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Seth Lakeman returns to Chagstock

Chagstock Festival organisers announce that local hero Seth Lakeman has been added to the main stage line up for this year's festival, alongside a host of other newly announced acts including Electric Swing Circus, Gaz Brookfield, Ciaran Lavery and Marquee stage headliners, Molotov Jukebox (Fronted by Harry Potter and Game of Thrones star, Natalia Tena)

Folk singer, songwriter and virtuoso fiddler Seth Lakeman is a multiple BBC Folk Award-winner and former Mercury Music Prize nominee. One of Devon's finest musicians, Seth's uplifting modern takes on classic Westcountry folk songs,...

Festival celebrates traditional Devon ciders

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 04/22/2015 - 10:27am

A Festival will take place in May at Exmouth Rugby Club to celebrate cider made by those people dedicated to keeping Devon's traditional apple varieties and pressing methods alive.

The type of musical acts you would expect and hope for at a festival like this will be playing, such as London Irish “psycho-cèilidh”band Neck, 50s psychedelic punk from GoGo Cult, blues- grass from Big Joe Bone and folk rock from Ash Mandrake and the Redhillbillies.

RNLI Exmouth will be providing village fete style games during the daytime to promote their volunteer and fundraising initiatives,...

Double silver for Otter Brewery

Silver anniversary celebrations continue for Otter Brewery with silver at the South West’s largest beer festival.

Otter Head has won Silver in the 'Strong Bitters & Pale Ales' class at SIBA's 23rd South West Beer Competition.

Brewed by Otter Brewery in the Blackdown Hills near Honiton, the beer was entered for judging as part of the 2015 beer festival – an event that takes place at Tuckers Maltings in Newton Abbot each year.

Otter Head is the strongest of the five core beers produced by the brewery, all of which are made using natural ingredients and their own...

Tribes & Tribulations

Event Date: 
01/06/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre

Substance & Shadow Theatre are proud to be part of Festival @ Cygnet, Cygnet Theatre's first week long festival!

Festival season will be soon be upon us, which can mean only one thing… time to scrape the mud off your wellies and get your waterproofs on! Tribes & Tribulations takes you on a trip back to 1984, to a time before portaloos and pop-up tents when festival were really free.

Tribes and Tribulations is set against the bleak political landscape of Thatcher’s Britain and tells the story of four diverse characters, who momentarily escape the tribulations of...

Tribes & Tribulations

Event Date: 
12/06/2015 - 8:00pm to 13/06/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Festival season will be soon be upon us, which can mean only one thing… time to scrape the mud off your wellies and get your waterproofs on! Tribes & Tribulations takes you on a trip back to 1984, to a time before portaloos and pop-up tents when festival were really free.

Tribes and Tribulations is set against the bleak political landscape of Thatcher’s Britain and tells the story of four diverse characters, who momentarily escape the tribulations of their everyday lives and descend upon the anarchic, vibrant, multicultural madness of a free festival.

In a muddy field...

Tribes & Tribulations

Event Date: 
28/05/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
The Blackmore Theatre, Exmouth

A Festival within a festival.... Substance & Shadow Theatre are delighted to be part of this year's Exmouth Festival!

Festival season will be soon be upon us, which can mean only one thing… time to scrape the mud off your wellies and get your waterproofs on! Tribes & Tribulations takes you on a trip back to 1984, to a time before portaloos and pop-up tents when festival were really free.

Tribes and Tribulations is set against the bleak political landscape of Thatcher’s Britain and tells the story of four diverse characters, who momentarily escape the...

Tribes & Tribulations

Event Date: 
23/05/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
The Blackmore Theatre Exmouth

Festival season will be soon be upon us, which can mean only one thing… time to scrape the mud off your wellies and get your waterproofs on! Tribes & Tribulations takes you on a trip back to 1984, to a time before portaloos and pop-up tents when festival were really free.

Tribes and Tribulations is set against the bleak political landscape of Thatcher’s Britain and tells the story of four diverse characters, who momentarily escape the tribulations of their everyday lives and descend upon the anarchic, vibrant, multicultural madness of a free festival.

In a muddy field...

Swashbuckling fun promised at Cider Festival

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 04/08/2015 - 11:47am

Anyone going to the south coast of Devon this May would be advised to be prepared for some swashbuckling as pirates will be everwhere; from Brixham to Plymouth, stopping off for a knees-up at Exmouth Rugby Club.

Scrumpstock, a cider festival which celebrates keeping Devon’s apple varieties and traditional pressing methods alive, will join in the notorious seafarers’ fun with its own Pirate Day on the final of three days of music, family entertainments, activities and opportunities to discover an ever-expanding selection of ciders.

Young pirates, who may not have waged...

Budleigh Music Festival

Event Date: 
10/07/2015 - 12:00pm to 18/07/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Budleigh Salterton

Welcome to the week long Budleigh Salterton Music Festival, now in its 10th successful year.

The concerts cover a wide range of classical musical styles and are set in this beautiful East Devon seaside town with its own special atmosphere. So please come to enjoy our wonderful music, walk on the beach, and enjoy our pubs and restaurants.

A top class line up of artists includes the Schubert Ensemble (Piano and four strings), Exeter Festival Chorus (led by Nigel Perrin), Alexandra Dariescu (Pianist), Xuefei Yang (one of the world’s finest Classical Guitarists), The Festival...

Tuckers Maltings Beer Festival

Event Date: 
16/04/2015 - 12:00pm to 18/04/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Teign Road, Newton Abbot

The 23rd – Tucker’s Maltings Beer Festival

“Showcasing the Finest ales of the Southwest’s SIBA members.”

Entertainment

Thursday – 7pm to 11pm Strolling Magic with Oz Symons.

Live Music from ;

Friday Night – 9pm to 11pm Sweet Black Angels

Saturday Afternoon – 2pm to 4:30pm Nicky Swann

Saturday Early Evening – 5pm to 7:30pm The Solid Gold Show

Saturday Late Evening – 9pm to 11pm Last Resort

Sessions & Prices

Thursday 16th 5pm – 11pm at £5 per Ticket

Friday 17th 11am – 5pm at £3 per Ticket...

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