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Pawesome day out with pen farthing

Looking for the perfect way to round off the summer holidays? Head to Pawesome Day Out, a lively, family-friendly charity event on Sunday 31st August from 12pm at St Martin’s Football Club, Exminster—where fun, food, and four-legged friends take centre stage!

Organised by Claudia Pinn of Claudia’s Canines and the UK–Sri Lanka-based charity Lucas Helps Dogs, this event aims to raise vital funds for street animals in Sri Lanka. Proceeds will directly support spay/neuter clinics, emergency treatments, and life-saving vaccinations for dogs and cats in desperate need.

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Snoop's entourage toasts Exeter gig

Exeter-based gig promoter Dave Meyland today said Exeter could punch above its weight after the successful visit of superstar rapper Snoop Dogg to the city.

The American performer played a sell-out show at Timepiece last week drawing fans from across the UK.

Dave (pictured left) said he had received dozens of messages of appreciation for pulling off the gig of a lifetime.

And as our exclusive back stage picture shows, one of Snoop's entourage, Kurupt from the Dogg Pound (second left) raised a toast to a successful night afterwards.

Dave said: "It was an...

Sam Sweeney's Fiddle: Made in the Great War

Six years ago Sam Sweeney, fiddle player with Bellowhead, bought a violin in Oxford. It had all the appearance of a new instrument but the label inside gave the date 1915 and the name Richard S Howard.

Research revealed that the violin had been made – but never finished – by a luthier and some-time music hall performer from Leeds called Richard Spencer Howard. He had been conscripted in 1916 at the age of 35 and two years later was killed during the battle of Messines Ridge. His violin had been left unfinished in his workshop. The pieces were given to his daughter Rose in a manila...

Frankenstein returns for Hallowe'en

The National Theatre’s thrilling broadcast of Frankenstein returns to the Exeter Picturehouse for a limited time, due to unprecedented audience demand.

Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (12 Years a Slave, Star Trek into Darkness) and Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting, Mansfield Park) alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and his creation.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered Creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck...

Three days of family fun at Unexpected Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 08/18/2014 - 11:28pm

Exeter's Unexpected 2014 Festival, running 29-31 Aug, brings some of the UK's most explosive street theatre and circus shows to the open-air streets, cultural venues and public spaces of Exeter in an extraordinary three days of family festival fun to end the summer holidays. Best of all, almost the entire programme is free and unticketed – meaning families can enjoy all the fun at their leisure, on what promises to be the most exciting Exeter weekend of the summer. Returning after Exeter City Council's huge success producing Unexpected 2013 - the Festival's stunning debut, this major 2014...

Record crowds at Dartmoor Folk Festival PICS

Record crowds enjoyed three days of music, song, dance and crafts at the 37th Dartmoor Folk Festival held from August 8 to 10.

Local and national artists entertained audiences at the event held at South Zeal, near Okehampton.

The festival included concerts, dances, a Dartmoor Fayre, a ceilidh, folk service, craft displays, music hall, pub sessions, a ramble on Dartmoor and music, song and dance workshops.

The packed programme of events also included a dedicated children’s festival.

Hotly-contested competitions included the Dartmoor Broom Dance championships...

Festival brings folk music to new generation

Local folk heroes Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman are among the highlights of this year’s annual celebration of traditional music in the Dartmoor town of Okehampton, the Baring-Gould Folk Weekend.

The husband-and-wife duo, who live within the Dartmoor National Park in West Devon, will be performing a selection of favourites plus some brand new songs from their forthcoming album when they headline the festival’s Saturday afternoon concert at Fairplace Church.

The line-up of a jam-packed weekend also includes Phil Beer from East Devon folk legends Show of Hands, award-...

Kids' Summer Film School movie premieres

Authored by BelindaD
Posted: Fri, 08/15/2014 - 3:30pm

On Saturday 9 August it was time to pop the popcorn for the eagerly anticipated premiere at Exeter Phoenix of The Sqweakening – the cinematic product of the inaugural Summer Film School.

Working alongside a professional crew, 30 children aged between eight and 12 spent five action-packed days creating the original short film, a comedy-horror about a rampant were-hamster. The kids loved it so much that they demanded it be played twice!

A joint partnership between Exeter-based film production company Colourburn and Exeter Phoenix, Summer Film School gave attendees the...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 08/14/2014 - 12:19pm

Planning your weekend? We’ve come up with plenty of ideas to keep the whole family entertained, whatever the weather!

STAGE & SCREEN

Big Screen in the Park: Gravity (PG) Saturday, 9pm, Northernhay Gardens, Exeter Gravity (PG) – A movie made for the big screen. Experience the multi award-winning, heart-pounding thriller Gravity out in the open and under the stars and be pulled into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. When disaster strikes a seemingly routine mission and the space shuttle is destroyed, two astronauts are left completely alone – tethered to...

Artists throw open their doors for Devon Open Studios

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 08/14/2014 - 12:06pm

Like unwrapping a beautiful present, fans of art will find much to enjoy within the inspiring landscape of Devon this September - discovering new work, new artists and travelling through the stunning countryside where so many artists have chosen to live and work.

Devon Open Studios is one of the largest annual art events in the country, show-casing over 250 artists across a county with a seriously high art-population density. Don’t miss it.

Only at Open Studios can the visitor experience the people, creative process and ideas that unfold within the private studios of...

Live Music Night at Exeter Golf and Country Club

Following on from our hugely successful Steve Knightley concert, we are delighted to welcome back Cole Stacey and Joseph O'Keefe to the Club on Thursday 16 October.

They will be joined by singer/songwriter Sarah Yeo for a night of fantastic live music.

Tickets cost £14 and can be obtained from the Club Reception on 01392 874139. Proceeds to our President's charity, Hospiscare.

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