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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,

  • ...

Exeter School of Samba inject the rhythms of Brazil into John Lewis's summer event

Exeter School of Samba put on a magnificent display of sizzling samba beats outside John Lewis on Thursday 13 June in celebration of the store's summer customer event. Run by music graduate and drum-kit teacher Scott Craig, who uses Brazilian-made instruments to teach the traditional Brazilian rhythms characteristic of the Baterias (Drum School) of Rio and Sao Paulo, the Exeter School of Samba provides an opportunity for anyone with an interest in percussion, music and/or rhythmic movement to develop their musical skill and abilities within the framework of this vital, traditional art form...

Exeter-based comedy duo O'shea & O'Gaukroger release their latest short film

Exeter-based comedy duo O'shea & O'Gaukroger are steaming ahead with plans to get their comic writing transferred to the big screen, with the release of their most recent comedy short film Beauty Contest . As seen in the attached YouTube video, two well-known female characters engage in a fight to the death over who really is the fairest of them all!

O'Shea & O'Gaukroger are steaming ahead with plans to get their comic writing transferred to the big screen, with the release of their most recent comedy short film Beauty Contest .

The girls have teamed up to work in...

'Birdhouse', Jammy Voo’s arresting tribute to Alfred Hitchcock’s 'The Birds', is coming to Exeter’s Northcott Theatre

Exeter's Northcott Theatre is to play host to Devon-based theatre company Jammy Voo, which is set to explore the far edge of madness in Birdhouse an homage to Hitchcock’s iconic classic The Birds .

Bringing to the fore the unsung stars of Hitchcock’s infamous avian horror, Jammy Voo tell the story of four holidaying ‘twitchers’ caught up in the terrible events of the film’s suburban setting, through a blend of physical theatre, puppetry, live music, high drama and surreal comedy. The performances, created in collaboration with Bush associate director Omar Elerian and Dark Clown...

Steve Knightley to perform at Ramm

Singer-songwriter and museum patron Steve Knightley returns to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum on the evening of Thursday 20 June to sing songs from the English countryside.

The special solo performance will be a mix of his own and traditional folk songs: an evening of haunting music with powerful lyrics, inspired by the people and landscape of Steve’s native West Country.

Described by Mike Harding of BBC Radio 2 as “One of England’s greatest singer songwriters”, Steve Knightley is lead singer in nationally acclaimed folk band Show of Hands. The evening will be a...

University of Exeter hosts free festival of arts, music, food and sports

Authored by Dom Jinks
Posted: Sun, 06/09/2013 - 1:47pm

The University of Exeter is hosting a free festival of arts, music, food and sports at their Forum Piazzas on the Streatham Campus in Exeter this weekend.

The festival includes a range of activities and performance for all the family. Today you can see cookery demonstrations, listen to a variety of music on the external stage and be thrilled by performances by the award-winning clowning troupe Le Navet Bete.

The festival includes a music stage with a wide variety of music starting at noon on each day – including choirs, rock bands and acoustic performers. The music will be...

Review: Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots

Authored by Steph C
Posted: Sat, 06/08/2013 - 9:58am

As part of Exeter’s Ignite Festival, which has been taking place this week, I went along to the Exeter Phoenix to discover more about Exeter’s hidden history by watching the performance of Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots .

As soon as the lights dimmed, and the spotlight was turned to the hosts; local story-teller Sandhya Dave and Lucy Mackeith - a local historian - the audience’s attention was held as the hosts and the other volunteers of the show, took each individual on a colourful and mystic journey through the hidden treasures which are present in Exeter’s city walls....

Comedy Duo Ignite the Rusty Bike

I've been hearing rumblings for months about the Exeter based female comedy team O'Shea & O'Gaukroger, but they never seemed to be in their hometown long enough for me to catch the show. Last night the stars aligned and I was able to see them at The Rusty Bike during their stop as part of The Exeter Ignite festival. Now I get it! These two are original, energetic and genuinely funny. They utilise a combination of character sketches, topical songs, ridiculous poetry, and audience involvement to breeze through their face paced hour long act. For good measure they even included a clip...

From fun on the farm to dancing in the streets... what's on this weekend

There's something to suit all tastes in our editor's pick of what's on this weekend...

Ignite Festival Until Sunday, various venues, Exeter Ignite is a 6 day celebration of new live performance work from the South West and beyond. It will host events in a number of venues across the city. It is an affordable opportunity for artists, performers and companies to preview their Edinburgh shows or as a local, alternative, exciting festival experience, aiming to create a diverse and inspiring summer festival programme. www.igniteexeter.org.uk

Two Gentlemen of Verona Friday...

Win free family tickets to Bicton Fest 2013

Authored by OTME
Posted: Thu, 06/06/2013 - 10:43am

On Track Music Events have collaborated with those lovely guys and gals at Bicton College to bring you Devon’s brand new music festival ... Introducing Bicton Fest 2013!

A sensational one-day music festival featuring two stages packed with some of the very best up-and-coming unsigned artists in the UK. Set overlooking a lake in the stunning grounds of a Georgian manor house… Don’t be fooled by the word ‘College’ as there is nothing ‘Grange Hill’ about this venue what so ever!

With Early Bird Tickets available from as little as £5.00 be sure to get your hands on some ASAP...

Copplestone PTA think big to raise funds

Authored by Danny.OC
Posted: Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:54am

Copplestone Parent Teacher Association has announced the first Copplestone Music Proms in the Park is to feature Exeter Children's Orchestra.

Simon Archer, Chairman of the CPTA, said “This is a major coup for us. To get the ECO to perform in Copplestone is a great honour and very exciting. We wanted to give the children and parents of Copplestone Primary School a night to remember.”

The CPTA work tirelessly to raise funds towards providing those extras for the school, which enhance the children’s education or enjoyment of school. This is usually fundraising events to...

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