Events for Sat, November 1, 2025

Like GOOSEBUMPS but GAYER! 🎃 Spooky & Gay is an award-winning queer horror storytelling show featuring original scary stories, songs and standup performed in the DARK.Written & performed by touring [...]

“Nana’s comedic styling evokes the warm-hearted but deadly-sharp observational style of Victoria Wood.” North West End Brian’s Life Best Comedy Winner at Prague Fringe Festival 2025Friday 31 Oct - 7pmSaturday [...]

🚨 COLCHESTER… IT’S OFFICIAL! 🚨This Halloween, Mango Panda x Silk Road Lounge are bringing you the BIGGEST party of the year with a true UK legend…🔥 BIG NARSTIE – LIVE [...]

The Annual Book Sale provides a unique opportunity to browse and purchase from a choice of many thousands of books, jigsaws, games CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays.Admission £2.00Under 16s FREE

Artisan Craft Fair, on Saturday 1st November, 10am-3pm, free entry, at Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester CO1 1JH. Folk & Bespoke prides itself as being different, not the same boring shops that you see around town, bringing you the same cheap, unethical goods. Folk & Bespoke aims to bring you something different EVERY month! [...]

The NightFair returns to Colchester this autumn. We've expanded into the beautiful gardens so have even more artists with the finest gothic and alternative art, clothing, décor, jewellery, soft furnishings, ceramics, gifts, candles and of course entomology art.•Open 10am-4pm, Saturday 1st November. The Minories Gallery, 74 High Street, Colchester CO1 1UE• Free entry, children welcome [...]

Be inspired by the stunning regional map featured in our Mythical Creatures exhibition—but look closely, and you’ll notice some curious gaps. Where are the cryptids, legends, and magical beings that roam our local folklore?In this creative workshop, we’ll explore the stories and mythical creatures hidden in the landscape, then design and draw our own imaginative [...]

Halloween: Skate & Scare📅 **Date**: Saturday, 1st November 2025📍 **Location**: Charter Hall, Colchester***NEW: NOW OFFERING LESSONS!*** **Session Times**: - 🌿 **Relaxed**: 11 AM - 12 PM - 👨‍👩‍👧 **Family**: 12 PM - 5 PM - 🎉 **Over 14’s**: 7 PM - 11:30 PM 🎟️ **Tickets**: £12.50 (Available Now!) ⭐️ **4 for 3 offer**👀 **Spectators Tickets [...]

Halloween: Skate & Scare📅 **Date**: Saturday, 1st November 2025📍 **Location**: Charter Hall, Colchester***NEW: NOW OFFERING LESSONS! £5 for 30 mins. **Session Times**:- 🌿 **Relaxed**: 11 AM - 12 PM- 👨‍👩‍👧 **Family**: 12 PM - 5 PM- 🎉 **Over 14’s**: 7 PM - 11:30 PM🎟️ **Tickets**: £12.50 (Available Now!)⭐️ **4 for 3 offer**👀 **Spectators Tickets £4**🛼 [...]

Halloween: Skate & Scare📅 **Date**: Saturday, 1st November 2025📍 **Location**: Charter Hall, Colchester***NEW: NOW OFFERING LESSONS!*** **Session Times**: - 🌿 **Relaxed**: 11 AM - 12 PM - 👨‍👩‍👧 **Family**: 12 PM - 5 PM - 🎉 **Over 14’s**: 7 PM - 11:30 PM 🎟️ **Tickets**: £12.50 (Available Now!) ⭐️ **4 for 3 offer**👀 **Spectators Tickets [...]

Halloween: Skate & Scare📅 **Date**: Saturday, 1st November 2025📍 **Location**: Charter Hall, Colchester***NEW: NOW OFFERING LESSONS!*** **Session Times**: - 🌿 **Relaxed**: 11 AM - 12 PM - 👨‍👩‍👧 **Family**: 12 PM - 5 PM - 🎉 **Over 14’s**: 7 PM - 11:30 PM 🎟️ **Tickets**: £12.50 (Available Now!) ⭐️ **4 for 3 offer**👀 **Spectators Tickets [...]

