📅 October 2026 Events in Colchester

ReDo – Let’s talk – A guilt free conversation around sustainability and fashion

Thu 1 Oct

ReDo – Let’s talk – A guilt free conversation around sustainability and fashion

Mini Satchel Construction Workshop at Studio 5

Sat 3 Oct

Mini Satchel Construction Workshop

📍 Studio 5

£35.92

Sat 3 Oct

Metallic Foiled Footwear Workshop

📍 Studio 5

£49.46

Sat 3 Oct

Terrarium Workshop

📍 Studio 5

£41.34

Basic Bread Making Workshop at Peldon & Wigboroughs Community Hall

Sun 4 Oct

Basic Bread Making Workshop

📍 Peldon & Wigboroughs Community Hall

£55.42

Evening Art Class: Tutored Figure Drawing at 37 Queen St

Mon 5 Oct

Evening Art Class: Tutored Figure Drawing

📍 37 Queen St

£66.00

How do I find part-time work? at Colchester Campus

Tue 6 Oct

How do I find part-time work?

📍 Colchester Campus

Wed 7 Oct

Meet Your Library

📍 Colchester Campus

Wed 7 Oct

Headdress Workshop

📍 The Lexden Crown

£32.67 - £43.51

Sat 10 Oct

Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop

An Introduction to Screen Printing at Colchester Makerspace

Sat 10 Oct

An Introduction to Screen Printing

📍 Colchester Makerspace

£60.00

The Knitting and Stitching Show - Ally Pally Coach Trip 2026 at Franklins

Sun 11 Oct

The Knitting and Stitching Show - Ally Pally Coach Trip 2026

📍 Franklins

£49.46

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Music & Concerts in Colchester13

Bradley McIntosh from S Club DJ Set on Sat 3rd October at Buzz Bingo Colchester

Sat 3 Oct

Bradley McIntosh from S Club DJ Set on Sat 3rd October

📍 Buzz Bingo Colchester

Sat 3 Oct — Sun 4 Oct

Impulse Presents: Ambion

📍 Babas

From £3.00

2000's Party Night at JobServe Community Stadium

Fri 23 Oct

2000's Party Night

📍 JobServe Community Stadium

From £12.00

Sunday Morning Sessions at Toast Colchester

Sun 4 Oct

Sunday Morning Sessions

📍 Toast Colchester

£5.00

Blondel: Cover Story album launch tour at Marks Tey, Saint Andrew's

Sun 4 Oct

Blondel: Cover Story album launch tour

📍 Marks Tey, Saint Andrew's

Free - £16.00

Sun 4 Oct

Conqueror Too

Fri 9 Oct

Gin & Jazz Night

📍 Talbooth Restaurant

From £95.00

Fri 9 Oct — Wed 9 Dec

Saddle Sore

Indiepalooza - Colchester Charter Hall - 17th October 2026 at Charter Hall

Sat 17 Oct

Indiepalooza - Colchester Charter Hall - 17th October 2026

📍 Charter Hall

£25.60 - £32.00

Sat 17 Oct

Colchester - Charter Hall - Indiepalooza - "the UK's BEST Indie Festival"

📍 Charter Hall

Fri 23 Oct

A Vision of Elvis

Sonic Ritual Events Halloween Ritual at Truth

Sat 24 Oct — Sun 25 Oct

Sonic Ritual Events Halloween Ritual

📍 Truth

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Business & Networking in Colchester9

Essex Business Networking I IW2N & FSB @ Wivenhoe House at Wivenhoe House Hotel

Fri 2 Oct

Essex Business Networking I IW2N & FSB @ Wivenhoe House

📍 Wivenhoe House Hotel

£10.00 - £15.00

RESTORING ESSEX - RESTORE BRITAIN AUTUMN FUNDRAISER at Chelmsford City Racecourse

Fri 2 Oct

RESTORING ESSEX - RESTORE BRITAIN AUTUMN FUNDRAISER

📍 Chelmsford City Racecourse

£20.00

Throwing Large Pots Masterclass at Colchester Makerspace

Mon 5 Oct

Throwing Large Pots Masterclass

📍 Colchester Makerspace

£180.00

FUSE Network – Visible Leaders: Co-Working Session

Tue 6 Oct

FUSE Network – Visible Leaders: Co-Working Session

Part-time Jobs Fair at Colchester Campus

Wed 7 Oct

Part-time Jobs Fair

📍 Colchester Campus

Thu 8 Oct

(FREE) Networking Essex Colchester Thursday 8th October 12pm-2pm

📍 Colchester Rugby Club, Colchester

October Kinship Studio Sessions at The Barn at The Barn Garden Centre & Cafe Stanway

