Colchester Arts Centre

2017

JUNE

THU 1	32nd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival *	BEER
FRI 2	32nd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival *	BEER
SAT 3	32nd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival *	BEER
SUN 4	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 4	Solstice	JAZZ
FRI 9	Farmers Market *	MARKET
FRI 9	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 10	Frock Swap!	FASHION
SAT 10	Terry Alderton	COMEDY
SUN 11	Virtuosity - In Aid Of MS-UK *	GIGS
MON 12	Solstafir + Tropic of Xhao	GIGS
TUE 13	Zu + Earthmass + Meadows	GIGS
WED 14	Ursula Martinez: Free Admission	PERFORMANCE
THU 15	Steve Ashley	FOLK
FRI 16	Limehouse Lizzy *	GIGS
SUN 18	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 18	Torus	JAZZ
TUE 20	James Veitch: Game Face	COMEDY
WED 21	Summer Solstice Celebration: A Midsummer Night's Dream *	GIGS
THU 22	Acoustic Strawbs *	FOLK
FRI 23	Katy Brand - I Was a Teenage Christian	COMEDY
SAT 24	Compagnie Animotion: Watch your feet! And your hands! Workshop	KIDS
SAT 24	Compagnie Animotion presents The War Of The Buttons (With Integrated BSL)	KIDS
SAT 24	Monster Florence *	GIGS
SUN 25	The Vinyl Sessions - Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland	MUSIC
TUE 27	Laniakea + Thighpaulsandra (Ex Coil) + Jessica Moss (Thee Silver Mt Zion)	GIGS
WED 28	An Audience With Author Sarah Perry *	LITERATURE
THU 29	Classic Horror Nights! Theatre of Blood + Q&A with Madeline Smith	FILM
FRI 30	The Noise Next Door: Uproar!	COMEDY

JULY

SUN 2	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 2	Darius Brubeck Quartet	JAZZ
TUE 4	VIBE PRESENTS	GIGS
WED 5	Sabar Drumming Workshop with Modou Diouf	WORLD MUSIC
WED 5	An Evening of African Kora & Sabar Drumming with Modou Diouf & Sefo Kanuteh	WORLD MUSIC
THU 6	Industrial Soundtrack for the Urban Decay + Paris/Berlin: 20 Years of Underground Techno	FILM
FRI 7	Farmers Market *	MARKET
FRI 7	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 8	D'Ukes	GIGS
SAT 8	D'Ukes Fest 2017	GIGS
TUE 11	Aspergers Are Us	COMEDY
THU 13	Classic Horror Nights Double Bill! Satanic Rites of Dracula + The Abominable Dr Phibes	FILM
FRI 14	The Latin Rhythm presents Son Yambu	SALSA
SAT 15	New Town Kings + Drive + (((Palindromes))) + Stitch & Bitch DJs: A John Ball Day Special	GIGS
FRI 21	Mammalian Diving Reflex, Darren O'Donnell: All The Sex I've Ever Had	PERFORMANCE
SAT 22	Mammalian Diving Reflex, Darren O'Donnell: All The Sex I've Ever Had	PERFORMANCE
MON 24	Tunde Jegede & The Art Ensemble of Lagos	WORLD MUSIC
TUE 25	Colne Valley Youth Orchestra Fundraising Concert	CLASSICAL
THU 27	*Steve Harris British Lion SOLD OUT**	GIGS
FRI 28	Shitmat + An Unnecessarily Justified With + Sam Fez	GIGS
SAT 29	Sesh For Luke *	GIGS
SUN 30	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 30	The African Salsa Orchestra	WORLD MUSIC

