📅 October 2026 Events in Colchester

Thu 1 Oct

Open Evening - Information Talks

📍 Manningtree High School

Thu 1 Oct

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

Thu 1 Oct

Infant Feeding Workshop: The Early Days (ESNEFT Colchester)

📍 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Sat 3 Oct

Mini Satchel Construction Workshop

📍 Studio 5

£35.92

Sat 3 Oct

Village Orchard East – An introduction to working with parts of self with Lotte Large

Sat 3 Oct

Embroidery & Textile Art Workshop

📍 West Suffolk College In Sudbury

£35.00

Sat 3 Oct

Life Drawing in Colchester (October 2026)

📍 Wimpole Road

£71.13

Sat 3 Oct

Orchard Fruit Preserves with Rowen Halstead

📍 Food Museum

£40

Sat 3 Oct

Terrarium Workshop

📍 Studio 5

£41.34

Sun 4 Oct

Raised Lamb Pies with Linda Duffin

📍 Food Museum

£80

Sun 4 Oct

Raku Club - Communal Firing, Session 2

📍 Cuckoo Farm Studios

£90.00

Sun 4 Oct

Basic Bread Making Workshop

📍 Peldon & Wigboroughs Community Hall

£55.42

Thu 1 Oct

Fingringhoe Phenology

📍 Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park

£12.99

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

Open Morning

📍 Cut Hedge Park

Sat 3 Oct

The Headless Nun Tour

📍 Saint Osyth

£54.88

Sat 3 Oct

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

📍 University of Essex

Sold out at source

Sat 3 Oct — Sun 4 Oct

Colchester Town Hall Ghost Hunt Colchester with Haunting Nights

📍 Colchester Town Hall

£53.80

Sun 4 Oct

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

📍 University of Essex

£81.96

Sun 4 Oct

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

📍 University of Essex

Free - £81.96

Mon 5 Oct

Abbotts Hall Nature Tots & Babies

📍 Abbotts Hall Farm

£8.24 - £10.35

Mon 5 Oct

Abbotts Hall Home Education Session

📍 Abbotts Hall Farm

£10.35

Mon 5 Oct

Evening Garden Experience

📍 Green Island Gardens

£15.87

Thu 1 Oct

Colchester Breakfast Networking events for business owners & professionals

📍 Firstsite

£22.38

Thu 1 Oct

Colchester Supporting Women in Business Networking

📍 The Barn Cafe

£22.38 - £27.80

Fri 2 Oct

Essex Business Networking I IW2N & FSB @ Wivenhoe House

📍 Wivenhoe House Hotel

£10.00 - £15.00

Sat 3 Oct

Fertility Treatment Options: Colchester Open Day

📍 London Women's Clinic - Colchester

Mon 5 Oct

Throwing Large Pots Masterclass

📍 Colchester Makerspace

£180.00

Tue 6 Oct

FUSE Network – Visible Leaders: Co-Working Session

Wed 7 Oct

Master Microsoft Copilot with The AI Guys

📍 Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway

£130.72

Wed 7 Oct

Part-time Jobs Fair

📍 Colchester Campus

Wed 7 Oct

Progressive Property Networking PPN Colchester

📍 Lexden Wood Golf Club

£23.28 - £253.50

Wed 7 Oct

Walk & Talk Colchester | Construction Networking & Mental Health

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

Thu 8 Oct

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

📍 Colchester Rugby Club, Colchester

Fri 9 Oct

How can I make my CV stand out?

📍 Online

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

Sat 10 Oct

The best of Ibiza

📍 The Olive Tree Cafe

From £10.00

Thu 1 Oct

A New Face for Leprosy Exhibition (Colchester Library)

📍 Colchester Library

Sat 3 Oct — Sun 4 Oct

NakedBreakZ presents The Freestylers

📍 Roots & Grooves Cafe

Sun 4 Oct

Sunday Morning Sessions

📍 Toast Colchester

£5.00

Sun 4 Oct

Blondel: Cover Story album launch tour

📍 Marks Tey, Saint Andrew's

Free - £16.00

Wed 7 Oct

Colchester Rock Choir

📍 Mercury Theatre

Fri 9 Oct

Gin & Jazz Night

📍 Talbooth Restaurant

From £95.00

Fri 9 Oct — Wed 9 Dec

Saddle Sore

Sat 17 Oct

Raver Tots Colchester with Matt Jam Lamont

📍 Trilogy

£19.00

Sat 17 Oct

Raver Tots Colchester

📍 Trilogy

From £15.00

Thu 1 Oct

Coffee Morning with Essex Babylab

📍 Colchester Library

Thu 1 Oct

The Future of Social Psychiatry

📍 Colchester Campus

Thu 1 Oct

Unplug Together; Autumn Rest Room for Women

📍 Assembly Rooms

£17.00

Sun 4 Oct

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

Sun 4 Oct

OM CHANTING & KIRTAN – GREENWICH

📍 Amitabha Gardens

Tue 6 Oct

Basic Life Support

📍 Church Hall, Nayland

£0.00

Tue 6 Oct

Becoming - October

📍 Colchester Cognitive Hypnotherapy & Wellbeing centre

£16.96

Wed 7 Oct

OM CHANTING – SUFFOLK

📍 Stevenson Approach

Sat 10 Oct

October Rooted: Runners Warm Yoga (28°)

