 6 Matt Simpkins & Ben Brown - Pissabed Prophet + John Callaghan GIGSGIGS
FRI 7 Friday Afternoon Club 14 tickets left VARIETY 
FRI 7 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * COMEDYCOMEDY
SAT 8 Lyngo Theatre: Jack & The Beanstalk FAMILYFAMILY
SAT 8 Steemy Dan * 28 tickets left GIGSGIGS
SUN 9 Heritage Tour A: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* 6 tickets left WALKING TOURWALKING TOUR
SUN 9 Tom Houghton: Absolute Shambles COMEDYCOMEDY
TUE 11 Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness + Hobo Chang GIGSGIGS
THU 13 Classic Horror Nights: Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) FILMFILM
FRI 14 The Brit Funk Association * GIGSGIGS
SAT 15 Electro Jazz Orchestra * JAZZJAZZ
SUN 16 Heritage Tour B: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* 15 tickets left WALKING TOURWALKING TOUR
SUN 16 Half A Sentry: 50 years of Otway and Barrett GIGSGIGS
WED 19 Carli Norris - Intimate CABARET 
FRI 21 Latitude Festival 2023 (Day Tickets) 21 tickets left FESTIVAL 
FRI 21 Latitude Festival 2023 (Weekend Tickets) FESTIVAL 
FRI 21 The Blockheads + The Punk Freud * 26 tickets left GIGSGIGS
SAT 22 Latitude Festival 2023 (Day Tickets) SOLD OUT FESTIVAL 
SAT 22 Solstice & Trilogy Double Bill* GIGSGIGS
SUN 23 Latitude Festival 2023 (Day Tickets) SOLD OUT FESTIVAL 
SUN 23 Aspyrian JAZZJAZZ
THU 27 Laugh Out Proud! - The LGBTQIA+ Comedy Night - featuring Mark Cram, Dane Buckley and Shelf COMEDYCOMEDY
FRI 28 Meemo Comma + A'Bear + Xylitol + Diacritical Mark GIGSGIGS
SUN 30 Zine Workshop: Queer Minds WORKSHOP 
SUN 30 Cerys Bradley: Not Over Thinking Things (Work in Progress) COMEDYCOMEDY
MON 31 Roedelius & Chaplin: Kings of Hearts + Lee Ashcroft GIGSGIGS

AUGUST

FRI 4 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * 38 tickets left COMEDYCOMEDY
SUN 6 Heritage Tour X: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* 14 tickets left WALKING TOURWALKING TOUR
FRI 18 JG Thirlwell: Silver Mantis + White Noise Winter GIGSGIGS
SAT 19 Colchester Pride Presents: A Big Camp Cabaret! * SOLD OUT CABARET 
SUN 20 Blondel: Owre Kynge Went Forth GIGSGIGS
WED 23 Knocked Loose + Mourning * SOLD OUT GIGSGIGS
FRI 25 Control Voltage - An Evening of Contemporary Electronic Music GIGSGIGS
SAT 26 Chinese Elvis Presents: The Diverse Elvis Spectrum SOLD OUT CABARET 
MON 28 Obituary + Pest Control 11 tickets left GIGSGIGS
TUE 29 Everything Is Art SOLD OUT WORKSHOP 
TUE 29 Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE
WED 30 Famehungry PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE
WED 30 Poetry Workshop with John Hegley (At The Lawrence Walker Community Centre, 31 Priory Walk) 2 tickets left WORKSHOP 