Ace Comics Gaming Centre Colchester is proud to bring you a YuGiOh! OTS Championship for you to gain qualification to this year's WCQ: Continental Championship.ENTRY FEE : £17.50REGISTRATION TIME FROM 10:30amSTART TIME 11:30AMDECK LISTS AND COSSY IDS WILL BE NEEDED...EVENT DETAILS:Advanced Constructed format, Swiss rounds with no top cut. Standings at the end of Swiss [...]

Star Wars Unlimited Legends Of The Force Store Showdown EventAt a Store Showdown, you are awarded prizes for both participation and placement. This is the most competitive that Casual Play gets, but the focus is still on having fun and learning the game, making this phase the perfect opportunity for someone to dip their toe [...]

Riftbound Origins Release Event We are excited to give you the chance to join in a release event for the new league of legends card game. For this event you will get to choice one of the 3 new structure decks, not only that you will get 2 extra boosters to help improve your deck [...]

Looking to develop your producing skills in theatre?Join us for a Mercury Creatives Producing Masterclass with Ellie Keel, followed by a producers’ networking event.Whether you are new to producing or looking to brush up on new approaches, all experiences welcome.About Ellie KeelEllie Keel is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Four (HarperCollins), an Olivier [...]

Get ready for a wild, hilarious journey through the chaotic world of online dating in this one-woman cabaret!From the people that brought you Meggie’s Measures in 2023 and My Fanny Valentine: Rebirthed in 2024, Love Me Tinder: Unhinged follows a woman as she navigates the absurd highs and gut-wrenching lows of modern romance - where [...]

Marlene Dietrich, Ute Lemper, La Voix... The cabaret has given rise to some of the most boundary- pushing female performers of the 20th & 21st Centuries. Yet the songwriters behind these performers, those who get remembered, are usually male. No more, we say!Amy J Payne and Anna Pool invite you to a relaxed and intimate [...]

A Saturday afternoon showcase featuring:Chris Starky??Stu E Skinner(Hosting)Event Info:A weekly event featuring 3 to 5 acts performing live acoustic sets between 3-5:30pm.Hot & cold beverages served from 2:30pm onwards.This is a family friendly event so younglings are welcome providing they're properly managed.Mics, pa and backline are provided but performers are welcome to bring their own [...]

The 80s vs 90s Halloween Day Party is coming to Colchester!🗓️ Saturday 1st November 2025⏰ 3PM - 8PM📍 Trilogy, ColchesterTickets selling fast → https://www.fatsoma.com/e/zznojx7l/la/uei0Get ready to swap your cocktail for a cauldron of spooky sips! 🕷️What to Expect:🎶 Timeless Party Anthems: From throwback classics to modern floor-fillers, our DJs are delivering non-stop Halloween vibes.🍹 Spooky [...]

The 80s vs 90s Halloween Day Party is landing in Colchester! 👻🗓️ Saturday 1st November 2025⏰ 3PM - 8PM📍 Trilogy, ColchesterGet ready to swap your cocktail for a cauldron of spooky sips! 🍸🕷️Join us for a spine-tingling afternoon packed with classic anthems, Halloween hits, and hands-in-the-air energy as we transform the dancefloor into a haunted [...]

Halloween 🎃 Daytime Monster Mash here at Rubix on Halloween 👻 Saturday! 🎃 2 DJs🎃 Halloween themed Cocktails!🎃 Spooky 👻 Decorations🎃 Giveaways & Games🎃 Biggest Party 🎉 @ Halloween Anthems.🎃 Fancy Dress encouraged!

This is a hard time for you: your loved one just came out as a (gasp) fan fiction writer.How do you respond to that? What will the neighbors think? What is Omega slick, anyway? Don't you worry because fan fic veteran MinaRoseTook (pseudonym) is here to answer all your questions. Join us on an eclectic [...]

