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Art for Life FirstSite

Art for Life

FirstSite
An Arts Coun­cil Col­lec­tion Nation­al Part­ners Pro­gramme Exhi­bi­tion Dis­cov­er dif­fer­ent per­spec­tives of the pande…
17 May / 2021 - 05 Sep / 2021
Michael Landy's Welcome to Essex FirstSite

Michael Landy's Welcome to Essex

FirstSite
2021 is the 10th anniver­sary of Firstsite’s award-win­ning build­ing – designed by Rafael Viñoly. To celebrate, …
26 Jun / 2021 - 05 Sep / 2021
The Chronicles of Atom and Luna Audio Walks Hollytrees Museum

The Chronicles of Atom and Luna Audio Walks

Hollytrees Museum
Our free sto­ry walks mix an audio tale with a live per­former in the beau­ti­ful grounds of Hol­lytrees House.Abou…
13 Aug / 2021 - 14 Aug / 2021
Colchester Pride 2021 FirstSite

Colchester Pride 2021

FirstSite
We are so excit­ed to announce that Colch­ester Pride 2021 will be tak­ing place on Sat­ur­day 28th August at First…
28 Aug / 2021 - 28 Aug / 2021
Olly Murs Castle Park Gardens

Olly Murs

Castle Park Gardens
Olly Murs will be set­ting off on a huge 25 date UK tour next sum­mer with the final show of the tour see­ing Oll…
29 Aug / 2021 - 29 Aug / 2021
Eco Festival Castle Park Gardens

Eco Festival

Castle Park Gardens
The Eco Fes­ti­val are work­ing with a huge assort­ment of organ­i­sa­tions, clubs, soci­eties, char­i­ties, and individ…
04 Sep / 2021 - 01 Aug / 2021
Anti Loo Roll Festival Castle Park Gardens

Anti Loo Roll Festival

Castle Park Gardens
This Fes­ti­val has been gen­er­ous­ly sup­port­ed by a num­ber of Colch­ester organ­i­sa­tions Our lead spon­sor is CSH E…
11 Sep / 2021 - 11 Sep / 2021
Book A Bespoke After-Hours Private Tour Of Colchester Castle! Colchester Castle

Book A Bespoke After-Hours Private Tour Of Colchester Castle! 01 Aug - 01 Aug

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 01 Aug - 01 Aug

Colchester Castle

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

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Japanese Taster Tour Three Wise Monkeys

Japanese Taster Tour 01 Aug - 01 Aug

Three Wise Monkeys

Japan­ese Taster Night at Three Wise Mon­keys is an evening to explore cui­sine wi…

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A Turner At The Castle Colchester Castle

A Turner At The Castle 26 Sep - 04 Mar

Colchester Castle

A Turn­er At The Cas­tle – Now Open 

Colch­ester Cas­tle is thrille…

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Art for Life FirstSite

Art for Life 17 May - 05 Sep

FirstSite

An Arts Coun­cil Col­lec­tion Nation­al Part­ners Pro­gramme Exhibition

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Michael Landy's Welcome to Essex FirstSite

Michael Landy's Welcome to Essex 26 Jun - 05 Sep

FirstSite

2021 is the 10th anniver­sary of Firstsite’s award-win­ning build­ing – designed b…

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Jazz Social Three Wise Monkeys Three Wise Monkeys

Jazz Social Three Wise Monkeys 27 Jun - 01 Aug

Three Wise Monkeys

Return­ing for all Essex Jazz Dance Enthusiasts.DJs on Rotation:Tony Ash­by (Tony Imports Jazz Room…

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Curious About Colchester Balkerne Gate

Curious About Colchester 19 Jul - 31 Dec

Balkerne Gate
**Have fun dis­cov­er­ing Colch­ester with two self-guid­ed, quirky, her­itage walks with an option­al trea…
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An Evening of Clairvoyance with Ronnie Buckingham Headgate Theatre

An Evening of Clairvoyance with Ronnie Buckingham 26 Jul - 07 Sep

Headgate Theatre
If you’re not already con­vinced about an after­life, why not come along, lis­ten to Ron­nie and let him…
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Gin Weekender Three Wise Monkeys

Gin Weekender 29 Jul - 02 Aug

Three Wise Monkeys


Join us at our five day fes­ti­val of gin, with over 90 gins for you to try.

Three W…

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The Beat Colchester Arts Centre

The Beat 30 Jul - 07 Jul

Colchester Arts Centre
2‑Tone fusion of ska, pop, reg­gae and punk, fea­tur­ing Rank­ing Roger and Rank­ing Junior on vocals, Fu…
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Baskerville Mercury Theatre

Baskerville 30 Jul - 22 Aug

Mercury Theatre
**This event is cur­rent­ly on Pri­or­i­ty Sale for Mer­cury The­atre mem­bers. Join our mem­ber­ship scheme t…
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Jazz Social at Three Wise Monkeys

Jazz Social at Three Wise Monkeys 01 Aug - 01 Aug


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Film TV and Music Quiz Three Wise Monkeys

Film TV and Music Quiz 02 Aug - 02 Aug

Three Wise Monkeys

Test your knowl­edge of all things film, TV & music, all whilst rais­ing funds for an incredibl…

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Laura Lexx: Knee Jerk Colchester Arts Centre

Laura Lexx: Knee Jerk 04 Aug - 04 Aug

Colchester Arts Centre
Lau­ra Lexx — Knee Jerk

Star of Live at the Apol­lo (BBC Two) and Hypo­thet­i­cal (Dave), tour…
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TWM Live Presents: PH2 & The Chords UK

TWM Live Presents: PH2 & The Chords UK 06 Aug - 06 Aug

TWM Live presents PH2 fea­tur­ing Jeff Shad­bolt and Bob Man­ton from The Pur­ple Hearts, who …

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Drag Brunch @ The Castle Inn The Castle Inn

Drag Brunch @ The Castle Inn 07 Aug - 01 Aug

The Castle Inn

Drag Queen Brunch @ The Cas­tle Inn. 

Meat, Veg­gie & Veg­an options available.

Li…

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Twelfth Night Workshop Headgate Theatre

Twelfth Night Workshop 09 Aug - 09 Aug

Headgate Theatre


One Day Work­shop for adults

Shake­speare’s sto­ry is a bit­ter­sweet tale of fool…
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In this week

Three free beers or two glasses of wine with dinner at Bills! Eat & Drink

Three free beers or two glasses of wine with dinner at Bills!

Eat & Drink
THE GOOD TIMES ARE HERE 💥 Order any main course for din­ner and you’ll receive three beers or two glass…
01 Aug / 2021 - 01 Aug / 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…
01 Aug / 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…
01 Aug / 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…
01 Aug / 2021 - 01 Aug / 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…
01 Aug / 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 …
01 Aug / 2021 - 01 Aug / 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 …
01 Aug / 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 …
01 Aug / 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…
01 Aug / 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…
01 Aug / 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 …
01 Aug / 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…
01 Aug / 2021 - 01 Aug / 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 - 01 Aug / 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…
01 Aug / 2021 - 01 Aug / 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…
01 Aug / 2021 - 01 Aug / 2021