Live Music in Colchester

38 gigs · 7 venues · 2 tonight · 2 this weekend

Live music in Colchester at a glance

FolkAir is listing 38 live music gigs in Colchester over the next three months, across 7 venues including SU Bar – Essex University Students Union, The Plough and The Bull, Colchester. Next up is Open Mic Night at SU Bar – Essex University Students Union on Fri 23 Oct at 7:00pm. 2 gigs are on tonight. 2 more fall this weekend. Every date, venue and price comes straight from venue and promoter listings and is refreshed daily, so this is what is genuinely on sale right now rather than a fixed editorial round-up. Below the gig list are the 7 venues those gigs are at, busiest first, with a link to the venue's own page wherever it has one. Every row links through to that gig's own page for the full details and, where the promoter published one, a ticket link.

Gigs in Colchester

Tonight

Open Mic Night — Fri 23 Oct at 7:00pm at SU Bar – Essex University Students Union
Mediterranean Menu with Whitney Houston tribute — Fri 23 Oct at 8:00pm at The Plough

This weekend

Infynity — Sat 24 Oct at The Bull, Colchester
Acoustic Showcase — Sat 24 Oct at 3:00pm at CODA ,63, High Street, Colchester

Next 7 days

Counter's Creek * — Mon 26 Oct at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £15
Blakwater — Fri 30 Oct at The Kings Arms, Frating

Coming up

Mr Spankey and the Hipthrusters — Sat 31 Oct at The Kings Arms, Frating
French Night 2027 with Bof, Paul Riley & Gwendal Moële and Corbeau * — Mon 2 Nov at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £12
Fast On The Draw — Sat 7 Nov at The Bull, Colchester
Ghosts of Atlantis + Knocked for Six + Mixology DJ Set — Sat 7 Nov at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £14
Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow + The Umbrella Factory * — Mon 9 Nov at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £14
An Evening with a Saucerful of Floyd — Fri 13 Nov at 7:45pm at Headgate Theatre
Dismanibus: Dacia Album Launch Party + Draugrheim + By Virtue Fall + Killerkorp * — Sat 14 Nov at 7:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre
The Ultimate Everlys — Sat 14 Nov at 7:30pm at Headgate Theatre
Vinyl Sessions: Jeff Buckley - Grace — Sun 15 Nov at 12:30pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £4
Kim Cypher's Funky Latin Jazz Party * — Sun 15 Nov at 7:30pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £18
Archie Moss, Toby Shaer & Jack Warnock + Sarah Graves * — Mon 16 Nov at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £14
The Rabbitts + Evy Frearson — Thu 19 Nov at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £13.50
Afterlife Rock Covers Band UK — Fri 20 Nov at 9:00pm at The Kings Arms, Frating
The Specials Ltd. 'Ghost Town' 45th Anniversary * — Sat 21 Nov at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £21.50
Yasmin Wood/ Live Music — Sun 22 Nov at 3:00pm at The Plough
David Ford: Songbook Tour — Sun 22 Nov at 7:30pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £20
Katie Spencer * — Mon 23 Nov at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £11
Blue Rose Code — Tue 24 Nov at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £20
Indian Evening with Lady Gaga Tribute — Fri 27 Nov at 8:00pm at The Plough
Keep Colchester Cool presents: Myopia + Charcoal + If Not Now — Fri 27 Nov at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £7
Headfirst — Sat 28 Nov at The Bull, Colchester
Fleetwood Bac * — Sat 28 Nov at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £26.50
Mambo Jambo + Suzy Cramer * — Mon 30 Nov at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £14
Sheyla Bonnick's Boney M Experience * — Tue 1 Dec at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £29.50
The Wandering Hearts * — Wed 2 Dec at 7:45pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £26.50
Dead Mans Hand — Sat 5 Dec at The Bull, Colchester
Mediaeval Baebes 30th Anniversary Tour * — Sat 5 Dec at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £35
Halle Newman/ Live Music — Sat 5 Dec at 8:00pm at The Plough
Irie J/ Live Music — Sun 6 Dec at 3:00pm at The Plough
The Total Stone Roses & Oaysis * — Sun 6 Dec at 7:30pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £26.50
Winter Wonderband * — Mon 7 Dec at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £15
John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett - Alive and Gigging! * — Tue 8 Dec at 8:00pm at Colchester Arts Centre · £26.50

Everything on in Colchester this week

Live music venues in Colchester

Colchester Arts Centre — 22 upcoming gigs; next: Counter's Creek * (Mon 26 Oct at 8:00pm)
The Plough — 5 upcoming gigs; next: Mediterranean Menu with Whitney Houston tribute (Fri 23 Oct at 8:00pm) — Plough Rd, Great Bentley,, Colchester, CO7 8LA
The Bull, Colchester — 4 upcoming gigs; next: Infynity (Sat 24 Oct) — 4 Crouch Street, Colchester, CO3 3ES
The Kings Arms, Frating — 3 upcoming gigs; next: Blakwater (Fri 30 Oct) — Main Road, Colchester, CO7 7DJ
Headgate Theatre — 2 upcoming gigs; next: An Evening with a Saucerful of Floyd (Fri 13 Nov at 7:45pm)
SU Bar – Essex University Students Union — 1 upcoming gig; next: Open Mic Night (Fri 23 Oct at 7:00pm) — Essex University Students Union, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ
CODA ,63, High Street, Colchester — 1 upcoming gig; next: Acoustic Showcase (Sat 24 Oct at 3:00pm) — CODA ,63, High Street, Colchester

More music venues nearby

Truth Colchester — 8 Crouch Street, Colchester, CO3 3ES