Sidmouth Folk Festival headliner MARNIE comes to Barnfield Bar Presents with their acoustic rock, soul, funk and blues. Support from the sassy Aunt Fanny’s Handbag, sultry vocals, eclectic tunes with swagger and swing!
MARNIE Perform an infusion of Acoustic Roots Rock Soul Funk & Blues (Covers & Originals)
Marnie are a duo but call themseles a band by swapping instruments and operating foot pedals and gadgets to get a full-range sound. There is no backing tape, with an adept use of ‘live’ loops, the Marnie band bring another dimension to their raw, pure sound. With...
The BSO under Chief Conductor Kirill Karabits again finishes its season with a visit to the glorious Exeter Cathedral.
A work dazzling in its ingenuity, technical skill and range of expression Enigma Variations was an immediate popular success and transformed Elgar from a moderately successful provincial composer to a national and international figure. Musically, the original theme is remarkable in that it has the same rhythm whether it is played backwards or forwards.
Two Exeter City Council solar carports have been recognized by independent industry experts this month, who have shortlisted them for a national Business Green Leaders Award.
Designed and installed by Exeter company SunGift Solar in September last year, the solar carports – on the top decks of John Lewis and Mary Arches carparks – have been recognized as an example to other local authorities across the country.
“Being shortlisted for a Business Green Leaders Award is a tremendous honour, because it covers companies in all environmental industries,” said Gabriel Wondrausch,...
A pioneering Bioscience spin-out company founded by experts from the University of Exeter has secured a major investment to help develop the business.
The ground-breaking company, BioSystems Technology, received £200,000 from private backers, who in addition to the finance, will also provide support and guidance to help the Company realise its full potential across the UK and Europe.
The innovative spin-out was co-founded by Dr Olivia Champion, an infectious diseases expert and Professor Richard Titball, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis. Together they have pioneered a...
Two Honiton Gymnastics Club gymnasts have made their mark on the national stage, winning silver medals in the British Schools Gymnastics Finals at the weekend.
Catie Lee and Erin Blackmore, pupils at Littletown Primary School, came second in the Under 11 Girls’ Pair category at the competition in Stoke-on-Trent
The tough competition, which saw the 14 best partnerships competing against each from other regions across the UK, rewards those gymnasts who perform fundamental acrobatic gymnastics with flawless execution and artistic merit.
Great British Bake Off finalist Kimberley Wilson is urging people in Exeter to raise ‘lots of dough’ for the MS Society by getting involved in Cake Break on 20 May, a mouth-watering event aiming to raise over £250,000 to support people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the UK.
Everyone who takes part will be in with a chance of winning a baking master class with none other than the Bake Off star herself, as well as a selection of award winning gourmet jams from Kimberley’s own The Glamourous Jam Co. Speaking about her support for Cake Break, Kimberley says: “A close family...
Exeter’s St James’ Park Station platform garden now has lavender, rosemary, thyme and wildflowers to encourage bees and butterflies and make the station more attractive for rail passengers on the Avocet Line from Exeter to Exmouth.
This is thanks to the joint efforts of Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership, Great Western Railway, the Avocet Line Rail Users Group, Devon Wildlife Trust, St Sidwell’s CE Primary School and Exeter City Football Club Senior Reds over two recent planting days.
On Tuesday 19 April, children from St Sidwell’s CE Primary School joined Devon Wildlife...
The Fire Fighters Charity - the UK's leading provider of life enhancing services for injured firefighters across the UK - has launched an innovative new holiday park in Devon in a bid to boost its fundraising income.
Faced with the challenge of securing a sustainable future in the face of a decline in its fundraising income, the Charity's trading arm - Fire Fighters Trading Ltd - has opened up its picturesque base in Chudleigh, making 20 spacious and well-equipped holiday bungalows available to the public to rent this summer and beyond.
