Events

The Lexden Crown presents an Old Skool Pen and Paper QuizIts Time to take it back to the Old Skool, with a Pen and Paper style Quiz.Big Jims Old Skool Pub Quiz, fun for all, with 5 themed rounds of quiz fun, including both Audio and Picture rounds and the return of the World famous [...]

Our Dance and Movement for Well-being are gentle sessions for over 60s to ease joint mobility, improve agility, balance and self-awareness in movement.These classes involve relaxed movements such as chair yoga, dancing and self-massages to ease the muscles and tensions.Each session is led and planned by Lucy Teed a fully qualified Holistic Massage Therapist (level [...]

Showing at Firstsite Cinema - Hard Truths (12A)!From acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh, comes Hard Truths. Starring BAFTA award-winner Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin.Pansy Deacon is an anxious woman living with her meek husband and her adult son Moses.Her short temper causes her to argue with and criticize everyone she meets, whether they be her family [...]

Showing at Firstsite Cinema - To A Land Unknown (15)!Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens, To A Land Unknown.But when Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan.This involves them posing as smugglers and taking hostages in an effort [...]

The first of three Spring Concerts from Roman River Music:The Bloomsbury Players with Dvořák's double bass quintet including the extraordinary Intermezzo, Rossini's Sonata a quattro, and Fanny Mendelssohn's rhapsodic and poignant String Quartet in E-flat - all performed on gut strings.

Tickets £26.50Doors open 7.30pm, starts 8pm.This gig is for a standing audience.Nine is the ninth official studio album from Dreadzone and a reflection of the last 5 years and a culmination of growing and re-inventing the Dread sound. The new album was released in October on their own Dubwiser label with first single Conqueror and [...]

The Bloomsbury Players return to Roman River's Spring Concerts with a programme showcasing Dvořák's double bass quintet, performed on gut strings and in its original 5-movement version (including the extraordinary Intermezzo).They pair this with Rossini's first Sonata a quattro, composed when he was just twelve years old, and Fanny Mendelssohn's rhapsodic and poignant String Quartet [...]

Join us at patch Colchester for a fun and informal wine tasting event!Did you know that Essex has established itself a reputation for growing England's best quality grapes? In this session we will introduce you to some of the vineyards right on your doorstep. You will get the chance to try 7 wines from a [...]

Showing at Firstsite Cinema - The Last Showgirl (15)!When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, The Last Showgirl, Shelly (Pamela Anderson) must reconcile with the decisions she’s made.And the life she has built as she plans her next act whilst also striving to repair the relationship [...]

We are pleased to announce that we are going to be back playing at The Queen St Brewhouse in Colchester on Friday 28th March 🎶Our support for the night will be from Gaze Under The Sun and the brillant Lost Atlas 🔥Tickets will be available on the door on the night, this is going to [...]

8pm - Camulodunum8:45pm - Purple Dog9:30pm - Castle Inn10:15pm - Queen St BrewhouseOur regular 'last Friday' pub crawls around Colchester.The route is as follows with approximate times so you can 'hop on' or 'hop off' during the evening. If a pub isn't serving real ale on the night, you can always find us in the [...]

Join us on the 28th March 2025 for a night of Dreampop, Indie and Shoegaze at The Queen Street Brewhouse in Colchester!Appearing on the lineup are:Under The SunA solo artist who's Dreampop/Shoegaze influences can be heard throughout he's incredibly powerful set. This is not an artist you want to miss, He's played some truly iconic [...]