Events

FolkTickets £15 / £14 concessions.Doors open 7.30pm, starts 8pm.This show is for a seated audience.Janice Burns & Jon Doran are an award-winning Anglo-Scottish duo who came together after discovering a [...]

Blow away the cobwebs of winter with a walk through the mind of Tina Bullen.Join Tina at The Sentinel Gallery, Wivenhoe, to experience her free art show, Wandering. Here you'll find a variety of original artworks (and more!) based on the famous Wordsworth line, 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'. The artworks depict the great [...]

A night for music lovers of all kinds! Bring along your own vinyl from home to play in the pub & to share with other vinyl & music lovers so we can all appreciate the quality, atmosphere & perfection of a bit of vinyl. All genres are welcome so it will be a very eclectic [...]

Experience the beloved Christmas tale of redemption and goodwill through the power of cinema and sound.The classic 1951 film Scrooge, starring the legendary Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, is brought to life with live music. An enchanting newly orchestrated live score is performed by the three-piece FB Pocket Orchestra. Let their reimagined music and atmospheric [...]

The SPACE Peer-to-Peer sessions are a space for sharing work in progress, peer support and feedback and networking.The sessions are open to all creatives and are free to attend.

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 [...]

As a special festive treat, Colchester Castle’s FREE Christmas Open Evening returns for 2025 from 3 pm – 8 pm. Soak up the festive atmosphere whilst seeing over 2,000 years of amazing history, with festive refreshments. With the Castle decked out in Christmas cheer, it promises to be a great way to get in the [...]

Get ready for this Winter show full of pantomime fun!Are you ready to go into the woods? Join Red Riding Hood as she goes on this exciting adventure, meeting both furry friends and foes alike! Red is an adventurous young spirit who wants nothing more than to see the world. Her wish comes true when [...]

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 & Mics provided).*We run a sign up board & work through the names in order & attendance prioritising those who arrive before 9.*The sign up board [...]

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- [...]

We are delighted to have Simon Scarrow join us for a talk about his latest Macro & Cato novel. After three books which dealt with the Boudican revolt and it's [...]

Its time to funk up your life, dig out your dabbers, and your best musical knowledge, then get ready to have some musical fun and win some great prizes, Its [...]