- Thursday 8pm: Close to You - the story of Karen Carpenter at the Electric Palace, Harwich, featuring hits such as Close to You, Goodbye to Love, and Rainydays and Mondays. Tickets £8 on 07786 744789.
- Friday 7.30pm: Make your mind up with Formerly of Bucks Fizz at Clacton's West Cliff Theatre. Tickets £21 on 01255 433344.
- Saturday 10am-4pm: Open audition for The Merry Wives of Windsor at Frinton Free Church.
- Saturday 1pm: Free lunchtime recital at Brightlingsea United Church featuring light classical music on piano and violin with Hector Moyes and Anna Strode, including Jules Massenet's 'Meditation' from Thaïs.
- Saturday 2pm: Point Clear and St Osyth Horticultural Society's spring show at St Osyth Village Hall. Prizes at 4pm. Admission 50p.
- Saturday 7.30pm: X Factor star Joe McElderry live at Clacton's Princes Theatre. Tickets £19.50 (£18.50 concessions) on 01255 686633.
- Sunday 11am: Primrose open day and plant sale. Barnes Spinney nature reserve, Hall Lane, Walton. Free.
- Sunday 2.30pm, Enjoy a Laugh a Minute with Just a Minute's Nicholas Parsons at Clacton's West Cliff Theatre. Tickets £19.50 on 01255 433344.
- Sunday 3pm: The Frinton Players stage Mother Mine at the McGrigor Hall. Tickets £10 on 01255 851505.
- Sunday 5.30pm-10pm: Sunday Blues Session with the Dave Jackson Blues Band, at the Aldersgate Welcome Inn, Carnarvon Road, Clacton. Tickets £7.
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