This concert forms part of the 200 year celebrations of the Mint Methodist Church and features members of Exeter College's Choral Society, together with students from the College Music Academy.
The evening will include French music, including Charpentier's Te Deum and pieces by Faure. Tickets: £5, £3 conc in advance from Exeter Visitor Centre and Tickets, Dix's Field, Exeter EX1 1GF (01392 665700), or subject to availability, on the door.
Easter Quiz Trail 29 March-14 April A garden quiz trail will be running throughout the Easter holidays at A la Ronde with a prize for every entrant. Tickets £1.50, normal admission charges apply.
Easter Eggstravaganza 30 & 31 March Fun for all the family with Easter craft activities, face painting and Easter garden quiz trail with Easter egg for every entrant. The popular Egg Scramble with the Easter bunny takes place at 2pm (no extra charge). All tickets £3.
Easter Egg and Spoon Race 1 April Take part in the National Trust's first nationwide Easter Egg and Spoon...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter believes new signing Ceri Sweeney is a "perfect fit" as he looks to bolster his squad for the 2013/14 season. The Welsh international, who has agreed a one-year deal, is Baxter's third capture ahead of next season following club-mate Tom James from the Cardiff Blues and also Gloucester's Dave Lewis. Fly-half Sweeney heads to Sandy Park after five years in the Welsh capital with the Blues, where he has scored 324 points in 109 appearances - and before that four seasons with the Newport-Gwent Dragons where he landed 570 points in 86 appearances. His...
She's back! Internationally acclaimed singer Barb Jungr returns to perform her new album Stockport to Memphis.
Long acknowledged as a unique interpreter of popular song and one of Britain's top singers, this award-winning performer has brought together her own writing and interpretations of material by some of her favourite songwriters in a fabulous new collection. Barb's passionate delivery, subtle arrangements, artistry and humour conveyed in a musical prism of soul, blues and jazz have earned her cult status in Europe, the US and Australia. "Superlative" (The Independent) and "...
The Tannery: Contemporary Photographs Of An Ancient Tradition
A new exhibition of photographs at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum will appeal to Devonians, photographers, social historians and craftsmen and women alike.
The Tannery: Photos by Paul Glendell captures life and work at Hamlyn’s tannery in Colyton where the ancient industry of tanning leather using oak bark has been carried out for hundreds of years. The firm of J and FJ Baker and Sons Ltd, who now run the tannery, are the only company in Britain that still makes leather in this way. The work is hard,...
Darts Farm are holding a Mother's Day cupcake decorating event on Sunday.
Children will hand decorate four pretty little cupcakes and design a lovely gift box to give to mummy as a Mother's Day present. Suitable for children aged 4-13 years, £7.50 per child.
Visit www.dartsfarm.co.uk/shop for more information and to book a place.
Vibraphonic returns to Exeter to celebrate all things diverse and progressive in reggae, jazz, hip hop, dub step, soul, funk, blues, drum 'n' bass, electronica and urban music.
This year’s line-up includes dub Mafia, Roller Trio & Get the Blessing, Tommy Emmanuel & Martin Taylor, Get Rich Quick, Culture and Ska Cubano, with many more artists performing.
The Festival runs from Friday 8 March until Saturday 23 March. Click here to see the full programme.
More Devon children have been offered a place at their first choice secondary school for this September. 97 per cent of the families which applied to Devon County Council have been offered their first choice school compared with 93.7 per cent for last year. Altogether, 6,091 children have been offered places in Devon schools with a further 464 being offered places in other local authority schools. Only 12 children throughout the county have not been able to be accommodated in one of their preferred schools. In all nearly 93 per cent of applicants used Devon’s online service to submit their...
The Exeter City FC Youth Academy fundraiser takes place on the evening of Friday 15 March at the Manor Hotel in Exmouth.
Tickets are priced at just £20 per person, which includes a two course meal (3 choices of main meal plus a vegetarian option), live music from Isaac Indiana, a fantastic band who are releasing an album in May, and a disco.
The after dinner speakers are Steve Perryman MBE and Exeter City CEO and vice chairman Julian Tagg.
Hotel rooms can be booked at the price of £25 per person, bed & breakfast.
