Tankus the Henge to headline at Mid Devon music festival
Fresh from playing the Avalon sage at Glastonbury last week, London based band Tankus the Henge and Holsworthy based Lionstar will soon be heading for the mid-Devon village of Lapford to play as the headline acts at the 11th annual Lapstock Music Festival.
The highly popular Tankus' music is influenced by rock 'n roll, Gypsy jazz and Romani music, Balkan music, ragtime, New Orleans music, and ska and they proved an immense hit with festival goers at Glastonbury. Lionstar are renowned for their unique reggae/rock/world...
Award-winning West End producer Paul Taylor-Mills will be raising the curtain on his hugely popular Summer Play Festival at Sidmouth’s Manor Pavilion Theatre from Thursday (June 22) with a three-month run of productions featuring works from iconic playwrights including Cooney, Coward, and Ayckbourn.
Tickets for the play season went on sale last month and the box office took an astonishing £14,000 in the first four hours of trading.
The theatre – owned and managed by East Devon District Council - is the last in the UK to offer a season of repertory productions that...
Lego’s head of social media has been announced as the latest speaker at the Like Minds ‘From Startup to Scaleup’ Ideas Festival coming to the South West.
James Poulter will join experts from Google, LinkedIn, Facebook and StartUp Britain at the international event taking place in Exeter in September. As well as running the online LEGO Life phenomenon, James is a senior manager at the Global Social Media Team at LEGO Group and member of the leadership team. James works on both the social media marketing strategy of LEGO Life, as well as new feature development such as the LEGO Emoji...
THE amazing Christopher Biggins will launch the third Sun, Sea & Books literary festival in Sidmouth next month.
For the first time, the festival is spread over three days and different venues in the town, with Sidholme Hotel, Elysian Fields, hosting the launch roadshow from 10am until 2pm on Friday, June 23.
Christopher, who has appeared in many British TV classics, as well as being one of the Grand Dames of panto, will be interviewed by highly respected local broadcaster, Judi Spiers.
It is the second year Judi has been involved with the festival, and she will...
Over the weekend of 23-25 June, Sidmouth Literary Festival - Sun, Sea & Books - celebrates the literary heritage of our beautiful Regency town, offering a rich menu of author events for book lovers and writers.
This year's highlights include crime queen Sophie Hannah, romance writer Adele Parks, 'Mad Girl' Bryony Gordon plus talks shedding light on writing poetry, short stories and even obituaries!
For more information see http://sidmouthlitfest.co.uk
THERE’S still a chance to snap up the last remaining tickets for a Devon music festival which takes place this month.
Now in its third year, the family-friendly Altitude Village Festival attracts a large local following and is beginning to make waves further afield with its commitment to bringing new, emerging independent and alternative music to the Blackdown Hills for all to enjoy.
Organisers have been thrilled with ticket sales to date and say that as they only have a handful of tickets left to sell, people need to buy them now to secure their chance to attend the event...
Exeter and East Devon will be playing a major role in a nationwide three-week Vegan Festival of Britain that begins later this month.
Restaurants, shops and cafes will be putting on special events or promotions to highlight the wide range of delicious animal-free products that are now available, from ice-cream and handmade chocolate to dairy-free pizzas and sushi. There will be a chance to attend a cookery demonstration, book for special one-off three-course meals, and sample vegan versions of everything from a good old-fashioned full English breakfast to a luxurious champagne and...
The early May Bank Holiday weekend saw Exeter’s Northernhay Gardens and Castle Courtyard transformed into a foodie’s paradise as the 14th Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink sprang up.
Crowds gathered to see hundreds of local producers, top chefs including Tom Kerridge, Michael Caines MBE, Simon Hulstone, Michael Wignall, Paul Ainsworth, Josh Eggleton and Mark Dodson, family activities, masterclasses and freshly cooked locally-sourced street food.
For the first time in its history, the festival ran on the Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday drawing thousands...
Rural commentator Anthony Gibson predicts farmers will turnout in exceptionally high numbers at the Devon County Show held on May 18-20 at Westpoint, Exeter. Mr Gibson OBE, an adviser to the Devon County Show, Director of the Royal Bath & West and formerly NFU South West Regional Director, said uncertain times triggered by Brexit would attract the farming community. He said: “I think we could see a record turnout of farmers in modern times - partly because of all of that, partly because everyone’s either up together or ahead of the game with their farm work, thanks to the wonderfully...
The Crediton Parish Church Flower Festival is one of the main fundraising events for the upkeep of Holy Cross and many people from our parishes work to make it a very special and memorable week.
This year’s festival has the intriguing title ‘What’s the Point…’ and runs from 10.30am on Saturday 3rd June until 5 pm on Thursday 8th June.
Work towards this years’ Flower Festival began as soon as last years’ Festival ended.
The title of last years’ Festival was ‘Outside the Box’, and a big talking point was a car in the church. This 1927 Austin was subsequently decorated...
