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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,

  • ...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Don't make any plans for the weekend until you've checked out our guide to the best of what's on in and around Exeter.

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Double Bill of Comedy Plays with Supper Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Broadclyst Village Hall Two Fat Men features Duncan and George who have been forced by their wives to attend Weight Busters. Surrounded by women and waiting for the meeting to start they think that they know each other. Join them on a hilarious journey of discovery. Stop and Run is the story of Eileen, a lonely pensioner who, much to the horror of her family finds love at a...

Renowned fiddle players to perform in Exeter

Some of the most legendary names in folk will be joining forces for Feast of Fiddles landmark 21st birthday tour, with a performance even lined up on Wednesday 9th April at Exeter's Corn Exchange.

The celebrated 11-piece collective founded and led by accordionist/frontman Hugh Crabtree are marking their milestone 21st year with a 14-date tour between April 7-20. Hugh said:

“What started as a somewhat daft idea for a folk club night has grown into a folk-rock institution with six CDs to its name, several key festival appearances and sell-out shows the length and breadth of...

Southwesterners sex life ' status update': It's complicated

South west lovers are allowing technology to get in the way of their relationships and sex lives – a Durex survey reveals.

Durex is celebrating annual event, Earth Hour, by encouraging people to not only turn off all lights today but to also switch off their tech, and use the opportunity to reconnect with each other whilst the lights are off.

Earth Hour is an annual event organised by charity, WWF to encourage people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour to celebrate their commitment to the planet.

According to the recent Durex poll it seems a...

Springtime at Lydford Gorge

Authored by Newshound
Posted: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 1:38pm

After a very wet and windy winter with National Trust rangers pushed to their physical limits to clear fallen trees in time for re-opening, Lydford Gorge is celebrating the arrival of spring and visitors are now able to enjoy this beautiful place in a variety of ways.

A treasure hidden from view yet within the Dartmoor National Park, Lyford is a place for quiet recreation and a home to many birds and mammals such as the otter and brown trout.

Bluebells and wild garlic provide a wonderful scented backdrop for visitors as they stop and enjoy this wonderful oasis and spend...

The Teignmouth Players 50th Anniversary Production - April 28 - May 3

When we are Married by J B Priestley

Set in 1908 in Clecklewyke in the heart of Northern England, three well-to-do West Yorkshire couples – the Parkers, Soppitts and Helliwells – married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony.

Disaster strikes with the shocking revelation that the vicar who married them wasn’t actually licensed – these pillars of the church and the community, aren’t as respectably married as they thought they were!

Home truths fly like confetti, an old flame returns and other...

When we are Married by J B Priestley

The Teignmouth Players 50th Anniversary Production: When we are Married by J B Priestley, directed by Jenny Brittan

Set in 1908 in Clecklewyke in the heart of Northern England, three well-to-do West Yorkshire couples – the Parkers, Soppitts and Helliwells – married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony.

Disaster strikes with the shocking revelation that the vicar who married them wasn’t actually licensed – these pillars of the church and the community, aren’t as respectably married as they thought they...

Exeter talent to perform alongside folk stars

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 03/26/2014 - 10:22am

The second Exefest – Exeter Canalside Folk Festival, taking place on Saturday 12 April, is featuring an entire concert dedicated to showcasing folk and folk-influenced musicians from the Exeter area.

Musicians were invited to apply, which many did, and these were then narrowed down to the final six featured in the concert. There are varying flavours and styles amongst the artists, the idea was to give people a sample of what is out there right on their doorstep.

Festival founder and director Laura English-Rose said “We spoke to people after the festival last year and one of...

Creatures great and small at Crealy

A menagerie of creatures great and very small will scuttle into Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park on Friday 28 March for the official opening of the brand new attraction, Bugz Unlimited.

The new attractions represent part of a £1m investment in the Park’s 25th anniversary year and will officially be opened by TV Wildlife Presenter, Nick Baker. Guests can explore a world of interesting creepy crawlies in Bugz Unlimited, with a Leaf Cutter Ant display and other fascinating creatures including a giant African land snail, Chilean Rose Tarantula, Jungle Nymph Stick Insects, Madagascan...

X Factor star Shelley Smith to perform at Mama Stones

Shelley Smith is back in Exeter doing what she does best on Friday 11th April when she will perform at Mama Stones.

Shelley has proved she is more than just a flash in the pan since her stint on last year’s X Factor.

She’s appeared on TV shows, performed in and out of the UK and even bagged herself a two week trip to Florida. Shelley said:

“Anybody that says The X Factor doesn’t change your life is lying because it literally flipped my life upside down! It has been incredible, I think it is one of the biggest platforms you could ever have being on one of the biggest...

RIP BBC3?

On Thursday 6th March the BBC announced their plans to close BBC3 as a broadcast TV Channel as of 2015.

If the proposals are accepted by the BBC Trust BBC3, which is home to popular shows such as Don’t Tell the Bride and Russell Howard’s Good News, will become an online only service.

The BBC claim this change to the BBC3’s format will save them 50 million pounds a year and also enable them to put more money behind drama programmes on BBC1.

The proposals have caused a public outcry. Petitions have been set up to stop the closure, with celebrities such as David...

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