Music

Experience Bowie in Exeter

Event Date: 
07/06/2026 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter

Exeter Phoenix is the place for fans of the "Thin White Duke" to be on Sunday June 7, when The Bowie Experience being their sensational show into town.

Undoubtedly the World Number 1 David Bowie Tribute Act, they have been touring the Globe since 1997 to huge critical acclaim and are the only tribute band to have featured on the Official Bowie Website during his lifetime.

Band members have played with such luminaries as Boney M, Boomtown Rats, Steve Harley, Roy Wood etc., and main man Laurence Knight perfectly captures the look, sound and essence of the legendary...

Plymouth’s PLAYWRITER swap ambient laptops for lively, tactile dream‑pop on debut Everyday EP

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/22/2026 - 11:33pm

Plymouth indie dream-pop four-piece Playwriter release their debut EP Everyday this week and head to Exeter's 12 Bar Music & Social Saturday (Jan 24), moving on from their ambient music backgrounds and embracing the warmth and immediacy of a live band built around human connection , humour and grown-up honesty .

“Me and Tom were making ambient music on our laptops, remotely,” says lead singer Leo Cunningham . “Then one day I picked my Fender Mustang off the wall and realised how much I missed getting together with other players and doing it that way. Tom felt the same, so we...

The Blockheads

Event Date: 
06/12/2025 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Heading for the Phoenix on Saturday December 6, 25 years since the passing of the band's legendary founder and figurehead, Ian Dury, The Blockheads have very much kept the legacy of his outstanding contribution to British music alive and kicking!

The current line up still features the joint songwriters Mickey Gallagher and Chas Jankel along with long term stalwarts John Turnbull, John Roberts, Dave Lewis and front man extraordinaire Mike Bennett!

With a back catalogue to die for, expect all the classic hits and one of the most entertaining and dynamic shows you're ever...

Tunes in the Castle Unveils Full Line-Up

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 05/05/2025 - 10:01pm

The wait is over! The full lineup and experience details for this year’s Tunes in the Castle have been officially revealed, and it’s shaping up to be the most epic Bank Holiday celebration in the South West. From May 23–25, 2025 , the historic Powderham Castle will be transformed into a musical and medieval playground with chart-topping headliners, unique immersive activities, and unforgettable festival energy.

Headlining across the weekend are McFly , Dizzee Rascal , and Blossoms , each bringing their signature sounds to the castle’s grand outdoor stage. Joining them are an...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (20-22 July).

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Summer Showcase: Have I Made It Yet? Friday, Exeter Phoenix KT started her career in comedy as an online character comedian creating skits and sketches for social media platforms, gaining herself a huge online audience. After growing tired of competing with cat memes for views, she has recently taken to the stage as a live stand-up comedian gigging around London. Using her own curve balls and humiliations KT reveals the reality of her life after University as an unemployed twenty-...

Concerts in the West: Bartholomew LaFollette, cello concert

Event Date: 
06/04/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh

The April 2017 Concerts in the West series features none other than the supremely talented international cellist Bartholomew LaFollette, who was described by the Irish Times as being: “As free in touching the heartstrings as he was in dashing off dazzling runs.”

An award winning soloist and chamber musician with many noteworthy achievements to his name, LaFollette studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. His career was launched by the Young Classical Artists Trust and he has performed at many prestigious venues, including Wigmore Hall,...

CLIC for Christmas 2016

Authored by badredruby
Posted: Thu, 08/11/2016 - 2:15pm

Following the phenomenal success of the concert last Christmas which raised nearly £10,000 for CLIC Sargent, on Friday 9th December, La La Choirs will again perform ‘CLIC for Christmas’ at Exeter Cathedral.

For the second year, the event includes running a Devon-wide secondary school choir competition with the winning school choir claiming a featured spot in the concert on the night. Entries were invited from secondary schools all over Devon. The standard of entries was excellent and the panel had a tough job whittling them down to the three finalists.

La La Choirs are now...

Neville Staple (of the Specials)

Event Date: 
14/11/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exmouth Pavilion

One of the forerunners of the Ska movement, Neville Staple of the band the Specials will be heading to Exmouth Pavilion this November 14th.

He has worked with legends such as Elvis Costello and has shared the stage with Rankin Roger.

Tickets are available from the link below at £18.15 including booking fee:

http://www.ents24.com/exmouth-events/exmouth-pavilion/neville-staple/384...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to what's on in and around Exeter this weekend and the half term break:

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Me and My Girl Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Northcott Theatre, Exeter A sublime treat for musical comedy fans of all ages. Lambeth costermonger, Bill Snibson, discovers he is the illegitimate heir to Lord Hareford and uses his wit and humour to break down the class divisions with his aristocratic relations. The fun and games never cease as they attempt to educate cheeky and cheerful Bill into the ways of the gentry and to separate him from his cockney girlfriend Sally. 7....

Mac DeMarco 'Salad Days' Album Review

Authored by eldpotts
Posted: Mon, 05/12/2014 - 12:25pm

An effortlessly lazy third album from tousled Canadian blue-waver DeMarco, Salad Days sees a daydreaming melange of lulling guitars glazed with Sunday morning vocals delivered through a hungover smile.

Opening track ‘Salad Days’ is an upbeat lament similarly as ‘Let Her Go’ carries a sunshine feel despite lyrical sadness.

Lo-Fi and nonchalant, the record is brushed with psychedelic tones with ‘Brother’ and stand out track ‘Chamber of Reflection’ exercising this with much of a continuation of the sounds heard on 2012’s ‘2’.

Penultimate ‘Go Easy’ is synonymous with...

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