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JANE’S WALK EVENT/TALK: ‘Care in the Countryside’

Headgate Theatre Headgate Theatre

With British writer and social historian, Ken Worpole ('Brightening from the East: Essays on landscape & memory', 2025), 'a literary original... whose books combine the Orwellian ideal of common decency with understated erudition’ (The New Statesman). The relentless global relocation from countryside to cities, means 'rural life will be increasingly inhabited by an ageing population', [...]

David Preston: Purple / Br Chaplinlack featuring Seb Rochford & Cono

Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

Tickets £15.50 / £13.50 concessionsDoors open 7pm, show starts 7.30pmThis show is for a seated audienceDavid Preston: GuitarSeb Rochford: DrumsConor Chaplin: BassLondon based guitarist and composer, David Preston has been described by the Guardian as “Virtuosic” and TimeOut as “A superb modern jazz guitarist”. He released his debut album ‘Purple / Black’ on Whirlwind Recordings [...]

COLCHESTA – POPINA BAR – DANCING IN THE STREETS

Pöpinä - Lion Walk Courtyard - Colchester Pöpinä - Lion Walk Courtyard - Colchester

It's skank-holiday month in the UK.... Two beautiful days for the banks to rest their weary heads - all in a few weeks.We all know that this means the summer is practically here....Also, what better way to salute the hard working (rhymes with) bankers... than to come dance with your favourite horn blowin' quintet? Festivities [...]

THE 1975 SPECIAL – A Night of Hits, Collab & Deep Cuts!

45 North Hill, CO1 1PY Colchester, United Kingdom

Join us at Twisters Bar on Sunday, May 4, 2025, for a hard-partying selection of The 1975's biggest anthems, deep cuts, and collaborations, plus tunes from their friends and influences! DJ Rom Atkin will be spinning all the indie-pop magic you love.🍻 Bar & Beer Garden open from 5 PM🎧 DJ kicks off from 9 [...]

Bank Holiday Bangers!

Rubix Bar Rubix Bar

Join us this coming Sunday night when we party into Bank Holiday Monday!It’s FREE Entry all night and lots of Drinks deals! DJ Jez will be mixing up the Biggest Dance Floor Bangers of all time! Expect everything from 70s Disco, 80s Retro, Throwback 90s & 00s Pop, Party and Dance plus the big floor [...]

JANE’S WALK 6: Looking Up at Colchester

Firstsite Colchester Firstsite Colchester

What are we missing when we don’t look up at the buildings and skylines around Colchester City centre? Discover new vistas on a walk inspired by the work of Richard Arnopp and Adrian Rushton, who in 2024 took a series of photographs to record Colchester’s town centre buildings ‘from the first floor up’ (published on [...]

BAG OF BONES @ KINGS ARMS COLCHESTER 4/5/25

The Kings Arms, Colchester The Kings Arms, Colchester

Impious Spirit Productions presents an afternoon of Live Music with Bag of Bones, at Kings Arms in Colchester, on Monday 5th May!We're excited to present Bag of Bones, for our first afternoon show this Bank Holiday Monday!Playing rock and pop covers from 1pm to 4pm!Free Entry!

JANE’S WALK 7: Alleys and Folleys – Hidden in plain sight (1)

Napier Road, Colchester, CO2 7, United Kingdom Napier Road, Colchester, CO2 7, United Kingdom

Discover Colchester off-road, from Camp Folley North to Kendal Road Folley, Childwell Alley and thence to The Moors; Parsons Lane to Love Walk (coffee stop at Old Heath Rec) and on to Camp Folley South. Plenty of geography, history, legend and gossip along the way!With Des Bowden and Phil Hitchins.Meet: 2.30pm, Napier Road North carpark [...]

Read Through: One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean

14 Chapel Street North, CO2 7AT Colchester, United Kingdom 14 Chapel Street North, CO2 7AT Colchester, United Kingdom

One Man, Two Guvnorsby Richard BeanBased on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo GoldoniWith popular songs from the era and Grant OldingHeadgate Theatre ProductionsDirector: Sally BroatchProduction week: w/c Sunday 5th October 2025Rehearsals: Monday and Wednesday evenings starting 14th July.Read Through: Monday 5th May, 2025 @ 4pm at The HeadgateAuditions : Audition workshops are scheduled [...]

JANE’S WALK EVENT/TALK Corinne Fowler – Our Island Stories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain

Headgate Theatre Headgate Theatre

It’s now possible to book pay as you feeltickets for the Corinne Fowler event.https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/headgatecommunity/t-jzaomxgWith Corinne Fowler, Professor of Colonialism and Heritage at the University of Leicester. Corinne specialises in colonial history, decolonisation and the British countryside’s relationship to Empire. She is perhaps best known for her work with the National Trust to record their property’s [...]

Leveret

Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

Tickets £19.50 / £18.50 concessions.Doors open 7.30, starts 8pm.This gig is for a seated audience.ANDY CUTTING • SAM SWEENEY • ROB HARBRON“You won't find English folk music played better than this.” R2Leveret are a highly acclaimed English folk trio renowned for their innovative approach to traditional music, blending consummate musicianship with captivating spontaneity. Formed in [...]