One of Colchester's most famous landmarks became a screen promoting the town's festival.

Laser show - Jumbo became a screen promoting Colchester's festiva

Lasers were used to project images of the town, information about the festival and logos onto the watertower's brickwork.

The fifth annual festival - sponsored by the Evening Gazette - takes place next weekend and is aiming to be bigger than ever.

The identity of new sponsor Abbeyfield Builders was revealed by the projections. On Friday there will be a 60s concert in Castle Park, on Saturday the street festival takes place around the town and on Sunday there will be an Indian day.

Festival artistic director Dorian Kelly said: "Lots of people saw the projections, said they looked cool, and asked us questions about the festival.

More in today's Evening Gazette

Published Monday, September 6, 2004