📅 August 2026 Events in Colchester

Sat 1 Aug

Glaze Bolt-On Session

📍 Colchester Makerspace

£10.00

Sat 1 Aug

Embroidery & Textile Art Workshop

📍 West Suffolk College In Sudbury

£25.00

Sat 1 Aug

Beginners Crochet Workshop

📍 Colcheco

£27.80

Sat 1 Aug

Hand-Building Techniques with Clay

📍 Colchester Makerspace

£60.00

Sat 1 Aug

Construct a Handbag

📍 Colcheco

£38.62

Mon 3 Aug

Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) Course - Colchester

📍 Delta Hotel by Marriott

£207.60

Tue 4 Aug

FREE Explore Learning Word Problems Workshop!

📍 Explore Learning - Colchester

Tue 4 Aug

Beginners Dance - Foundation & Technique - Colchester

📍 Greenstead Community Centre

£4.99

Tue 4 Aug

Get Started with Risograph

📍 Colchester Makerspace

£60.00

Wed 5 Aug — Fri 7 Aug

First Aid at Work (FAW) Course - Colchester

📍 Delta Hotel by Marriott

£430.80

Wed 5 Aug

An Introduction to Pixel Art

📍 Community360

Wed 5 Aug

Mud Hub – Teenagers Wheel Throwing Course

Sat 8 Aug

The Reggae Brunch - IPSWICH - Sat 8th Aug - SUMMER EDITION

📍 The Moloko

Fri 21 Aug

Hollywood Vampires

📍 Colchester Castle

Sat 22 Aug

Back to the 80's Summer Tribute Festival with Martin Kemp

📍 Wheelers Farm

Sat 1 Aug — Sun 2 Aug

NAIROBI MEETS LAGOS ♠ Afro Party Special ♠ SAT. 1ST AUG. Suya Man Drogheda

📍 Suya Man

£11.70

Sat 1 Aug — Sun 2 Aug

NakedBreakZ Part 2 - with rave history legend 'The Criminal Minds'

📍 Roots & Grooves Cafe

Tue 4 Aug

Hip-Hop / Open level Dance Class - Colchester

📍 Greenstead Community Centre

£4.99

Wed 5 Aug

ReDo – ReDo is popping up at The Forum, Norwich and you’re invited!

Thu 6 Aug

First Thursdays: CLOSING PARTY feat Jam Jar

📍 Lion Walk Courtyard

Sat 8 Aug

Russell Watson

📍 Historic Lavenham 'Big Top' Theatre

Sat 8 Aug

Bay City Rollers + Guest Support

📍 Historic Lavenham 'Big Top' Theatre

Sun 9 Aug

YES Please

📍 Historic Lavenham 'Big Top' Theatre

Sun 9 Aug

Roxy Magic

📍 Historic Lavenham 'Big Top' Theatre

Sat 1 Aug

Coaching session Bog Grove

📍 Bog Grove

From £17.00

Sat 1 Aug

Beginners Coaching session - 08.30am Bog Grove

📍 Bog Grove

From £10.00

Sat 1 Aug — Sun 2 Aug

Sherpa Performance Stage Race

📍 Colchester Northern Gateway Sports Park

Sat 1 Aug

Beginners Coaching session - 10.50am Bog Grove

📍 Bog Grove

From £10.00

Sat 1 Aug

FAMILY GAMES NIGHT - REPLAY THE WORLD CUP, ONE ROLL AT A TIME!

📍 Power League

Mon 3 Aug

3 Day Rugby Camp

📍 Colchester Rugby Club

£90.00

Wed 5 Aug

Braintree BMX RD13 2026 Summer Series

📍 Braintree BMX Track

Sat 8 Aug

Coaching session - Seabrooks Reservoir

📍 Seabrooks Reservoir,

From £17.00

Sat 8 Aug

Beginners Coaching session - 8.30am Seabrooks Reservoir

📍 Seabrooks Reservoir,

From £10.00

Sun 9 Aug — Sat 15 Aug

75th Annual Frinton-On-Sea Lawn Tennis Club Open 2026

📍 Frinton-On-Sea Lawn Tennis Club

Sun 9 Aug

Spin & Flow Colchester Grand Opening Party and Pole Jam!

