Events

🎄✨ A Christmas Carol at Colchester Castle! ✨🎄Join us on 15th December, 6pm for Anthony Roberts’ one-man performance of Dickens’ classic — all in support of the Mayor’s Charities:Colchester Foodbank • Level Best • The Underdog Crew • Open Road • The Not Forgotten🎟️ Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/christmascarolcastleDon’t miss this magical night for amazing causes! 💛

Designed for children aged 2 1/2 to 4, along with their parents, grandparents, and carers, these monthly sessions offer an immersive journey of exploration and discovery. The December session will focus on the theme of the North Pole.These sessions offer a unique opportunity for children and their caregivers to bond and learn while exploring the [...]

Tickets £10 / £8 concessions.Doors open 7.30pm , show starts 8pm.This show is for a seated audience. An Impossible Enigma, or Easy as Pi? Written by Darren GoodingPerformed by Darren Gooding, Dave Hughes & Sarah Ellen YoungMusic by Tina Gooding and Darren Tansley Sound Recording and Editing by Stuart ArmitageThe twisted imaginations behind "Poets Day" [...]

Come and jingle your bells with us at Three Wise Monkeys with a feast of your favourite festive tunes. That's a lot of effs. Here's another one - it's FREEEEEEEE.

It's Open Mic Night!Bring yourself... or send your friends in place of you.... or come with your friends and get involved.Bring your instruments or borrow mine (Guitar, Piano, Cajon & Mics provided).*We run a sign up board & work through the names in order & attendance prioritising those who arrive before 9.*The sign up board [...]

Our annual Christmas concert is back!Join us for a jolly holly afternoon of seasonal songs, readings and magical performances from our talented panto cast & Mercury staff in this festive treat for all the family.Don’t forget to warm up those vocal chords!Please note that our Café Bar will be closed following this performance so our [...]

Tickets £6.Doors open 7.30pm, starts 8pm.Monthly nights of retro horror screenings from the mainly Brit school of Hammer, Amicus etc. Presented by Classic Horror buff and local musician Jason Frederick. Popcorn, a monthly themed cocktail, plenty of dry ice and often very daft over-blown intros. Join us!BLACK CHRISTMASA Canadian horror classic, with Olivia Hussey (Stephen [...]

Last years Panto was such a success (oh yes it was!) that we have the wonderful performers of Frederick Douglas back again!

Christmas is creeping up on us so no "bah humbugs" here please.Why not come along to our reading (by candlelight and with music accompaniment) of A Christmas Carol by Anthony Roberts on Friday 19th December.This is your chance to get into the Christmas spirit and also help our local children's hospice (EACH) and other good [...]

It's that time of the year again when we bring out the mince pies and you all sing your hearts out!!The fantastic Colne Endeavour Band are returning to play some classic Christmas Carols!!Lead by the fantastic conductor Robert, you'll be expected to take part and raise a bit of cash for this great cause.

The Tom Jiggins Quartet plays Christmas!TICKETS AT:https://good-show.co.uk/events/2647or www.tomjigginsmusic.comLIVE AT PATCHFeaturingSPECIAL GUEST - Ben Cox- Vocals Simon Brown- Piano Simon Wood- Double Bass Tom Jiggins- Drums Join us for a festive evening of world-class jazz as Tom Jiggins returns to Patch, this time with very special guest Ben Cox on vocals. In the spirit of the [...]

Join us for our LAST SHOW of 2025, a festive feast for your ears and feet, no less....All the usual Northern Soul anthems and deep cuts you'll be accustomed to if you joined us last year at the Arts Centre, and if you didn't, well, WHERE WERE YOU???!!Warning - This performance may contain Santa Hats [...]