Events

Tickets £12 / £10 concessions.Doors open 7pm, starts 7.30pm.This gig is for a seated audience.Ex-Easter Island Head are a UK-based experimental musical collective composing and performing music for solid body electric guitar, percussion and other instruments. The group plays multiple electric guitars augmented through mechanical preparations and extended techniques, creating hypnotic performances rich in repetition, [...]

Come join us for a special edition Colchester EMOM 2nd (!) birthday party with the usual live music plus DJs, dancing and maybe even cake!Sunday 20th April - The Commons, at The Minories, from 7:00pm until 11:00pm (@thecommons.cafe @theminories)Eight acts from across the spectrum of electronic music genres play short sets of original music.Food and [...]

Join us at Twisters Bar on April 20, 2025, for a night of Madchester classics with DJ Roman Atkin! Expect legendary tunes from The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, and more as we celebrate the iconic era of baggy beats and indie anthems.🍻 Bar & Beer Garden open from 5 PM🎧 DJ kicks off from 9 [...]

Showing at Firstsite Cinema - Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo (12A)!David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) lead a stellar cast in an ‘enthralling' new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster (Life of Pi, Henry V) directs this tragic [...]

Mini CLIP is a FREE weekly music club for young people age 11 to 14 at Firstsite Colchester, on term time Wednesdays from 4 – 5pm.Each week we experiment with exciting music technology, explore weird and wonderful sounds, and compose and perform our own music - all in a fun and supportive musical environment. No [...]

Do you play miniature wargames? Warhammer? Battletech? Historical? Any variety of wargame is welcome at our new Wargame Wednesday events! We have a small amount of terrain and board to use but feel free to bring extras!Bring your armies, any terrain, dice and extras you may need and meet some new opponents! There will be [...]

After a fabulous sell-out first Spring Concert from Roman River Music, there are only 15 tickets left for next brilliant event - come and enjoy the music with a glass of wine in your hand:Nathaniel Mander, hailed for his elegant style, technical mastery, and profound musical expression, will be playing Bach's iconic Goldberg Variations on [...]

Legacy Concert Company proudly presents the UKs ultimate Meat Loaf theatre rock show. Paradise Found delivers a two hour high octane tribute performance featuring an electrifying all star headline band.Blazing through Meat Loaf’s greatest hits outa hell & legendary singalong anthems. Bat Out Of Hell | Took The Words | Bad For Good | Out [...]

Pay what you can affordDoors open 7:30 pm, Show starts 8 pmThis show is for a seated audienceA comedy concerning affinity, vertigo and bad phone reception.“I have always found that arriving somewhere early allows more time to daydream.”Have you ever had one of those full days where you have something in the morning, something else [...]

Showing at Firstsite Cinema - Flow (Parent & Baby) (U)!When a flood of biblical proportions washes its home away, a solitary cat must seek refuge with a motley crew of animals, who gradually learn to go with the Flow in this endearing, Oscar-winning animation.Wunderkind director Gints Zilbalodis has taken the animation world by storm with [...]

Showing at Firstsite Cinema - Oh My Goodness! (Juste Ciel!) (12A)!When a local nursing home is falling into pieces, it’s down to Mother Veronique and the five eccentric sisters of the convent of St. Benedict to find a way to help!Spotting a poster for a bike race with a €25,000 cash prize (and the incentive [...]

Colchester’s Natural History Museum has been awarded a Development grant of almost £300,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This funding will support the initial phase of the museum’s planned £5 million redevelopment. We are inviting teachers from all types and phases of schools to join us on this journey.Join us for a Teacher Associates [...]