📍 9 Davey Cl

Wed 12 Aug

Braintree BMX RD14 2026 Summer Series

📍 Braintree BMX Track

Mon 3 Aug

Summer Green Space Games -Tollesbury

📍 Tollesbury Recreation Ground

Mon 3 Aug

Summer Green Space Games - Great Totham

📍 Jubilee Recreation Ground

Wed 5 Aug

Essex Viewside Tours - Tour 002

📍 Colchester

£4.77 - £16.96

Wed 5 Aug

Abberton nature tots summer special

📍 Abberton Reservoir

£8.80

Wed 5 Aug

Abberton wild art attack

📍 Abberton Reservoir

£8.80

Wed 5 Aug

Summer Green Space Games - Heybridge

📍 King George's Playing Field

Fri 7 Aug

Fingringhoe forestmaster challenge quest

📍 Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park

£8.80

Fri 7 Aug

Fingringhoe wild code breakers

📍 Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park

£6.67

Sat 8 Aug

Tree Nursery Volunteering

📍 Marks Hall Road

Sat 8 Aug — Sun 9 Aug

Colchester Town Hall Ghost Hunt Colchester with Haunting Nights

📍 Colchester Town Hall

£53.80

Wed 12 Aug

Fingringhoe Wilder Holiday Club

📍 Essex Wildlife Trust Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park

£46.00

Fri 14 Aug

Fingringhoe pond dipping

📍 Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park

£5.64

Sat 1 Aug

Fertility Treatment Options: Colchester Open Day

📍 London Women's Clinic - Colchester

Wed 5 Aug

It's not goodbye from Beat the Street - Legacy Networking Event

📍 The Minories

Wed 5 Aug

Walk & Talk Colchester | Construction Networking & Mental Health

📍 Salary Brook entrance, Bromley Road, Colchester (by the entrance sign)

Thu 6 Aug

Colchester Breakfast Networking events for business owners & professionals

📍 Firstsite

£22.38

Thu 13 Aug

(FREE) Networking Essex Colchester Thursday 13th August 12pm-2pm

📍 Colchester Ravens Park (A12 J28)

Mon 17 Aug

Colchester - Powered Up Business Networking - August 2026

📍 Three Wise Monkeys Colchester

£14.77

Tue 18 Aug

Business Networking - Colchester - Breakfast - Dragonfly Hotel

📍 Dragonfly Hotel - Surya Hotels

£0.00

Tue 18 Aug

Colchester Business Event - Expression of Interest

📍 Holiday Inn Colchester by IHG

Wed 19 Aug

Business Networking - Colchester - Lunch - Balkerne Gate

📍 Balkerne Gate Table Table

£0.00

Thu 20 Aug

Colchester Business Buzz Networking

📍 The Digital Forum

£13.55

Thu 20 Aug

Women in Business Networking - Colchester

📍 The Colchester Officers' Club

£39.00

Thu 20 Aug

Business Networking - Colchester - Dinner - Dragonfly Hotel

📍 Dragonfly Hotel - Surya Hotels

£0.00

Sat 1 Aug

Museum Viewing (BST)

📍 East Anglian Railway Museum

Sun 2 Aug

Steam Day

📍 East Anglian Railway Museum

Tue 4 Aug

POWER: The Art Exhibition

📍 Colchester Library

Wed 5 Aug

Diesel Day

📍 East Anglian Railway Museum

Wed 5 Aug

POWER: The Art Exhibition - Meet the artists

📍 Colchester Library

Sun 9 Aug

Model Railway Show

📍 East Anglian Railway Museum

Wed 12 Aug

Diesel Day

📍 East Anglian Railway Museum

Sun 16 Aug

Steam Day

📍 East Anglian Railway Museum

Wed 19 Aug

Diesel Day

📍 East Anglian Railway Museum

Sun 23 Aug

Steam Day

📍 East Anglian Railway Museum

Sat 29 Aug

Day Out With Thomas

📍 East Anglian Railway Museum

Sun 30 Aug

Day Out With Thomas

📍 East Anglian Railway Museum

Sun 2 Aug

SUNDAY PRAYERS AT SRINIVASA TEMPLE

📍 Srinivasa

Wed 5 Aug

Mackems for Madrid: Sunderland's contribution to the Spanish Civil War.

📍 Seventeen Nineteen - Holy Trinity Church

Wed 5 Aug

COLCHESTER - An evening of clairvoyance with spirit medium David Traynor

📍 St Giles Centre

£21.00

Thu 6 Aug

Colchester Makerspace Tour

📍 Colchester Makerspace

Free - £5.00

Mon 10 Aug

Celebrating 30 Years of Act V!

