Arts events in Colchester

Check out happening arts events all around Colchester, EN

Fatboy Slim in Colchester

 Thu, 27 Aug at 04:00 pm Colchester Castle Park

Colchester Blues and Rock in the Garden 2026

 Sat, 04 Jul at 02:00 pm Maitlands GBP 0 to 22

Colchester Castle Summer Series Tickets: James, Happy Mondays & more

 Thu, 20 Aug at 01:00 pm Colchester Castle Park

Colchester Castle Summer Series Tickets: Busted

Fri, 14 Aug at 01:00 pm Colchester Castle Park

Colchester Castle Summer Series Tickets: Smashing Pumpkins

Thu, 13 Aug at 01:00 pm Colchester Castle Park

Russ Millions in Colchester

 Fri, 24 Apr at 10:00 pm Trilogy

TOXIC Presents RUSS MILLIONS Performing LIVE - Friday 24th April

Fri, 24 Apr at 09:00 pm Trilogy Nightclub

Colchester Pride 2026

 Sat, 15 Aug at 11:00 am Firstsite Colchester

The Ibiza Orchestra Experience: The Final Encore - Colchester 2026

 Fri, 10 Jul at 05:30 pm Lower castle Park, Colchester, United Kingdom

COLCHESTER 24th May Bank Holiday Special - Afrobeats N Brunch ✨ Joy is coming ✨

 Sun, 24 May at 02:00 pm Trilogy

Levellers in Colchester

 Wed, 02 Sep at 08:00 pm Colchester Arts Centre

Raver Tots Colchester with Matt Jam Lamont

 Sat, 17 Oct at 03:00 pm Trilogy GBP 15 to 19

Secret Island Festival 2026

 Fri, 07 Aug at 07:00 pm Mersea Island

Glenn Tilbrook // Colchester Arts

 Tue, 12 May at 07:30 pm Colchester Arts Centre

Raver Tots Colchester

Sat, 17 Oct at 02:00 pm Trilogy

The ABBA Day Party: Colchester 💃🕺

 Sat, 15 Aug at 02:00 pm Trilogy

Comedy Night

Fri, 20 Mar Colchester United FC

Mercury Theatre, Colchester

 Sat, 17 Oct at 07:30 pm Mercury Theatre Colchester

90s Day Party: Colchester 💿

 Sat, 30 May at 02:00 pm Trilogy

Nina Wadia: In Conversation

 Sun, 21 Jun at 08:00 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

TEAMGOODVIBES MICHAEL JACKSONS' LIVE CELEBRATION PARTY

 Fri, 24 Apr at 09:00 pm The Silk Road Lounge & Cocktail Bar

Xperience Live presents - The Music of Adele Candlelight Concert COLCHESTER

 Fri, 05 Jun at 07:30 pm Charter Hall

The Easy Rollers @ Colchester Arts Centre

 Sun, 03 May at 07:30 pm Colchester Arts Centre

Sundays on the Square

Sun, 10 May at 10:00 am Colchester

May Fair

 Sun, 03 May at 10:00 am Colchester old heath Recreation Ground

Ska Day Party: Colchester 🎺

 Sat, 09 May at 02:00 pm Trilogy

Oysterband's John Jones with Ray Cooper and Al Scott

Mon, 27 Apr at 08:30 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

The West End Day Party: Colchester 🎭

 Sat, 19 Sep at 02:00 pm Trilogy

Colchester's Craft & Flea Market

 Sun, 24 May at 11:00 am Colchester Charter Hall

Sherlock Holmes & The Hunt for Moriarty

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:30 pm Mercury Theatre Colchester

Glenn Tilbrook – The Voice of Squeeze + special guest Leon Tilbrook *

 Tue, 12 May at 07:30 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

Kings Arms Frating Music and Beer Festival

Sat, 23 May at 11:30 am Main Road, Colchester

Motown Day Party: Colchester ✨

 Sat, 20 Jun at 02:00 pm Trilogy

Laurence Jones

 Sun, 26 Apr at 08:30 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

Amy Vs Adele (Tributes to Amy Winehouse and Adele)

