Tickets £26.50.Doors open 8pm.This show is for a standing audience.Fresh from the DOWNLOAD festival - Aussie metallers from Blacktown, formed in 2009. The band comprises guitarists Jon Deiley and Josh Smith, drummer Nic Pettersen and vocalist Marcus Bridge.Northlane have released six studio albums: Discoveries (11 November 2011); Singularity (22 March 2013), which reached No. 3 [...]

Join us in Getting Started with Drawing, a relaxed and beginner-friendly drawing workshop, where you’ll explore sketching with pencil and fine-line pens.Whether you are completely new to drawing or looking to build confidence in your skills, this workshop will help you master different drawing techniques and materials.Each session will focus on a new theme – [...]

Ladies and gentlemen……we cordially invite you to join us at the East Anglian Railway Museum for this, our Steampunk fair hosted in conjunction with the League of Essexordinary Gentlemen.Suitably attired in all your splendour, you may enjoy the delights of tea-duelling, free-style hula-hooping and… emerging from his dungeon especially for this day… the legendary Herr [...]

Make Father’s Day a special day by celebrating the best way- dad jokes, beer and good food.

Making thier Victoria Inn debut and fresh from their album launch, Vix & The Bleeding Hearts will be here to play some indie-psychedelic-pop tracks for you.This is a free gig but donations are encouraged!!Let's keep live music alive!

Tickets £17 / £16 concessions.Doors open 7pm, starts 7.30pm.This gig is for a seated audience.Alan Barnes has been at the forefront of British jazz since 1980 and his musicianship and sense of humour have made him hugely popular in jazz clubs and festivals across the UK and beyond. He is best known for his work [...]

Introduction to Intimacy Coordination Masterclass by Lucy Fennell. This is a Mercury Creatives Masterclass in Association with Harlow Playhouse. Location: Harlow Playhouse (Studio Theatre), HarlowDate & Time: Mon 16 Jun, 6-8pmThis workshop will introduce participants to principles and tools for approaching intimacy in performance. Participants will explore how artists can stage intimate content for theatre [...]

Join my drawing workshop every third Tuesday, 7-9 at the legendary Victoria Inn, North Station Rd, Colchester. £25 per person, materials and guidance supplied. Sadly drinks are not supplied, but do buy one (and there is no pressure to buy alcohol - teetotallers are 100% welcome in this pub!). Participants should bring a photo of [...]

Tickets £14.Doors open 7.30pm, starts 8pm.This gig is for a seated audience.‘Swilkie’, the new album from highlands-based songwriter Iona Lane, weaves ecology, conservation, islands and folklore into poetic songs and contemplative melodies. Written during three residencies on the Isle of Eigg, Isle of Mull and Sanday in Orkney, sense of place and landscape are at [...]

Headgate Theatre Productions presentThe Chalk Garden by Enid BagnoldWed 18th – Sat 21st June 2025Directed by Elly Kent JohnsonFirst performed in 1955, The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold, tells the story of the imperious Mrs St Maugham and her granddaughter Laurel, a disturbed child under the care of Miss Madrigal, a governess.Miss Madrigal’s secretive past [...]

Join us on Wednesday 18th June for our Pale Ale Beer & Food Taster Evening.Spend the evening exploring a curated range of Pale Ales, expertly paired with delicious dishes designed to complement the bold and refreshing flavours of each beer. Expect great food, great beer, a bit of trivia, and a lot of fun.Tickets online [...]

Headgate Theatre Productions presentThe Chalk Garden by Enid BagnoldWed 18th – Sat 21st June 2025Directed by Elly Kent JohnsonFirst performed in 1955, The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold, tells the story of the imperious Mrs St Maugham and her granddaughter Laurel, a disturbed child under the care of Miss Madrigal, a governess.Miss Madrigal’s secretive past [...]