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.

Stewart Bowditch

Musician, DJ and sound artist

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Pleasure Inc

Music you can’t quite put your finger on

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EL-RY Blue

Music to chill the spirit and rattle the bones

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Matt Storm

Music that fuses vintage soul and jazz with modern alternative sounds

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Christina Alden & Alex Patterson

Multi-instrumentalists and songwriters from East Anglia

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Manu Louis

More colourful than a unicorn vomiting a rainbow

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The Dream Machine

Merseyside rockers

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The Hanging Stars

London’s psychedelic cowboys

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heavy wild

London-based lo-fi alt-rock project

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Scott Lavene

London singer-songwriter and storyteller

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The King Blues

London punk rock band known for their unique fusion of punk, hip-hop, ska, and spoken word

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Reg "Reg" Snipton

Lively instrumental astro-punk surf jazz from Swindon. Test data. C!123TEST

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BOYZLIFE

Keith Duffy and Brian McFadden performing the greatest hits of Boyzone and Westlife

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The Pete Roth Trio

Jazz for a new generation of music enthusiasts, exploring beyond traditional jazz conventions

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Qujaku

Japanese experimental band based in Hamamatsu

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The Gardeners

Jangly guitar hooks and infectious melodies

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Niall McNamee

Irish singer-songwriter and actor rapidly making a name for himself

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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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Held By Trees

Iconic post-rock, ambient, and prog-rock collective

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Stealing Signs

Hooky, catchy indie rock

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The Callous Daoboys

High-strung extremity, careening from furious metallic anarchy to unabashed rock ‘n roll and back again

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Apathy UK

High-energy, four-piece modern metal band from the South West

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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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Afel Bocoum

Guardian of Mali’s Niger River musical soul

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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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Yann Tiersen

French musician and composer

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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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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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