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Gigs today: The Kubricks at Hot Box Chelmsford · Tom Carradine Sing-a-Long at Layer Marney Tower · Myopia + Shed + Charcoal at Three Wise Monkeys · Craig Gould & the Nobel Thieves + Motel Sundown at Brightlingsea Community Centre · Jazz @ Patch: Amalgam at Patch · Forever Clapton at Colchester Arts Centre · Sons of Southpaw - Live @ The Bull at The Bull

Today


The Kubricks are a seven-piece band from London who mix ska, reggae and infectious melodic pop
An evening of timeless songs with audience participation
Alternative rock band from Essex
Colne Delta Blues and Americana presents
Perhaps the most original group to emerge from Southend's Jazz 825 scene
A brand new production and outstanding tribute
Indie/Rock covers band based in Essex, playing a host of everyone's favourite songs from over the decades

This Week


NOVA TWINS + Bridget. + Hobo Chang + Slow Husky + The Lamplight Club
Deux Furieuses + The Audacity + Frank Turner + Massive Secret Headliner + Silver Light Reaction + The Wicked Ravens + Freya Beer
Shed + Dave J. Giles + DJ Shoesy
The Honkus Rompus + Wilswood Buoys + Oxygen Thief + Emilia Slade
False Heads + PET NEEDS + Oi Mate! + Hoof! + Black Madonnas + X-Kaminski
Ben Brown + TBC + Non Canon
Featuring Artists from CLIP
Fat Pigeon + Lost Movies + Artificially Yours + Weird Creature
WRISTBAND COLLECTION + MERCH
Lawrence Langmead's Normality + Secret Island Festival Takeover
WRISTBAND COLLECTION + MERCH
One-man live show with simultaneous guitar, percussion, bass, piano, and drums
An evocative evening of quintessentially English music
Available for gigs, private functions and weddings
English hard rock band formed in London in 1966
Full contact folk music
Celebrated original Generation X drummer Mark Laff returns
Every Sunday from 8pm. Hosted by Rosalind Harniess
Spanish flamenco company based primarily in Edinburgh, Scotland
Upstairs at Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester every Monday
Essex-based traditional folk band
Open mic is every Monday night at Roots and Grooves in Colchester City centre
One of our most captivating singers
Join us at the Three Wise Monkeys Open Mic Night every Tuesday night
New Music Wednesday
Open mic night every 2nd, 3rd, 4th and (5th) Wednesday
A bona fide troubadour, hailing from the bonny lands of Aberdeen, Scotland
Join the band - every Thursday from 8:30pm

This Month


Twisted covers and wonky versions of your favourite tunes
Brace yourself for an extreme night of live metal with Mechromorph, Repulsed and Winter Hotel
London based alt-country/folk Americana
28 Nov 2025
Tribute/covers band
Two giants of the music world coming together for this very special acoustic show
All the greatest classic and contemporary music from your favourite bands rolled into one!
Dudesmell + Change Persona + Creature Arcade + Monkey Foot Down
Danceable, costumed, curiosity rich duo of visual artists
29 Nov 2025
Chart-topping hits and timeless classics
Aka Janie Price
Ex Iron Maiden Dennis Stratton and ex Manfred Mann Dave Edwards
Every Sunday from 8pm. Hosted by Rosalind Harniess

December


Upstairs at Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester every Monday
Multi-instrumentalists and songwriters from East Anglia

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