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London Concertante Brings Candlelit Concert to Exeter

The Four Seasons & The Lark Ascending performed by London Concertante

Internationally acclaimed chamber orchestra London Concertante will come to Exeter on Friday 27th June for a 7:30pm performance at the Cathedral .

Set amidst the gentle glow of candlelight, the programme celebrates some of the greatest works in the classical repertoire – from Mozart’s effervescent overture to The Marriage of Figaro to Vivaldi’s visionary Four Seasons . Rounding off the evening is Vaughan Williams’s exquisite The Lark Ascending , a piece adored for its soaring, lyrical solo violin...

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Nourish Festival of craft, food and music returns

The organisers of the Nourish Festival are looking forward to this year’s festival which takes place in early September.

The Festival will bring some of the region’s top food producers and craft makers to Bovey Tracey, alongside a programme of nationally and internationally renowned musicians.

This year, Nourish Festival launches The Devon Street Food Awards in association with Devon Life, a lively competition to decide who is the Best Street producer in Devon. Devon is packed full of inspirational and exciting street food producers and Nourish celebrates our Food Heroes...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (5-7 August).

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Margo and Mr Whatsit Friday & Saturday, Exeter Phoenix Did you ever have an imaginary friend? A little piece of mischief only you could see? Someone that made you feel safe through new schools, new families, new homes? Sophia’s imaginary friend is called Mr Whatsit, and he’s always there with a new joke to tell and a new game to play – that is, until the day she unimagines him. Now there’s a new imaginary friend in town – the tea-drinking, lipstick-wearing, ever-confident Margo....

Fun for all at 39th Dartmoor Folk Festival

Fun for all the family is assured at the 39th Dartmoor Folk Festival, all at modest prices or free-of-charge.

The festival, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 5, 6 and 7, will take place in the foothills of Dartmoor at South Zeal, near Okehampton.

Friday, August 5, the date the 39th festival opens, would have been, co-incidentally, the festival founder, the late Bob Cann's 100th birthday.

It will include a packed programme of events and activities suitable for all ages, including a hugely-successful dedicated children's festival which will run alongside the main...

Big Screen in the Park returns to Exeter

Big Screen in the Park returns to Exeter this summer with not five, but six nights of cinematic magic under the stars.

A different film will be showing on each of the six nights in Northernhay Gardens, from 9-14 August.

With Mexican street food, local ale and ciders and delicious coffees from the BikeCaffe, grab your friends and celebrate the biggest Exeter Big Screen in The Park ever.

Gates open at 7.30pm with films starting at 9pm daily.

Tickets are £5 in advance or £6 on the gate. It costs an additional £1 to bring your own chair chair.

Film line-...

Oxjam Exeter to host Buskathon

Oxjam Exeter’s 2nd fundraiser, the Live Below the Line challenge, had outstanding success; raising over £1300 – much more than they ever expected.

The whole team struggled through the challenge, feeling hungrier each day. But the generous donations from many kind people was great motivation.

It’s not too late to contribute, either! The team’s donation page is still active: https://give.everydayhero.com/uk/oxjam-exeter-team-awesome . Any small amount of money can have a huge impact on the lives of those living in extreme poverty.

The 3rd fundraiser ticks all the...

City Council launches new walks leaflets

Exeter City Council has produced three new exciting themed walking trail leaflets for the city.

Fun and informative for all, there are three trails to choose from, the City Wall Trail; the Medieval Trail and the Woollen Trail.

With the help of a talented local illustrator, the history of Exeter has been brought to life with colourful characters from history who guide you along the routes.

Step back 2,000 years to Roman Exeter on the City Wall Trail and discover how the Wall has saved the city on more than one occasion.

Set out on the Medieval Trail and...

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 (29-31 July).

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The Bideford Witches Friday & Saturday, Clifford Room, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Temperance Lloyd, Susannah Edwards and Mary Trembles of Bideford were the last three women to be executed for witchcraft in Great Britain. High Wall Theatre present a striking retelling of their incredible true story. Tickets £8, £6 conc. Box office 01392 271808. https://www.facebook.com/thealphaeffect/

Come With Me Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed...

Day of play in Teignbridge

Families have the chance to celebrate summer in one of Teignbridge’s parks and nature reserves when National Playday comes up next month.

Some of the district’s best places will be filled with fun and games as part of the event which sees thousands of children and their families get out playing at hundreds of community events across the UK.

As well as a celebration of children's right to play, Playday is a campaign that highlights the importance of play in children’s lives.

National Playday will be celebrated in Courtenay Park, Newton Abbot, on Wednesday 3 August...

Devon artist to exhibit in prestigious art show

Washington Green, the UK’s leading fine art publishers, has announced the launch of its ‘Summer Exhibition 2016’.

Now in its third year, the month-long exhibition will take place from Saturday 30th July – Sunday 28th August at Castle Fine Art in Birmingham’s International Convention Centre. The exhibition will feature work from 16 contemporary artists who were chosen to feature in the show following a call for innovative visual artists to submit their work to a panel of art reviewers. The shortlisted submissions have now been brought together into one beautifully curated display of...

Sidmouth Folk Week gets underway

Sidmouth Folk Week opens today for a week-long seaside celebration of music, dance and song.

There has been a folk festival in Sidmouth in the first week of August every year since 1955 attracting tens of thousands of visitors to over 700 diverse events with broad ‘something for everyone’ appeal.

With an ear to the past and an eye on the future, the festival features established stars and emerging talent; major concerts and small intimate sessions; ceilidhs, folk dancing and lively roots parties; storytelling; fun family entertainment and youth-centred sessions; hands-on...

Entertainment & Reviews

London Concertante Brings Candlelit Concert to Exeter

Nourish Festival of craft, food and music returns

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Fun for all at 39th Dartmoor Folk Festival

Big Screen in the Park returns to Exeter

Oxjam Exeter to host Buskathon

City Council launches new walks leaflets

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Day of play in Teignbridge

Devon artist to exhibit in prestigious art show

Sidmouth Folk Week gets underway

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