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Hijacked Festival

Event Date: 
26/05/2016 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Double Locks, Canal Side, Exeter

Thick As Theives and Hold It Down present the Hijacked Festival, hosted by Stamina MC

Electronic Music, Art and Culture festival for the over 18s only - situated at the canalside Double Locks Pub in Exeter.

Featuring over 100 performers on 4 stages (including VIP), art at Hijacked around the site, local food, South West Ales & Ciders.

Immersive Theatre, Speakers Corner, Hijacked Radio, treasure hunts and much more more.

Hit the link for tickets before they go!

Please note there is absolutely NO parking at the festival.

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Bassline Festival comes to Powderham Castle

Great news for everyone who missed out on tickets for this summer’s Radio One Big Weekend!

Bassline, the South‐West’s biggest dance music festival, will take place in the grounds of the magnificent Powderham Castle, Exeter on the weekend of the 9th - 11th of September 2016.

Phase One acts now confirmed: Rudimental, Krept & Konen, Sigma, Wilkinson, Sub Focus, Charlie Sloth, Shift K3Y, Yungen, Friction, Founation, Culture Shock, Frankee Calyx & Teebee, DJ Cartier and many more to be announced.

Bassline will be spread across four stages on the Saturday and...

Sun shines upon Exeter food festival

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 04/23/2016 - 5:50pm

The sun shone upon the crowds that flocked to day two of the Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink today.

Hundreds of people enjoyed a packed line-up of activities including chef demonstrations, workshops, festival farmyard, cheese and wine masterclass, live music, Festival Question Time with BBC Radio Devon presenters as well as plenty of delicious regional food and drink to enjoy.

Tonight’s After Dark Music Festival at Exeter Castle features Electric Swing Circus, a 6-piece band which delivers a dazzling fusion of 20's swing and stomping beats, with support from...

Be part of the first South West Outdoor Festival

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 04/19/2016 - 10:42am

Be part of the very first South West Outdoor Festival (23-25 September), tickets now on sale.

The South West is a mecca for outdoor activities and adventure pursuits, and this year the inaugural South West Outdoor Festival is inviting everyone to come and explore the incredible range of opportunities that are taking place around one unique place: Heddon Valley in Exmoor National Park.

Tickets are now on sale for the festival, run in partnership with Cotswold Outdoor, the National Trust’s official outdoor retailer, which takes place over the weekend of 23–25 September. The...

Music, food and crafts at family festival

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.

With around 1,000 people...

Josephine & The Artisans complete Chagstock line-up

Chagstock Festival have announced Josephine & The Artizans have been added to the Marquee stage bill for Friday night, thus completing the two main stage line-ups for Chagstock 2016.

Josephine & The Artizans are a Hip-Hopera band from London. Blending Classical Music with Hip-Hop to create a unique, fresh and innovative sound, they have received critical acclaim from the likes of Tom Robinson on BBC 6Music, The Times and many others.

With the line up now complete, a full selection of adult, youth and family day tickets have now also been placed on sale via www....

Crediton Parish Church Annual Exhibition with Flowers: Outside the Box

Event Date: 
04/06/2016 - 10:00am to 09/06/2016 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
Crediton Parish Church, Crediton EX17 2AH

The theme of our annual flower festival at Crediton Parish Church is ‘Outside the Box’.

Enjoy eye-catching floral arrangements in and around boxes of all kinds – from romantic, poignant, witty to quirky.

A major fund raising event towards the on-going maintenance and upkeep of this fine 15th Century Grade 1 listed building, Crediton Parish Church is thought by some to be one of the finest parish churches of its kind in Devon.

The floral exhibition takes place Saturday 4th June – Thurs 9th June at 10.00am – 6pm, except Sunday at 11am – 6pm.

This is one of the...

Redrow sponsors Toby Buckland's Garden Festival

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 03/08/2016 - 10:50pm

Local sponsor, award-winning housebuilder Redrow (West Country) will be giving some lucky festival-goers a chance to enjoy a birds eye view of the festival, as visitors take to the skies for a tethered ride in their big, red hot air balloon (weather permitting) at Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle on Friday 29th & Saturday 30th April.

Toby Buckland’s annual Garden Festival is fast becoming recognised as one of the most important events of its kind in the South West, attracting celebrity gardening experts and providing a place for enthusiastic gardeners to meet...

Beautiful Days Festival line-up announced

Leftfield, James, The Coral, The Proclaimers, Billy Bragg and, Levellers will perform at Beautiful Days festival 2016 at Escot Park near Exeter, 19-21 August.

Headlining Beautiful Days 2016 on the Friday night are Leftfield - one of Britain’s most influential electronic dance acts. Their debut Leftism, remains one of the defining statements of 90s dance music. Headlining on Saturday night we welcome back Manchester legends James who release their fourteenth new studio album ‘Girl at the End of the World’ this month.

Sunday night headliners are festival founders Levellers...

Paul Young to headline Exeter's After Dark Music Fesival

Los Pacaminos featuring Paul Young will headline this year’s Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink's ‘After Dark Music Festival’ on Thursday 21st April.

The hugely popular After Dark events run on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of the festival weekend in the Exeter Castle Courtyard.

This year the After Dark Music Festival is sponsored by Pavey Group.

Fronted by one of the UK's finest and best loved vocalists, Paul Young, Los Pacaminos will entertain the crowds with its Americana / Tex Mex sound, both classics and original material. They will be...

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