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:30 pm 60 High Street, CO1 1DN Colchester, United Kingdom

Daniel Foxx: How Lovely

 Tue, 19 May at 07:30 am Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

! 🎶 Cushti! Live 🎶

Mon, 25 May at 05:30 pm Main Road, Colchester

Shelf: The Kids Show 2 - The Power of Two

 Sat, 23 May at 11:00 am Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

Shakespeare in the Park presents Much Ado About Nothing

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:30 pm Castle Park, Colchester

The Rec Community Market - Summer in Full Swing

 Sun, 05 Jul at 10:00 am Colchester old heath Recreation Ground

Blabba

 Sat, 11 Jul at 07:30 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

Artists Against AI ft. Rad Pitt + Butterfly Handshake + Filip Rodak + Disjunction + Kinozolte

Sat, 04 Jul at 06:30 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

SEND Fest at Colchester Zoo Essex 2026

 Sat, 30 May at 06:00 pm Colchester Zoological Society

Country Clubbing: Colchester 🌵

 Sat, 25 Jul at 02:00 pm Trilogy

80s & 90s Over 30s Daytime Clubbing - COLCHESTER🕺🏽

 Sat, 19 Sep at 03:00 pm Trilogy

The Rec Community Market - Summer Starts

 Sun, 07 Jun at 10:00 am Colchester old heath Recreation Ground

The Rec Community Market - Autumn Market

 Sun, 06 Sep at 10:00 am Colchester old heath Recreation Ground

Trance Day Party: Colchester 🔊

 Sat, 29 Aug at 02:00 pm Trilogy

ESSEX DEATHFEST 2026

 Sat, 12 Sep at 01:00 pm Three Wise Monkeys Colchester

The Rec Community Market - Last of Summer

Sun, 02 Aug at 10:00 am Colchester old heath Recreation Ground

The Emo Festival Comes to Colchester!

 Sat, 19 Sep at 06:00 pm Charter Hall GBP 17 to 24

Secret Island Festival

 Fri, 07 Aug at 06:00 pm STROOD FIELD, EAST MERSEA ROAD, EAST MERSEA, CO5 8SL

🎸 Early May Bank Holiday Live Music: 33 RPM & Rock 2 Pop! 🎤

 Sun, 03 May at 01:00 pm Highways Social Club

42nd International Conference on Psychology and the Arts

 Tue, 23 Jun at 07:00 pm University of Essex USD 55 to 349

Family Fun Day

Sun, 30 Aug at 12:00 pm Blackthorn Avenue, Colchester

Passion for Fashion Show *

 Sat, 16 May at 07:00 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

An Evening with Jennifer Saint at Colchester Castle

 Mon, 22 Jun at 07:00 pm Colchester Castle GBP 5 to 24

Folk & Bespoke Artisan Craft Fairs

 Sat, 02 May at 10:00 am Firstsite Colchester

HERE WE ARE RECORDS (18+)

Sat, 16 May at 07:00 pm Truth Colchester

Colchester Arts Centre's Daytime Disco with DJs Ben Howard & Sam Leppard

 Sun, 17 May at 02:00 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

Romance Roundtable: Spice & Romance (Daisy Buchanan Gayathiri Kamalakanthan Ria & Jessica May

