Events

The UK’s biggest Oktoberfest tour returns to Colchester!🚨GET YOUR TICKETS FROM £15🚨Join us for a legendary celebration featuring:✨Bavarian beer bar✨Mini Trader Village✨Oompah bands✨Live music✨XL bier steins✨Gourmet Bratwurst & Pretzels✨Photo Booth✨Lederhosens✨Singalongs & MORE!🎟️Get tickets from just £15&🎟️VIP TABLE TICKETGET YOUR TICKETS NOW!🔗 - www.oktoberfestcolchester.co.uk📍 Lower Castle Park📅 Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd October 202618+

🎃 The Rec Halloween Market 🎃Get ready for a spooktacular day at The Rec Halloween Market — a special seasonal event packed with great food, local stalls, and a fun Halloween atmosphere for all ages.📍 Old Heath Recreation Ground (beside the café)📅 Sunday 4th October⏰ 10:00am – 4:00pm🎟️ FREE ENTRY👻 What to expect:Spooky stalls & [...]

Tickets £27.50.Doors open 7.30pm, starts 8pm.This gig is for a seated audience.The Delines were formed after Richmond Fontaine singer/songwriter, Willy Vlautin, heard singer, Amy Boone (The Damnations), sing just one [...]

TWM Live presents Gaz Brookfield, performing live at Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester.Folk/Punk festival favourite, Brookfield has been at this for a while now. Since winning Acoustic Magazine Singer/Songwriter of the [...]

Luther Live & Velvet Voices Step into a world of soul, romance, and unforgettable grooves with Luther Live & Velvet Voices – the ultimate live theatre experience celebrating the golden [...]

Step into the moonlight at Colchester Castle and Hollytrees Museum on Friday 9 October, as twilight fades into after-hours lunar investigations within Hollytrees Museum. Then return on Saturday 10 October [...]

Get Ready to Groove at the Ultimate 80s Day Disco! 🎉Step into a time machine and relive the magic of the 80s with a day filled with the biggest disco [...]

COLCHESTER, IT'S TIME FOR YOUR THIRD CHANCE TO CAUSE A COMMOTION!!!COMMOTION FEST is back for round 3 in 2026 featuring some of the best Essex rock and metal bands and [...]

THE TIME WAS TOUR 2026For over five decades, Wishbone Ash has stood as one of rock music’s most enduring and influential forces, their pioneering twin-lead guitar sound providing a blueprint [...]

Raver Tots comes to Colchester with a family-friendly daytime rave featuring special guest DJ Matt Jam Lamont. Designed for children and adults to enjoy together, the event combines dance music, [...]

INDIEPALOOZA FESTIVAL"6 Tribute Bands, 1 Night, YOU chose the anthems!"14+ show (14-16s must be accompanied)Indiepalooza is an amazing touring indie-rock tribute festival featuring leading tributes to (ALL on ONE night!) [...]

The Dolly Show brings a celebration of the music of Dolly Parton to Colchester, starring acclaimed tribute performer Kelly O'Brien. O'Brien has built an international reputation for her portrayal of [...]