Colchester Arts Centre Concerts 2025

Visited in the evening for a concert. Overall fantastic venue, great view of the stage, good stage lighting, nice toilets, plus barstaff were lovely and drink prices were reasonable. Would visit again!

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.

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.

Great little place,.but not sure I would visit again for music performance as it was quite distorted at times. The staff are very helpful and friendly. I would visit again for different types of performance👍🏻

Saw British Lion perform and they were brilliant. The staff at the arts centre were welcoming and very helpful 😀 a big thank you to them. With regards to the venue itself I could have a little whinge about the stage - it needs to be raised. When you have a lot of tall men who are fans of British Lion and Iron Maiden and you are a short slim woman there is absolutely no chance of actually seeing the band but hearing them live was a cerebral experience 😉