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.

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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Buster Shuffle

High-energy, piano-driven ska-punk band from East London

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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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The Lilacs

High-energy indie band from Wigan

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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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Green 182

Green Day and Blink 182 tribute

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Ata Kak

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

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Tubeway Days

Gary Numan tribute show

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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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Chelsea

Foundational English punk rock band formed in London in 1976

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Karilla

Formerly know as The Audacity, formerly known as Karilla

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Two Ways Home

Folk-rock with a country twist

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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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A Winter Union

Festive folk band like no other

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The Cinelli Brothers

Festival favourites across the UK, Europe and beyond

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Anchorite

Featuring Brendan O'Hare of Mogwai and Teenage Fanclub

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Mama Oh No

Family four-piece from Norfolk, England

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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 Milk

English soul, funk, and jazz band from Essex

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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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InMe

English alternative rock band based in Brentwood, Essex

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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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Sharp Class

Dynamic British power trio

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Gurriers

Dublin indie rock quintet combining elements of punk and shoegaze

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