Events

Make a festive decoration with embroidery with our Festive Craft expert, Jen Rowley. All materials included - just come along for a relaxing two hours and get crafting.

🍂The Tango Zone team is delighted to invite you to an AUTUMN TEA DANCE on SUNDAY 23rd NOVEMBER at Marks Tey Parish Hall, just outside Colchester. 🍂🍁Dance to TRADITIONAL tango music from our DJ Paul. Music will be in tandas of three with cortinas. There may be one or two surprise tandas! 🥳 Everyone welcome [...]

Learn to DJ with industry professionals in this FREE workshop funded by Essex County Council via the Arts and Cultural Fund, Colchester City Council, the Tudwick Foundation and Grassroots Charity.Exclusively for young people aged between 14 & 25.Please email artoftheroadz@gmail.com to book a space.

Come and make a gorgeous Christmas wreath at the Romano Lounge! £42.50 including a soft drink and cakeAll materials included and no experience necessary.Email info@thecreativeworkshopcompany.co.uk via PayPal or bank transfer (no fees) or eventbrite (fees apply)https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1473714603049?aff=oddtdtcreator

Celebrated original Generation X drummer Mark Laff returns with XGENERATIONX for a UK tour in November 2025.Generation X were an English punk rock band, formed in London in 1976. They were the musical starting point of the career of their frontman Billy Idol and issued six singles that made the UK singles chart and two [...]

We will be at Colchester Folk Club/Colchester Arts Centre on Monday 24th November. Thanks to Elaine and Staff for asking us back! Hope to see you there. Photo by Harry Scott

Come and make a gorgeous Christmas wreath at the Romano Lounge! £42.50 including a soft drink and cakeAll materials included and no experience necessary.Email info@thecreativeworkshopcompany.co.uk via PayPal or bank transfer (no fees) or eventbrite (fees apply)https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1473726047279?aff=oddtdtcreator

Naomi invites us to join her on a stunning photographic journey through two of her favourite African destinations: the iconic Maasai Mara and the captivating landscapes of Southern Tanzania. Through her lens, she captures breathtaking images of wildlife thriving in their natural habitats - majestic creatures roaming freely across vast plains and vibrant birds soaring [...]

Join us for a Writing Workshop Series led by the talented Alice K Stephens, designed to guide you through every step of developing your own fringe theatre show.Across five sessions in the Lakeside Theatre Studio, Alice will guide you through how to create your own fringe theatre show. From the first idea to the finished [...]

Join us in the Lakeside Theatre Main House for the Homegrown production, Refusal, by Elena Botts. Elena is an artist and researcher at the University of Essex.Across sound, glitch, refuse, moving image, sculpture, performance, and animation, this one-night show offers fragmentation as refusal of normative narrative regimes of spectacle.This is a participatory gathering: the showcase [...]

Join us for an evening of Wargaming! Be it Warhammer 40k, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Battletech, Kill Team, Warcry or ANY wargame you like! Bring your armies, some terrain if you have it and get involved!£5 to play!

Come and make a fresh Christmas wreath at The Lexden Crown followed by a choice of the following delicious dinner:Chicken and Mushroom Pie & MashScampi and FriesThai Vegetable Curry & Rice£52.50ppAll materials provided and no experience required.Email info@thecreativeworkshopcompany.co.ukto book via PayPal or bank transfer (no fees) or via eventbrite or our website (fees apply)https://www.thecreativeworkshopcompany.co.uk/event-details/wreath-making-workshop-with-dinner