Tue 13 Oct

October Kinship Studio Sessions at The Barn

📍 The Barn Garden Centre & Cafe Stanway

£38.62

BFRS Colchester National Careers Fair at Corporal Budd VC Gymnasium

Thu 22 Oct

BFRS Colchester National Careers Fair

📍 Corporal Budd VC Gymnasium

Bright Green Edge – Talk and Networking evening

Thu 29 Oct

Bright Green Edge – Talk and Networking evening

Walks & Outdoors in Colchester9

Fingringhoe Phenology at Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park

Thu 1 Oct

Fingringhoe Phenology

📍 Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park

£12.99

University of Essex Heathrow airport transfer 09:00 Saturday 3 October 2026 at University of Essex

Sat 3 Oct

University of Essex Heathrow airport transfer 09:00 Saturday 3 October 2026

📍 University of Essex

£81.96

Sat 3 Oct

University of Essex Gatwick airport transfer 09:00 Saturday 3 October 2026

📍 University of Essex

£81.96

Sat 3 Oct

University of Essex Heathrow airport transfer 14:00 Saturday 3 October 2026

📍 University of Essex

Free - £81.96

Colchester Town Hall Ghost Hunt Colchester with Haunting Nights at Colchester Town Hall

Sat 3 Oct — Sun 4 Oct

Colchester Town Hall Ghost Hunt Colchester with Haunting Nights

📍 Colchester Town Hall

£53.80

University of Essex Gatwick airport transfer 09:00 Sunday 4 October 2026 at University of Essex

Sun 4 Oct

University of Essex Gatwick airport transfer 09:00 Sunday 4 October 2026

📍 University of Essex

£81.96

Fingringhoe Woodland Wildlife Ramble and Nature Journaling at Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park

Thu 8 Oct

Fingringhoe Woodland Wildlife Ramble and Nature Journaling

📍 Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park

£12.99

Abberton Home Education: Survival Skills at Abberton Reservoir

Wed 21 Oct

Abberton Home Education: Survival Skills

📍 Abberton Reservoir

£9.50

Essex Ghost Hunt - Great Dunmow Maltings Paranormal Event - Dunmow Event at Great Dunmow

Sat 31 Oct

Essex Ghost Hunt - Great Dunmow Maltings Paranormal Event - Dunmow Event

📍 Great Dunmow

£22.38

Theatre & Performing Arts in Colchester7

Fri 2 Oct

Dracula: The Last Voyage of the Demeter

The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town

Sat 3 Oct

The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town

Foundations & Technique with Hip Hop Choreography - Colchester at Greenstead Community Centre