📍 The Practise Wellness Studios

£12.00

Sat 10 Oct — Sun 11 Oct

Low Frequency Takeover Roots and Grooves

📍 Roots & Grooves Cafe

Sun 11 Oct

Mid Month Yoga Nidra & Sound Therapy

📍 The Institute

£10.00

Mon 12 Oct

Women’s Wellness Evening Retreats

Fri 2 Oct

Autumn Talk: An Underground Guide to Historical London

📍 Jaywick Martello Tower

£3.00

Sun 4 Oct

Conqueror Too

Wed 7 Oct

Values, Human Rights, and Democratic Socialism

📍 University of Essex Colchester Campus

Wed 7 Oct

Future of Human Rights

📍 Colchester Campus

Thu 8 Oct

Residential & Commercial Property Update with Ian Quayle & James Warren

📍 Wivenhoe House Hotel

£30.00 - £60.00

Thu 8 Oct

Colchester Makerspace Tour

📍 Colchester Makerspace

Free - £5.00

Thu 8 Oct

Discovering Crystals

📍 IGIGI2U @ Crystal Threads

Thu 8 Oct

Colchester Singles Night - Human Bingo.

📍 Crescent Moon Wine Bar

£20.00 - £33.22

Fri 9 Oct

Autumn Talk: New Hall, Essex’s unknown Royal Palace

📍 Jaywick Martello Tower

£3.00

Fri 9 Oct

Beyond Her Legacy: From Heritage to Leadership

📍 Unity Lounge & Bar, London

Sun 11 Oct

Cannock Mill Cohousing Open Day

£10.00

Sun 18 Oct

Specialist Talk - Wreck of The Phoenix

📍 Melford Hall

Thu 1 Oct

BHAKTI MARGA SWAMI/RISHI SATSANGS

Fri 2 Oct

Friends Connect Coffee Morning at New Copford Place Care Home

📍 New Copford Place Colchester Residential Care Home – Friends of the Elderly

Sat 3 Oct

Girls night!

📍 Frating Memorial Hall

£6.13

Sun 4 Oct

SUNDAY PRAYERS AT SRINIVASA TEMPLE

📍 Srinivasa

Sat 10 Oct

Rebels Gameday: Student Takeover

📍 Essex Sport Arena

Mon 12 Oct

Clean up Jaywick Beach and re-use fashion with Ieda Lima

📍 Jaywick Community & Resource Centre

Thu 15 Oct

Essex Game Dev Meetup

📍 The Marquis

Sat 17 Oct

RE-BREATH CHARITY GALA NIGHT

📍 Wivenhoe House Hotel

£65.00

Fri 30 Oct

An Evening with The Clairvoyant Medium Sue Breen

📍 The Stevenson Centre

£20.00

Fri 2 Oct

Dracula: The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Sat 3 Oct

The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town

Tue 6 Oct

Foundations & Technique with Hip Hop Choreography - Colchester

📍 Greenstead Community Centre

£4.99

Wed 14 Oct

Home, I’m Darling

Sun 18 Oct

Tapobhanga

📍 Headgate Theatre

Tue 20 Oct — Wed 21 Oct

The Phantom of Friar Street

Fri 30 Oct

Trunk or Treat

📍 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Sat 31 Oct

Multistake YSA dance

📍 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Mon 5 Oct — Fri 9 Oct

Departmental inductions

📍 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

Wed 28 Oct

Forest School Skills Day - Autumn & Winter

📍 Kendall Primary School

£33.22

Fri 9 Oct

Autism, ADHD & Neurodiversity Event at Colchester Firstsite

📍 Firstsite

Free - £15.00

Sun 18 Oct

Fairytale Fantasy Childrens Event

📍 Delta Hotels by Marriott Colchester

£11.55 - £27.80

Sat 24 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

Apple Week

📍 Food Museum

£5 – £60

Sat 24 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

Apple Pressing Sessions

📍 Food Museum

£6.50 – £76

Wed 28 Oct

Abbotts Hall Hocus Pocus with a Bushcraft Focus

📍 Abbotts Hall (new)

