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.

The Femmes

Vintage-inspired close harmony trio

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Bob Collum

Tulsa-born, Essex-based Americana singer-songwriter blending Oklahoma "Tulsa Sound" with British power-pop

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What A Waste

Tribute to Ian Dury & The Blockheads

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Chesney Hawkes

The one and only

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Park Drive

The greatest rock ’n’ roll band you’ve never heard of

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Iago Banet

The Galician king of acoustic guitar

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The Brothers El Camino

The Brothers El Camino is David Myers, a recovering drummer and steady long distance runner

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Honey & The Bear

Suffolk Folk musicians and songwriters Jon & Lucy Hart

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Jack Browning

String-slingin' and paint-flingin'

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Beyond Extinction

Steadily growing into one of the forces of UK underground death metal

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Solstice

Soaring violin and guitar weaving around delicately passionate female vocals, underpinned by driving rhythmic complexity

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Roisin O'Hagan

Singer-songwriter and Fender Undiscovered Artist finalist

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Police Dog Hogan

Seven-headed joy machine

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Victoria's Big Easy

Seven piece band bringing you the music that inspires Bonnie Raitt from 1971 to present day

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Rock Candy

Rock covers band based in London/Essex/Herts

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Ben Brown

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

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Artificially Yours

Ravenously invasive, teasingly seductive, and verging on the creatively psychotic

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Superheads

Psychedelic space rockers bringing sound to the universe

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The Peppermint Apes

Professional and fun covers pub/function band in Essex. We also perform our own originals

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Funke and the Two Tone Baby

Powerful walls of grooving, dirty electronica and a whirlwind of energy

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Keith James

Poet, concert performer, songwriter

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Echo & The Bunnymen

Pioneers of post-punk

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Will Wilde Band

Phenomenal harmonica player with a voice to match

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Evan Carson

Percussionist/composer/educator

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Snayx

People think we're wasters just dossing about

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Beth Orton

One of the most unique and expressive voices in music

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Zion Train

One of the most unique and enjoyable live dub acts on the planet

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Beggar

One of the most popular and enduring rock covers bands in Essex

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Jackie Oates

One of the country’s best loved folk performers

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High Fade

On a three-man crusade to set dance floors alight with their inimitable brand of razor-sharp funk and disco

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Kill Bosco

On a journey to bring RNR back and having the best time doing it

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Nymphic

Nu-metal band from London, England known for high-energy live shows and a mix of old and modern metal styles

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Ash

Northern Irish alternative rock band formed in Downpatrick in 1992

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Christina Alden & Alex Patterson

Multi-instrumentalists and songwriters from East Anglia

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Benji Kirkpatrick

Multi-instrumentalist member of Bellowhead, Faustus and Seth Lakeman band

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Rosalie Cunningham

Multi award-winning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

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Kaine

Metal band featuring Rage Sadler, Liam Etheridge, Toby Woods, and Isaac Healy

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Tom McRae

Mercury Prize, Brit & Q Award nominee. Feeder of robins, writer of songs

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Draugrheim

Melodic death metal

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The Utopia Strong

Medical Grade Music - Kavus Torabi, Michael York, Steve Davis

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Robbie McIntosh

Legendary English guitarist known for his work with The Pretenders, Paul McCartney, and John Mayer

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Tuppenny Bunters

Keyboards and drums duo playing classics from the golden era of music

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As December Falls

Independent British pop-punk and rock band hailing from Nottingham, England

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The Kopy Katz

High-octane, wild UK rockabilly band that play originals and cover songs

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James Oliver Band

High-energy blues and rock trio from South Wales, led by guitarist and vocalist James Oliver

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Monda Krimligo

Heavy psyche, free of constraints and untroubled by structure

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She's In Parties

Hazy and ethereal UK quartet, an idiosyncratic amalgamation of indie rock and dream-pop

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