Our ever popular Sea Shanty Extravaganza in St Mary's Church Wivenhoe this year featuring Wivenhoe's Hoolies, and for the first time The Orwellermen and the Columbines who are an all-female close-harmony trio performing traditional sea shanties around East Anglia. We are lucky to have both the Orwellermen as well as The Columbines here in Wivenhoe, joining our own shanty crew, The Hoolies. It should be a great evening, as always.

Tales for The Witching Hour When: Saturday 24 October 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Where: St Mary's Church, Wivenhoe High St, Wivenhoe CO7 9BD Joy Smith - harps, percussion and storytelling Step into a night where shadows breathe and history whispers. This Halloween, we invite you to a gathering of spine-tingling bedtime tales and haunting harp music, where dark folklore, twisted fairy tales & echoes of history entwine - from the Witch Finder General to the imagination of Angela Carter. Enchanting harp music weaves through stories told with the Queen of Hearts' signature mischief, wit, and a touch of the absurd. Spine-tingling, whimsical, and deliciously uncanny.