Author Archives: Ben Howard

The Colchester Circle – February 2011 Issue

This editorial currently features in the February 2011 issue of The Colchester Circle, available throughout [...]

New Town Kings return to Colchester Arts Centre

Art Not Apathy launches its first live music event of 2011 in association with Essex [...]

Eradication Album Launch Party

Eradication’s album launch party for Dreams Of Reality takes place at The Twist on Saturday, [...]

Keep Colchester Cool’s One Big Party

The last time FuzzFace — featuring Ady Johnson, Matt Simpkins, Toby Bull and Mark Turnbull [...]

The Colchester Circle – January 2011 Issue

This editorial currently features in the January 2011 issue of The Colchester Circle, available throughout [...]

BBC Soundtrack for Dead Rat Orchestra

Last year, Dead Rat Orchestra from Colchester composed and recorded a soundtrack for a documentary [...]

Positive attitude to Keep Colchester Cool

Before Christmas, I was asked by the Colchester Gazette to contribute to the ‘My View’ [...]

The Colchester Circle – December 2010 Issue

This editorial currently features in the December 2010 issue of The Colchester Circle, available throughout [...]

Gazette Presents

A showcase gig highlighting some of the best new musical talent in the area takes [...]

Tin Pan Alley opens this weekend

Colchester’s freshest bar, Tin Pan Alley, opens for business on Saturday, 27th November 2010 and [...]

We Got Next with DJ MK

Thursday 3rd December 2010 sees DJ MK (Roots Manuva’s DJ, Kiss 100 and Extended Players), [...]

Ady Johnson – Tell The Worry Dolls

Having fronted Colchester’s organ-driven rock ’n’ roll band FuzzFace for several years, Ady Johnson now [...]

Sons of Joy in 15 hours

Colchester-based band Sons of Joy released their debut EP, Sons of Joy, at 11am this [...]

Undiscovered Grand Final 2010

Following last year’s inaugural contest, Essex bands unite once again at Colchester Arts Centre for [...]

The Colchester Circle – November 2010 Issue

This editorial currently features in the November 2010 issue of The Colchester Circle, available throughout [...]

Def Jam Records come to Colchester

The legendary Def Jam Records comes to Colchester on Saturday, 13 November 2010, with the [...]

Ace Comics’ Independents Day

Ace Comics at 42 Culver Street East, Colchester, is hosting an in-store event on Saturday, [...]

Hacienda DJ Graeme Park at ONE

The Silk Road in Colchester hosts legendary Hacienda DJ Graeme Park on Saturday, 6th November [...]

Slack Space November 2010vMini-Fest line-up announced

Slack Space has announced the line-up for its November 2010 mini-festival, taking place at 12–19 [...]

Brave Arts at Slack Space

Legendary UK graffiti writer Brave1 returns to Slack Space – and this time, he will [...]

About the author:
Ben Howard is a writer, DJ and founder of Keep Colchester Cool. Launched in 2009, the platform documents the city’s gigs, theatre, exhibitions and grassroots creativity through interviews, reviews and event listings.

Alongside running the site, Ben works through Ben Howard Communications, providing PR, content writing and marketing support for businesses, venues and cultural organisations.

He also DJs regularly, and continues to champion the people, venues and events that keep Colchester’s cultural scene thriving.