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Diary Dates

2022

13th-15th May

 

IGTP Festival

Worcester

2021

29th, 30th & 31st May 

10am-5pm 

To be confirmed

Hedingham Castle

31st July & 1st August

10am-5pm

Colchester Medieval Fayre

Castle Park, Colchester

29th & 30th August

10am-5pm 

 

Hedingham Castle

2019

4th January 

7.30pm-9.30pm  

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

18th January

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

1st February

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

15th February

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

1st March

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

15th March

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

23rd March

11am-1pm

Rehearsal for singers

Marks Tey Church

23rd March

2pm-4pm

Rehearsal. Full band & singers

Marks Tey Church

24th March

1pm-2pm

Set up and warm up.

Marks Tey Church Hall

24th March

2.30-4.30pm

Concert. Includes work by Gregory Rose.

Marks Tey Church Hall

21st & 22nd April

10am-5pm

Joust

Hedingham Castle

3rd May

7.30pm-9.30pm  

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

5th & 6th May

10am-5pm

Medieval Seige

Hedingham Castle

26th & 27th May

10am-5pm

Joust

Hedingham Castle

31st May

7.30pm-9.30pm  

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

15th & 16th June

10am-5.30pm

Colchester Medieval Festival

Lower Castle Park, Colchester

29th June

2-5pm

Medieval Fayre

Witham

5th July

7.30pm-9.30pm  

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

26th July

7.30pm-9.30pm  

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

25th & 26th August

10am-5pm

Joust

Hedingham Castle

20th September

7.30pm-9.30pm  

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

4th October

7.30pm-9.30pm  

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

1st November

7.30pm-9.30pm  

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

15th November

7.30pm-9.30pm  

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

6th December

7.30pm-9.30pm  

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

24th December

11am  

Busking

Trininty Square, Colchester

2018

2nd February

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

25th February

2pm - 5pm

Party like it's 1599

Colchester Arts Centre

2nd March

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

6th April

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

4th May

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

18th-20th May

 

IGTP festival

King's Lynn

27th & 28th May

10am - 5pm

Jousting

Hedingham Castle

1st June

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

2nd & 3rd June

 

Colchester Oyster Fayre

Castle Green, Colchester

29th June

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

30th June

2-5pm

Witham Medieval Fayre

 

22nd July

12-4pm

Colchester Historical Dance 10 year anniversary picnic and dancing

Ingatestone Hall

3rd August

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

4th August

2-5.30pm

Buxhall & Shelland Church Fete

Copinger Hall, Buxhall, IP14 3DJ

THURSDAY
30th August

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

8th September

Afternoon

Performance in the Courtyard at
Medieval Music in the Dales

Bolton Castle, Yorkshire

16th September

 

York Mystery Plays

City of York

5th October

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

2nd November

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

23rd November

8pm - 11pm

Banquet

Colchester Arts Centre

30th November

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

23rd December

10 am

Busking

Trinity Square, Colchester

2017

6th January

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

3rd February

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

3rd March

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

7th April

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

16th & 17th April

10am - 5pm

Jousting

Hedingham Castle

19th May

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

28th & 29th May

10am - 5pm

Jousting

Hedingham Castle

2nd June

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

3rd & 4th June

10am - 5pm

Colchester Medieval Festival/Oyster Fayre

Lower Castle Park, Colchester

24th June

Afternoon

Witham Medieval Fayre

Witham

7th July

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

4th August

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

1st September

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

6th October

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

3rd November

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

7th November

7.30pm-9pm

Rehearsal with Quire

St Mary the Virgin Church, Peldon, CO5 7PT

17th November

evening

joint concert with Quire

St Mary the Virgin Church, Peldon, CO5 7PT

1st December

7.30pm-9.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

14th December

7.30pm

Suffolk History Group

Wesley Hall, New Rd, Elmswell, BStEds, Suffolk IP30 9EE

24th December

12 noon

Busking

Trinity Square, Colchester

2016

15th January

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

5th February

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

4th March

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

1st April

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

22nd April

7.00pm - 9.00pm

Rehearsal with Dance Society

Marks Tey Church

24th April

2.30pm

Dancing with Shakespeare
Tickets £8/6 from lizzie@elizabethgutteridge.co.uk, 07762 015645, or buy direct from members of The Colchester Waits or Colchester Historical Dance

Marks Tey Church

6th May

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

13th May

7pm - 11pm

Mayor's Banquet

Colchester Town Hall

29th & 30th May

10am-5pm

Jousting

Hedingham Castle

20th May

7.30pm

Extra rehearsal for those going to Holland

Marks Tey Church Hall

3rd - 5th June

 

7th International Festival of Town Pipers

's-Hertogenbosch

17th June

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

25th June

Afternoon

Witham Medieval Fayre

Witham

15th July

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

24th July

Afternoon

performance with Colchester Historical Dance

Ingatestone Hall

16th September

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

7th October

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

4th November

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

2nd December

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

24th December

12 noon

Busking

Trinity Square, Colchester

2015

9th January

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

24th January

2.00-4.30pm & 6.00-8.30pm

Recording

Marks Tey Church

25th January

3-6pm

Recording

Marks Tey Church

30th January

7.30pm

special rehearsal for those playing at Filkon in February

Marks Tey Church Hall

6th February

7.30pm

General Rehearsal (last 20 minutes on Filkcon)

Marks Tey Church Hall

7th February

10.30am-1.00pm & 2.30-5.00pm

Recording

Marks Tey Church

8th February

2.00pm

Filkon performance

Marks Tey Hotel

8th February

4.00-7.00pm

recording session

Marks Tey Church

20th February

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

17th March

7.30pm

4 Members of the Waits perform

Fordham Local History Society

20th March

7.30pm

Rehearsal for concert

Marks Tey Church Hall

21st March

10.00am - 12 noon

performance for Colchester Young Archeologists
http://www.thecolchesterarchaeologist.co.uk/?cat=26

Roman Circus House, CO2 7GZ.

22nd March

3pm

CD Launch Concert

Marks Tey Church

3rd April

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

5th & 6th April

10am-5pm

Event

Hedingham Castle

1st May

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

15th May

7.30pm

Concert

St Mary's Church, Woodbridge

24th & 25th May

10am-5pm

Jousting

Hedingham Castle

5th June

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

6th & 7th June

10am-5pm

Colchester Medieval Festival

Castle Park, Colchester

21st June

12-5pm TBC

Magna Carta 2015 Village celebration

Hedingham Castle

27th June

2-5pm

Witham Medieval Fayre

Witham

3rd July

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

19th July

2 - 4pm

Dance Society performance

Timperleys, Colchester

26th July

afternoon

with Colchester Historical Dance

Ingatesone

1st August

 

Banquet

Grange Barn, Coggeshall

30th & 31st August

10am-5pm

Jousting

Hedingham Castle

6th November

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

4th December

7.30pm

Rehearsal

Marks Tey Church Hall

24th December

12 noon

Busking

Trinity Square, Colchester