The George Hotel , South Molton welcomes award winning folk duo Tom McConville and Leonard Brown when then play on Saturday 29 March.
Tom could be said to be a musician’s musician and Seth Lakeman himself has referred to him as "One of the greatest violinists I've ever heard and by far the biggest influence in my music - A true master". What’s good enough for Seth is certainly good enough for The George!
Tom is certainly one of the leading fiddle players of our time. A virtuoso musician and fantastic singer, his rich and warm voice makes his interpretation of traditional...
The Corn Barn in Cullompton is hosting the Pop-up Opera for a performance of Bizet's comic opera “The Doctor's Miracle” “Le Docteur Miracle”
Pop-up Opera (recently featured on Radio 3) endeavours to make opera entertaining, without compromising quality – all operas are performed in their original language. Their intimate use of props, story-telling and interaction makes audience members feel as if they have been given a backstage pass.
Pop-up’s operas are skillfully adapted to each individual venue, making every performance unique, while always maintaining the highest...
Breakfast with the birds, an Easter treasure hunt and Green Dreamin’ – there are lots of ways to celebrate spring and summer with Teignbridge Council’s Green Spaces Events Guide for April – June.
Twenty activities are being held across the district’s parks, nature reserves and open spaces over the next three months.
And the guide is the ‘go to’ place where families can find out more. In addition we have posters that advertise our Easter craft activities in local parks.
The guide details lots of events across a variety of Teignbridge’s nature reserves and parks...
Torquay’s finest restaurants, bars and cafés have been busy signing up to take part in TorqEat’s unique, mouth-watering Food Trail between Friday 25th April and Monday 5th May. Back by popular demand for the second year, this will showcase the very best of the town’s wonderful food establishments with a vast array of delicious, one off menus available for all to try.
To date, Michelin starred The Elephant, Lavani, Burridge's Cafe Tearooms and Offshore Bar and Restaurant have all confirmed their participation, as well as many more yet to be announced. Commenting on the Food...
The sun was shining and a brilliant day was had by all at the opening of the fantastic newly positioned and tripled in size ‘The Food Shop’ at The Shops at Dartington, on Saturday 15th March. With live jazz music and local producers treating visitors to tastings including Blueberry Brothers, Bell & Loxton, South Devon Chilli Farm, Tom’s Pies and Partridge Farm, there was a real buzz around The Shops at Dartington.
Commenting on Saturday’s launch, Managing Director of The Shops at Dartington, Barbara King said: “We were delighted with the success of the official launch of ‘The...
Police are warning the public about a large-scale fraud, orchestrated by email, that makes death threats to recipients. The scam involves sending threatening emails to both individuals and companies advising them that someone close to them wants them dead and has provided details on how to kill the individual. The recipient is then told to provide their bank details in order to prevent any harm coming to them.
The scam appears to be at a national level, and the emails are very generic in nature, appearing to be sent from outside the UK. There have been five separate reported cases...
Tourism businesses across Devon are being offered expert advice and support in a series of ‘Open for Business’ conferences organised by Visit Devon as part of the Government backed extreme weather recovery programme. The conferences are open to all tourism businesses across Devon and neighbouring counties. Each conference will commence at 9:00am until 4.30pm to include a morning programme of presentations from leading experts followed by an informal afternoon session of Business Advice and networking. Refreshments and lunch will be provided free of charge.
Volunteers at the Exeter Dissenters Graveyard have received £7,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) today, to begin drawing up plans to restore the historical site. The funding granted to the Exeter Dissenters Graveyard Trust will allow volunteers to begin a project to record, investigate and clean the site to preserve it for the future. The project will also eventually see plans drawn up for an overall restoration of the site following the initial work by the trust. Paul chant Secretary of the trust welcomed the funding award, he said: “This is the first stage of our project to...
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Victorious Exeter Chiefs will parade the LV= Cup through Exeter city centre on Saturday, 5 April, the City Council has announced.
Rob Baxter's all-conquering team, together with staff and officials from the club, will travel from St James Park on an open-top double-decker bus.
The bus, provided by Stagecoach, will leave St James Park at 2.30pm, travelling down Sidwell Street and into the High Street, before arriving at the Guildhall at 3pm for a Civic Reception hosted by the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr Rachel Lyons.
Crowds are expected to line the route in a similar...
