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The RHS Rosemoor Garden Festival launches 21-23 August 2026

RHS Garden Rosemoor’s annual Flower Show this year has been re-imagined as a three-day celebration of gardening, plants and outdoor living – the RHS Rosemoor Garden Festival takes place from Friday 21 – Sunday 23 August 2026.

With headline appearances from nationally recognised gardening personalities, gardeners of all skill levels can listen to spotlight talks, get expert gardening advice, watch practical demonstrations, enjoy guided garden tours and browse and buy specialist plants and accessories.

VIP guests in the Talk Tent this year include:

  • Amanda Owen,
  • ...

Young actors to soar at Exeter Northcott

Following a hugely successful audition call, Exeter Northcott Theatre is proud to present the young actors who will play the roles of John and Michael Darling in its 2016 Christmas show, Peter Pan.

Along with the Lost Boys cast, the roles will split equally between two teams of actors throughout the run which starts on Friday 2 December.

Michael Darling will be played by 12 year old Brandon Tayler-Young who attends Plymouth School of Creative Arts, and 10 year old Fenn Gillmore, who attends St Sidwell’s Primary School in Exeter.

Fenn said “When I’m older I want to...

Powderham Castle’s jam-packed summer season

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 07/24/2016 - 10:48am

Powderham Castle is gearing up for an exciting, action-packed summer holiday season. The Castle’s summer season will run from Sunday 17 July until Monday 29 August and offers something for everyone.

Attractions this summer include Devon Bird of Prey’s majestic flying displays; which visitors can enjoy daily at 3.30pm along with a static display from 1pm throughout the Devon school holidays. The popular Deer Park Safari will run daily at 1.45pm, 2.45 and 4.15 providing visitors with a fantastic opportunity to view the Castle from the original estuary entrance, explore the ancient...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (22-24 July).

THEATRE

Othello Friday, 7.30pm, Exeter Phoenix Neglected for promotion in favour of the younger and less experienced Cassio, Iago seeks revenge. Follow Iago as he masterminds a desperate plot to get Cassio demoted, and turn Othello against her bisexual wife Desdemona. Recasting Othello as a female CEO, this production engages with topical themes of homosexuality, bisexuality and sexual prejudice. Tickets £11 (£9). http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

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Britain's Got Talent auditions in Exeter

The nation’s favourite talent show is hitting the road once again, scouring the length and breadth of the country to find talented acts for their brand new series - and they'll be in Exeter on Tuesday 26 July between 10am-4pm at Princesshay Shopping Centre.

If you think you’ve got a talent which can impress and entertain, now is the time to show what you’ve got. Successful acts will then be in with a chance of securing a place at one of the judges’ auditions in 2017.

The show is open to any performer of any age, with any talent - all you need is a skill and star quality...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (15-17 July).

THEATRE

Ventoux Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Ventoux is a restaging of the dramatic battle between Lance Armstrong and Marco Pantani in the Tour de France 2000 on Mont Ventoux. Once regarded as the greatest race in the history of cycling, we now know that both Armstrong and Pantani doped during their careers. At the time both were champions in their own right – Pantani winning the Tour de France in 1998, and Armstrong winning in 1999. In 2000 they went head to head on Mont...

Wren Music founders to receive national award

The founders of a charity that has encouraged literally hundreds of thousands of people to sing and play music are to receive English Folk Music’s highest accolade at a star-studded event in Exeter in July.

Marilyn Tucker and Paul Wilson set up Wren Music in Okehampton, West Devon, 33 years ago, since when it has reached out to pretty much every city, town and village in the county. In fact, Wren has spread its wings further afield to touch communities in the wider South West – but Devon is and always has been its heartland and it’s where, on a participant session basis, it reaches...

David Bowie to hit the big screen

Vue is set to give the UK an all singing, all dancing glimpse into the life of one of the most creative showmen of our time, David Bowie.

David Bowie Is was the fastest selling exhibition in the Victoria & Albert Museum’s history.

Now a cinematic,you can get a look behind the scenes on the big screen. The creative piece charts the fabled history of one of the world’s biggest and most iconic pop stars.

Featuring original flamboyant costumes, never-before-seen handwritten lyrics, film and music videos, Bowie’s own instruments, album artwork and diary entries, the...

Thank You For the Music celebrates 40 years of Dancing Queen

The world’s longest-running ABBA concert show is coming to Torquay to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Swedish super group’s biggest selling hit, Dancing Queen.

The event will take place on 27 August 7.30pm at Torquay’s Princess Theatre.

The song was a million-selling, number-one hit in 13 countries and it forms the climax to the international hit stage show Thank You for the Music.

The production, which also features the UK’s most successful Bee Gees revue, is now in its 23rd year.

Show producer Michael Taylor boasts that the spectacle has been...

Russell Watson heads to Exeter

Russell Watson will be at Exeter Corn Exchange on Wednesday 10 August, and there are only a few tickets left.

Russell Watson’s Corn Exchange date is one of a number of intimate evenings with the artist giving his fans the chance to see him in a local venue rather than having to travel long distances.

Russell Watson is one of the world’s most prominent tenors, selling in excess of 7 million albums worldwide. His first offering ‘The Voice’ held the number one spot simultaneously in the US and the UK – a world’s first. It spent a record breaking 52 weeks at number one in the...

BSO’s spectacular classical music and light show returns to Exeter

BSO Classical Extravaganza Great Hall, Exeter University Friday 22 July 7.30pm

Back by popular demand, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra presents another spectacular night of the best-known classical music with an amazing laser display and state-of-the-art lighting special effects at the Great Hall at Exeter University on Friday 22 July at 7.30pm.

The concert explodes into life with John Williams’ instantly recognisable Star Wars theme and the sultry strains of Bizet’s Carmen evoking images of sunny Spanish landscapes.

In contrast, the gothic intensity of Bach’s...

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