AUGUST

THU 3	Trembling Bells, Mike Heron & Ed Askew - The Summer of Love Anniversary Tour	GIGS
FRI 4	Farmers Market *	MARKET
FRI 4	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 5	King Ayisoba + Hobo Chang	GIGS
SUN 6	Vinyl Sessions Jazz Open House	MUSIC
TUE 8	Kids Summer Arts Festival: Majestic Kids - It's A Small World	KIDS
WED 9	Kids Summer Arts Festival: Majestic Kids - It's A Small World	KIDS
THU 10	Kids Summer Arts Festival: Majestic Kids - It's A Small World	KIDS
FRI 11	Kids Summer Arts Festival: Majestic Kids - It's A Small World	KIDS
SUN 13	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SAT 19	Cryptopsy + Jotnarr + A Bribe For The Ferryman	GIGS
WED 23	*Milton Jones Is Nearly Out There: Work In Progress SOLD OUT**	COMEDY
THU 24	65daysofstatic + Meemo Comma	GIGS
SAT 26	Street Cinema: A Streetcat Named Bob (At The Old Bus Depot, Queen Street)	FILM
SAT 26	Steemy Dan	GIGS
SAT 26	Street Cinema: Mad Max: Fury Road (At the Old Bus Depot, Queen Street)	FILM
SUN 27	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 27	Colchester Vegan Fair	VEGAN FAIR
TUE 29	Essex Book Festival presents Putrid Potion Workshop *	KIDS
TUE 29	Essex Book Festival presents The Super Stinky Pongorific Gameshow *	KIDS
WED 30	*A Midsummer Nights Scream SOLD OUT**	THEATRE
WED 30	Vaudou Game	WORLD MUSIC
THU 31	*A Midsummer Nights Scream SOLD OUT**	THEATRE

SEPTEMBER

FRI 1	Farmers Market	MARKET
FRI 1	*A Midsummer Nights Scream SOLD OUT**	THEATRE
FRI 1	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 2	Sustainable Colchester: Urban Environmentalism with Pam Nelson	STREET TOURS
SAT 2	Street Photography with Jonathan Doyle	STREET TOURS
SAT 2	*A Midsummer Nights Scream SOLD OUT**	THEATRE
SAT 2	Street Cinema: Nightcrawler (At The Old Bus Depot, Queen Street)	FILM
SUN 3	Riots, Rebellions & Protests with Dorian Kelly	STREET TOURS
SUN 3	An (In)spire-rational Tour with Richard Dedomenici	STREET TOURS
THU 7	Citizen Journalism	WORKSHOP
SAT 9	7am with Ant Roberts	STREET TOURS
SAT 9	Living With Luke (Doors 2.30pm)	THEATRE
SAT 9	Concrete Legacy with Katherine Wood	STREET TOURS
SAT 9	Living With Luke (Doors 7.30pm)	THEATRE
SAT 9	Street Cinema: Locke (At the Old Bus Depot, Queen Street)	FILM
SUN 10	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 10	Heritage Open Day	HERITAGE
SUN 10	Tom Stade: I Swear 25 tickets left	COMEDY
SUN 10	Haunted Colchester with Rob Brown	STREET TOURS
MON 11	Pons Aelius *	FOLK
TUE 12	Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle	FILM
WED 13	Simon Finn + The Doomed Bird of Providence + Harpoon Group	GIGS
THU 14	Nathan Caton: The Pursuit of Happiness	COMEDY
FRI 15	Maya Youssef Trio *	CLASSICAL
SAT 16	Sustainable Colchester: Green Living and Learning with Emily Harrup	STREET TOURS
SAT 16	Place Story Artefact: Exploring the Walk as Art with Sara Hayes	STREET TOURS
SAT 16	Street Cinema: The Motorcycle Diaries (At The Old Bus Depot, Queen Street)	FILM
SAT 16	Jessica Walker Cabaret Songs *	CLASSICAL
SUN 17	Lost Theatres Of Colchester With Dorian Kelly	STREET TOURS
SUN 17	Natalie Clein *	CLASSICAL
MON 18	Greg Russell & Jack Rutter *	FOLK
TUE 19	The End of St Petersburg with a live score by Harmonieband	FILM
THU 21	Paul Foot: 'Tis A Pity She's A Piglet	COMEDY
FRI 22	Il Sogno Del Marinaio (Featuring Mike Watt) + Mother Sky + iAlpha	GIGS
SAT 23	Street Cinema: The Wizard Of Oz	FILM
SAT 23	Street Cinema: Thelma & Louise (At the Old Bus Depot, Queen Street)	FILM
SUN 24	Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour B *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 24	The Vinyl Sessions - Ride: Nowhere	MUSIC
SUN 24	Lekan Babalola's Sacred Funk Project	WORLD MUSIC
MON 25	Boo Hewerdine & Brooks Williams State of the Union *	FOLK
WED 27	Gwyneth Herbert & her band *	FOLK
THU 28	Alan Moore & MacGillivray *	LIVE LITERATURE
FRI 29	Street Hunt	STREET HUNT
FRI 29	John Otway	GIGS
SAT 30	RHYTHM AND TASTE! BHANGRA MASALA BY INDI SANDHU - BHANGRA CHEF PRESENTS: BOLLYMASALA	KIDS
SAT 30	*Paul Zerdin: All Mouth 2 tickets left**	COMEDY

