Robin Hood Week

Event Date: 
09/08/2015 - 10:00am to 14/08/2015 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Powderham Castle

Get ready for some swashbuckling Pocketwatch action with our merry men…and women! What silly taxes will the dreadful Sheriff of Powderham levy this week? Will you help Robin Hood and Maid Marian as they try to spoil his plans?

This event is included in a child's standard admission. (Children returning with a free return ticket or a discounted ticket may take part in our themed activity for £2.50)

Themed Activity provided by Jonty Depp and Pocketwatch Theatre.

http://www.powderham.co.uk/

Knights & Dragons

Event Date: 
02/08/2015 - 9:30pm to 07/08/2015 - 9:30pm
Venue: 
Powderham Castle

A magical tale of knights, dragons, witches and wizards. Have you the courage (and flame-resistant pants) to help Sir Drew P Drawers with his quest? If so, then join this original medieval fairy tale written by Pocketwatch Theatre.

This event is included in a child's standard admission. (Children returning with a free return ticket or a discounted ticket may take part in our themed activity for £2.50)

Themed Activity provided by Jonty Depp and Pocketwatch Theatre.

www.powderham.co.uk

One Lion

Event Date: 
29/08/2015 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Reggae and hip hop DJs.

9pm-2am

Over 18 only

Wax the Van Terrace Party

Event Date: 
28/08/2015 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Wax The Van residents and guests ease you into the weekend with a fine selection of Disco/Balearic/House/Funk vinyl.

Free entry all night.

Exeter Ale & Cider Festival

Event Date: 
28/08/2015 - 12:00pm to 30/08/2015 - 12:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Join Exeter Phoenix on the Bank Holiday weekend for a special Ale & Cider Festival in association with St Austell Brewery.

There’ll be excellent prices on a range of the best ales and ciders from the region plus a steady flow of bands and guest DJ’s.

Extra festival perks include a table tennis tournament and some great Pieminister pie and pint deals.

Free entry all day.

www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Extravaganza

Event Date: 
26/08/2015 - 7:30pm to 27/08/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Le Navet Bete are back in the Exeter Phoenix after the success of Dick Tracy and are bringing their wildest show back out for a few special dates this summer…

These four clowns are determined to tell their individual cultural stories no matter what the cost may be. Join Romano, Keith, Hans and David Blooper on a ridiculous, madcap romp, rammed full of acrobatics, improvisation, live music, audience interaction, circus influences, downright silliness and even a flaming unicycle.

Don’t be fooled – these guys really don’t like each other. How they ended up on stage together is...

Youngblood Brass Band

Event Date: 
25/08/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Youngblood Brass Band flouts convention in an ecstatic, raucous, incendiary fashion, taking the form of a New Orleans brass band and morphing it into a punked-out hip-hop behemoth of groove and purpose.

The ten-member ensemble, born in Madison, Wisconsin, now hails from all over the US (Madison, Brooklyn, Nashville, Minneapolis, Chicago) and has been unleashing their crash course in genre-bending on stages worldwide since 2000. What other band can claim the honour of having their music spun by DJs like Questlove (of The Roots), working with hip-hop luminaries like Talib Kweli,...

Ba Ba Boom

Event Date: 
15/08/2015 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Highest Grade and Eyes Open Promotions present Ba Ba Boom, Exeter’s finest regular reggae dance sessions featuring Highest Grade Sound System playing the latest cuts in dancehall, conscious vibes and classic roots reggae.

9pm-2am

Free until 10pm, £3 after.

Over 18s

Disco Sucks

Event Date: 
14/08/2015 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Funk & Soul & Rock & Roll from Screaming Al Kershaw of The Computers

9pm-2am

Trembling Bells

Event Date: 
01/08/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Often described as ‘Steeleye Span on acid’, Trembling Bells are noted for their collaborations with both Bonnie Prince Billy and Mike Heron of the incredible String Band. Their music combines a potent witches brew of acid rock, traditional folk, prog and psychedelia, synthesising traditional folk forms with the bathetic romanticism of country music, the deceptive complexity of medieval music and the swagger of classic rock. With a new album, The Sovereign Self, Trembling Bells reach new, heavier and darker depths.

Having released five cracking LPs in six years, in addition to a...

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