# Colchester Events Today | Best Events & Things To Do Near Colchester Today | AllEvents

- **Subtitle**: Discover what to do in Colchester today! From outdoor adventures and cultural experiences, to delicious food and nightlife, there's something for everyone in Colchester. Plan your visit now and make the most of your day in this vibrant and exciting city.
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## today Events in Colchester

- **Event Name**: Mini Museum Explorers
  - **Description**: Designed for children aged 2 1/2 to 4, along with their parents, grandparents, and carers, these monthly sessions offer an immersive journey of scientific or historical exploration and discovery.

Does your preschooler love animals? Join us on 28th April
  - **Date**: Tue Apr 28 2026 at 10:00 am (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colchester/mini-museum-explorers/200029701863445
  - **Venue**: Colchester Natural History Museum
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- **Event Name**: Painting Party in Colchester: Romano Lounge
  - **Description**: The Paint Club is at Romano Lounge in Colchester every month.
Each month we paint a new picture. Check our website to see which painting is being done each month.

We list events on our website 3 months ahead, so although more dates may be shown on here,
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  - **Date**: Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue Apr 28 2026 at 09:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colchester/painting-party-in-colchester-romano-lounge/200029953668725
  - **Venue**: Romano Lounge
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  - **Categories**: art, fine-arts, parties, entertainment, workshops, drawing-painting
- **Event Name**: InColchester Connect - Networking Event
  - **Description**: InColchester BID Monthly Networking – Free to Attend
Calling all Colchester BID businesses!
Join us for our free monthly networking event.About this EventColchester BID Monthly Networking – Fre
  - **Date**: Tue Apr 28 2026 at 10:00 am – Tue Apr 28 2026 at 12:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colchester/incolchester-connect-networking-event/100001986969471176
  - **Venue**: The Old Library
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: festivals
- **Event Name**: University of Essex C.G.Jung Lecture 2026
  - **Description**: Join us at our 2026 Lecture with Professor Andrew SamuelsAbout this EventWHAT HAS CHANGED IN ACADEMIC JUNGIAN STUDIES AND CLINICAL JUNGIAN ANALYSIS SINCE 1995? HAS ANYTHING CHANGED? DOES ANYTHING NEED TO C
  - **Date**: Tue Apr 28 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colchester/university-of-essex-cgjung-lecture-2026/100001979974878160
  - **Venue**: University of Essex Colchester Campus
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: Art, health-wellness
- **Event Name**: ALBATROSS at The Mercury Theatre, Colchester
  - **Description**: Menagerie Theatre Company are excited to start our tour of 'Albatross', by 2025 George Devine Prize Winner Martha Loader, at the Mercury Theatre this Aprul 28th/29th!

'Albatross' takes us to the very boundaries of love in the age of climate catastrophe.
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  - **Date**: Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue Apr 28 2026 at 08:20 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colchester/albatross-at-the-mercury-theatre-colchester/200029819257645
  - **Venue**: Mercury Theatre Colchester
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  - **Categories**: art, theatre, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Michaela Strachan - Not Just a Wild Life
  - **Description**: Sale Dates and Times:
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  - **Date**: Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colchester/michaela-strachan-not-just-a-wild-life/200029294170615
  - **Venue**: Mercury Theatre Colchester
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- **Event Name**: Learn to Throw a Ceramic Pot
  - **Description**: Been inspired by Channel 4's Great Pottery Throw Down?About this EventThis throwing workshop is for all levels - suitable for those who wish to master the skill or people who just want to give throwing a try.Lead b
  - **Date**: Tue Apr 28 2026 (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colchester/learn-to-throw-a-ceramic-pot/100001977287041769
  - **Venue**: Colchester Makerspace
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  - **Price**: GBP 60
  - **Categories**: workshops, nonprofit, art
- **Event Name**: The Conflict in Sudan
  - **Description**: Charlotte Martin surveys the conflict and humanitarian  in crisis in Sudan, its historical context, and community action on the ground.About this EventThe Conflict in Sudan
  - **Date**: Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:30 pm – Tue Apr 28 2026 at 09:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colchester/the-conflict-in-sudan/100001984822287893
  - **Venue**: The Odd One Out
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  - **Price**: Free
- **Event Name**: Looking Outside The Frame - How Not to Take Competition Winners!
  - **Description**: Talk by Martin Addison. If you want to win competitions you should study what is doing well and copy it in your own way. That is however a very poor way of improving your photography and not very satisfying. The aim of this presentation is to explore alte
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  - **Date**: Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:30 pm – Tue Apr 28 2026 at 10:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colchester/looking-outside-the-frame-how-not-to-take-competition-winners/200029736712550
  - **Venue**: Ireton Road, CO3 3AT Colchester, United Kingdom
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  - **Categories**: contests, sports, photography
- **Event Name**: Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Colchester
  - **Description**: These events by Unified Dating offer a relaxed and friendly way to easily meet new people locally.
  - **Date**: Tue Apr 28 2026 (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colchester/unified-dating-meet-singles-in-colchester/300042316414
  - **Venue**: Colchester Secret Venue (TBA)
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- **Event Name**: Home Educated Art Club Launch
  - **Description**: I am launching a new art club for home educated children based at Artsy image Gallery. It will run every other week on a Tuesday morning. Parents can bring their budding artist and we will focus not only painting and mixed media but also enabling the chil
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  - **Date**: Tue Apr 28 2026 (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colchester/home-educated-art-club-launch/200029953677140
  - **Venue**: Artsy Image
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  - **Categories**: art, workshops, fine-arts, kids

