Music and Events
Music and events
Welcome to our music and events programme. Music concerts and events are available on selected Saturdays throughout the summer.
2024 Events Programme
Free Events:
The church is open each Tuesday from noon till 2pm, with free tea and coffee. Do pop in for a chat and a visit.
September 9 &10 Saturday and Sunday 10-4pm Heritage open days. Explore this 14th century church and discover its fascinating history. Tours and displays illustrating its 700 year history and its connections to the Hythe, Colchester’s port.
December 21st Thursday starting at 7pm Annual Carol service. Bell ringing from 7pm and and carols from 19:30
Church Services: 31 March, 30 June, 29 Sept and 29 December: 4pm evening prayer at St Leonard’s with Rev Belinda Kerins (St Stephen’s Church)
2024 Events Programme
April
6th Saturday 2pm Joan Taylor launching her Colchester based poems, The Oyster Boy and Other Poems (Rosewood press) Joan is Professor at Kings College, London. She spends much of her time in New Zealand so we have to ‘catch her while we can’!
27th Sunday 2pm St George’s day/Shakespeare’s day Mr Walsh’s Wonders: Traditional five-piece English folk band.
May
31st at 7pm Novelist and poet Holly Pester teaches at Essex University and has been highly praised for her new debut novel. Reviews: “The Lodgers, her fiction debut, performs so well on the page; it’s a poet’s novel in that sense.” (The Guardian). “She is a Forward Poetry Prize winner and looks likely to win fiction awards too. The Lodgers is … compelling” (Times Literary Supplement). Chaired by writer/ teacher Emma Kittle-Pey.
June
Thursday 6th at 7pm Pete Morton English folksinger/ songwriter. Pete is a positive force of nature, who sings and plays all over the UK and tours the world with his rousing songs. His most recent album is Fair Freedom. A rare chance to see him in a local venue.
Saturday 1 June - Essex Book Festival launch
Thursday 27 June - CCT community day
August
Saturday 31st: Café Chantant 3pm, Bank holiday weekend: our annual outdoor concert including local musicians. Strawberries and cream make it a traditional summer event.
September
Saturday and Sunday, 7 & 8 - Heritage Open Days. Explore the history of this medieval church with its links to the ancient port of the Hythe and to the Siege of Colchester.
December
Thursday 19th - Carol Service: 7.30pm. Bells at 7pm. Carols, mulled wine and mince pies will start your Christmas celebrations in style.
Other events coming are also planned and will be listed here shortly