A Celebration of Dave Monk with Brian Southall

Schedule

Sat Jun 06 2026 at 12:45 pm to 01:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Colchester Samaritans | Colchester, EN

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Join us as we celebrate the Essex life of ‘BBC legend’ and festival patron, Dave Monk, who sadly died last year. We will be sharing fond and funny memories, talking about his memoir, Whatever Happened to Dave Monk? and the contribution he made to Essex and Essex Book Festival.
Tickets: Free, donation to Kids Inspire or Farleigh Hospice kindly welcomed, both are charities which were close to Dave's heart
Places are limited so please reserve a space.
Saturday 06 June, 12.45pm - 1.30pm
Colchester Samaritans
Walsingham Road Community Hall, 34 Walsingham Road, Colchester, CO2 7BN
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Colchester Samaritans, 10 Vineyard Street, Colchester, CO2 7DG, United Kingdom

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