Pavlos Carvalho brings his internationally acclaimed Greek band Plastikes Karekles to Exeter. Blending bouzoukis, guitar, violin with vocals, this truly interactive group play music inspired by the joyful and fun Greek Rebetiko music of the 1920s.
An eclectic fusion of international and Greek musicians with roots from to traditional Greek folk to classical and jazz, they have appeared in Greece and at festivals abroad. In the UK they have performed at Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, St David’s Hall as part of the Proms, as well as more intimate venues such as...
This Manchester outfit have been shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize and received three nominations for the Ivor Novello Award. Blending falsetto vocals with synths, guitars and discordant pop hooks, their eclectic sound has been described as everything from progressive to art-funk and a string of quirky singles have drawn comparisons with XTC, Wild Beasts and Django Django.
When it comes to keeping the blues alive, vibrant and exciting, there are few people who can claim such an overall prolific body of work as Stefan Grossman. A former student of Rev. Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt and Skip James, Stefan went on to found what has become the world’s largest ‘blues school’, Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop. If you play acoustic blues guitar, chances are you learned something from Stefan Grossman, either directly or indirectly. An amazing guitarist with a seemingly infinite knowledge of many esoteric, archaic or nearly forgotten styles, techniques, and...
Gemfest is back for its third year of festival fundraising, having raised over £11,000 for Hospiscare and The Brain Tumour Charity at the last two events.
Organised by local Brain Tumour ‘survivor’ Gemma and her friends, Gemfest promises a day packed with free family activities topped off with a variety of live music and entertainment in the evening from 6pm. Something for everyone – guaranteed.
Newsflash! There’s been a series of high-profile crimes right across the city – but fear not…The police chief’s put his best man on the job – Dick Tracy. It’s now down to the square-jawed, hard-hitting, fast-shooting, comic book detective to solve the crime the only way he knows how…the crime solving way… Will Tracy be able to save the day, get the girl and get to the bottom of who’s causing the mayhem? Or perhaps the truth is closer than he thinks….
With their work rooted in the ridiculous, Le Navet Bete’s Dick Tracy is a physical comedy influenced by the world-famous detective,...
The Bridge Jazz Club is the home of Exeter’s jazz scene. Pete Canter & Friends + Jam Session. First set from the house band followed by jam session. All welcome. Bring charts for the rhythm section. Entrance fee includes a free raffle.
BRIDGE JAZZ WED 1 APR To celebrate 4 whole years of the Bridge Jazz Club, we are celebrating with a special Latin Jazz evening and a house band expanded to a quintet plus a short poetry reading in the break from newly elected Bard of Exeter, Mantie Lister.
Pete Canter – sax & congas Tim Sayer – trumpet/flugelhorn Matt Johns – keys...
MIKE RICKETTS SO IT GOES Concerned with specific spaces and histories, Mike Ricketts develops projects that explore the uncertainties and paradoxes of contemporary public space. By asking questions, following unlikely leads and making propositions, Ricketts often runs into bureaucratic structures such as those associated with urban regulation and planning. The day-to-day operation of such structures, both at their fringes and in everyday scenarios, forms the subject and location of his work.
This exhibition is rooted in an exploration of the post-war history of Princesshay, Exeter’...
There are approximately three thousand Kalasha people in the world. They are the last survivors of Kafiristan and inhabit three distinct valleys up in the Hindu-Kush mountains of the North West Frontier of Pakistan. It is popular belief that they are descendants of the soldiers of Alexander the Great when he stormed across Asia 2300 years ago. Some Kalasha are blonde with blue eyes like some Ancient Greeks. Also the Kalasha share similar rituals, dances, ferment wine and believe in Dionysos and other ancient Gods. What is certain is that the Kalasha are unique to this world culturally and...
