Events

Appraisal by Tom Peck LRPS CPAGBHeader Image: Autumn Trees - Pat Frewin LRPS DPAGB BPE5* AWPF

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 & [...]

🌿 PLEIN AIR EXHIBITION 🌿Colchester, observed in the open air.Nature, landscape and the environment that surrounds us.Colchester Art Society is pleased to present the Plein Air Exhibition, a curated showcase [...]

Join us for our FREE monthly Scratch Night, at the Lakeside Theatre bar!Whether you’re a performer or an audience member, join us for a lively evening with a café full [...]

We are a local life drawing group in Colchester. We meet up for untutored drawings with professional models from all backgrounds.All abilities are welcome. Just drop in, draw and pay £10 cash for the session.Drawing boards, easels, papers, charcoal and pencils are provided for free or bring your materials.Accessible venue.Location: Straight Road Community Centre329 Straight [...]

Test your general knowledge at the Victoria Inn General Knowledge Quiz, and help raise money for an incredible cause!- £3 a head entry (CASH ONLY)- Maximum 4 to a team- Outside food & dogs welcome - Book on 01206 514510Please bring the number of people you book for, and if you book and decide not [...]

Tickets £21.50.Doors open 7.30pm, starts 8pm.This show is for a seated audience. From Rob Newman comes a barnstorming new stand-up show about where we are and where we’re going. From future cities and philistine film directors to Dorothy Parker’s Multiverse Diaries. Throw in Pythagorean gangsters, intellectual bingo callers and a crazy character called Arlo - [...]

Whether you're taking your first steps into Magic, finishing up your Standard deck, or diving deep into Modern, Commander, and more—Magic: The Gathering Lorwyn Eclipsed has some great cards to add.Lorwyn Eclipsed Prerelease is coming and we will be running 3 pre-release events for this set new core set in the magic timeline.What you get6 [...]

A great was to start your weekend!Come and join our Sound Bath meditations, vibrational relaxation, curated sonic journies to soothe the soul…Minimal effort required, for maximum results. Simply recline, bathe [...]

Sale Dates and Times:Public Onsale : Fri, 15 Aug 2025 at 10:00 AMTicketmaster Presale : Thu, 14 Aug 2025 at 10:00 AM

Happy to be taking the show back to Colchester Arts Centre for one last Bowie-shaped hurrah! 10 years since THE PRETTIEST STARMAN formed, we’ve been paying tribute to David Bowie [...]

In light of the recent changes being implemented across the arts sector, in order to better enable accessibility for arts funding bodies, the Mercury Theatre and Graeae would like to [...]