The original sci-fi and fantasy city-wide event returns for the 12th time!INVASION COLCHESTER is back to raise more much-needed funds for St Helena Hospice, Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity, and Mind (Mid & North East Essex) on 7 September 2024!Come along to Colchester city centre and meet your heroes, including characters from Star Wars, Ghostbusters, [...]

Join us for our return to Colchester for a boutique market - the Dark Moon NightFair.Featuring the finest artists both local and from further afield. Bringing original alternative art, décor, fashion, entomology, jewellery, candles, prints, stickers, ceramics, crystals and more.Free entry, children welcome under careful supervision. Dogs are not permitted as a condition of our [...]

Showing at Firstsite Cinema -Invasion Colchester: Spider-Man: Homecoming (Relaxed) (12A)!In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter Parker balances his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man.But he soon finds himself on the trail of a new menace prowling the skies of New York City.This Spider-Man: Homecoming screening is part of our [...]

Come join us Fun day and celebration free entry. Music outside till 7pm from DJ John Keller wheels of steel. Barbecue in the beer garden bouncy castles, ice cream. Face painting. This will be a weather permitting event. Due to safety reasons. Outside event will finish at 7pm. Then inside we have silence of the [...]

Litter of Kings and Friends return for their third FREE all dayer! It's an opportunity to showcase a selection of some of the best musical acts in and around the Colchester area and introduce new acts to their future audience. LINE UP 1 - 1.30 Simon Craze (solo)1.40 - 2.20 Annie Maguire (solo) 2.35- 3.20 [...]

In association with The Wivenhoe Society Wivenhoe Crabbing Competition 7th September Registration is on the dayhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1678674446238417/

Colchester LEAF open mic on Saturday, starring YOU! (or just come and listen). Colchester's LEAF Climate Centre (opposite Sainsbury's in town) are hosting a series of events (every Saturday at 1.30 until October) in order to raise the profile of the centre amongst the people of Colchester - especially those who shop in the town [...]

Litter of Kings and Friends return for their third FREE all dayer! It's an opportunity to showcase a selection of some of the best musical acts in and around the Colchester area and introduce new acts to their future audience.LINE UP1 - 1.30 Simon Craze (solo)1.40 - 2.20 Annie Maguire (solo)2.35- 3.20 Chris Wilkinson (band)3.30- [...]

Colchester Castle is offering free* monthly tours focusing on LGBTQ+ historical figures and themes. Each tour promises a unique exploration of LGBTQ+ history, and no two tours will be the same.These tours cover a wide range of fascinating topics, from Julius Caesar’s love for a Bithynian king to the stories of those imprisoned in Colchester [...]

Whether you wish to up your selfie game or begin developing a portfolio, this workshop will help you learn the basics of portrait photography and push your creativity and technical understanding.Learn which settings are best to use, how to select the best locations, and what lighting and poses highlight a model's best features. We will [...]

The Tango Zone team is delighted to invite you to two Argentine Tango workshops on SATURDAY 7th SEPTEMBER with teachers Robert and Lorraine at The Hythe Community Centre, Colchester, followed by a practica. Workshop one: tango fundamentals/improvers level, looking at some important elements of the dance and some figures for the dance floor. Workshop two: [...]

🌿🩵YOUR DAY:Come and join us for an empowering afternoon of resilience. 💪 We thought we’d do an afternoon event for this one, hopefully the weather will be gorgeous 😎 as it often is in September and you can stay afterwards and enjoy a sundowner in the vineyard if you wish! 🌅 🍇 I will be [...]