Category Archives: News

Anthony Roberts’ Top Ten Tracks Of All Time

eep Colchester Cool is inviting local faces to share their top ten tracks of all [...]

Colchester Poets required to join A Firm of Poets this December

Yorkshire troupe A Firm of Poets are offering a poetry night with a difference when [...]

Lightbulb Festival 2015 what’s on and where

The Lightbulb Festival returns for 2015, running from Friday 17 to Sunday 19 July across [...]

A brand new real ale and Belgian beer bar opens in Colchester

Queen St Brewhouse, a brand new real ale and Belgian beer bar from Dominion Brewery [...]

The Victoria Inn in Colchester named as one of the UK’s Top 16 pubs

The Good Beer Guide 2015, published by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), names Colchester’s [...]

Mercury Theatre launches diverse 2014 season

The Mercury Theatre has unveiled its diverse Spring/Summer season, along with its full Made in [...]

Oxjam Colchester Takeover

Oxjam Colchester Takeover is happening on Saturday, 19th October 2013, across eight venues throughout Colchester, [...]

Signals Open Day to celebrate 25 years

To celebrate 25 years of Signals Media Arts Centre, Signals is hosting a special open [...]

Colchester Lightbulb Festival of the arts 2013

Lightbulb Festival of the Arts 2013 brings together local groups and individuals to deliver quality [...]

Colchester’s night time economy awarded Purple Flag status

Colchester’s night time economy was today awarded Purple Flag status by the Association of Town [...]

Hugh Cornwell to headline festival at Wivenhoe House

Hugh Cornwell, original guitarist, singer and main songwriter of The Stranglers, heads an impressive list [...]

F.O.X to support Depeche Mode

Colchester band F.O.X have announced this evening that they will be supporting Depeche Mode on [...]

Rhiannon Mair kick starts her UK Tour at Tin Pan Alley

Colchester-born singer-songwriter Rhiannon Mair kick-starts her UK tour at Tin Pan Alley tomorrow night. Described [...]

Nial Harrington

I was getting my things together at home for a DJ set at Twisters last [...]

Matthew Hopkins and The Wormhole by Kevin Pearce

Kevin Pearce returns with a new album, Matthew Hopkins and The Wormhole, the follow-up to [...]

Shakespeare meets Serge Gainsbourg at Mercury Theatre

An experimental performance piece, equally influenced by Shakespeare and Serge Gainsbourg, arrives at the Mercury [...]

Mercury Theatre’s Island

Two youth theatre groups have joined forces with the Mercury Theatre to stage a powerful [...]

Sumo Beatz presents Grooverider at Tribal

Heist is an acclaimed drum and bass DJ and producer, but the Colchester man’s Sumo [...]

Exhibition of the Colchester Music Scene

It all began at a club called Weavers in Braintree in 1978. That was the [...]

Enjoy N-Joi at The Twist

On Saturday, 20th April 2013, there’s a rare opportunity to see Southend’s finest rave export, N-Joi, [...]