Entertainment & Reviews

Exeter Canal and Quay Trust hope to revitalise Sundays on the Quay this summer with a stunning programme of free jazz and street theatre each week starting on Sunday 14 July and running right through the summer until Sunday 1 September.

The programme presents a range of some of the top traditional, New Orleans Jazz bands from the South West, featuring John Shillito’s Select Six, the Sunset Café Stompers, Des Bacon’s Red Hot Syncopators, the Charleston Dandies, the Dart Valley Stompers and the ever-popular City Steam Jazz Band. Perfect accompaniment for sitting in the sunshine over...

This summer, Exeter Phoenix has some excellent live music ranging from a local band tipped to make it big, The Computers, to the American living legend, Lonnie Liston Smith.

Jenny Eclair returns to Exeter after a sell-out show last year and Antara, which mixes contemporary Bollywood dance with world music and urban poetry is set to be a beautifully moving performance.

One of Exeter’s most anticipated summer events, Big Screen in the Park is back with a screening of The Goonies , Skyfall , Life of Pi and The Great Gatsby , underneath the stars in Northernhay Gardens. Plus...

The East London quartet brought their summery and fresh vibes to the Exeter Phoenix on Friday as well as bringing along some glorious weather, which perfectly matched the vibrant burst of tunes that filled the venue.

Performing to a sold out crowd, the ears of the Exeter audience were in for an auditory delight. As soon as The Skints launched into their first song Rise Up , the audience were hooked, already moving in sync to the rhythmic beats pumping through the room.

Each member of the band contributed something unique to the performance with Josh Waters Rudge providing...

Need some inspiration for the weekend? Look no further than our round up of what's happening in and around Exeter:

THEATRE

The Elves and the Shoemaker Friday, 3pm, Northcott Theatre, Exeter Sitting in his kitchen workshop, Sam Lacey makes terrible shoes and tries to sell them online. They are so bad that no-one really wants them, not even his neighbour (who thinks he should give up and get a real job!). Then one night, two tiny visitors climb in through the window and start cutting and stitching and gluing...and Sam's life is never quite the same again! Tickets: £10, £24...