Your guide to What's On this weekend

Don't make any plans for the weekend until you've checked out our guide to What's On in and around Exeter:

What the Ladybird Heard
Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter
Two crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird, and a whole farmyard of fun!  Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow.  But they reckon without the tiniest, quietest creature of all: The Ladybird has a plan of her own! Join the woolly sheep, the hairy hog, the fat red hen and the dainty dog in this brand new stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’ colourful farmyard adventure.  Tickets: £12. www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

Dumbstruck
Friday & Saturday, The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
Fiona is losing her voice. Mal is losing his faith. Ted is losing his marbles. Somewhere in the North Pacific, a lonely whale sings. Armed with a stage full of instruments and a box of chalk, Fine Chisel’s award-winning actor-musicians celebrate forgotten dances, mis-translations and unknown voices. www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk

Finch School of Dance presents Don’t Stop the Music
Friday & Saturday, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth
150 young dancers will take to the stage to perform a dance spectacular!From classical ballet, tap, modern and jazz, to lyrical and commercial dance - truly something for everyone. Evenings at 7.30pm.Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets £12, £8 conc. www.manorpavilion.com

MUSIC

Oliver Wilde
Friday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
Describing his own serene musical style, Oliver Wilde scratches his temple and delves deep. ‘Downer pop? Tinsel rock maybe? Lo-fi glitchtronica?’ Catch him in the Voodoo Lounge at 8pm. Tickets £4.50. ww.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Diamondogz
Saturday, 9.30pm, The Queen's Head Hotel, Polsloe Bridge, Exeter
Popular 70s glam rockersDiamondogz are live at The Queen’s Head from 9.30pm. Entry is free and you’re advised to arrive early! Great music, reasonably priced drinks, what more could you want from your Saturday night out? If you can't get along to the Queen's Head you can catch the gig live on the radio: DAB 54.FM

Honiton Band and De Woudklank Fanfare Band
Saturday, 7.30pm, Beehive Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton
This fabulous fanfare band - a combination of brass, saxophone and percussion are visiting from Noordwolde, Friesland, so why not go along and dip your toes into a bit of Dutch culture. Tickets £6.50. http://www.visithoniton.com/

Live Music
Saturday, various venues, Exeter
The Bishop Blaize, Commercial Road, Exeter: Barracoodas, 9pm, free.
The King’s Arms, Exeter: The Humanitarians (alternative rock), 9pm, free.
The Prospect Inn, Exeter Quay: Sweet Armageddon, 9pm, free.
The Bowling Green, Blackboy Road, Exeter: Ne Heroes, 9.30pm, free.

Lemonfest 2014
Saturday, Newton Abbot Racecourse
This year’s line up includees Luke Friend, The Other Tribe, Will and the People and Mad Dog Mcrea, Moriaty, The Correspondents, The Scribes and Owen Penrice to name but a few! Details and tickets: www.lemonfest.co.uk

EVENTS

Exeter Respect Festival 2014
Saturday & Sunday, Belmont Park, Newtown, Exeter
This year's Respect promises to be as exciting as ever with a fantastic line-up of acts and activities taking place in Belmont Park from noon to 7pm on Saturday from 11am to 6 pm on Sunday. Music, market stalls, workshops, campaigns, wellbeing zones and lots, more for all the family. Details: www.exeter-respect.org

Coffee morning and car boot sale
Saturday, 10am, Exeter Axhayes Adoption Centre, Little Hill Cottage, Clyst Honiton
Coffee will be served between 10am and 2pm and the car boot sale will finish at 1pm (£5 for cars and £7 for vans). As always the profit goes straight to all the cats and kittens at the centre. For more info or to book a place for your car please call the centre on 01395 232 377.

Cycle Speedway: Women's taster event
Sunday, 10am, Exeter Cycle Speedway track, Cofton Road, Marsh Barton, Exeter EX2 8QW
A free taster event for women, run by a host of GB Cycle Speedway coaches, including Exeter based star rider Charlie-Jane Herbert. All ages and experience welcome, ride in a group, mums and daughters come along! Plus enjoy some giveaways and watch a Women's League Cycle Speedway competition! No need to book, just #rockupandride

EXHIBITIONS

Crediton Flower Festival: Lyrics For Life
From Saturday, Crediton Parish Church, High Street, Crediton
Crediton's annual flower festival this year will be taking the theme of 'Lyrics for Life' as its inspiration for some wonderful floral displays. This ever popular flower festival will this year be available to view for five days from 31 May – 5 June. Home made food and refreshments are available at the adjacent hall. Free parking. Festival evensong at 6pm will take place on Sunday at 6pm. Everyone welcome.www.creditonparishchurch.org.uk

Marie von Heyl: Of Occasional Tables and Alternative Endings
Exeter Phoenix
This exhibition of new work by Berlin based Marie von Heyl employs video, installation, drawing and text to explore an ongoing interest in domestic interiors and mundane objects that is central to her practice. Her work playfully dances around things, pointing at the unexpectedly beautiful, tracing the uncanny and tapping into the absurd. Often triggered by linguistic nitpicking, she aims to catch objects in the act of transcending their original context. The exhibition runs until 5 June and the gallery is open 10am-5.30pm. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Prints from the Kitchen Table
A la Ronde, Exmouth
Mary Harold, a silk screen printer who lives near Okehampton, is exhibiting her work at A la Ronde  until Wednesday 4 June. Often printing onto reclaimed materials such as blankets, tablecloths and sheets, she says of her work: “My inspiration mostly comes from nature, usually my garden or the wild countryside around where I live.” Admission to the exhibition in the stable and tea-room is free during normal opening times.