On Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October, months of apple picking across all 500 acres of orchards on the Killerton estate culminates in a two day family festival to mark National Apple Day. Sparrow Park orchard is festooned with bunting, stalls are scattered between the apple trees, and live music drifts in and out of the shade. The amazing smell of a traditional hog roast will greet you at the gate, tempting you to try all sorts of tasty local food produced right here on the Killerton estate. Live music will conjure up a magical atmosphere and will have you dancing round the apple trees. A...
The biggest community event in Honiton with music, activities, food and of course drink spread over two days of fun in the lovely countryside of East Devon.
Fundraising for Devon Freewheelers who provide life changing, and saving support to the NHS.
A Festival will take place in May at Exmouth Rugby Club to celebrate cider made by those people dedicated to keeping Devon's traditional apple varieties and pressing methods alive.
The type of musical acts you would expect and hope for at a festival like this will be playing, such as London Irish “psycho-cèilidh”band Neck, 50s psychedelic punk from GoGo Cult, blues- grass from Big Joe Bone and folk rock from Ash Mandrake and the Redhillbillies.
RNLI Exmouth will be providing village fete style games during the daytime to promote their volunteer and fundraising initiatives,...
Anyone going to the south coast of Devon this May would be advised to be prepared for some swashbuckling as pirates will be everwhere; from Brixham to Plymouth, stopping off for a knees-up at Exmouth Rugby Club.
Scrumpstock, a cider festival which celebrates keeping Devon’s apple varieties and traditional pressing methods alive, will join in the notorious seafarers’ fun with its own Pirate Day on the final of three days of music, family entertainments, activities and opportunities to discover an ever-expanding selection of ciders.
A Festival will take place in May at Exmouth Rugby Club to celebrate cider made by those people dedicated to keeping Devon's traditional apple varieties and pressing methods alive.
The type of musical acts you would expect and hope for at a festival like this will be playing, such as London Irish “psycho-cèilidh” band Neck, 50s psychedelic punk from GoGo Cult, blues- grass from Big Joe Bone and folk rock from Ash Mandrake and the Redhillbillies.
RNLI Exmouth will be providing village fete style games during the daytime to promote their volunteer and fundraising initiatives...
A 12 foot community yarn-bomb has exploded in the orchard at Killerton National Trust estate near Exeter.
The culprits are an army of 50 knitters and pom-pom bombers from across Devon and as far flung as Oregon in the United States.
Their combined efforts have burst Killerton’s retired apple tree back to life by entirely covering it in 400 individually knitted leaves, 50 apple-pompoms and hand-knitted woolly wildlife including game birds, squirrels, hedgehogs, frogs and a swarm of Killerton bees.
The yarn-bomb will be on proud display throughout the Killerton Cider...
Join the Phoenix for the Bank Holiday Weekend and a special Ale & Cider Festival in association with St Austell. There’ll be excellent prices on a range of the best Ales and Ciders, a steady flow of live music, guest DJs, and a special food menu for the festival.
You'll find over 20 ales, ciders and craft beers from around the south west on sale for £1.50 half pint / £3 pint. More details coming soon.
There will be a line up of great bands in the auditorium from 2.30pm – 11pm daily, plus DJs on the terrace from 8pm (free before 10pm).
Scrumpstock, a cider, scrumpy, ale and music festival, is coming to Devon.
The festival, previously entertaining cider drinkers in Somerset, will be held at Bicton College over the weekend of 24-25 May.
Scrumpstock representative Jim Fry explained why the decision was made to bring this fantastic festival to Devon. He said: "Whilst looking for a more rural, pleasing environment to hold our festivities we came across the splendid grounds of Bicton College who were only too happy to have us.
"Not only because we bring extra income to the college but also because of...