Music

YMCA Exeter collaborate with the University of Exeter to record music album

Residents and volunteers at YMCA Exeter are delighted to announce that a recording of their EP album “Blessing” is now available online to download from Spotify, Amazon, Deezer, Google Play and iTunes.

The EP album is the result of a joint project called ‘Making Invisible People Visible’, between YMCA Exeter and Professor Paul Cloke at The University of Exeter. The album took YMCA Exeter residents’ on an emotional journey through song-writing, creativity and public performance, giving them the opportunity to make their voices heard.

The music programme at YMCA Exeter seeks...

Phonic Takeover celebrates 10 years of broadcasting at Exeter Phoenix

Authored by Phonic FM
Posted: Wed, 04/18/2018 - 11:40am

On Saturday 9 June Phonic FM will take over Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre all day and evening with a giant FREE community event including:

  • Live music in the auditorium from 12noon until 11pm
  • Live music in the upstairs Voodoo Lounge from 12noon until 11pm
  • DJs on the outdoor terrace from 12noon until midnight
  • Storytelling and theatre in the workshop space from12noon until 6pm
  • DJs in the workshop space from 8pm until midnight
  • Phonic FM broadcasting live from the café-bar in the afternoon
  • Films in the Studio 74
  • ...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (13-15 April):

THEATRE

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Meet Marc and Bella Chagall! The flying lovers of Vitebsk! Partners in life and on canvas, Marc and Bella are immortalised as the picture of romance. But whilst on canvas they flew, in life they walked through some of the most devastating times in history. Daniel Jamieson’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk traces this young couple as they navigate the Pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and each other. Emma Rice’s...

La La Choirs raise £17,000 for CLIC Sargent

Authored by badredruby
Posted: Thu, 04/12/2018 - 11:02am

On Friday 8th December 2017, La La Choirs held their third annual ‘CLIC for Christmas’ concert at Exeter Cathedral. Performing to another sold-out audience, they started the festive season off with a bang with a selection of Christmas favourites, old and new.

La La Choirs were joined on stage by the winning choir from their Devon Schools Choir Competition, Kingsley School from Bideford, as well as the CLIC Sargent singers, a group of young people who have all at some point been CLIC Sargent service users and have taken part in their music programme.

Through ticket sales and...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (6-8 April):

THEATRE

Oliver! Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Let Exeter Musical Society take you on a musical adventure as you journey through Victorian England joining orphaned boy, Oliver Twist as he escapes the workhouse and travels through the underworld of London, meeting thieves and vagabonds on the way. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk/calendar/oliver/

Bedroom Farce Friday & Saturday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Bedroom Farce takes place in the bedrooms of three married couples...

Sam Lee's Singing With Nightingales

Event Date: 
09/05/2018 - 8:00pm to 10:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Wild nightingales will be among the guest artists when the Mercury Prize-nominated folk star Sam Lee brings his acclaimed SINGING WITH NIGHTINGALES event to Exeter's The Phoenix arts centre on Wednesday 9 May (8pm) - combining music and story-telling with a live link to woods where the birds are in full courtship sing.

The evening is a concert version of the campfire nights which the roots music promoter, The Nest Collective, has been running at nightingale sites in south east England since 2015 and which are happening again this Spring in Kent and Sussex.

For the Exeter...

Kolars Gig

Event Date: 
03/04/2018 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

KOLARS has created a sonic world that straddles self-described genres such as Desert Disco, R&Beyond, Space Blues, and Glam-a-billy

Rob produces, mixes, and writes the material.

His studio experimentation is incorporated into the live show.

Lauren has invented her own drumming style.

She tap dances rhythms with her feet atop a bass drum while simultaneously playing a stand-up kit.

For tickets, please visit https://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/shonen-knife/ .

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (23-25 March).

THEATRE

Up 'n' Under Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott The Wheatsheaf Arms rugby team, the laughing stock of Castleford’s Amateur Rugby League 7-a-Side tournament have never won a game, don’t have seven players and spend more time in the pub than on the pitch. With just 5 weeks to go, our hero coach Arthur has to convince them they can beat the mighty Cobblers Arms, but first he has to work out how to communicate with them… https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

Jonny and the Baptists...

Kitty Macfarlane with special guest Victoria Pearce

Event Date: 
27/05/2018 - 7:30pm to 10:30pm
Venue: 
St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH

Kitty Macfarlane is a Somerset-based singer and songwriter. Her lyrics combine honest snapshots of everyday humanity with the bigger questions that have connected minds and voices for centuries, driven by her own fingerpicked guitar.

As well as the release of her debut EP Tide & Time - featuring Sam Kelly (co-producer), Jamie Francis, Lukas Drinkwater, Maya McCourt and Ciaran Algar, and gaining her first national airplay on the BBC Radio 2 folk show with Mark Radcliffe, and Tom Robinson's show on BBC 6Music - 2016 has seen Kitty complete an extensive national support tour with...

Velvet and Stone with special guest Ben Morgan-Brown

Event Date: 
28/04/2018 - 7:30pm to 10:30pm

“Haunting” – Clare Balding, BBC Radio 2

“Brilliant” – Sam Kelly, BBC R2 Folk Award Winner

Velvet & Stone’s brand of indie-folk combines haunting soundscapes with catchy pop hooks and great songs – giving an original and beautiful take on a traditional genre. Crafting their live set with performances at Cambridge Folk Festival, Celtic Connections and Somersault, they take their audiences on a journey from stunning melodies to foot-stomping folk-rock.

Led by the ethereal combination of Lara Snowdon’s vocals, and Kathryn Tremlett’s violin, Velvet & Stone’s...

Pages