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...
Family Day at Exeter Racecourse on Wednesday (March 30), sponsored by Finlake Holiday Park, will be a feast of education and entertainment that is free for all children aged 17 and under.
Two pony races begin the day’s action at 1pm followed by seven races. Interspersed with that will be a behind the scenes tour of the racecourse starting atnoon – meet outside the weighing room - led by Rob Bellamy of Racing To School. There will be a chance to stand beside a chase fence on the actual track, take part in a running race down the home straight and there’s a free Racebook for the...
Your essential guide to What's On in and around Exeter this weekend.
THEATRE
This Land Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter How far down do you own the land you stand on? Bea and Joseph are re-kindling their love. But, with the arrival of a fracking company ready to dig, the village where they live is falling apart. Through the lives of a young couple, This Land tells a story of community, belonging and the ground beneath our feet. What does the place where you live mean to you? What happens when someone else comes along and stakes their claim? Tickets: £10 (£8...
Lots and lots of lovely arts crafts and gifts - all hand made by local makers.
There will also be a free family Easter Egg hunt, spinning and weaving demonstrations, face paitning and Devon Fudge and live music by two of Exeter's best street musicians.
Come along and enjoy the serendipity of our lovely and historic quayside.
Watch the boats and swans go drifting by.
Enjoy a drink or a meal at the Prospect Inn, Samuel Jones, Riverside Cafe. On the Waterfront or Mangos
Enjoy the Easter Bank Holiday with the start of a new racing season at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Easter Saturday 26 March
To celebrate, the racecourse is offering a free Easter egg to the first 200 children through the gates on the day. Make it a family day out for less with free entry for children aged 16 and under as well as students with a valid photographic student ID / NUS card.
We’re also opening our brand new children’s play area for children aged 3 to 12, with favourites such as a nest swing, traditional swings, a climbing fort with slide and sprung animals. Gates...
Hop over to Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park this Easter for their biggest and best Easter Egg Hunt yet.
With over 10,000 chocolate egg prizes to giveaway, it’s going to be M’egga. The much loved Easter Egg Hunt will take place from Friday 25th March. Simply follow the trail to find clues and solve the puzzles on your adventure around the Park, for a delicious Easter reward.
Guests of all ages are invited to take part in the ’Egg’-citing Easter fun at Devon’s Crealy, with a great line up of new shows scheduled throughout the day. The entertainment team will be on the...
Devon and Cornwall Police are searching for 25-year-old Rose Polge who has been missing from Torquay since Friday.
Rose is described as white, 5 feet 2 inches tall with brown eyes, and long black hair either worn down or in a pony tail.
Since Ms Polge’s car was found in Ansteys Cove just after 6pm on Friday, officers from in and around the Torbay area have been involved in searches to locate her, as have the coastguard, RNLI and Dartmoor search and rescue.
Rose's family have released the following statement: “We would like to thank everyone for their help, hope and...
