Music Live COLCHESTER - Artists

This will be a showcase for Colchester, Essex's community of fantastic artists, and the artists who come to visit our little town


It's a work in progress, so please bear with us as we build something special. As ever, please get in touch to contribute.

Shed

In town today

Colchester-based indie rock band empowering imperfection

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Jake Cheek

In town today

Bassist in Shed, frontman in Pure Trash, and Colcestrian solo sad boy

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Charcoal

In town today

Electrifying bass hooks and bone rattling drums, CHARCOAL are a two piece rock band from Colchester

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Myopia

In town today

Alternative rock band from Essex

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Sons of Southpaw

In town today

Indie/Rock covers band based in Essex, playing a host of everyone's favourite songs from over the decades

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Amalgam

In town today

Perhaps the most original group to emerge from Southend's Jazz 825 scene

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Tom Carradine

In town today

Awaiting profile

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Forever Clapton

In town today

Awaiting profile

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Jim Reynolds

In town this week

Jim Reynolds is a guitarist and singer/songwriter based in Colchester, UK

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Fiona Harmon

In town this week

Songwriter, musician and artist. Works at Hobo Chang, The Wicked Ravens, Harmon Art and Red Rocket Music, Wivenhoe

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Ian Sycamore

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Awaiting profile

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Stu E Skinner

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Singer/songwriter/musician

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Vix Weaver

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Keeping the spirit of rock n' roll alive!

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Rosalind Harniess

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My songs are either about existential angst, love, lust, or a combination of all three

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Cameron Mackie

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Singer songwriter love having a jam with my peeps

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Al Morris

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Alternative-soul singer-songwriter

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The Honkus Rompus

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Formerly the Iceni Rudebois - two-tone, trad, ska, punk, nuttas

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Ben Howard

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Colchester arts scene stalwart

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Ryan Sharman

In town this week

Bassist in PET NEEDS

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St Botolph's Music Society

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Orchestra founded in 1966. We perform four concerts per year at St Botolph's Church in Colchester

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X-Kaminski

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Veritable supergroup of local talent, specialising in punk/new wave bangers from the golden era, 1976-82

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The Lamplight Club

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Dark, alternative rock and roll rooted in garage, folk and gothic Americana

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PET NEEDS

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Fractured anthems

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Weird Creature

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50s influenced outsider blues and gothic Americana featuring Guy Weir, James Hitchins and Elmer van der Hoek

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Silver Light Reaction

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Legendary riff masters from Colchester

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Hobo Chang

In town this week

In a world of bands that sound like other bands, Hobo Chang sound like Hobo Chang

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The Medlars

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Essex-based traditional folk band

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Slow Husky

In town this week

Noir indie rock

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Raise Your Voice

In town this week

Brand new community choir bringing bold pop hits, throwback bangers and massive energy to Colchester

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Evy Frearson

In town this week

Actor, singer/songwriter

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Hoof!

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Hot Octopus On Face

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The Wicked Ravens

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Dirty rock n' roll with a touch of Essex psych blues

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Bridget.

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A force of nature grunge powerhouse

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Wilswood Buoys

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Trad folk mixed with modern alternative acoustic pop, from Mersea Island in Essex

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Richard Benedetti

In town this week

Awaiting profile

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Lost Movies

In town this week

Indie rock six-piece

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The Audacity

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Four piece band influenced by the 90s grunge movement mixed with some heavy blues and rock

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Fat Pigeon

In town this week

Four happy blokes playing some ferocious kick up the arse R&B

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Ben Brown

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Ready wit, raucous vibes and a shed load of grin-inducing songs

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Rodney Branigan

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Full contact folk music

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David Angus

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A bona fide troubadour, hailing from the bonny lands of Aberdeen, Scotland

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Sarah Graves

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Awaiting profile

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Artificially Yours

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Awaiting profile

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Freya Beer

In town this week

Gothic pop icon

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Oi Mate!

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Awaiting profile

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Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company

In town this week

Spanish flamenco company based primarily in Edinburgh, Scotland

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Dave J. Giles

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Singer-songwriter from London

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Massive Secret Headliner

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Formerly Henshaw

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