2017

JUNE

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

JULY

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

AUGUST

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

SEPTEMBER

FRI 1 Farmers Market MARKETMARKET
FRI 1 A Midsummer Nights Scream * SOLD OUT THEATRETHEATRE
FRI 1 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club * COMEDYCOMEDY
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 THEATRETHEATRE
SAT 2 Street Cinema: Nightcrawler (At The Old Bus Depot, Queen Street) FILMFILM
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) THEATRETHEATRE
SAT 9 Concrete Legacy with Katherine Wood STREET TOURS 
SAT 9 Living With Luke (Doors 7.30pm) THEATRETHEATRE
SAT 9 Street Cinema: Locke (At the Old Bus Depot, Queen Street) FILMFILM
SUN 10 Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour A * WALKING TOURWALKING TOUR
SUN 10 Heritage Open Day HERITAGE 
SUN 10 Tom Stade: I Swear 25 tickets left COMEDYCOMEDY
SUN 10 Haunted Colchester with Rob Brown STREET TOURS 
MON 11 Pons Aelius * FOLKFOLK
TUE 12 Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle FILMFILM
WED 13 Simon Finn + The Doomed Bird of Providence + Harpoon Group GIGSGIGS
THU 14 Nathan Caton: The Pursuit of Happiness COMEDYCOMEDY
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) FILMFILM
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 * FOLKFOLK
TUE 19 The End of St Petersburg with a live score by Harmonieband FILMFILM
THU 21 Paul Foot: 'Tis A Pity She's A Piglet COMEDYCOMEDY
FRI 22 Il Sogno Del Marinaio (Featuring Mike Watt) + Mother Sky + iAlpha GIGSGIGS
SAT 23 Street Cinema: The Wizard Of Oz FILMFILM
SAT 23 Street Cinema: Thelma & Louise (At the Old Bus Depot, Queen Street) FILMFILM
SUN 24 Colchester Heritage Tour with Sir Bob Russell - Tour B * WALKING TOURWALKING TOUR
SUN 24 The Vinyl Sessions - Ride: Nowhere MUSICMUSIC
SUN 24 Lekan Babalola's Sacred Funk Project WORLD MUSICWORLD MUSIC
MON 25 Boo Hewerdine & Brooks Williams State of the Union * FOLKFOLK
WED 27 Gwyneth Herbert & her band * FOLKFOLK
THU 28 Alan Moore & MacGillivray * LIVE LITERATURE 
FRI 29 Street Hunt STREET HUNT 
FRI 29 John Otway GIGSGIGS
SAT 30 RHYTHM AND TASTE! BHANGRA MASALA BY INDI SANDHU - BHANGRA CHEF PRESENTS: BOLLYMASALA KIDSKIDS
SAT 30 Paul Zerdin: All Mouth * 2 tickets left COMEDYCOMEDY

OCTOBER

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

NOVEMBER

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