Category Archives: News

Colchester becomes Fringe City

Following the hugely successful inaugural Fringe last year, the second Colchester Fringe is about to [...]

Colchester Film Festival programme announced

Colchester Film Festival is back, taking place at Firstsite 7-12 November 2022. Colchester Film Festival [...]

Colchester in the 80s

Local poet John F Connor shared this poem with me six years ago. I was [...]

Steve Lamacq returns to Colchester Arts Centre

Following a successful run of shows in 2017, Colchester’s very own Steve Lamacq heads back [...]

Richard Wilson to host Mercury Theatre Gala Dinner

The Mercury Theatre is taking over Colchester Town Hall on Friday, 2nd March 2018, for [...]

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 [...]

Colchester African Music Weekend

Joyful Noise presents Unreported Music Tours’ Colchester African Music Weekend – three sounds over three [...]

End of an era for The Bull Colchester

Dave and Fiona Richards of The Bull have announced that they will not be renewing [...]

Help Fund Colne Radio

Colne Radio is aiming to raise £3,000 in a two-week crowdfunding campaign to bring the [...]