🎃 Welcome to the Ultimate Over 30s Daytime Halloween Clubbing Experience!💀Dust off your fangs and unleash your inner ghoul — Over 30s Daytime Clubbing is back with a spine-tingling twist at the iconic Rubix Bar, Saturday, 1st November! Get ready for a frightfully fun day where nostalgia meets neon and monsters mash on the dance [...]

This will be an incredibly powerful time of Sister's joining together for an evening of women's empowerment tapping into the energy of Samhain. The evening will be full of love, connection, joy, gratitude and magick.We will journey together, creating a sacred space for us as a group and as individuals to connect with our inner [...]

Following last year’s sell out Colchester Fringe show, The Crunchy Frog Players, Colchester’s leading (only) comedy sketch troupe return with another show of reimagined (and lovingly butchered) iconic sketches and songs, designed to titillate, tantalize, tease and tickle and all with a distinctly local twist. Known for their Pythonesque proclivities and devotion to detail, this [...]

An immersive indoor and outdoor light and sound experience, designed to be explored at your own pace.What to expect:An eco (and ear) -friendly alternative to traditional fireworks, with no loud or unpredictable noises.- Ambient light and sound experience in the garden created by Light Artist Extraordinaire 'The Octopus' and DJ Dansette Dave.- Long-exposure photography drop-in [...]

Three unsetting, bizarre short stories based on dreams/nightmares of the author. Lucia has written for the No Sleep Podcast and some of her stories have been performed on there as audio dramas.VANITY: Perfect: A cosmetic surgeon becomes obssessed with making his wife "perfect".PRIDE: Departures: A high-flying couple head to the airport for a weekend getaway, [...]

Jason Simmons Comedy Hypnosis: interactive, high-energy entertainment where you take centre stage!Fast-paced, family-friendly, and kind to volunteers—no one is ever made to look silly.“Fantastic act! ... I have never experienced anything like it! Lovely guy, very professional ... extremely entertaining!” — Amelia Howard“The whole audience was captured! ... totally in awe of how clever it [...]

The Albion’s annual quiz night is back! Book your team of 4 in at the bar - pre-registration only.

JAR presentsFlowing out of some misty East Anglian estuary, Shed provides a rollercoaster of upbeat, fast-paced story-telling, intertwined with insight and intrigue into everyday life.After selling out multiple venues in their hometown op Ipswich such as The Smokehouse and The Music Room on several occasions, The Bungees made their way to Norwich for pastures green.

Tickets £16.50.Doors open 8pm, show starts 8.30pm.This show is for a seated audience. Fun + filthy poems from someone who knows what they’re doing. If there were any justice he’d be Poet Laureate, or King.After selling out shows across the country with JOY!, Luke Wright is back with a sticky-floored celebration of the ordinary. Here [...]

ADH-DJ Chriss will be with us for Karaoke... Halloween theme... Best Fancy Dressed person that is on our Dance Floor at 11pm will WIN A BOTTLE OF PROSECCO!FREE ENTRYSTUDENT DISCOUNTS

Join us if you dare for a Nightmare on Crouch Street this Halloween🧙 Experience 2 floors of spooky 👻 tunes in our fully spookily decorated venue! 🎃 Free Entry in [...]

The best of Goth, post-punk, synth-pop and alternative. Swoon to The Cure, bop to Depeche Mode, or Headbang to the Beastie Boys. We've got you covered.Free Entry all night | Bar Opens 5pm | DJ Rom Atkin from 9pm

HR presents: Horn Of The Deadfollowing on from the brutal "skalloween" show last year (Honkwork Orange™) your favourite horny blowin band are back once more for a thrilling festival full of flesh and full-on frenetic fooleryOne night only at Coda - they're playin their most brutal show yet. Featuring skanked up versions of songs from [...]

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SINGALONG BRUNCH�� SPOOKY SIPS & SINGALONGS ��This Halloween weekend we’re bringing the vibes to the venue Silk Road Lounge, Colchester ���� Saturday 1st November� Tickets include:� 2 hours of bottomless Prosecco� Delicious food� Games & giveaways� Live entertainment� A 4-hour Afterparty to keep the vibes flowing!November birthdays free with table of 6+ Prize for best [...]