Live music

Friday, July 6

No Flag Project, Swivelman, Robin The Dead and Benjamin Bloom

Club Fusion, Chelmsford

Former Kings Of Conspiracy members headline in new No Flag Project. The grandiose Benjamin Bloom is among the support for this Shakster Records gig

Tiger Blood, Wild Combination and October

Hooga, Chelmsford

High Off The Dancehalls gig

Lady Grey, Ease Springs and Josh Allen

Golden Fleece, Chelmsford

Heavy alt-rock shindig on Duke Street

Interplay and Simon Spillett

St Anne's Castle, Great Leighs

Modern jazz combo with special guest saxophonist Simon Spillett

Brentwood Beer & Music Festival

The Brentwood Centre

Help For Heroes charity bash weekend begins in Brentwood with two stages and a host of live music and DJ sets including Mat Horne, Adamski and a Badloader v Trash Society happening too

Anti-Vigilante, Beat The Red Light and Sick Sick Senses

The Square, Harlow

Thrash metal and punk

Moth Disco, Intimate Delay, Under The Hat and Decaris

Chinnery's , Southend

Great alt-rock at the seaside including Rayleigh chaps Intimate Delay and ska punks Decaris

K*nt And the Gang

The Railway, Southend

Irreverent comic banter

Saturday, July 7

Deep Disorder

Hooga, Chelmsford

Raving mad night

The Ellie Clare Band

Golden Fleece, Chelmsford

Classic rock vibe

Brentwood Beer & Music Festival

The Brentwood Centre

The booze and tunes continue from midday with live sets from Bridgebound, Lobster, Nicole Peach, Dookie, The Bootleg Beatles, No More Heroes and Miles Hunt

Rak, Shrine, Season's Collide and Dear Sleeper

St Anne's Castle, Great Leighs

Rock The Castle gig

Nocturnal

High Barn, Great Bardfield

Glitterball disco classics

Sonic Blue

Barleylands Billericay

Funky blues rock lunch date

Dreamhead, Basic, Wild Combination and Mike Summers Trio

Chinnery's Southend

Fine Brit rock headliners on Marine Parade

Ultimate Motown Evening

Maritime Room, Southend

Cliffs Pavilion celebrates those Detroit divas

Son Of Buff

Railway Hotel, Southend

Alternative garage rock people

Sunday, July 8

The Bullet Blues Band

The Railway, Southend

Rhythm and blues legends

Brentwood Beer & Music Festival

The Brentwood Centre

Final day of the Help For Heroes fundraiser. Don't miss the Weller Collective, Dodgy, Jamie Williams Roots Collective, Bluetones vocalist Mark Morriss, Double Trouble, Missing Andy and many more superb acts

The Sunday Night Jam

Golden Fleece, Chelmsford

The weekend ain't over until some fat lady sings

Monday, July 9

I Killed The Prom Queen, Tides of Virtue and Arizona

Colchester Arts Centre

Metal and hardcore

Tuesday, July 10

Safari, Mandeville and Sans Wilfred and David J Harvey

Hooga, Chelmsford

Indie rock and other alternative diversions courtesy of those Hooga dudes. Get there early so you don't miss David Harvey.

Jess And Rich Arrowsmith

The Ship Hotel, Leigh

The Hoy at Anchor Folk Club gathering with English duo

Wednesday, July 11

Open Mic

The Bull, Colchester

Crouch Street warblers

Thursday, July 12

Paper Cages

Golden Fleece, Chelmsford

Live and Loud gig

Leanne Louise, Hadleigh Ford, Guide Dogs For The Dead and James & The Giant Petes

Hooga, Chelmsford

Tuneful troubadours dominate at this acoustic show

Acoustic Sessions

High Barn, Great Bardfield

Expect an eclectic selection of wandering minstrels

The Dead Rat Orchestra and The Cloisters

Colchester Arts Centre

Headline set features the live soundtrack to The Guga Hunters Of Ness

Roy Orbison & Friend's Million Dollar Trio

Palace Theatre, Southend

Only the lonely would miss this tribute act

Beggars Would Ride, Greasy Licks, Eliza & The Bear and James Bennett

The Square, Harlow

A varied selection of live thrills including indie folk and alt rock sounds

Jo Harman & Company

New Crawdaddy Club, Crays Hill

Enjoy more blues at The Belvedere