Tue 6 Oct

Foundations & Technique with Hip Hop Choreography - Colchester

📍 Greenstead Community Centre

£4.99

Wed 14 Oct

Home, I’m Darling

Raver Tots Colchester with Matt Jam Lamont at Trilogy

Sat 17 Oct

Raver Tots Colchester with Matt Jam Lamont

📍 Trilogy

£19.00

Sun 18 Oct

Tapobhanga

📍 Headgate Theatre

Tue 20 Oct — Wed 21 Oct

The Phantom of Friar Street

Wellness & Mindfulness in Colchester7

The Future of Social Psychiatry at Colchester Campus

Thu 1 Oct

The Future of Social Psychiatry

📍 Colchester Campus

Norfolk Grief Tending – Heartsongs: The kiss of Heaven and Earth

Sun 4 Oct

Norfolk Grief Tending – Heartsongs: The kiss of Heaven and Earth

OM CHANTING & KIRTAN – GREENWICH at Amitabha Gardens

Sun 4 Oct

OM CHANTING & KIRTAN – GREENWICH

📍 Amitabha Gardens

Low Frequency Takeover Roots and Grooves at Roots & Grooves Cafe

Sat 10 Oct — Sun 11 Oct

Low Frequency Takeover Roots and Grooves

📍 Roots & Grooves Cafe

Mon 12 Oct

Women’s Wellness Evening Retreats

Sutton Courtenay Sisters – Women’s Circle

Thu 22 Oct

Sutton Courtenay Sisters – Women’s Circle

The George - A Night With Sue Hind at 116 High Street, Colchester

Thu 29 Oct

The George - A Night With Sue Hind

📍 116 High Street, Colchester

£27.80

Comedy in Colchester6

Bobby Davro at House of Stand Up at No Name Bar And Games

Sat 3 Oct

Bobby Davro at House of Stand Up

📍 No Name Bar And Games

Kevin Bloody Wilson - Fair Dinkum Funny at Empire Theatre, Halstead

Fri 9 Oct

Kevin Bloody Wilson - Fair Dinkum Funny

📍 Empire Theatre, Halstead

Wed 14 Oct

Scummy Mummies: Hot Mess

Kevin Bloody Wilson - Fair Dinkum Funny at Princes Theatre Clacton

Fri 16 Oct

Kevin Bloody Wilson - Fair Dinkum Funny

📍 Princes Theatre Clacton

Jonathan Pie: The End Of The World According To Jonathan Pie at Charter Hall

Sun 25 Oct

Jonathan Pie: The End Of The World According To Jonathan Pie

📍 Charter Hall

Thu 29 Oct

Two MR P's In a Podcast Live - Let That Be a Lesson...

📍 Charter Hall

Talks & Lectures in Colchester6

Values, Human Rights, and Democratic Socialism at University of Essex Colchester Campus

Wed 7 Oct

Values, Human Rights, and Democratic Socialism

📍 University of Essex Colchester Campus

Beyond Her Legacy: From Heritage to Leadership at Unity Lounge & Bar, London

Fri 9 Oct

Beyond Her Legacy: From Heritage to Leadership

📍 Unity Lounge & Bar, London

Sun 11 Oct

Cannock Mill Cohousing Open Day

£10.00

Specialist Talk - Wreck of The Phoenix at Melford Hall

Sun 18 Oct

Specialist Talk - Wreck of The Phoenix

📍 Melford Hall

An Evening of Ghost Stories by Toby Burchell at Layer Marney Tower

Thu 22 Oct

An Evening of Ghost Stories by Toby Burchell

📍 Layer Marney Tower

Autumn Talk: William Gilberd at Jaywick Martello Tower

Fri 30 Oct

Autumn Talk: William Gilberd

📍 Jaywick Martello Tower

£3.00

Community & Social in Colchester5

Thu 1 Oct

BHAKTI MARGA SWAMI/RISHI SATSANGS

SUNDAY PRAYERS AT SRINIVASA TEMPLE at Srinivasa

Sun 4 Oct

SUNDAY PRAYERS AT SRINIVASA TEMPLE

📍 Srinivasa

Thu 15 Oct

Essex Game Dev Meetup

📍 The Marquis

Colchester - People Planet Pint™: Sustainability Meetup at Two Brews

Thu 15 Oct

Colchester - People Planet Pint™: Sustainability Meetup

📍 Two Brews

Free - £5.00

COLLIDESCOPE COLLIDESCOPE - Our 2nd Birthday Bash! at Colchester, The Dragonfly Lounge, Unit 3, Foundation House, Long Wyre St, Colchester

Sun 18 Oct

COLLIDESCOPE COLLIDESCOPE - Our 2nd Birthday Bash!

📍 Colchester, The Dragonfly Lounge, Unit 3, Foundation House, Long Wyre St, Colchester

From £6

Education in Colchester5

Colchester Welcome Village at Colchester Campus

Mon 5 Oct

Colchester Welcome Village

📍 Colchester Campus

Tue 6 Oct

Colchester Welcome Village

📍 Colchester Campus

Tue 6 Oct — Thu 8 Oct

Faith Centre Welcome Week Tours

📍 Colchester Campus

Thu 8 Oct

Colchester Welcome Village

📍 Colchester Campus

Sat 17 Oct

October Open Day

📍 Colchester Campus

Speed Dating & Singles in Colchester5

Matchmaker Dinner at Blue Strawberry Bistro, Hatfield Peverel

Thu 15 Oct

Matchmaker Dinner

📍 Blue Strawberry Bistro, Hatfield Peverel

From £58.95

Sparkling Singles Dinner Dance at The Bull Hotel, Long Melford, Suffolk

Fri 23 Oct

Sparkling Singles Dinner Dance

📍 The Bull Hotel, Long Melford, Suffolk

From £68.95

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Colchester at Colchester Secret Venue (TBA)

Sun 25 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Colchester

📍 Colchester Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Tue 27 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Colchester

📍 Colchester Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Fri 30 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Colchester

📍 Colchester Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Sports & Fitness in Colchester4

