Today
Upstairs at Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester every Monday
This Week
Join us at the Three Wise Monkeys Open Mic Night every Tuesday night
Open mic night every 2nd, 3rd, 4th and (5th) Wednesday
Sam Milne + Doll Face + Bliss
Thursday
Join the band - every Thursday from 8:30pm
10th anniversary show
A unique blend of primal blues, cult film scores, bare bones stoner rock and blackened psychedelic soul
Clash City Rockers tour
Hosted by Stu E. Skinner
A unique 5 piece function band, bringing you a sophisticated mix of modern songs and classic hits
The third Sunday of every month means the Hot Box blues jam, featuring The Roots Collective as house band
Sunday
Dynamic vocal-led nu-jazz band
Sunday
Every Sunday from 8pm. Hosted by Rosalind Harniess
This Month
Upstairs at Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester every Monday
20 Jan 2026
Open mic night is fortnightly on the first and third Tuesday of each month
British rhythm & blues and soul band led by singer and songwriter James Hunter
Join us at the Three Wise Monkeys Open Mic Night every Tuesday night
Open mic night every 2nd, 3rd, 4th and (5th) Wednesday
22 Jan 2026
A vibrant spectrum of dynamic, contrasting sounds
22 Jan 2026
Join the band - every Thursday from 8:30pm
Too Much Too Young 45th anniversary
Regicide + BlackWater Kings + Draughrheim + Fallen Relic
24 Jan 2026
Multi-genre trio based around Essex, UK
Fleeced are a four-piece tribute to eight decades of music. Festivals, pubs, parties or your back garden!
25 Jan 2026
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
29 Jan 2026
Join the band - every Thursday from 8:30pm
Native James with Skeleton Boy and Dead Channels at IVW 2026
31 Jan 2026
Independent Venue Week 2026
31 Jan 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
01 Feb 2026
Award-winning vocalist, pianist, composer, producer and journalist
01 Feb 2026
BBC Introducing in Essex and Cambridgeshire presents
01 Feb 2026
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
05 Feb 2026
Join the band - every Thursday from 8:30pm
Featuring Armoured Man, Oli Steadman (Stornoway) and the Eerie Essex Podcast
06 Feb 2026
One of the UK’s busiest and most respected bop tenor saxophonists
07 Feb 2026
An unforgettable evening of music and magic as SBMS brings the silver screen to life
An unforgettable evening of music, storytelling and social history