The James Oliver Band featuring Norman Watt-Roy + The Punk Freud

Colchester Arts Centre, 9 Apr 2026


Tickets £14.
Doors open 7.30pm, starts 8pm.
This gig is for a standing audience.

James Oliver is one of the UK’s busiest acts playing over 300 gigs a year all over the UK, Europe, and the USA!

The legendary Norman Watt-Roy (Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Wilko Johnson etc.) will be on bass guitar for this special gig.

James has performed over 3000 gigs and shared the stage with many acts including Albert Lee, Bill Kirchen, Deke Leonard, Greg Koch, Walter Trout, Steve Gibbons, Billy Bremner, Geraint Watkins, and many others.

In 2020 James won the UK Blues Awards Emerging Artist of the Year and has since been nominated 3 additional times.James Oliver released 2 studio albums 3 live albums and his album Twang was #1 on Amazon Blues Charts for 3 weeks. James is currently working on a new record with legendary producer, John Leckie.

THE PUNK FREUD
Hailing from London, Brazil and, er, Bedfordshire, The Punk Freud are a group of practiced gunslingers firing off a huge catalogue of punk and post punk classics. Brush off your bondage trousers and slick up your Mohican, they’ll probably do your fave.

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Norman Watt-Roy HEADLINE
We describe ourselves as like The Angry Brigade: bloody angry

Show Details


Venue
Colchester Arts Centre
Date
Thursday, 9 Apr 2026
Doors
7:30 p.m.
Starts
8 p.m.

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01206 500 900 / info@colchesterartscentre.com

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