Events

Playing the biggest Britpop & Indie anthems.

Country lovers! We’re bringing What Would Dolly Do? Country Club Night back to Colchester on May Bank Holiday weekend! The biggest Country anthems and Nashville classics at Three Wise Monkeys on Saturday 3rd May! Tickets on sale now from: skiddle.com/e/40649635Expect to hear Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Miranda Lambert, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift, Luke Bryan, Carrie [...]

Haunting Nights Ghost Hunts in Colchester EssexHaunting Nights Ghost Adventure Continues. Join the fastest growing ghost adventure company as we return to England’s ancient capital city in haunted EssexColchester Castle has the accolade of being one of the most haunted castles in the UK. This foreboding castles history began almost 2000 years ago as a [...]

A special Retro Night for Bank Holiday Saturday!2 DJs over 2 Floors playing 70s Disco, 80s Classics, 90s club Anthems plus a slice of Pop & Party! A proper night of Retro Escspism which you won’t want to miss!Free Entry before 11pm and 2 Cocktails for just £8 all night!

**Please Read Full Description Before Submitting Your Order**Makerspace Raku Club - Communal Raku Firing Session held at Cuckoo Farm Studios.Led by Peter Jones with support from Makerspace Technician Ed Dan — we supply all the Raku glazes, materials and fire — you just need to bring your ceramics!IMPORTANT NOTES:- Booking for the course will be [...]

Go wild, enjoy games & fun activities with Forest School leader, Jean Quinn. Children of all ages (up to 12 years accompanied by an adult). May be too long for 2-3 year-olds, usually too muddy for pushchairs. Break for snacks; bring a drink. Meet: 10.30am, Wivenhoe Railway Station car park, CO7 9DJ (what3words.com ///rock.achieving.cheer), (1.5m, [...]

Communities divided by road building. Rich and poor in separate roads. Local people’s stories, wartime from siege to WW2, rags to riches, the nurses home, changes in demography and character. And some local history… With Sheila Kelly.Meet: 11.30am, Abbeygate St. by underpass. End: former Essex County Hospital (1.5m, 2hrs)ACCESSIBILITY:This walk is fully wheelchair friendly, pavements [...]

Our all day music event returns! Multiple bands over the course of the day - come and discover someone new!

An alternative look at our city’s history, this time from below. How did the people - & not the kings, queens, lords & generals - forge our city’s story? With Bryn Griffiths.Bryn is not a professional historian and he only claims to be making a small contribution to our city’s story but he hopes to [...]

Join us on the first Sunday of the month for a little calm at Colchester Castle.These sessions are suitable for visitors with ASD, providing an opportunity for them to explore the museum at a quieter time. We aim to minimise sensory stimulation on the galleries by turning off audio and visuals, whilst providing a sensory [...]

The boys are back!!Free gig and donations encouraged!!

With British writer and social historian, Ken Worpole ('Brightening from the East: Essays on landscape & memory', 2025), 'a literary original... whose books combine the Orwellian ideal of common decency with understated erudition’ (The New Statesman). The relentless global relocation from countryside to cities, means 'rural life will be increasingly inhabited by an ageing population', [...]