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Free Cider and Summer Tunes Come to Devon with a Music Series from Thatchers Cider

Free pints, live music and summer vibes

Thatchers is set to delight music and cider fans heading into venues and pubs across the summer with a national 40+ gig series that will visit Devon throughout August.

A mix of Juicy Sounds DJ nights and Summer Sessions acoustic evenings will be held to celebrate what promises to be a summer filled, not just with sport, but with music too.

Events are currently planned for:

  • The Blue Ball in Exeter on Friday 7th August.

  • Boathouse, Dawlish, Saturday 8th August.

  • Hyde Dendy,

  • ...

Sidmouth Summer Rep Season 2015

A Season of 12 classic plays at the Manor Pavilion Theatre in Sidmouth from Thursday 25 June to Friday 25 September 2015 Paul Taylor Mills Ltd is delighted to announce The Summer Rep Season 2015, bringing weekly rep back to Manor Pavilion Theatre with one company presenting a season of twelve classic revivals from Thursday 25 June to Friday 25 September 2015. On sale Friday 22 May at the box office and Saturday 23 May by phone. Paul Taylor-Mills said today: "We are absolutely delighted to be returning for our third year at the Manor Pavilion Theatre with such a brilliant team and company...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 05/15/2015 - 12:14pm

If you are looking for something to do or somewhere to go this weekend, there’s plenty to choose from in our essential guide to What's On in and around Exeter.

THEATRE

Exeter Comedy Grove Friday, 8.30pm, Lemongrove, Exeter University The very best of UK live stand up comedy with Adam Kay (headliner), Adam Rushton, Mark Simmons and compere Cerys Nelmes. Tickets are £10. www.exetercomedygrove.club Doors open 7.30pm and show starts at 8.30pm

Nel Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Meet Nel; a quirky, shy foley artist, who, for the first time in her life...

Spacex announce Kickstarter campaign launch

After a period of temporary closure in response to funding reductions, Spacex has changed the way it works. In place of being a gallery with a rolling programme of exhibitions Spacex now produces projects in collaboration with a wide range of partners.

Enabling the artistic process remains at the core of what Spacex does and it needs support from the public in order to continue this work.

On 21 May Spacex will launch its Kickstarter, an online fundraising campaign, to raise £10,000 towards two artist residencies and a series of public events in Exeter.

The...

Killerton gears up for classic car takeover

On Sunday 17 May, from 10am to 5pm, over 350 vintage vehicles will park up in style to celebrate ‘classic car day’ in the historic parkland at Killerton, near Exeter.

‘Classic car enthusiasts travel far and wide to show off their prized vehicles at the renowned annual event in the hope of winning the coveted Killerton House Cup for the ‘best car in show’.

Visitors can also explore over 50 stalls selling jewellery, furniture, silk scarves and textiles, listen to live jazz or wander around the National Trust house, gardens and parkland.

Food lovers can enjoy a served...

Review: Sound of the Sirens

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 05/13/2015 - 9:21pm

Sound of the Sirens: Cellar Bar, Boscombe, Friday 1 May 2015.

The female Simon & Garfunkel, but with a lot more energy and foot stomping.

A bold statement? Why compare them? Well, because they have something in common…..talent!!

Simon & Garfunkel might actually be an unfair comparison, because these girl’s musical offerings have the same perfectly timed harmonies and tuneful songs but with bucket loads more energy and vibrancy in their deliverance that easily outshines their 1960s counterparts.

Attend a gig of Sound of the Sirens and I defy you to...

Calling all musicians!

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 05/13/2015 - 8:02am

Record your own tunes with Musicroom: ‘Home Recording Masterclass’ Calling all musicians! Musicroom Exeter will be running free 30 minute-long seminars, focusing on giving music enthusiasts tips on how to perfect their home recording skills. The seminars will take place on Tuesday 19th May from 6:30pm, with doors opening for attendees at 6:00pm. There will be three different sessions available, each one is free and will focus on different aspects of home recording. The three seminars include: 6:30pm – Home Studio Recording Techniques 7:15pm – Computer Music Programming Software and...

Festival brings together the best of Devon

Scrumpstock Festival is set to become an annual event as it brings together musicians, entertainers, leisure businesses, causes, town dignitaries, community groups and food, drink and bespoke goods producers from Exmouth and around Devon for a weekend at Exmouth Rugby Club.

Brian Steffens from Dawlish has just joined the musical line-up. He is the father in law of Caz Steffens, the founder of the Snooky Trust, a charity that helps young adults in the Dawlish area, which is benefiting from the festival proceeds.

Dave Oliver of Devon’s Rattlebox Theatre, whose puppets shows...

Scaling new heights on Dartmoor

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 05/09/2015 - 8:50am

Following the success of the Natural Navigator talk in April Dartmoor National Park welcomes Gavin Kelly and Rich Pencott along to talk about climbing and microadventures.

On Tuesday 19 May go along and be enthralled by Gavin Kelly’s rock climbing talk, ‘Scaling new heights!’ Gavin, of Ibex Outdoors, has more than thirty years of climbing experience on Dartmoor and will talk about the unique experiences that Dartmoor has to offer climbers. His passion for climbing has taken him all over the UK and beyond; a journey of learning and sharing amazing places and experiences but discover...

Killerton drawing master art exhibition

Killerton House, near Exeter, is to host its first historic fine art exhibition. ‘Framing the view: Nicholson, the Killerton drawing master’, presented by guest curator Professor Gordon Bell, will launch on Sunday 17 May and runs until 13 September.

The exhibition features over 50 watercolours and lithographs by artist Francis Nicholson, drawing master and art teacher to the Acland family. These ‘Picturesque’ artworks were intended to create an emotional response in the viewer through scenes of beautiful, wild and sublime countryside and they inspired the Aclands to shape Killerton...

Art to give you the Heebie Jeebies in Exeter

Widely revered as a rising star of the contemporary art world, Wang’s new exhibition, entitled ‘Heebie Jeebies’, will be on display at Castle Galleries in Exeter from Saturday 9th May until Sunday 24th May. Combining old-school glamour with the fun and risqué attitude for which Wang is renowned, this new body of work explores her fascination with the supernatural and her uniquely light-hearted take on ghosts, sparked from other-worldly encounters she experienced during her childhood. The collection continues to take inspiration from Wang’s reoccurring themes of Hollywood iconography,...

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