SEPTEMBER

FRI 1 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * COMEDYCOMEDY
SAT 2 The Guns 'n Roses Experience + Pure Jovi * SOLD OUT GIGSGIGS
SUN 3 Navratri: The Glorious Gujarati Festival of Dance DANCE 
TUE 5 John Hegley: Fresh From the Fringe POETRYPOETRY
FRI 8 Juan Martin * WORLD MUSICWORLD MUSIC
SAT 9 Wi-Fi Wars (Family Friendly) FAMILYFAMILY
SAT 9 Wi-Fi Wars COMEDYCOMEDY
SUN 10 Vinyl Sessions: Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion VINYL 
TUE 12 Urzila Carlson: Just No * 2 tickets left COMEDYCOMEDY
THU 14 Classic Horror Nights: Peter Cushing Peoples' Choice: Brides of Dracula FILMFILM
FRI 15 Markus Birdman: Platinum * CANCELLED COMEDYCOMEDY
SAT 16 Mick Harvey ft Amanda Acevedo + JP Shilo + Sometimes With Others: The Invisible Blue Unicorns GIGSGIGS
SUN 17 Heritage Tour X: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* SOLD OUT WALKING TOURWALKING TOUR
SUN 17 Heritage Day - Tours of the Building TALK 
SUN 17 No Big Deal JAZZJAZZ
TUE 19 Hayseed Dixie + The Fargo Railroad Co GIGSGIGS
THU 21 теплота + Valhallans + Weapon Eyes GIGSGIGS
FRI 22 The Style Councillors * 14 tickets left GIGSGIGS
SAT 23 Classic Horror Nights Special! The Brain That Wouldn't Die - with a live score by Jason Frederick FILMFILM
SUN 24 Martin Newell's Golden Afternoon GIGSGIGS
SUN 24 I Hear Voices Theatre Co: Poets Day PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE
MON 25 Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth * FOLKFOLK
TUE 26 Miranda Sex Garden + Kristeen Young + Bleedingblackwood GIGSGIGS
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 GIGSGIGS
FRI 29 Live/Wire * GIGSGIGS
SAT 30 Faux Fighters UK + Foxymop * 10 tickets left GIGSGIGS

OCTOBER

SUN 1 Heritage Tour A: Led by Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester* SOLD OUT WALKING TOURWALKING TOUR
SUN 1 Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell 45 tickets left GIGSGIGS
MON 2 Ellie Gowers * FOLKFOLK
WED 4 Wonderful Wednesdays: Hannah Maxwell - Nan, Me and Barbara Pravi 49 tickets left PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE
THU 5 The Steve Ignorant Band: Crass Songs + Pissabed Prophet GIGSGIGS
FRI 6 Friday Afternoon Club 6 tickets left VARIETY 
FRI 6 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * COMEDYCOMEDY
SAT 7 Colchester Games Fair 2023 FAIR 
SAT 7 Choc 'n Gilly Reunion 2023 * 19 tickets left GIGSGIGS
SUN 8 Gasper Nali + Michael Mountain WORLD MUSICWORLD MUSIC
MON 9 The Jackie Oates Trio * FOLKFOLK
TUE 10 Monsters In Our Midst: Tales of True Crime with Geoffrey Wansell * CANCELLED LITERATURELITERATURE
WED 11 Wonderful Wednesdays: Alice d'Lumiere - Trans Lady Sings! PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE
FRI 13 Fleetwood Bac * SOLD OUT GIGSGIGS
SAT 14 Booster Cushion Theatre: Little Red Riding Hood FAMILYFAMILY
SAT 14 Evile + Beneath The Embers + Regicide GIGSGIGS
SUN 15 Vinyl Sessions: My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade VINYL 
SUN 15 Martin Kohlstedt GIGSGIGS
MON 16 Clive Carroll plays the music of John Renbourn * FOLKFOLK
TUE 17 Ghosts of Atlantis + Existentialist + Draugrheim GIGSGIGS
WED 18 Wonderful Wednesdays: Luke Wright's Silver Jubilee 37 tickets left PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE
THU 19 Colchester Fringe Festival: Toby - L*dyL*ke DANCE 
THU 19 Colchester Fringe Festival: Standing on a Nail - A Queer Horror Story PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE
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 PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE
SAT 21 Colchester Fringe Festival: Stage Write - Living With Luke PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE
SAT 21 Colchester Fringe Festival: Flamenco Express DANCE 
SAT 21 Colchester Fringe Festival: Standing on a Nail - A Queer Horror Story PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE
SAT 21 Colchester Fringe Festival: PaperHouse Productions - Zhooshy Cabaret CABARET 
SUN 22 Antonio Forcione & Dado Pasqualini JAZZJAZZ
MON 23 Suthering * FOLKFOLK
TUE 24 Jesca Hoop + Sam Eagle GIGSGIGS
WED 25 Wonderful Wednesdays: Charlie Connelly - Attention All Shipping 50 tickets left PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE
THU 26 The Blue Project GIGSGIGS
FRI 27 Police Dog Hogan GIGSGIGS
SAT 28 James Phelan - The Greatest Magician: An Evening of Wonders MAGIC 
SUN 29 Reverend Richard Coles: Borderline National Trinket * SOLD OUT COMEDYCOMEDY
MON 30 John Kirkpatrick: The Victorian farmer's Year In Song * FOLKFOLK
TUE 31 Classic Horror Nights: Scars of Dracula (1970) FILMFILM
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