## Trending Events in Colchester

- **Event Name**: Fatboy Slim in Colchester
  - **Description**: 🎤 Experience Fatboy Slim Live at Colchester Castle Park on Thursday, August 27, 2026! 🎤
The countdown has begun! Fatboy Slim is taking over Colchester Castle Park on Thursday, August 27, 2026, and w
  - **Venue**: Colchester Castle Park
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- **Event Name**: Colchester Blues and Rock in the Garden 2026
  - **Description**: Colchester Blues and Rock in the Garden!
Saturday 4th July 2026.About this EventColchester Blues and Rock in the Garden and Music and Art in the Garden
  - **Venue**: Maitlands
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- **Event Name**: Colchester Castle Summer Series Tickets: James, Happy Mondays & more
  - **Description**: Out of Time brings a huge Britpop & Indie festival to Castle Park on 22nd August! James, Happy Mondays, Lightning Seeds, and The WAEVE all in one unforgettable day.
After forming in Manchester in 1982, James achieved popularity during the 1990s, w
  - **Venue**: Colchester Castle Park
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- **Event Name**: Colchester Castle Summer Series Tickets: Busted
  - **Description**: Pop-punk legends Busted are back! They’ve been announced as headliners for Colchester Castle Summer Series 2025. Performing on Friday 15th August with fellow noughties icons Scouting For Girls in support, this not only marks their return following a run o
  - **Venue**: Colchester Castle Park
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- **Event Name**: Colchester Castle Summer Series Tickets: Smashing Pumpkins
  - **Description**: One of the most influential rock bands of all time, The Smashing Pumpkins will headline the Colchester Castle Park Summer Series on Thursday 14 August, with support from Skunk Anansie, White Lies, and Rocket.
Formed in Chicago in 1988, The Smashing Pumpki
  - **Venue**: Colchester Castle Park
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- **Event Name**: Alan Carr - Have I Said Too Much Tour. 2027
  - **Description**: On sale now ******

Once they have gone, that is it. We are unable to get another date as the tour has sold out.

Alan Carr is back on tour and his lips are unsealed! With a big mouth and a talent for oversharing, Alan’s ready to dish some drama. Expect s
  - **Venue**: Cliffs Pavilion Southend
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- **Event Name**: Fatboy Slim Colchester Tickets
  - **Description**: Fatboy Slim at Colchester Castle✨ Experience the magic of Fatboy Slim Colchester Tickets, where moments become memories that last a lifetime! 🏛️ The iconic Colchester Castle in Colchester, EN
  - **Venue**: Colchester Castle
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- **Event Name**: Bastille - Payment Plans
  - **Description**: Cuffe & Taylor presents Bastille at Colchester Castle Summer Series on 23rd August 2026Music Genres :  Pop, Indie Pop
  - **Venue**: Colchester Castle
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- **Event Name**: Roman and Medieval Festival 2026
  - **Description**: When: June 6th & 7th 2026

Where: Lower Castle Park, St Peters Street entrance (Ryegate) Colchester, C01 1HL.

Tickets: Adults £10.00, under 16s FREE

FREE parking:

𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄, 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱, 𝗖𝗢𝟭 𝟭𝗫𝗡

Walk along Pavilion View and cross at t
  - **Venue**: Lower Castle Park, CO1 1XS Colchester, United Kingdom
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top today events in Colchester?
  - **A:** Mini Museum Explorers (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 10:00 am at Colchester Natural History Museum), Painting Party in Colchester: Romano Lounge (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:00 pm at Romano Lounge), InColchester Connect - Networking Event (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 10:00 am at The Old Library), University of Essex C.G.Jung Lecture 2026 (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 06:00 pm at University of Essex Colchester Campus), ALBATROSS at The Mercury Theatre, Colchester (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:00 pm at Mercury Theatre Colchester).
- **Q**: What are the top free today events in Colchester?
  - **A:** InColchester Connect - Networking Event (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 10:00 am at The Old Library), University of Essex C.G.Jung Lecture 2026 (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 06:00 pm at University of Essex Colchester Campus), The Conflict in Sudan (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Odd One Out).
- **Q**: What today events are happening in Colchester today April 28, 2026?
  - **A:** Mini Museum Explorers (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 10:00 am at Colchester Natural History Museum), Painting Party in Colchester: Romano Lounge (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:00 pm at Romano Lounge), InColchester Connect - Networking Event (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 10:00 am at The Old Library), University of Essex C.G.Jung Lecture 2026 (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 06:00 pm at University of Essex Colchester Campus), ALBATROSS at The Mercury Theatre, Colchester (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:00 pm at Mercury Theatre Colchester).
- **Q**: What today events are happening in Colchester in April 2026?
  - **A:** Mini Museum Explorers (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 10:00 am at Colchester Natural History Museum), Painting Party in Colchester: Romano Lounge (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:00 pm at Romano Lounge), InColchester Connect - Networking Event (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 10:00 am at The Old Library), University of Essex C.G.Jung Lecture 2026 (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 06:00 pm at University of Essex Colchester Campus), ALBATROSS at The Mercury Theatre, Colchester (Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:00 pm at Mercury Theatre Colchester).
- **Q**: How can I find today events in Colchester?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming today events in Colchester on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for today events in Colchester?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for today events in Colchester?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting today events in Colchester include Colchester Natural History Museum, Romano Lounge, The Old Library.
- **Q**: What is the price range for today events in Colchester?
  - **A:** Prices for today events in Colchester range from GBP 60 to GBP 60. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for today events in Colchester?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting today events in Colchester include Colchester Museums, The Paint Club, Claire Finnigan.
- **Q**: Are there any online today events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many today events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
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