Colchester Arts Events

The Specials Ltd 'Too Much Too Young'

Colchester Arts Centre 24 Jan 2026

Dara O'Briain

Charter Hall 30 Jan 2026

Nine Below Zero + Dr. Feelgood

Colchester Arts Centre 10 Jan 2026

London Calling Play the Clash (Clash City Rockers) Tour

Colchester Arts Centre 17 Jan 2026

Family Film Concert

St Botolphs Church 7 Feb 2026

Kings Arms Frating Music and Beer Festival

Main Road, Colchester 23 May 2026

THE PRETTIEST STARMAN AT COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE ONE LAST TIME!

Colchester Arts Centre 16 Jan 2026

Colchester Blues and Rock in the Garden 2026

Maitlands 4 Jul 2026

The Labubu Party - Family Friendly Disco: Colchester 🧸

Trilogy 21 Feb 2026

The Devout - Depeche Mode Tribute - Colchester

Colchester Arts Centre 28 Feb 2026

Geoff Norcott: Basic Bloke 2 - There's No Bloke Without Fire

Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom 5 Feb 2026

SAVE THE DATE - Panto at Mercury Theatre

Mercury Theatre Colchester 10 Jan 2026

Jungle Cakes - Colchester - Truth Nightclub

Truth 28 Mar 2026

Drag Me To The 80s

Colchester Charter Hall 7 Mar 2026

Colchester Arts Centre

Colchester Arts Centre 11 Apr 2026

Battle of the Bands Heat 1 – Guest Judge Ghost Week

60 High Street, CO1 1DN Colchester, United Kingdom 26 Jan 2026

Battle of the Bands Heat 3 – Guest Judge GREEBO

60 High Street, CO1 1DN Colchester, United Kingdom 28 Jan 2026

EAFC X QSB // BURNS NIGHT!

Queen St Brewhouse 25 Jan 2026

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

Lakeside Theatre 5 Feb 2026

An Evening with Peter F Hamilton Hosted by Adam Whitehead - Colchester

Waterstones 21 Jan 2026

Sherlock Holmes & The Hunt for Moriarty

Mercury Theatre Colchester 21 Apr 2026

Colchester Life Drawing - Thursday, 15th January 2026

Straight Road Community Centre 15 Jan 2026

Beginner's Photography Class

Ryegate Rd. 10 Jan 2026

Emilia Quinn

Three Wise Monkeys 21 Mar 2026

East Mersea Hall Wedding Show

East Mersea Hall 11 Jan 2026

Ballerina - Drawing workshop - Colchester

Kingsland Church 10 Jan 2026

Jake Martin - Live at The Victoria Inn - FREE ENTRY

Victoria Inn Colchester 11 Jan 2026

Horse - Watercolour workshop - Colchester

Kingsland Church 17 Jan 2026

42nd International Conference on Psychology and the Arts

University of Essex 23 Jun 2026

CODA - Saturday Daytime Acoustic Sessions

63 High street, CO1 1DN Colchester, United Kingdom 10 Jan 2026

ember sessions #1

Common Ground Colchester 21 Feb 2026

Beginner's Photography Class

Ryegate Rd. 10 Jan 2026

Squirrel - Drawing workshop - Colchester

Kingsland Church 23 Jan 2026

Midnight Orca Paint Party @ Colchester

Dog & Pheasant 19 Jan 2026

Keep Colchester Cool Theatre Awards 2025

Headgate Theatre 18 Jan 2026

The Marion Milner Method: Book Discussion

University of Essex Colchester Campus 14 Jan 2026

Beginner's Photography Class

Ryegate Rd. 11 Jan 2026

Colchester Farmers Market

Mercury Theatre Colchester 7 Feb 2026

Robin - Drawing workshop

86 London Road, Colchester, CO3 9DW, United Kingdom 14 Feb 2026

Battle of the Bands Heat 2 – Guest Judge PULSE

60 High Street, CO1 1DN Colchester, United Kingdom 27 Jan 2026

Painting Party in Colchester: Romano Lounge

Romano Lounge 27 Jan 2026

Art Adventurers

Marshes Yard, 22h Victoria Place, CO7 0BX Brightlingsea, United Kingdom 31 Jan 2026

Lady Nade Sings Nina Simone Colchester

Colchester Arts Centre 15 Mar 2026

Life Drawing in Colchester (JANUARY 2026)

Wimpole Road 10 Jan 2026

Learn to Throw a Ceramic Pot

Colchester Makerspace 13 Jan 2026

East of England Disabled Creatives Meet-Up

Mercury Theatre Colchester 7 Mar 2026

Eiffel Tower Paint Party @ Colchester

Dog & Pheasant 16 Feb 2026

BBC Introducing in Essex and Cambridgeshire Presents: PISCES, GEORGE BONE, LEMONDAZE, DEAN FROST

60 High Street, CO1 1DN Colchester, United Kingdom 1 Feb 2026

Colne Delta presents the best of UK Country featuring The Jackson Line and Florence Sommerville

St James Church, Brightlingsea 14 Feb 2026

LATES: The Ed Poets Society

Mercury Theatre Colchester 21 Jan 2026

Clark Tracey's Jazz Champions @ The Music Mix

Wivenhoe Congregational Church 25 Jan 2026

'Sedated' by James Davies (PhD Oxon, UKCP)

Firstsite 6 Mar 2026

Mystic Deer - paint party

Turtle Bay 27 Jan 2026

Two Come Home

Lakeside Theatre 23 Jan 2026

SWITCH Colchester

Three Wise Monkeys Colchester 28 Feb 2026

Fingringhoe: Welcome to the Stone Age!

Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park 20 Feb 2026

Tree of Life

Mercury Theatre 20 Feb 2026

Love Bloom Highwoods Centre

St John's & Highwoods Community Centre and The Bluebell Centre 11 Feb 2026

Creative Colchester January Social

patch 20 Jan 2026

Sundays on the Square

Colchester 8 Mar 2026

Hand-Building Techniques with Clay

Colchester Makerspace 21 Mar 2026

An Introduction to Screen Printing

Colchester Makerspace 10 Jan 2026

Masterclass – Sound Design Hands On with Nicola T Chang

Mercury Theatre Colchester 10 Jan 2026

Activi-Teas with Bluebird Care

The Ark Highwoods Methodist Church 29 Jan 2026

Learn to Throw a Ceramic Pot

Colchester Makerspace 24 Feb 2026

Introduction to Kiln Firing — 2 Part Training Session

Colchester Makerspace 2 Mar 2026

Hand-Building Techniques with Clay

Colchester Makerspace 24 Jan 2026

Rags & Ruins: Damian and Delaine Le Bas in conversation

The Minories 24 Feb 2026

Weekend Throwing & Turning Workshop

Colchester Makerspace 7 Feb 2026

Pseudonym

Lakeside Theatre 25 Feb 2026

A Two Woman Hamlet

Lakeside Theatre 29 Jan 2026

Glaze Bolt On

Colchester Makerspace 24 Feb 2026

JANUARY Hobbies & Hobnobs: Mindful painting by numbers

Colchester Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester 21 Jan 2026

Learn to Throw a Ceramic Pot

Colchester Makerspace 10 Mar 2026

The Mayor of Colchester's Variety Show 2026 - at Mercury Theatre Colchester

Mercury Theatre Colchester 12 Apr 2026

Masterclass – Accessible Funding with Deepa Shastri and Roxanne Carney

Mercury Theatre Colchester 17 Jan 2026

Performing Arts Teachers Coffee Morning

Mercury Theatre 14 Jan 2026

Belle Chen

Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom 5 May 2026

Scratch Night

Lakeside Theatre 15 Jan 2026

Evolution and Reinvention - Talk by Gillian Allard MA (RCA)

Ireton Road, CO3 3AT Colchester, United Kingdom 3 Mar 2026

An Introduction to Linocut

Colchester Makerspace 20 Jan 2026

Real Boy

Lakeside Theatre 27 Feb 2026

Snowy Winter Fox paint & sip

St John's & Highwoods Community Centre and The Bluebell Centre 14 Jan 2026

Derek Nash Organ Trio: "Smooth cool to groovy funk, the music fizzes with energy." - The Guardian​

Wivenhoe Congregational Church 22 Feb 2026

The Greatest MUSICALS Disco - Colchester

Three Wise Monkeys Colchester 6 Feb 2026

STREET HEAT X NR4 NINJAS: BACK TO SCHOOL SNEAKER SHOPPING

Trilogy 16 Jan 2026

The Mercury Sessions – How to Work with Young Communities with Forest Morgan

Mercury Theatre Colchester 3 Feb 2026

Mobilities, Minds & Health: New frontiers in researching health in migrants

University of Essex 13 Mar 2026

CAS Plein Air Exhibition 2026

The Minories 15 Jan 2026

Glaze Bolt-On Session

Colchester Makerspace 27 Jan 2026

Ben Holder Quartet @ The Music Mix. Swing on steroids!

Wivenhoe Congregational Church 22 Mar 2026

Throwing Large Pots Masterclass

Colchester Makerspace 12 Jan 2026

Under The Turning Light: Abrasive Trees + Rothko + Strandings + Vaahl

Colchester Arts Centre 27 Mar 2026

The Firstsite Art Fair

Lewis Gardens, CO1 1JH Colchester, United Kingdom 28 Feb 2026

Lucid Dreaming Workshop W/ Charlie Morley

175-181 Maldon Road, CO3 3BL Colchester, United Kingdom 21 Mar 2026

Glaze Bolt-On Session

Colchester Makerspace 24 Jan 2026

Spring bread making workshop

The Commons Community Kitchen and Café at The Minories 16 Apr 2026

Learn to Throw a Ceramic Pot

Colchester Makerspace 10 Feb 2026

PACKED OUT: LOVERS EDITION

Trilogy 6 Feb 2026

Ultimate Rave Bingo // 4th July 2026 // Colchester

Trilogy 4 Jul 2026