Live Wrestling in Maldon at West Maldon Community Centre

Sun 25 Oct

Live Wrestling in Maldon

📍 West Maldon Community Centre

From £10.00

Essex Weightlifting 2026 Autumn Open at Essex Weightlifting Club

Sun 11 Oct

Essex Weightlifting 2026 Autumn Open

📍 Essex Weightlifting Club

£35.00

Tiptree 10 Mile at Leisure World Tiptree

Sun 11 Oct

Tiptree 10 Mile

📍 Leisure World Tiptree

From £23.00

Sat 17 Oct — Sun 18 Oct

Pike Day 2026

📍 Totham Pit

More events in Colchester

Markets & Fairs

Essex Clock and Watch Fair at Marks Tey Parish Hall

Sun 4 Oct

Essex Clock and Watch Fair

📍 Marks Tey Parish Hall

£3

Markets & Fairs

The Card Show UK - COLCHESTER at Charter Hall

Sun 11 Oct

The Card Show UK - COLCHESTER

📍 Charter Hall

Free - £16.96

Markets & Fairs

Delta Hotels By Marriott Colchester Wedding Fair - Autumn 2026 at Delta Hotels Colchester

Sun 11 Oct

Delta Hotels By Marriott Colchester Wedding Fair - Autumn 2026

📍 Delta Hotels Colchester

Seasonal & Holiday

Run Away Halloween 2026 - Chelmsford Racecourse Essex at Chelmsford Racecourse

Sat 31 Oct

Run Away Halloween 2026 - Chelmsford Racecourse Essex

📍 Chelmsford Racecourse

From £37.00

Seasonal & Holiday

NOW! That's What I Call...DRAG! Halloween Extravaganza! Colchester! at Three Wise Monkeys

Fri 16 Oct

NOW! That's What I Call...DRAG! Halloween Extravaganza! Colchester!

📍 Three Wise Monkeys

£13.70

Seasonal & Holiday

Halloween Family Night at Greenstead Association Social Club

Fri 30 Oct

Halloween Family Night

📍 Greenstead Association Social Club

£3.00 - £5.00

Family & Kids

Autism, ADHD & Neurodiversity Event at Colchester Firstsite at Firstsite

Fri 9 Oct

Autism, ADHD & Neurodiversity Event at Colchester Firstsite

📍 Firstsite

Free - £15.00

Family & Kids

Fairytale Fantasy Childrens Event at Delta Hotels by Marriott Colchester

Sun 18 Oct

Fairytale Fantasy Childrens Event

📍 Delta Hotels by Marriott Colchester

£11.55 - £27.80

Festivals

Autumn Family FUNDAY Fayre at Great Bromley Village Hall

Sun 25 Oct

Autumn Family FUNDAY Fayre

📍 Great Bromley Village Hall

Festivals

Sun 25 Oct

Autumn Fayre

📍 Great BROMLEY VILLAGE

Food & Drink

Thu 15 Oct

Dragon Soup

📍 The Salvation Army

Food & Drink

A Taste of Australia & New Zealand with Lunch at The Blue Strawberry Bistro

Sat 24 Oct

A Taste of Australia & New Zealand with Lunch

📍 The Blue Strawberry Bistro

LGBTQ+

Day Fever at Thorpe Le Soken Sports And Social Club

Sat 3 Oct

Day Fever

📍 Thorpe Le Soken Sports And Social Club

From £8.00

LGBTQ+

NOW! That's What I Call...DRAG! BINGO! Colchester! at Three Wise Monkeys

Sat 3 Oct

NOW! That's What I Call...DRAG! BINGO! Colchester!

📍 Three Wise Monkeys

£14.79

Literary

Castles at the Castle with Dan Jones at Colchester Castle at Colchester Castle

Mon 5 Oct

Castles at the Castle with Dan Jones at Colchester Castle

📍 Colchester Castle

£8.00 - £34.00

Literary

ACOTAR 6: Midnight Book Launch and event. A Night in Prythian at Red Lion Books

Mon 26 Oct

ACOTAR 6: Midnight Book Launch and event. A Night in Prythian

📍 Red Lion Books

£33.22

Conferences & Summits

ProTrainings Colchester Conference - October 23rd 2026 at Colchester Rugby Club

Fri 23 Oct

ProTrainings Colchester Conference - October 23rd 2026

📍 Colchester Rugby Club

£36.00

Exhibitions & Art

National Brick Events - Colchester at Charter Hall

Sat 3 Oct

National Brick Events - Colchester

📍 Charter Hall

Free - £26.50

Nightlife & Clubbing

80's v 90's Live Party Night at JobServe Community Stadium