Colchester Festival

last updated: Mon 15th Feb 2016

A two-day free festival in the town centre and Castle Park, Colchester started in 2000. The festival ceased in 2006, and then was revived briefly in 2009 when Ben Howard created a facebook campaign via Keep Colchester Cool called 'Colchester deserves a FREE outdoor Music & Arts festival'. His idea was simple, he just wanted to bring the Free Festival back so it could highlight the vibrant music and arts scene the town has.