Events

The Ska Day Party is coming! 🎺🏁Calling all rude boys, rude girls, and skankin’ legends! 🎶⚡Get ready for an afternoon of brass-powered bangers, bounce-along rhythms, and high-energy tunes as we [...]

Enquire Within has announced the Blood and Rust Tour, taking place across the UK in 2026.

Step into the bold soundworld of the 20th century and beyond, as our orchestra presents a vibrant programme that captures the spirit, struggles, and innovations of a new musical age. [...]

THESPIANS - ANCIENT GREECE THE MUSICALMISCHIEF, the team behind the multi award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong, rewrite ancient history with a brand-new musical comedy, THESPIANS, the first musical created [...]

Sundays on the Square returns on Sunday 10th May 2026!Celebrate spring with Sundays on the Square in the newly built St Nicholas Square, featuring live music throughout the afternoon.Browse a variety of independent local traders, including street food, drinks, crafts, gifts, and locally made products, all while enjoying performances from talented local musicians. Music will [...]

A stalwart of the Colchester jazz scene, followers of Jazz Audience Colchester will be well aware that drummer Elmer van der Hoek has been organising gigs and jams at various venues in the city for more than 15 years, the first 10 years at the Bull and subsequently at Patch, The Minories, the Foresters Arms, [...]

Glenn Tilbrook – The Voice of Squeeze + special guest Leon TilbrookGlenn Tilbrook – The Voice of SqueezeGlenn Tilbrook has more than earned his place at pop’s top table as one of our most cherished singers, guitarists and songwriters, not to mention an in-demand and endlessly endearing live performer. More than 40 years after first [...]

In this engaging talk, Will shares his personal approach to photography, focusing on his passion for shooting projects that resonate with him, emphasising creativity over competition and the joy of capturing moments for personal satisfaction rather thanexternal validation. The talk will feature a diverse range of images, including compelling street scenes, breathtaking nature photography, and [...]

Pay what you can affordDoors open 7:30 pm, Show starts 8 pmThis show is for a seated audienceFrom the Daughter of a Dictator retells Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi’s personal journey from [...]

It's Open Mic Night!Bring yourself... or send your friends in place of you.... or come with your friends and get involved.Bring your instruments or borrow mine (Guitar, Piano, Cajon & [...]

The legendary and light-hearted musical comedy "No, No Nanette" runs at the Headgate Theatre in Colchester in May. Originally premiered in 1925, "No, No, Nanette" was the blockbuster musical of [...]

Elton John’s greatest hits are reimagined by multi award-winning comedian and singer Jess Robinson (Radio 4’s Dead Ringers, Channel 4’s The Last Leg), renowned for her pitch-perfect impressions.Come and see [...]