EARLY-BIRD tickets for a popular city event next year have already nearly sold out as organisers have promised "the biggest festival Colchester has ever seen".

More than 5,000 visitors attended Colchester's Anti Loo Roll Festival on Friday and Saturday.

The festival is run by the Anti Loo Roll Brigade, a community group which helped residents throughout the pandemic and now has a centre in Lakelands Stanway

Peter Dutch, founder of the Anti Loo Brigade, said “Next year is going to break records, it will officially be the biggest festival Colchester has ever seen.

“Thank you all so much for making this happen, you will not believe who we've managed to get for next year, thank you for supporting us and making it possible."

Early bird tickets for 2025 are already nearly sold out.

They at are available at albfestival.com.