The eighth Devon Wine Week special event this year takes place from 25 May-2 June.
Organised by the Yearlstone Vineyard near Exeter, Devon's oldest vineyard, decerning wine lovers will have the choice to visit several places around the county celebrating the very best that we have to offer with our award winning Englsih wines.
Participating vineyards this year include: Yearlstone, Bickleigh; Sharpham, Totnes; Pebblebed, Topsham; Manstree, Shillingford St George; Lily Farm, Budleigh Salterton and Castlewood. Axminster.
Participating Devon Food Venues during the week...
The Cygnet Company present Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel.
The time is 1936: harvest time in Ballybeg, County Donegal. The Mundy sisters, trapped by poverty, escape the drudgery with banter and dancing to the Marconi wireless, hoping to find love and a continuing future together.
A warm and compelling play by Brian Friel, one of the greatest modern Irish writers.
A performance of this play will also take place on 17 and 19 July at 7pm at Poltimore House, Exeter.
The Cygnet Company present Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel.
The time is 1936: harvest time in Ballybeg, County Donegal. The Mundy sisters, trapped by poverty, escape the drudgery with banter and dancing to the Marconi wireless, hoping to find love and a continuing future together.
A warm and compelling play by Brian Friel, one of the greatest modern Irish writers.
A performance of this play will also take place on 17 and 19 July at 7pm at Poltimore House, Exeter.
The stunning evening's baroque programme will feature: Vivaldi – Gloria Pergolesi – Magnificat Handel – Chandos Anthem No. 9: O praise the Lord Conductor: Andrew Millington
Exeter Philharmonic Choir has performed concerts in the City every year since its foundation in 1846. It continues to delight audiences with its performances of both well loved and lesser known works under Andrew Millington, Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral and the Choir’s current Director of Music.
Tickets are £12 and are available from The Exeter Philharmonic Choir 01392 499211(or online on link)...
John Spiers & Jon Boden are well known for their involvement as founding members of the big band folk phenomenon that is Bellowhead. They have played together as a duo for over 10 years now and have established themselves as a very well respected act on the English traditional music scene.
Together they play fiddle, guitar, assorted squeezebox instruments, a stomp box and they both sing – a combination which sounds like a two-man-one-man-band! Their music is equally at home playing to 50 people in the intimate setting of the back room of a pub, or 10,000 on the main stage at...
British artist Layla Curtis presents a solo exhibition of work at Spacex in central Exeter, including a new commission entitled Antipodes (working title), 2013 and Tong Tana, 2012. Curtis’s work has a focus on mapping and the ways we represent terrain and locate ourselves and our movements through space.
Layla Curtis received her BA Fine Art from Edinburgh College of Art (1998) and her MA Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art (2000). Her work, featuring in collections including the Tate Collection, and the Government Art Collection, is exhibited widely.
With rising resource costs and waste disposal charges, the Exeter Sustainable Business Network’s first quarterly event will be focusing on how businesses can reduce their waste costs and take advantage of business opportunities. There will be a series of business presentations and a networking opportunity.
Event Programme:
8:45am: Registration and coffee
9.05am: Introductions
9.15am-10.30am: Mini Presentations:
Flybe - Find out how Europe's largest regional airline minimises the amount of waste they send to landfill and reduces their waste costs. www...
The Vincenzo Sodi 1782 harpsichord on display at RAMM is so delicate that it can no longer be played.
With the aid of the latest computer technology, Exeter’s Sound Gallery have re-created the entire keyboard as an interactive installation. Visitors are welcome to try out their keyboard skills and hear how a piece of music would sound if they were able to play it on the 231 year-old instrument.
Free drop-in: 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30 to 4.30pm.
