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Gigs today: Iago Banet at Hot Box Chelmsford · Loxley's Corner - Open Mic - 01/03/2026 at Brightlingsea Community Centre · Henshaw at The Victoria Inn · Magistrate + X-Kaminski at Queen Street Brewhouse · Irish/Scottish Jam Session @ The Foresters 01/03/2026 at The Foresters Arms · Jazz Dynamos: Jazz 'n' 80s featuring Lucy Randell at Colchester Arts Centre · CODA Open Mic - 01/03/2026 at CODA

Today


The Galician king of acoustic guitar
Live acoustic open mic the first Sunday of every month from 3pm - 6pm
Local acoustic legend
New band featuring Tyler Baker from Gasoline Green, as well as members of Doll Face and Butterfly Handshake
Every first Sunday of the month
Unique set of exuberant, entertaining, and original contemporary jazz arrangements
Every Sunday from 8pm. Hosted by Rosalind Harniess

This Week


New earlier start time to allow for more performers
Upstairs at Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester every Monday
Acclaimed contemporary folk and acoustic duo
Open mic night is fortnightly on the first and third Tuesday of each month
Lineup TBA
Join us at the Three Wise Monkeys Open Mic Night every Tuesday night
For International Women's Day
Join the band - every Thursday from 8:30pm
Create more, worry less. Singer-songwriter. One half of Panama City. Bass player for Mezzotint
Multi-genre trio based around Essex, UK
Colne Delta present Victoria's Big Easy album launch party with special guests

This Month


Original musician
Two of Colchester's finest singer/songwriters
Every Sunday from 8pm. Hosted by Rosalind Harniess
New earlier start time to allow for more performers
Upstairs at Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester every Monday
BBC Folk Award-winning singer, guitarist, and songwriter
British organist and choir director
Join us at the Three Wise Monkeys Open Mic Night every Tuesday night
Post-punk high-octane blasts of indie, and a fusion of furious intellect and straight-to-the-vein songwriting
Open mic night every 2nd, 3rd, 4th and (5th) Wednesday
The fortnightly jam sesh is on Wednesdays down in the Speakeasy gin bar at Three Wise Monkeys in Colchester
A perfect acoustic line up for a Thursday evening
Join the band - every Thursday from 8:30pm
Southern Heights + René Mills + Sam Milne & The Tyrants + The Enquiries
The third Sunday of every month means the Hot Box blues jam, featuring The Roots Collective as house band
Elbows Out! This is Capitalism album launch tour
An extraordinary celebration of Nina Simone's timeless legacy
Every Sunday from 8pm. Hosted by Rosalind Harniess
New earlier start time to allow for more performers
Upstairs at Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester every Monday
Sanctuary: Songs from Sacred Spaces
Open mic night is fortnightly on the first and third Tuesday of each month
Smash It To Pieces tour
Join us at the Three Wise Monkeys Open Mic Night every Tuesday night
Open mic night every 2nd, 3rd, 4th and (5th) Wednesday
Colne Delta Blues and American presents
Colne Delta Blues and Americana presents
Abrasive Trees + Rothko + Strandings + Vaahl

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