Duncan Grant: Worlds Through Desire brings together artworks, stories and poetry from different generations to explore the ways LGBT+ people have sought friendship, community and intimacy across changing times and [...]
Essex artist Simon Carter transforms Firstsite's gallery with From the Landscape, an immersive exhibition inspired by the Essex coast and countryside. Carter has spent more than 40 years walking, drawing [...]
This October, the New Face for Leprosy exhibition comes to Colchester Library for a free, month-long public exhibition exploring the lives and experiences of people affected by leprosy. The project was conceived in 2019 by Emeritus Professor Diana Lockwood to challenge some of the myths and misconceptions surrounding the disease. Working with photographer Tom Bradley, [...]
Bridging Dreams By Sakai International Community Arts 2 to 29 October 2026 Level Best Art Gallery, Colchester This October, Level Best Art Gallery welcomes Bridging Dreams, a special international exhibition connecting artists in Sakai City, Japan, with the Level Best community in Colchester. Founded in Osaka in 2019, Sakai International Community Arts is an inclusive [...]
We are pleased to invite you to our fifth and final exhibition in our 'Conversations' series:Conversation 5:Conceal & Reveal3 October - 18 October 2026Seven artists with seemingly different approaches to making Art have explored how they Reveal and Conceal within their chosen mediums.
What does it mean to grow up by the sea today? From ambition and creativity to isolation and inequality, explore intimate photographs and firsthand accounts that document what life is [...]
What does it mean to grow up by the sea today?From ambition and creativity to isolation and inequality, explore intimate photographs and first-hand accounts documenting what life is really like [...]
Out of Line: Banksy and the Art of Dissent brings a major exhibition of street and urban contemporary art to The Minories in Colchester. The exhibition features 28 original artworks [...]
Get ready to dive into an awesome day of card collecting, trading, and all things cards at The Card Show UK! THE CARD SHOW UK — COLCHESTER IS BACK!! If [...]
Join us at Abberton Reservoir Nature Discovery Park for a creative and relaxing morning learning how to weave your own willow bird feeder.Using natural willow and traditional weaving techniques, you'll [...]
Join us and Big Joe Bone for an evening of gorgeous Blues music and delicious cocktails
this is sophie’s and Chris Wilkinson join us at the Vic for live music. this is sophie’s brings dreamgaze and dream pop, while Chris will be revisiting some of his [...]
A night of silliness and quiz fun with Rubella Vaxine. Ruby’s Mother Tucking Quiz is the ultimate night of camp silliness and trivia chaos hosted by UK drag queen Rubella [...]
The ''I Don't Like Sundays'' crew are back causing musical mayhem with this superb double bill:X-KAMINSKI.....local favourites who will be familiar to many of you, performing their unique mix of [...]
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