Colchester Arts Centre

A fabulous venue, great sound top sound guys and the venue has award winning toilets

We had an amazing evening watching local bands Ghosts of Atlantis, Draugrheim and Existentialist. An amazing venue.

Amazing Fozymop and Faux Fighters gig at this venue. Not only were the bands excellent but the staff at the venue were awesome! The venue itself is pretty cool with a top lighting rig and fab sound man. Thanks to all those staff for making the evening fabulous 👏🏻 On a final note, the disabled toilet was pretty amazing with a massive mirror that was decorated beautifully and even the toilet bowl was decorated with blue flowers. And it was all clean! 10/10 Colchester Art Centre. We will definitely visit you again. Thank you. 🤜🏻🤛🏻👏🏻👍🏻

Colchester Arts Centre is based in a former church (the Church of Saint Mary-at-the-Walls, so named because it was close to the old Roman town walls). It opened as an arts centre in 1980, and hosts a range of live events such as concerts, comedy nights and DJ sets. It's a really good venue for gigs: I was there for The Wedding Present. It's intimate and impressive. The front-of-house staff, bar staff and security team are professional and friendly. The venue is easy enough to find, on a side street just next to the Mercury Theatre. For anyone driving, St Mary's multi-storey car park is just across the main road via a footbridge.

What a fantastic intimate venue, with a great atmosphere to watch live music, super friendly and helpful staff, well stocked bars with drinks at sensible prices. Big stage and excellent lighting facilities, this was a surprising find and I very much look forward to a return visit.