£8.80

Fri 30 Oct

Interior Design for Kids Workshop

📍 The Barn Garden Centre & Cafe Stanway

£38.62

Fri 30 Oct

Abberton Spooky Species Hunt

📍 Abberton Reservoir

£8.80

Sat 31 Oct

Run Away Halloween 2026 - Chelmsford Racecourse Essex

📍 Chelmsford Racecourse

From £37.00

Sat 31 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

Mango Panda Halloween Special @ Bamboo Halstead

📍 Bamboo Halstead

From £5.00

Fri 16 Oct

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

📍 Three Wise Monkeys

£13.70

Fri 23 Oct

Haunted Woods Pumpkin Pick n Carve

📍 Fields Farmshop & Cafe

£2.00 - £15.00

Fri 30 Oct

Halloween Family Night

📍 Greenstead Association Social Club

£3.00 - £5.00

Sat 31 Oct

Solo Luckys Halloween Party

📍 Straight Road Community Centre

£6.13 - £33.22

Sat 31 Oct

Singalong Brunch - Halloween Special

📍 The Silk Road Lounge & Cocktail Bar

£11.55 - £217.39

Thu 15 Oct

Matchmaker Dinner

📍 Blue Strawberry Bistro, Hatfield Peverel

From £58.95

Fri 23 Oct

Sparkling Singles Dinner Dance

📍 The Bull Hotel, Long Melford, Suffolk

From £68.95

Sun 25 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Colchester

📍 Colchester Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Thu 1 Oct

Speed Dating in Colchester Ages 45-65ish

📍 Yew Tree

£22.00

Fri 2 Oct

Speed dating and single mixer Colchester

📍 90 Minutes Restaurant & Lounge

£6.13 - £16.96

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

Sun 25 Oct

Live Wrestling in Maldon

📍 West Maldon Community Centre

From £10.00

Thu 1 Oct

Power Up with Renewables - Colchester F.C

📍 Colchester United Football Club

Sun 11 Oct

Essex Weightlifting 2026 Autumn Open

📍 Essex Weightlifting Club

£35.00

Sun 11 Oct

VC Revolution Cross - Eastern League 2026/27 Rd 5

📍 Valley Green Farm

Sun 11 Oct

Tiptree 10 Mile

📍 Leisure World Tiptree

From £23.00

Tue 13 Oct

Colchester Chapter - Path Community Mens Circle

📍 Lexden Wood Golf Club

Sat 17 Oct — Sun 18 Oct

Pike Day 2026

📍 Totham Pit

Sat 3 Oct

Bobby Davro at House of Stand Up

📍 No Name Bar And Games

Fri 9 Oct

Kevin Bloody Wilson - Fair Dinkum Funny

📍 Empire Theatre, Halstead

Wed 14 Oct

Scummy Mummies: Hot Mess

Fri 16 Oct

Kevin Bloody Wilson - Fair Dinkum Funny

📍 Princes Theatre Clacton

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

Sun 4 Oct

Essex Clock and Watch Fair

📍 Marks Tey Parish Hall

£3

Sun 4 Oct

Wild Weddings At Browning Bros.

📍 Browning Bros. Chalkney Water Meadows

Sun 11 Oct

The Card Show UK - COLCHESTER

📍 Charter Hall

Free - £16.96

Sun 11 Oct

Delta Hotels By Marriott Colchester Wedding Fair - Autumn 2026

📍 Delta Hotels Colchester

Sun 18 Oct

Layer Marney Wedding Show

📍 Layer Marney Tower Weddings

Sun 11 Oct

The George - Sip In Secret's Social Wine Club

📍 116 High Street, Colchester

£55.00

Thu 15 Oct

Dragon Soup

📍 The Salvation Army

Sat 17 Oct

Wine Tasting at Skylark

📍 Skylark

From £32.00

Sat 24 Oct

A Taste of Australia & New Zealand with Lunch

📍 The Blue Strawberry Bistro

Mon 5 Oct

Castles at the Castle with Dan Jones at Colchester Castle

📍 Colchester Castle

Sold out at source

Tue 6 Oct

An Evening With Paul Reed Smith - Ft. Rob Harris from Jamiroquai - 06/10/26

📍 Peach Guitars

Thu 22 Oct

Naz Shah MP in conversation with Pam Cox MP

📍 The Old Library

£22.50

Mon 26 Oct

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

📍 Red Lion Books

£33.22

Fri 2 Oct

80's v 90's Live Party Night

📍 JobServe Community Stadium

From £18.00

Fri 9 Oct

Oktoberfest - Buzz Bingo Colchester

📍 Buzz Bingo Colchester

From £10.00

Sat 10 Oct

Oktoberfest - Buzz Bingo Colchester

📍 Buzz Bingo Colchester

From £10.00

Sun 11 Oct

Oktoberfest - Buzz Bingo Colchester

📍 Buzz Bingo Colchester

From £10.00