 Sun, 26 Apr at 03:00 pm 125 High Street, CO1 1SZ Colchester, United Kingdom

The NightFair Colchester Spring Market

 Sat, 30 May at 10:00 am The Minories

TheatreFest 2026

 Tue, 23 Jun at 07:00 pm Mercury Theatre Colchester

Funky Fridayz presents Return to a Midsummer Nights Dream

 Sat, 20 Jun at 02:00 pm Railway Tavern

Colchester 6th Indepedent Short Film Festival

 Sat, 23 May at 07:00 pm Firstsite GBP 14

Community Sports Day

 Sat, 15 Aug at 10:00 am Old Heath Recreation Ground, Colchester

Namvula

 Thu, 21 May at 07:30 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

No, No Nanette

 Wed, 13 May at 07:45 pm Headgate Theatre

Painting Party in Colchester: Romano Lounge

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm Romano Lounge

20th Century & Beyond

 Sat, 09 May at 07:30 pm St Botolphs Church

Elmer's Jazz Collective

 Sun, 10 May at 07:30 pm Wivenhoe Congregational Church, 101 High Street, CO7 9AB Wivenhoe, United Kingdom

Author : Elodie Harper discussing BOUDICCA'S DAUGHTER

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm 125 High Street, CO1 1SZ Colchester, United Kingdom

Belle Chen

 Tue, 05 May at 07:30 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

LATES: Queer Diary

 Thu, 23 Apr at 08:15 pm Mercury Theatre Colchester

the ember sessions

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:00 pm Common Ground Colchester

Rudebone

 Wed, 24 Jun at 08:30 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

Midsummer Madness Family Fun

 Sun, 14 Jun at 11:00 am The Minories

University of Essex C.G.Jung Lecture 2026

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:00 pm University of Essex Colchester Campus Free

ALBATROSS at The Mercury Theatre, Colchester

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm Mercury Theatre Colchester

Venice - Watercolour workshop - Colchester 10am-1pm

 Fri, 24 Apr at 10:00 am Kingsland Church

JANE'S WALK 23: Six curious vicars of Colchester and their churches.

Sat, 09 May at 11:00 am Colchester Arts Centre

JANE'S WALK 32: The Wrong End of the Stick

 Sun, 10 May at 02:30 pm At the bridge to Colchester Castle

Life Drawing in Colchester (MAY 2026)

 Sat, 02 May at 10:00 am Wimpole Road GBP 66

WALK 21: Constable in the City

 Fri, 08 May at 02:30 pm Mercury Theatre Colchester

John Robb

 Mon, 01 Jun at 07:30 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

All about kids festival

Sat, 13 Jun at 11:30 am First Site Colchester Art Gallery

An Evening With India Sturgis in Conversation With Carolyn Heslop

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm 12-13 High Street, CO1 1DA Colchester, United Kingdom

Vinyl Sessions: Millie Jackson - Caught Up

 Thu, 07 May at 12:00 pm Church St, CO1 1NF Colchester, United Kingdom

Get Started with Risograph

 Sun, 03 May at 10:00 am Colchester Makerspace GBP 0 to 60

Shalamar at Charter Hall

 Fri, 10 Jul at 07:30 pm Charter Hall

BigDaySmallCountry Festival

 Sun, 30 Aug at 12:00 pm Nayland Village Hall

Learn to Throw a Ceramic Pot

 Tue, 24 Mar Colchester Makerspace GBP 60

India Sturgis in Conversation With Carolyn Heslop - Colchester

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 3 to 20

Evening Art Class: Tutored Life Drawing

 Mon, 11 May at 06:30 pm 37 Queen St GBP 44

Pop Art Shep! Kids art club

Wed, 27 May at 11:00 am St John's & Highwoods Community Centre and The Bluebell Centre

Fancy Flamingo Paint Party @ Colchester

 Mon, 18 May at 08:00 pm Dog & Pheasant

The Siege of Colchester Walking Tour

 Sat, 13 Jun at 02:00 pm Hollytrees Museum, High Street , CO1 2 Colchester, United Kingdom

OVER 30s DAYTIME ABBA DISCO - COLCHESTER ⭐

 Sat, 16 May at 03:00 pm Trilogy

Abberton Wild Writers

 Tue, 26 May at 02:00 pm Abberton Reservoir GBP 9

Screen Printing - Exposing Screens, Registration & Repeats

 Sat, 16 May at 10:30 am Colchester Makerspace GBP 0 to 130