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Colchester Film Festival programme announced
Colchester Film Festival is back, taking place at Firstsite 7-12 November 2022. Colchester Film Festival [...]
Oct
Colchester in the 80s
Local poet John F Connor shared this poem with me six years ago. I was [...]
Mar
Steve Lamacq returns to Colchester Arts Centre
Following a successful run of shows in 2017, Colchester’s very own Steve Lamacq heads back [...]
Feb
Richard Wilson to host Mercury Theatre Gala Dinner
The Mercury Theatre is taking over Colchester Town Hall on Friday, 2nd March 2018, for [...]
Feb
Help raise funds for a memorial to the victims of the Essex Witch Trials
In the 16th and 17th centuries, Essex saw more people accused of witchcraft than any [...]
Feb
Colchester African Music Weekend
Joyful Noise presents Unreported Music Tours’ Colchester African Music Weekend – three sounds over three [...]
Jul
End of an era for The Bull Colchester
Dave and Fiona Richards of The Bull have announced that they will not be renewing [...]
Jul
Help Fund Colne Radio
Colne Radio is aiming to raise £3,000 in a two-week crowdfunding campaign to bring the [...]
Jun
Anton Pace’s Top Ten Tracks Of All Time
Welcome to the latest in the Keep Colchester Cool series, inviting local faces to share [...]
Feb
Ben Howard’s Colchester United v Spurs Playlist
Colchester United invited me to provide a mix of tunes to be played inside Weston [...]
Jan
Lou Moodie’s Top Ten Of All Time
Keep Colchester Cool’s series, inviting local faces to share their top ten tracks of all [...]
Jan
Free studio time to bands that want to cover Eagles of Death Metal’s “I Love You All The Time”.
Colchester’s music community continues to rally following the tragic death of Nick Alexander. Following Anthony [...]
Nov
Ant Roberts and Andy Winmill on the telly!
You’ll spot two familiar Colchester faces on BBC Four this Sunday, 15 November 2015, between [...]
Nov
Video: Colchester’s 3D Spectacular Light Show
On Halloween 2015, Colchester’s Town Hall was subject to a fully projected mapped 3D light [...]
Nov
Kevin Pearce’s Top Ten Tracks Of All Time
Keep Colchester Cool invites local faces to share their top ten tracks of all time. [...]
Oct
SubCulture brings DJ Fabio to Tribal
Fabio, a stalwart of the rave scene and one of the most influential broadcasters in [...]
Oct
Sandi Toksvig’s hard-hitting Bully Boy comes to Colchester
Full casting has been announced for Sandi Toksvig’s hard-hitting drama Bully Boy, which plays at [...]
Oct
