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Featured events

Oktoberfest Colchester 2021 Castle Park Gardens

Oktoberfest Colchester 2021

Castle Park Gardens
Cel­e­brate Okto­ber­fest at this Bavar­i­an style fes­ti­val includ­ing live oom­pah bands, tra­di­tion­al Ger­man foods an…
23 Oct / 2021 - 23 Oct / 2021
Half Term fun at Firstsite FirstSite

Half Term fun at Firstsite

FirstSite
Keep the kids active and cre­ative this half term with out­door sports, art activ­i­ties and fresh­ly pre­pared lunc…
25 Oct / 2021 - 29 Sep / 2021
Aladdin See & Do

Aladdin

See & Do
Make all your Christ­mas wish­es come true with a trip to the Mercury’s mag­i­cal pan­tomime, Aladdin!Journey with …
27 Nov / 2021 - 16 Jan / 2022
Book A Bespoke After-Hours Private Tour Of Colchester Castle! Colchester Castle

Book A Bespoke After-Hours Private Tour Of Colchester Castle! 22 Oct - 22 Oct

Colchester Castle

Colch­ester Cas­tle are offer­ing Covid-19 safe and secure ​‘bub­ble’ tours of Colch­ester Ca…

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Escape At The Castle Colchester Castle

Escape At The Castle 22 Oct - 22 Oct

Colchester Castle

Colch­ester Cas­tle are once again offer­ing their sell out Escape Expe­ri­ences. The experi…

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Cupcake Decorating Class

Cupcake Decorating Class 12 Sep - 19 Dec

Vic­to­ria Yum’s Cup­cake ​‘Mas­ter­class’ is back!

EVENTS

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@background_bob and his amazing friends FirstSite

@background_bob and his amazing friends 19 Sep - 09 Jan

FirstSite

Last autumn First­site opened @background_bob and his amaz­ing friends a unique …

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Curious About Colchester Balkerne Gate

Curious About Colchester 22 Oct - 31 Dec

Balkerne Gate
**Have fun dis­cov­er­ing Colch­ester with two self-guid­ed, quirky, her­itage walks with an opt…
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Bloomberg New Contemporaries Firstsite

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 22 Oct - 28 Nov

Firstsite
Each year, New Con­tem­po­raries show­cas­es the best emerg­ing tal­ent from across the UK. For 2…
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Theatre Tours Mercury Theatre

Theatre Tours 22 Oct - 06 Nov

Mercury Theatre
The Mer­cury has seen many famous faces per­form on its stages since the the­atre opened in 1972. Let u…
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Dragon Headgate Theatre

Dragon 22 Oct - 23 Oct

Headgate Theatre
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Nice To Meat You Coda

Nice To Meat You 22 Oct - 23 Oct

Coda

Nice to Meat You
Shar Cooterie (Colch­ester, Eng­land)

Join the …

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Bad Movies The Soundhouse

Bad Movies 22 Oct - 23 Oct

The Soundhouse
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Back to the Roaring 20s Headgate Theatre

Back to the Roaring 20s 22 Oct - 24 Oct

Headgate Theatre

Move­ment Space presents a the­atri­cal time warp. The year is 2021, we are teched up & tuned in…

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And Then There Were None Mercury Theatre

And Then There Were None 22 Oct - 23 Oct

Mercury Theatre
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

Ten strangers are lured to a soli­tary man­sion off the coast of D…
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Let's Try Gay Headgate Theatre

Let's Try Gay 22 Oct - 24 Oct

Headgate Theatre

Let’s Try Gay
i Bir­ban­ti (Milan, Italy)

Two friends, Jack and P…

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Accident Avoidance Training for Cutlery Users The Soundhouse

Accident Avoidance Training for Cutlery Users 22 Oct - 24 Oct

The Soundhouse
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Everything I Know I Learned From Eurovision Coda

Everything I Know I Learned From Eurovision 22 Oct - 24 Oct

Coda

The Euro­vi­sion Song Con­test is many things to many peo­ple. Glit­ter-fest, seri­ous music competitio…

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Ink'd Headgate Theatre

Ink'd 22 Oct - 24 Oct

Headgate Theatre

CTC Dance Com­pa­ny presents a 40 minute con­tem­po­rary dance the­atre show explor­ing the iden­ti­ty of …

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Knightzzz At The Museum Colchester Castle

Knightzzz At The Museum 23 Oct - 24 Oct

Colchester Castle

About This Event

7.30pm on Sat­ur­day 23rd Octo­ber – 9am on Sun­day 24th October

Kni…

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Headnotes Headgate's Young Vocal Group Headgate Theatre

Headnotes Headgate's Young Vocal Group 23 Oct - 06 Nov

Headgate Theatre
Suit­able for chil­dren age 8 — 12 years.
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In this week

Free Sir Isaacs Coffee from A Plan Insurance! at A-Plan Insurance

Free Sir Isaacs Coffee from A Plan Insurance!

