Sunday Game Night
July 13 @ 15:00 - 21:00
Join us every 2nd Sunday of the month for games night. All are welcome, so come along and enjoy a relaxed Sunday evening. Bring your own board and card games to play or share some of ours. Your Bar and Bobbys Coffeehouse will be keeping us going with their locally sourced ales, juices, cocktails, blends of tea and home-made cakes.
Food & Funk
July 12 @ 19:30
A one off evening event hosted by The Waiting Room friends Melanie Gosling and Isabel Gylling from Norwich with music from Jellybean. Small taster dishes will be served throughout the evening, all vegetarian or vegan, flavours from around the world, elements of raw food and incorporating local produce, some home-grown. Melanie and Isabel are happy to share recipes and tips. Jellybean offers an original take on 70s blues-funk. Their music spans across a range of instrumental styles from fun and…
TATTY BOJANGLES presents…. w/ DJ Doug
July 11 @ 17:00 - 23:00
Friday Night is all about Street Food from around the world with Tatty Bojangles. As part of our regular series of Friday night sessions this week DJ Doug will be digging deep and playing his eclectic selection of dusty vinyl from 7.30pm til late Food and Music served from 7.00pm til late. Your Bar open straight after work from 5pm til late, serving normal selection of locally produced Lager, Ale, Wine and infusions This is really a great space, which…
Quiz Night:
July 10 @ 19:30
Ace questions. Curry, Cheap local beer. Public humiliation. Teams of upto 5. 6 rounds Cash and other prizes Build a team with work colleagues or friends £2 entry per person
Colchester Retailer’s Meetup
July 10 @ 08:00 - 09:30
Our second retailers meetup at Bobbys Coffeehouse, now on the second Thursday of every month, testing the appetite for an informal retailers meetup up for Colchester. No sales, no business cards and no nonsense. Drop in between 8-9.30am for good, honest coffee, tea, bacon sarnies or avocardo on toast to start your day. Talk to your fellow retailers in a friendly laid back atmosphere, learn about our community project to improve St Botolph’s and tell us what you would like.…
Pom Pom Headbands with Liz Cardy - Maker Wednesday
July 9 @ 19:30
This month, the wonderful Liz Cardy and lady behind the Crafty Club will be teaching how to make a pom pom headband. The perfect accessory for this summer’s festivals! Please bring: wool in different colours (we have loads if you’re not fussy about colours) a headband an old hairbrush a fork - don’t worry all will be explained! Or BYOP (Bring your own project to work on with the group) Stitch & Bitch will provide the needles, thread, and those…
EXHIBITION ‘Stitching St Botolph’s’ Launch
July 9 @ 18:00
Join us for the launch of local textile artist Clare Sams ‘Stitching St Botolph’s’ community tapestry. For the past few months, in collaboration with Stitch & Bitch and Voices of the Quarter, Clare invited the community to create textile versions of the St Botolph’s Quarter. We’ve had various stunning donations from kebab shops, churches, old shops, current shops and buildings from this part of town. Join us to for the launch of the textile exhibition. It’s FREE and you’re ALL…
DIY Music Festival
July 5 @ 12:00
An all day music event featuring local acts from a diverse range of genres. More details to follow. Admission £4.00
Fish Friday w/ Dave Hosts & DJ Richard Williams
July 4 @ 17:00 - 23:00
Join us from 5pm for Local catch of the day, served by Dave hosts…until 8pm along with the Waiting Room’s normal selection of locally produced Lager, Ale, Wine and Infusions. DJ Richard Williams playing indie, electro, soul, funk, mowtown pop in the evening from 7pm until late as part of our regular Friday nights where DJs play the music they love most. Free Entry - booking advised for food, call Lisa on 07905 732472 Sample Menu: Local catch of the…
Vinyl Printing with Paul Couling - Maker Wednesday
July 2 @ 19:30 - 21:30
This week will be hosted by a local designer, vinyl cutter & t-shirt printer Paul Couling. Paul is bringing his cutter along so you can find out more about the process, have a go printing your own designs, and practice applying it. The session For the first half of the session, Paul is going to showcase what he does, introduce the printer and demonstrate printing and applying vinyl. For the second half you can print out your own designs and…