Colchester – Charter Hall – Indiepalooza – “the UK’s BEST Indie Festival”

Colchester – Charter Hall – Indiepalooza – "the UK's BEST Indie Festival" in Colchester, Essex

Colchester – Charter Hall – Indiepalooza – "the UK's BEST Indie Festival" is coming to Charter Hall in Colchester, Essex on Saturday 17 October 2026 from 6:00pm. Find event details, venue information and ticket links here on Dovetail Events.

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INDIEPALOOZA FESTIVAL
"6 Tribute Bands, 1 Night, YOU chose the anthems!"

14+ show (14-16s must be accompanied)

Indiepalooza is an amazing touring indie-rock tribute festival featuring leading tributes to (ALL on ONE night!) :-
The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, Sam Fender, Kasabian + Kaiser Chiefs….This indoor show has sold out 1000 cap+ venues all over the country and is in it’s 4th year.

“This. Is. Great. He is selling out all over the UK!” – Chris Moyles, Radio X

“This is Great. He does sound great to be fair!” – Greg James, Radio 1

"The BEST tribute band I've ever seen, and I've shot HUNDREDS" – Duncan Cowley

THE KOPYCAT KILLERS + SCAM FENDER + SUBARCTIC MONKEYS + OASIS 96 + KASABIAINT + KAISER CHEATS

THE KOPYCAT KILLERS, SUBARCTIC MONKEYS, OASIS 96, KASABIAN'T, SCAM FENDER and KAISER CHEATS are amongst the best tributes in the world, playing huge festivals both in the UK and abroad to thousands, and now ALL COMING TOGETHER on this special touring festival show.

HOURS OF WALL TO WALL BANGERS ALL NIGHT!!! – Expect Mr Brightside, Don’t Look Back In Anger, I Predict A Riot, Fire, Seventeen Going Under, I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor, Hypersonic Missiles, Somebody Told Me, Wonderwall, Ruby, Mardy Bum, Human, When You Were Young, Club Foot, Will We Talk?, Do I Wanna Know, Supersonic, All These Things That I’ve Done, She’s Electric, Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High, Cigarettes and Alcohol, Read My Mind, Florescent Adolescent, Glamorous Indie Rock N Roll, R U Mine?, Smile Like You Mean It, Spit Of You, 505, Getting Started, Snap Out Of It, People Watching, Oh My God! and many more!

Instagram – http://instagram.com/thekopycatkillerstribute // http://instagram.com/scamfender// http://instagram.com/subarcticmonkeystribute // http://instagram.com/oasis96tribute // https://instagram.com/kasabiaint // https://www.instagram.com/indiepalooza

Websites – http://thekopycatkillers.com// http://scamfender.com // http://subarcticmonkeys.com // https://www.indiepalooza.co.uk

— "I've booked tribute in LA for years, this is the best of the best" – Steve Ochs
— "I've seen Killers 50 times in 9 countries, I was blown away by this tribute" – V.Moran

Hundreds more testimonials – http://thekopycatkillers.com/testimonials

Typical running orders are sets of 20-60 minutes depending on billing, and depending on door time and curfew – in this order 1st Kaiser Cheats, 2nd Scam Fender, 3rd Kasabiain’t, 4th Sub-Arctic Monkeys, 5th Oasis 96, and then Kopycat Killers closing the night.

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N.B – As per the videos below (please check them out) – some bands share members, from a pool of 8 musicians with Stuart Rook, Eddy Andersen and Louis Suttle Marshall on vocals. All 6 acts perform all of this music all over the UK as the individual, separate acts – they are distinct acts – which coming together for this special-length Indiepalooza Show

Event details

• Date: Saturday 17 October 2026
• Time: 6:00pm
• Venue: Charter Hall
• Location: Colchester Leisure World Colchester C01 1YH
• Category: Festivals

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