Glastonbury is over for another year, but Lyme Regis is preparing to go global on Saturday (4 July) as this year’s Big Mix family youth music festival welcomes a world of talent to the town from near and far.
Fresh from their appearance and having a massive impact at Glastonbury, dance band KOG and the Zongo Brigade will headline the festival. Fronted by the irrepressible Ghanaian-born songwriter and performer Kweku Of Ghana their blend of West African rhythms, soul, funk, reggae and Latin jazz has taken them all over Britain and Europe and they arrive in Lyme Regis on the back of...
Join the launch of Big Fish Little Fish South West with DJs Ben & Lex (Beatz & Bobz, Old Man Corner) plus BFLF Residents Little My & High Eight for a family rave up aimed at parents with kids aged 0-8 years.
The fancy dress theme this month is ‘Rumble In The Jungle’. Best animal fancy dress wins a free family ticket to our next event in September!
What you can expect: * Proper club tunes * Licensed Bar * Amazing DJs * Club lighting * Craft area with animal-themed crafts * Play area with tents and tunnels * Giant colouring-in mural * Babies-only safe space with...
Exeter Wheelers Cycling Club took part in a hill climb relay challenge up to the top of Stoke Woods to publicise their Hill Climb Festival to be held on 19th September.
Members of the club made 100 ascents of the Stoke Woods Hill (as seen in the Tour of Britain) in teams of three over the course of the day, the cyclists successfully climbed over 29,000ft, the equivalent of climbing Mt Everest to help publicise the clubs upcoming Hill Climb Festival.
Hill climbing is a long-running time trial tradition, which is well-represented in the South West with Minehead Cycling Club...
The inaugural Wonder Fields Festival will be coming to fields in Devon from 17-19 July 2015.
The festival is taking place at Great Fulford, Dunsford near Exeter, but this is no Glastonbury Festival!
Hosting just 500 fun-loving folk from across the South-West and beyond, Wonder Fields aims to bring the spirit of imagination, fun and of course wonder, to the countryside, with the event featuring 60 music acts, a children’s area, spa, crafts and wild food foraging amongst many other activities.
Multi-genre music includes acts such as Bristol-based heavy weights Dub...
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THEATRE
Figs in Wigs: Show Off Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Figs in Wigs are out to reinvent themselves. Witness this playful five-piece find their calling as comedians, dancers, visual artists, musicians and circus entertainers in 'Show Off', a tongue-in-cheek variety show (without the variety). Tickets £10 (£8). www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk
Auction for the Promise Club are a band from the Southwest. Their debut EP, recorded at London's famed Abbey Road Studios, received recognition across the country and now, Auction For The Promise Club return with their latest release 'This May Hurt' - a single that expects to get a very similar response. Musically inspired by the likes of Bjork, Radiohead and Muse; the Cornwall three piece wear their influences on their sleeves with this offering, if not through sound, through context.
Zoe White Chambers (singer/guitarist), Toby White Chambers (drums) and Perran...
It’s the first week in June and its Festival time at Cygnet Theatre!
Cygnet is hosting seven visiting companies, giving thirteen performances spread across the first week of June between 1st and 6th.
All the companies have local connections and all seven are bringing brand new plays.
Festival@Cygnet kicks off with a fun exploration of festival life in the 70’s, from Substance & Shadow, whose Tribes & Tribulations is a humorous and poetic take on the mud, crowds, bands and junkies of free festivals.
The variety of subject and configurations of the...
A festival which pulls science out of the lab and into the pub is coming to Exeter for the first time.
Pint of Science is a national hit, and now a local event is being organised by scientists at the University of Exeter who want to ensure some of the institution’s world-class research is publically accessible in a fun and informal environment.
Everyone is welcome to attend the evening sessions, held in some of the city’s best-loved pubs between May 18 and 20. As well as hearing first-hand about a wide range of cutting-edge research over a drink, the events will offer...
Over 110 people attended the April networking lunch which was held at the Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink. The event was sponsored by Living Coasts and Paignton Zoo and the presentation topic was sustainable fishing in the South West. The speakers included Felicity Sylvester who has over 25 years’ experience of teaching and demonstrations about seasonal local caught fish and shellfish. Felicity was a partner in Sylvester Seafoods - a trawling, potting and mussel collecting business in Appledore in 1980s and has sold a wide range of Devon smoked fish at local markets and online...