OCTOBER

SUN 1	Matt Ridley Quartet	JAZZ
MON 2	Alden, Patterson & Dashwood *	FOLK
TUE 3	Robin Ince: Pragmatic Insanity	COMEDY
WED 4	Jenny Lee: Heartbeats & Algorithms	PERFORMANCE
THU 5	Sharon Shannon *	FOLK
FRI 6	Farmers Market	MARKET
FRI 6	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
SAT 7	Colchester Games Fair	FAIR
SAT 7	Simon Day, In Character 36 tickets left	COMEDY
SUN 8	Kills On Wheels	FILM
MON 9	The Young'uns - Strangers Album Tour *	FOLK
TUE 10	Mark Thomas: A Show That Gambles On The Future	COMEDY
WED 11	Figs In Wigs: Often Onstage	PERFORMANCE
THU 12	Kevin Pearce: Album Launch	GIGS
SAT 14	Comedy Club 4 Kids with BSL interpretation	KIDS
SAT 14	*Jeremy Hardy Live 2017 SOLD OUT**	COMEDY
SUN 15	COLCHESTER HERITAGE TOUR WITH SIR BOB RUSSELL - TOUR A *	WALKING TOUR
SUN 15	Black History Month celebrates The Origins of Black Music *	GIGS
MON 16	The Sam Kelly Duo *	FOLK
TUE 17	FRANK IERO and the PATIENCE *	GIGS
WED 18	H2 Dance: Strangers & Others (Doors open 5.30pm) 29 tickets left	PERFORMANCE
WED 18	H2 Dance: Strangers & Others (Doors open 7.45pm) 19 tickets left	PERFORMANCE
THU 19	Laurence Clark: Independence	COMEDY
FRI 20	*Phill Jupitus: Juplicity SOLD OUT**	COMEDY
SAT 21	*The Great British Take Off featuring Jon Culshaw & Bill Dare SOLD OUT**	COMEDY
SUN 22	Charlie Wood Band	JAZZ
MON 23	Martin Simpson: Trails & Tribulations Tour *	FOLK
TUE 24	*Jimeoin: Ridiculous 5 tickets left**	COMEDY
WED 25	Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping Choir: Trump Depression Hotline Tour	PERFORMANCE
THU 26	AKDK + Artificially Yours + Nothing.Existed	GIGS
FRI 27	Latin Rhythm Salsaween Party *	SALSA
SAT 28	Lyngo Theatre Presents "There And Back Again- An Odyssey"	KIDS
SAT 28	Pet Shop Boys Tribute	GIGS
SUN 29	The Vinyl Sessions - Bjork: Homogenic	MUSIC
SUN 29	Akercocke + Hecate Enthroned + Terra	GIGS
MON 30	4Square *	FOLK
TUE 31	Justin Currie & The Pallbearers *	GIGS

NOVEMBER

WED 1	Tom Marshman: Kings Cross (Remix)	PERFORMANCE
THU 2	Dingus Khan + Rubber Jaw + Tr-33n	GIGS
FRI 3	Farmers Market	MARKET
FRI 3	The Laughter Zone Comedy Club *	COMEDY
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

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