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.

Sam Kelly's Station House

Internationally renowned professional drummer with more than 40 years in the business

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Orlo

Innovative and electric, with a love for dark grooves and hard-hitting bass lines

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Fenix Wild

Indietronica singer-songwriter

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Evan Williams

Indie-punk from Darkest Kent

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Rogue Frame

Indie pop punk four piece

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Stealing Signs

Hooky, catchy indie rock

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Smash#Tag

High-energy rock covers all night long

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Skinny Lister

High-energy British folk-punk band from Greenwich, London

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Hound

Heavy pop pun and emo

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Bez

Happy Mondays mascot and cultural advisor

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Frederick Lau

Guitarist and composer

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Foetal Juice

Grotesque, high-octane death metal that’s as rancid as it is relentless

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Ata Kak

Ghanaian pop enigma whose highlife-hip-hop-funk wizardry has electrified festivals worldwide

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In Search of Sun

Funk-infused metal from the heart of London

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Ziggy Alberts

From the acoustic charm of busking and intimate venues to the electrifying energy of sold-out world stages

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Kungens Män

Free rock ensemble from Stockholm, Sweden

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Black Magick Caravan

Freak-folk cult residing between the cracks of Norwich’s medieval streets.

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Worn Out

Four piece metal/hardcore band from Cork, Ireland

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Nirvana Tribute

Formerly known as Nervana

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Karilla

Formerly know as The Audacity, formerly known as Karilla

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EXTC

Formed in 2019 by XTC's drummer Terry Chambers, performing classic XTC material

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Two Ways Home

Folk-rock with a country twist

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Watkin Sharkey

Folk songwriter influenced by the likes of Bob Dylan, Ralph McTell and Michael Chapman

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Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle

Folk music’s legendary triumvirate of musical magpies

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Eades

Five-piece indie and post-punk band from Leeds

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The VV Experience

Five individual musicians bringing together a palette of vibes from contemporary music and a kaleidoscope of sonic textures to a live act

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Anchorite

Featuring Brendan O'Hare of Mogwai and Teenage Fanclub

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Suthering

Exquisite vocal harmonies and a message of hope during hard times

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Terza

Exciting trio presenting inspiring English and European traditional and original music on two fiddles and guitar

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Bag of Bones

Essex/Suffolk based rock covers band

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Toil

Essex-based heavy hardcore

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The Wytches

English rock band formed in 2011 in Peterborough

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Sean Lakeman

English folk musician and record producer

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Black Grape

English alternative dance and rock band from Salford, formed by Shaun Ryder and Bez of Happy Mondays

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Templeheads

Electronic dance fused with ethnic and sacred beats, transglobal samples peppered with dub, jazz and everything in between

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Steve King

Electric bass

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Gurriers

Dublin indie rock quintet combining elements of punk and shoegaze

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