Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (6-8 May 2016).
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The Beanfield Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter "It’s a very sore subject around here. There are raw wounds.” It’s been 30 years since the Battle of the Beanfield – a brutal crackdown on the annual Stonehenge Free Festival. Called away from policing the miners’ strike, officers enforced an injunction around the ancient stones with bloody violence and mass arrests. Armed with a camera, a map and home-made riot gear, Breach set out to mark the anniversary with a...
Lots and lots of lovely arts & crafts, all hand made by local makers. Enjoy the serendipity of our beautiful and historic quayside. Enjoy a meal or a drink at The Prospect, Samuel Jones, Riverside cafe, Mangos or On the Waterfront. Have a stroll along the riverside and watch the swans and boats drifting by. There will also be face painting and children's activities, wool weaving & spinning demonstrations and live music by two of Exeter's best street musicians - Karl Zumar and Ryn
Your essential guide to What’s On in an around Exeter this weekend (29 April - 1 May).
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Jungle Book Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Theatre Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale re-imagined with street-dance, circus and spoken word. Mowgli is finding her way in the urban jungle. With a beat-boxing bin man Baloo, graffiti artist Bagheera and a skateboarding Wolf crew, this heart-warming coming of age story will astonish and amaze. http://www.exeternorthcott.co.uk/
Puppetry of the Penis - The Vegas Show Friday, 7.30pm, Exeter Corn Exchange Two near naked men...
2016’s Broadclyst Fun Day and Family Dog Show will take place on Saturday 25th June on the Recreation ground, Broadclyst, kicking off at 11am with an action-packed day of kids races, events, displays, stalls and the very popular Family Dog Show with 10 classes commencing at 2pm.
For the young and young at heart, Fun Day offers a plethora of activities, entertainment and stalls to delight engage and wear off some youthful excess energy (where do they get it from…?). The ever-popular kids’ races will start promptly at 11.30 so under starters’ orders: 1-2-3-Go! Entries for the Dog...
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (14-17 April)
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Julian Clary - The Joy of Mincing Friday, 8pm, Exeter Corn Exchange Witness a masterclass in camp comedy with national trinket, author, TV and radio star Julian Clary. Over 16s. Tickets £24, £21 conc. https://sites.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Friday & Saturday, Exeter Phoenix Join Dorothy and Toto on their fantastical and downright chaotic travels along the Road of Yellow Bricks meeting the usual (sort of) suspects along the way – an unbelievably...
Tickets to a new family friendly music festival in East Devon are selling fast.
The Altitude Village Festival, which takes place in Blackborough on the weekend of May 20 and 21, will see performances by high profile local and regional bands, including Sound of the Sirens, Bristol reggae band Talisman and Mark Morriss of The Bluetones.
As well as music, there will be children’s entertainment, crafts, and a huge range of street food and drink. The event is being held to raise funds for local charities, including Blackborough Village Hall.
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Join us in May for our Techno Special “Infernal Machines” - Steampunk Theme!
DJs Signal Jammer (NoNoM DJs), plus resident Little My play (grown up) dance music on the multi-sensory dancefloor with glitter cannons, bubbles and giant parachute dance.
More fun activities upstairs in the Voodoo Lounge (to be announced).
Craft tables with giant colouring mural, themed crafts and playdoh table. Play area with tents and tunnels and baby chillout space with...
Spend an afternoon at the races this Easter break at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Tuesday 5 April.
Why not treat the family? Children aged 16 and under plus students with a valid student ID / NUS card enjoy free entry!
There is also a brand new children’s play area for this season, open at every fixture. Gates open at 11:50 and the first race is at 13:50. The last race is at 17:15.
Tickets can be bought at the racecourse’s online ticket store until 17:00 on Monday 4 April.
There will be tickets available at the gates on the day. Tickets are priced at £18 for...
