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Gigs today: Winter Gardens at Hot Box Chelmsford · The Thursday Jam - 22/01/2026 at CODA

Today


A vibrant spectrum of dynamic, contrasting sounds
Join the band - every Thursday from 8:30pm

This Week


Too Much Too Young 45th anniversary
Featuring Colour & Shape and Forever Blues. Hosted by Stu E. Skinner
Featuring Daniel Stephen Turner, Matt-As-Trophe and Rowan Donaldson
Regicide + BlackWater Kings + Draughrheim + Fallen Relic
Multi-genre trio based around Essex, UK
Saturday
Fleeced are a four-piece tribute to eight decades of music. Festivals, pubs, parties or your back garden!
Every Sunday from 8pm. Hosted by Rosalind Harniess
Wendigo + The Unemployed + Heartlake + Violet
Upstairs at Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester every Monday
The UK’s leading performer of Jake Thackray’s songs.
Project Osiris + Disjunction + Smoke Town + Afterbirth + Bloom
Join us at the Three Wise Monkeys Open Mic Night every Tuesday night
Psychographik + No Idea + The Echoes + Midweek + Syncopate
Open mic night every 2nd, 3rd, 4th and (5th) Wednesday

This Month


Join the band - every Thursday from 8:30pm
Native James with Skeleton Boy and Dead Channels at IVW 2026
Independent Venue Week 2026
Long-running, talented covers band with a hint of comedy

February


Live acoustic open mic the first Sunday of every month from 3pm - 6pm
Every first Sunday of the month
Award-winning vocalist, pianist, composer, producer and journalist
BBC Introducing in Essex and Cambridgeshire presents
Every Sunday from 8pm. Hosted by Rosalind Harniess
Upstairs at Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester every Monday
"English music's Mighty Heart of Oak" - Shirley Collins
Join us at the Three Wise Monkeys Open Mic Night every Tuesday night
Reverie Sons + The Badgers + Southern Heights
Join the band - every Thursday from 8:30pm
Featuring Armoured Man, Oli Steadman (Stornoway) and the Eerie Essex Podcast
One of the UK’s busiest and most respected bop tenor saxophonists
An unforgettable evening of music and magic as SBMS brings the silver screen to life
An unforgettable evening of music, storytelling and social history
A Tribute to Lee Scratch Perry
Ladhood + The Enquiries + Kerosene
Keep Colchester Cool and Best Days Vintage presents
Sad music for nice folks
Tribute band
Georgia is back!
Exquisite folk from one of the country’s most exciting duos
Celebrating the hits of the Swinging Sixties
Formed in 2019 by XTC's drummer Terry Chambers, performing classic XTC material
Tribute band
My Chemical Romance tribute band
A live music show celebrating the works of Sir Paul McCartney
Soaring sibling harmony, inspired guitar playing and a rich array of acoustic instruments
Essex-based melodic death metal
Tribute band

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