Events

Blondel Medieval & Renaissance wind band playing more music from the 14th-16th centuries on shawms, bagpipes and recorders.What makes a song leap across national boundaries and language barriers, slip from the secular to the ecclesiastic, and remain at the top of the charts for more than 70 years? We don’t have the formula, but we [...]

Come and sing your favourite hymns with a live orchestra!6:30pm on Sunday, 5 October 2025.Entry is free, and all are welcome.Brought to you by St Botolph's Church and St Botolph's Music Society.This event is not ticketed. Donations to St Botolph's Church can be made via the donation point located at the back of the church.

Hejira: Celebrating the Music of Joni MitchellShare this showDates5 Oct 2025Venues:Colchester Arts CentreCategories:JazzTickets £23.50 / £21.50 concessions.Doors open 7pm, starts 7.30pm.This gig is for a seated audience.‘Hejira’ is an outstanding 7-piece band set up to celebrate and honour the masterpiece works of Joni Mitchell, mostly from the late ‘70s. Having released the albums ‘Court And [...]

Find your Creative Tribe with Art Social!1. Learn to use different media including charcoal, collage and paint with artist Samar F. Zia2. Explore and develop your personal style of art-making.3. Co-design and collaborate on large scale mixed-media artwork to be exhibited at the Minories!Six weeks creative mixed-media course for people of all abilities, beginners, intermediaries [...]

Join us on Tuesday 7th October for our Italy Wine & Food Pairing Evening. Italian wine comes to Roman Colchester as we take you through four-courses of seasonally inspired food and wine at Three Wise Monkeys - in collaboration with independent and local wine merchants and suppliers, Street Wines.Hosted by Charlie Rogers and Founder of [...]

An AV Presentation by Dick Williams ARPS DPAGB-AV, a leader in AV creativity, who will showcase examples of his latest work. From documentaries and musical interpretations to sequences of general interest, discover how Dick crafts compelling stories that captivate and inspire. Dick has decades of award-winning expertise and is the EAF Audio Visual Trophy Secretary [...]

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.

Following on from last Wednesday's screening of Get Out (2017), as part of our Horror Film Season this October, I'll be showing The People Under The Stairs(15) (1991) next Wednesday at Queen St Brewhouse at 7:30pm. The People Under The Stairs is a horror comedy film written and directed by Wes Craven (Nightmare On Elm [...]

Step into a kaleidoscopic universe full of wonder, nostalgia and magic as we enter the imaginary town Shôn lived in as a boy.Written by “the great Welsh storyteller” (The Stage), Shôn Dale-Jones, Stories from an Invisible Town is charming, unsettling and full of surprises. Shôn’s storytelling will take you on a curious journey turning everything [...]

Come and join us for some casual games of the legendary Fantasy Sports Game BLOOD BOWL! Bring your teams and block dice, or just come along and learn how to play! Beginners welcome! £5 to play

Come and test our your general knowledge in support of soldiers, veterans and their families...Join us for our ABF Quiz Night at Colchester Rugby Club, CO4 5YX, for an evening of food, fun and quizzing in aid of the Army family. Teams of 6 max (£90per team). INC. One-course meal (Food choices will be taken [...]

What a treat to have Laura Purcell talk about the follow-up to her first novel The Silent Companions. That novel was one of her most popular and we can't wait to read The House of Splinters. The evening will be hosted by fellow author JJA Harwood. If you love a classily written haunted house mystery, [...]