DIARY

OCTOBER

WED 4 Wonderful Wednesdays: Hannah Maxwell - Nan, Me and Barbara Pravi 43 tickets left PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
THU 5 The Steve Ignorant Band: Crass Songs + Pissabed Prophet GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
FRI 6 Friday Afternoon Club 2 tickets left 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 * 9 tickets left 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 * CANCELLED LITERATURECANCELLEDLITERATURE
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 35 tickets left 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 50 tickets left 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* SOLD OUT WALKING TOURSOLD OUTWALKING 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 9 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* SOLD OUT PERFORMANCESOLD OUTPERFORMANCE
SAT 11 Stephen K Amos: Oxymoron 33 tickets left 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 45 tickets left PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
FRI 17 Zion Train + Johnny Fisher AKA Cyberdog 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
TUE 28 Underdog Crew Studios Annual Awards Ceremony + Essex Doc Fest FILMBUY TICKETSFILM
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* 2 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 * 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* 16 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 * SOLD OUT GIGSSOLD OUTGIGS
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
MON 29 Kegs * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
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
MON 12 Harbottle & Jonas * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
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
MON 19 Show Of Hands * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK
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
SUN 24 Aaron Simmonds: Hot Wheels & Baby Steps COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
MON 25 Emily Portman & Rob Harbron * FOLKBUY TICKETSFOLK

APRIL

FRI 5 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
TUE 9 Lady Nade Sings Nina Simone GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
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 16 Jarlath Regan: Yer Man * COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
THU 23 Emmanuel Sonubi: Curriculum Vitae COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
FRI 24 Brujeria + Borstal + Chestburster GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SUN 26 Blancmange * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS

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
THU 13 Fin Taylor: Ask Your Mother COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
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
THU 14 Anu Vaidyanathan: Work In Progress COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
FRI 15 DS:UK - IN TRIBUTE TO DIRE STRAITS * GIGSBUY TICKETSGIGS
SAT 23 Wi-Fi Wars (Family Friendly) FAMILYBUY TICKETSFAMILY

DECEMBER

THU 5 Emotional Madness with MaryAnn & Mates PERFORMANCEBUY TICKETSPERFORMANCE
FRI 6 The Laughter Zone Comedy Club* COMEDYBUY TICKETSCOMEDY
2025