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EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO NEARBY
FIRSTSITE

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What are the best things to do near Firstsite?
Our most popular events near Firstsite include:
  • Indiepalooza - Colchester Charter Hall - 14th November 2025
  • The Girl Power Experience: Colchester
  • Italian Bread Making Workshop
  • Archaeological Treasure: Eight Enchanting Objects
  • Guided tours of the former Queen St Police Station, Colchester
  • My Textile Discovery With Nature : a free talk by Nicola Whayman
  • Get Started with Risograph
  • EAST@30: free talk by Janette Bright on the group's 30 years of exhibiting
  • Unpicking Threads: talk given by Juliet Lockhart
  • Heavens' Embroidered Cloths: talk by Helen M Stevens
  • Glaze Bolt On
  • Develop Hand-building Techniques with Clay
  • Glaze Bolt On
  • Threads of Refuge: Peake's House Open Days
  • Colchester Informal Youth Network (Sept '25)
  • Magic, Myth & Mischief- Narratives of Enchantment.
  • Beats and Eats
  • RIBA East Conservation Group- Balkerne Water Tower.
  • An Introduction to Screen Printing
  • UKG Brunch - Colchester
  • Get Connected | Colchester
  • The Art of Jigsaw Lino Printing
  • Writing with a Needle : A talk by Sara Impey
  • Horses for Courses - Decolonising Mindset for Achieving True Global Equity
  • Learn to Throw a Ceramic Pot
  • Winter Afternoon Tea Party - Bake for Ukraine
  • An Evening with Laura Purcell Hosted by JJA Harwood - Colchester
  • Dragon Soup
  • National Brick Events - Colchester
  • The Colchester Institute Essex Game Developer Show & Tell
  • Basic Sourdough making workshop
  • Raku Club - Hand Building, Session 1
  • How to Deliver Exciting and Inclusive Workshops
  • Leaving, Making and Wearing: A talk by Janette Bright
  • Singaround The Commons - EAFC Fundraiser
  • Freedom Sound System at The Commons
  • Essex Game Developers Meetup
  • Good Dads Club: Dad Social @ TOAST
  • Christmas Breads Making Workshop
  • Alfie Firmin Band Plus Guests
  • Welcome To The Makerspace!
  • Creative Development Workshop // with Kirsty Badenoch
  • #DoItForStu Drag Queen Cabaret
  • Colchester Makerspace Social
  • Get Started with Risograph
  • Free Community Preview Workshop
  • Learn to Expose a Silkscreen
  • Mens Conference/AFiUK and Ipo'le The Village Collaboration
    • What else should I visit around Firstsite?