at A-Plan Insurance
Get a free cof­fee from Sir Isaacs Arti­san Cof­fee cour­tesy of A Plan Insur­ance. Sim­ply drop into their high str…
22 Oct / 2021 - 22 Oct / 2021
£5 Cocktails at Cuckoo Dough at Cuckoo Dough

£5 Cocktails at Cuckoo Dough

at Cuckoo Dough
Enjoy £5 Cock­tails at Cuck­oo Dough every day (includ­ing week­ends!) for £5 from 5:00pm until 6.30 pm. Also enj…
22 Oct / 2021 - 01 Nov / 2021
£1 off your parking at North Hill Hotel at The Green Room

£1 off your parking at North Hill Hotel

at The Green Room
Save £1 on your park­ing when you spend £15 at The Green Room/​North Hill Hotel with the MiPer­mit App. Sim­ply d…
22 Oct / 2021 - 31 Dec / 2021
Save money on your parking with Emmaus at Emmaus - High Street

Save money on your parking with Emmaus

at Emmaus - High Street
Save 50p on your park­ing when you spend £25 at Emmaus (high street store) with the MiPer­mit App. Sim­ply downl…
22 Oct / 2021 - 22 Oct / 2021
£2 off your parking with Blue Sky Printing at Blue Sky Printing

£2 off your parking with Blue Sky Printing

at Blue Sky Printing
Get £2 off your park­ing when you spend £25 at Blue Sky Print­ing with the MiPer­mit App. Sim­ply down­load the ap…
22 Oct / 2021 - 31 Dec / 2021
£1 off your parking for every £10 you spend at No11 at It's all at Number 11

£1 off your parking for every £10 you spend at No11

at It's all at Number 11
Save £1 off your park­ing for every £10 you spend at It’s All At no 11 with the MiPer­mit App. Sim­ply download …
22 Oct / 2021 - 22 Oct / 2021
£5 off your parking at Baccus at Baccus

£5 off your parking at Baccus

at Baccus
Get £5 off your park­ing when you spend £100 in Bac­cus with the MiPer­mit app. Sim­ply down­load the app and pay …
22 Oct / 2021 - 31 Dec / 2021
£5 off your parking at Bang & Olufsen Shopping

£5 off your parking at Bang & Olufsen

Shopping
Get £5 off your park­ing when you spend £250 at Bang & Olufsen with the MiPer­mit App. Sim­ply down­load the …
22 Oct / 2021 - 31 Dec / 2021
£1 off your parking at Bill and Berts at Bill and Bert's

£1 off your parking at Bill and Berts

at Bill and Bert's
Spend £20 at Bill and Berts and get £1 off your park­ing with the MiPer­mit app. Sim­ply down­load the MiPer­mit a…
22 Oct / 2021 - 31 Dec / 2021
£5 off your parking at Manns Music Shopping

£5 off your parking at Manns Music

Shopping
Get £5 off your park­ing when you spend £150 at Manns music. Sim­ply down­load the MiPer­mit app and pay for your…
22 Oct / 2021 - 31 Dec / 2021
£1 off your parking at Loofers Eat & Drink

£1 off your parking at Loofers

Eat & Drink
Get £1 off your park­ing when you spend £10 at Loofers with the MiPer­mit app. Sim­ply down­load the app and pay …
22 Oct / 2021 - 31 Dec / 2021
Save money on your parking with MiPermit Discounts HEAD

Save money on your parking with MiPermit Discounts

HEAD
Down­load the MiPer­mit App to get mon­ey off your pur­chase at allo­cat­ed stores. Once a qual­i­fy­ing pur­chase has b…
28 Jun / 2021 - 28 Dec / 2021
Travel around Colchester with the Borough Card See & Do

Travel around Colchester with the Borough Card

See & Do
Unlim­it­ed bus trav­el in and around Colch­ester, on First Essex, Arri­va Colch­ester, Pan­ther Trav­el, Ipswich Buse…
22 Oct / 2021 - 22 Oct / 2021
£2 Parking After 2 pm! See & Do

£2 Parking After 2 pm!

See & Do
If you’re head­ing into #Colch­ester as fur­ther restric­tions ease, Colch­ester Bor­ough Coun­cil have lots of parki…
12 Apr / 2021 - 10 May / 2021
Student Discount at Fenwicks! at Fenwick

Student Discount at Fenwicks!

at Fenwick
Call­ing all stu­dents, shop­ping just got even bet­ter… Receive 10% off* full price orders with a unique UNiDAY…
12 Apr / 2021 - 22 Oct / 2021
20% off for Keyworkers! at Attwells Solicitors

20% off for Keyworkers!

at Attwells Solicitors
Attwells are hap­py to offer a 20% dis­count for key­work­ers this includes NHS staff, Car­ers, Blue Light cardhold…
22 Oct / 2021 - 22 Oct / 2021
Three Wise Monkey Reward Card at Three Wise Monkeys

Three Wise Monkey Reward Card

at Three Wise Monkeys
Mon­key Rewards is a new loy­al­ty scheme for Three Wise Mon­keys, Colch­ester. Now, just by check­ing in when you a…
22 Oct / 2021 - 22 Oct / 2021