TIMBERS RESTAURANT AT BLAKE END: Tel: 01376 552553
Friday 25th May - Rod Stewart Tribute with Gary Pease

RIVERSIDE SPICE - Tel: 01787 221728
Wednesday 25th April - Elvis Nite with Marshall King

THE BELL HOTEL, MARKET HILL, CLARE, SUFFOLK, CO10 8NN - 01787 237653
Sun 29th Apr – HARRY GREEN
Sun 13th May – ED JONES
Sun 27th May – EMILY DANKWORTH
Sun 10th June – SIMON SPILLETT
Sun 24th June – NIC MEIER
Sun 8th July – TINA MAY
Sun 22nd July – PAUL HIGGS
Sun 5th Aug – MARTIN SPEAKE
Sun 19th Aug – KAREN SHARP
All gigs 7.30 to 10.00pm. £10 adm

COLCHESTER ORGAN SOCIETY CONCERTS
Colchester Organ Society, Thomas Lord Audley School, Monkwick Avenue, Colchester CO2 8NJ. Live keyboard music to suit all tastes. 1st Friday of each month, 7.45-10.15, £4 members, £6 non-members.
Friday 4th May - David Ingley
Parking inside school, refreshments and raffle Tel: 01787 269458. alanwpilgrim@tiscali.co.uk

JAZZ AFTERNOON
Sunday 22 April 2 - 5pm. Jazz Afternoon with Bill Cornnell and his Jazz Katz at the Village Hall, Sible Hedingham. Tickets £10 each which includes an afternoon tea. For further information phone Linda 07949 466945

WITHAM SINGERS CONCERT
Monday April 23 at 7.30. Witham Singers will be holding their next concert at the United Reformed Church, Witham. The programme will be a mixed bag of solo items and choir numbers including Cabaret, Fings Ain’t What they Used to Be, Don’t Stop Me Now and Come Outside. Refreshments will be available.

BRAINTREE MALE VOICE CHOIR
Saturday May 5 (7.30) & Sunday May 6 (6.00). A male voice choir from Derbyshire will be making two appearances next month as guests of the Braintree Male Voice Choir. It will be in return for a visit the Braintree choir made to Derbyshire in 2016.
Braintree were hosted by both the Eastwood Collieries male voice choir and the Sonara ladies choir on their visit and last year hosted joint concerts with Sonara.
This time it is the turn of the Eastwood choir, who will be joining Braintree MVC at St Peter-ad-Vincula Church, Coggeshall, on Saturday May 5 (7.30) and at St Peter’s Church, Sudbury, on Sunday May 6 (6.00).
The two choirs will join together for three songs as well as presenting two sets of their own material. The programme includes American Trilogy, Chattanooga Choo Choo and Ben E King’s Stand By Me. The Braintree Male Voice Choir is always on the lookout for new members. Anyone interested should ring 01376 321908.

STOUR VALLEY SINGERS
Saturday May 12th at 7.30pm. Stour Valley Singers are joining forces with Sletten Sangkor, a Danish choir from Fredensborg which is twinned with Sudbury, to sing a concert of "Musicals and Memories". It takes place in St John"s Methodist Church, York Rd, Sudbury. Tickets cost £10 which includes tea, coffee and refreshments and can be bought at the door.

COLCHESTER ORGAN SOCIETY
Colchester Organ Society, Thomas Lord Audley School, Monkwick Avenue, Colchester, CO2 8NJ. Live keyboard music to suit all tastes.1st Friday of each month, 7.45-10.15. £4 members, £6 non members. Parking inside school, refreshments and raffle. Tel: 01787 269458. alanwpilgrim@tiscali.co.uk
Friday 4th May - David Ingley
Friday Friday 1st June - James Goff.
Saturday 16th June (2.45 pm) - Chiho Sunamoto and Jon Smith.
Friday 6th July - Dave Smith.

MUSIC RECITALS
A series of free music recitals will be run at St Andrew's Church, Earls Colne on the following dates:
Thursday 10th May
Thursday 12th July
Thursday 9th August
Thursday 13th September
They recitals will be from 1pm - 1.45pm. Refreshments are available beforehand for a donation. For info please contact Liz on 01376 561307

ACANTEEN, 35 NEW LONDON ROAD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX CM2 0ND Tel: 01245 205889
Weekly Jazz Club in Chelmsford, Andy Gangadeen’s Trio at ACANTEEN on Fridays, 8pm-11pm.

THE BELL INN, GREAT BARDFIELD
3rd Wednesday of the month Open Mic/Jam Night all abilities welcome, with a guest slot up for grabs each month. Contact Sharon on 01371 239165

THE BENSON BAR & HOTEL– BRAINTREE: Tel: 01376 326621

THE WHITE HORSE - HITCHAM, NR BILDESTON: Tel: 01449 740981

COCK AND BELL - LONG MELFORD - Tel: 01787 373578
2nd Friday of every month Folk and Music Club from 8.30pm

THE SHOULDER OF MUTTON - ASSINGTON VILLAGE Tel: 07980 348959
Twixt Bures and Sudbury. Open Mic Night with Pete and Richard