Keep Colchester Cool

Vinyl Sessions: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
2026-02-22 12:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom
Tickets £4Doors open 12pm, show starts at 12:30pmThis show is for a seated audience.
The bar will be open throughout.
Bob Dylan / Blood on the Tracks
They (critics, fans) call it Dylan’s ‘break-up album’, and yeah, there’s no shortage of battered emotions and accusatory finger-pointing to be found across its 10 tracks – but has a song cycle about love turning cold ever felt so counter-intuitively lush, comforting and warm? For members of the faithful, Blood on the Tracks is a centrepiece of the great man’s catalogue. for Dylan neophytes, it’s perhaps the ideal entry point to discovering the complex, multi-layered lyricism for which he’s so celebrated, here beautifully recorded on wax using the finest studio technology of the time, with Dylan himself in the producer’s chair. Free from the muffled clutter of his 60s period and the ill-advised sonic bombast of his (and, to be fair, most of his contemporaries’) 80s output, the result is arguably among Dylan’s most pristine and contemporary-sounding records – with lots to chew on in the post-listening discussion, we suspect…
The album playback will be followed by a Q&A session.
After a short break, we’ll follow the album with our usual ‘Dead Wax’ session. Bring along a vinyl disc of your choice and hear a track from it played through the Arts Centre PA. This can be anything you like, for any reason – the more ‘out there’ the better.

Breaking Bad Quiz (Colchester)
2026-02-22 18:40 - 21:40 | Three Wise Monkeys Colchester
Test your knowledge of the amazing show, and help raise money for an incredible cause!
– £3 a head (cash only)– Maximum 6 to a team– Food served throughout – Book by selecting the date of the quiz and choosing quiz booking: threewisemonkeyscolchester.com/book-a-table
If you book and then decide not to attend, please CANCEL YOUR BOOKING.
Please attend with the number of people you book for.
Please arrive at least twenty minutes before the quiz is due to start to place food and drink orders.

Derek Nash Organ Trio: "Smooth cool to groovy funk, the music fizzes with energy." - The Guardian​
2026-02-22 19:30 - 21:30 | Wivenhoe Congregational Church, 101 High Street, Colchester, CO7 9AB, GB
Serving up classic cuts from Blue Note’s 50s and 60s back catalogue, plus a few compositions from the Derek Nash Quartet and Sax Appeal repertoire, the Organ Trio’s mix of jazz, funk, blues and Latin has made them firm favourites on the British jazz scene.​Led by Jools Holland’s lead saxophonist for over 20 years, multi-award winner Derek is arguably the busiest jazz musician in the UK today. One of the most enthusiastic and engaging performers, he’s also one of the hottest, funkiest saxophone players around.
​Aside from fronting his own groups, and co-leading The Wonder of Stevie with Noel McCalla, Derek has regularly performed, recorded and guested with a diverse range of artists, including Eric Clapton, Booker T., Sir Paul McCartney, Mezzoforte, Sir Tom Jones,Amy Winehouse,Jack Bruce, Bob Dorough, Rumer, David Benoit, Ernie Watts, Nelson Rangell, Don and Dave Grusin, and Shakatak.
Organist Jim Watson has worked with Kurt Elling, Sting, Incognito, former AWB front man Hamish Stuart, Manu Katche, and the BBC Radio Big Band.
As well as running is own club, drummer George Double has worked with Dame Shirley Bassey, Grammy Award winner Jack Jones, Marc Almond, Mica Paris, Ruthie Henshall, and Kym Mazelle.
​With the Organ Trio, you’re most definitley guaranteed a cracking evening’s music!
​Derek Nash (Saxophones), Jim Watson (Organ), George Double (Drums).