Wed 19 Aug

Open Arts Creative Session

📍 Community360

Thu 20 Aug

Vacation Bible School

📍 Kingsland Church

Thu 20 Aug

Billy Ocean

📍 Colchester Castle

From £193.06

Fri 28 Aug

JLS

📍 Colchester Castle Park

Fri 28 Aug

JLS- Official Ticket and Hotel Bundls

📍 Colchester Castle Park

Thu 6 Aug

First Thursdays: Weird and Wonderful Music Making

📍 Culver Square Shopping Centre

Thu 6 Aug

First Thursdays: It’s a Jolly Holiday with Mary

📍 Lion Walk Courtyard

Fri 7 Aug

A Foreigners Journey

📍 Historic Lavenham 'Big Top' Theatre

Fri 7 Aug

Tales To Worsen Your Day

Thu 13 Aug

The Carpenters Experience

📍 Historic Lavenham 'Big Top' Theatre

Thu 13 Aug

Holding Back The Years

📍 Historic Lavenham 'Big Top' Theatre

Fri 14 Aug

Genesis Connected

📍 Historic Lavenham 'Big Top' Theatre

Sat 15 Aug

The Shires + Guest Support

📍 Historic Lavenham 'Big Top' Theatre

Sun 16 Aug

COLLABRO

📍 Historic Lavenham 'Big Top' Theatre

Sun 2 Aug

Summer Singing and Movement Retreat Day

Sun 2 Aug

FULL MOON ABHISHEKAM AT SRINIVASA TEMPLE

📍 Srinivasa

Mon 3 Aug

Yoga - Colchester

📍 Hythe Community Centre Association

£4.99

Tue 4 Aug

Becoming - August

📍 Park Lane Business Centre

£16.96

Fri 7 Aug

Women's Fire Circle

📍 Sweetpea Grow & Play

£49.46

Tue 11 Aug — Wed 12 Aug

Wellbeing Discovery – Mindfulness and Alpaca Experience

Sat 22 Aug

Wellbeing Discovery – Mindfulness Day Retreat for Kids (8-12Y) and Parents

Tue 25 Aug

The Wellness Collective: Summer Retreat For Families

📍 Sparrows Campsite

£80.00

Mon 31 Aug

Group Training at Holyhock Cafe with Greg

📍 Holyhock Cafe

Sat 8 Aug

FREE Explore Learning Maths Wizard Times Tables Workshop!

📍 Manningtree Library

Wed 12 Aug

Abberton nature tots summer special

📍 Abberton Reservoir

£8.80

Wed 12 Aug

FREE Explore Learning Take a Chance Maths Probability Workshop!

📍 Explore Learning - Colchester

Fri 14 Aug

Fingringhoe Bows and Arrows

📍 Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park

£8.80

Sat 15 Aug

CSSE 11+ Mock Exam 2026 - Paper 2

📍 Home Farm Primary School

£44.04 - £59.21

Wed 19 Aug

Fingringhoe Wilder Holiday Club

📍 Essex Wildlife Trust Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park

£46.00

Mon 24 Aug

Abberton brilliant birds

📍 Abberton Reservoir

£9.77

Fri 7 Aug

Secret Island Festival

📍 STROOD FIELD, EAST MERSEA ROAD, EAST MERSEA

Sat 22 Aug

Rulebreakerz & Friendz Fest

📍 Brace Of Pistols Clacton On Sea

Sat 29 Aug

Summer Outdoor Garage Festival - Wheelers Farm Chelmsford

📍 Wheelers Farm

Sat 22 Aug

The Little Loves Summer Fayre Colchester

📍 Colchester Rugby Club, Raven Park

Sun 30 Aug

Proper Fest 2026

📍 Weeley Car Boot

Mon 31 Aug

Raver Tots Outdoor Festival Southend

📍 Garon Park Southend On Sea

Tue 25 Aug

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Colchester

📍 Colchester Secret Venue (TBA)

Fri 28 Aug

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Colchester

📍 Colchester Secret Venue (TBA)

Sun 30 Aug

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Colchester

📍 Colchester Secret Venue (TBA)

Tue 4 Aug

Colchester Speed Dating by Intentional Dating

📍 The Goat & Boot

£16.96

Thu 27 Aug

Speed Dating at Bar 82, Colchester!

📍 Bar 82 Expresso Lounge (Next to Red Lion Hotel)

£20.21