Feast of Fiddles reach 21 years old in 2015 and this group of musical friends take to the road again to entertain their growing legion of fans with a show of huge dynamic range, passionate and joyful playing and a liberal dose of fun.
What started as a daft idea for a folk club night has grown into a folk-rock institution with six CDs to their name, several festival appearances and sell out shows up and down the UK.
Typically, fiddlers Peter Knight (Steeleye Span), Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention), Phil Beer (Show of Hands), Brian McNeill (Battlefield Band), Ian Cutler (...
On the evening of Friday 21st March 1941 an RAF bomber of 49 Squadron crashed onto Hameldown, Dartmoor killing all four crew members on board. To commemorate the 74th anniversary of the crash a special event will take place at Higher Cemetery, Exeter on Saturday 21st March 2015. Two of the crew, Robert David Wilson (the Pilot), and the 2nd Pilot/Navigator Sergeant Richard Leonard Ashburton Ellis (who came from South Africa) are buried side by side at the Higher Cemetery. John Lowe, a former member of the RAF, has researched full details of the crew, the aircraft and the crash since he...
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Coming for to carry me home.”
There’s no better sound than the English rugby anthem reverberating around a packed Twickenham.
And now you can record your own rendition of the English rugby classic and be in with a chance of featuring on the official England Rugby single for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Lending a voice to support England is the only criteria to take part, you don’t need to know the difference between a flanker and a fly half to join the nation’s choir and get behind the team.
Musicroom Exeter is supporting national Learn To Play Day, with free music lessons at the store on Saturday 21st March.
The annual event, run by the Music for All charity aims to encourage everyone to ‘Learn To Play’ a musical instrument.
Musicroom Exeter will be holding a series of free digital, guitar and samba taster workshops on Saturday 21st March at its store at 154 Sidwell Street, Exeter, Devon.
Local guitar teacher Rupert Mcdonald from the ‘Exeter Guitar School’ will be offering the following lessons on the day of the event:
The fourth annual Jurassic Classic launches with a bang this weekend as the Men United Arms in Exmouth hosts a jam-packed weekend of rugby, entertainment - and cycling.
Prostate Cancer UK is calling for riders to conquer the Devon hills in the 2015 Jurassic Classic ride, in support of the Men United movement to beat prostate cancer and keep friendships alive.
Hailed as one of the must-do events in the South West throughout its three years on the cycling calendar, the picturesque ride, named in homage to the region’s historical roots, will take place on Sunday, August 16 as...
Martin Bingham, 44, from Exeter is celebrating with the woman he is wooing, June Vowsy, this week thanks to a declaration of love that he posted in the window of Card Market at 247 High Street.
Martin, who has been smitten with June the past four months, wrote the perfect sonnet to his woman and entered it into Card Market’s Valentines window hoping his well-chosen words would win him and June a romantic dinner for two.
Martin’s love note, captured the hearts and minds of Card Market staff and customers alike, it reads: “To my darling June, Roses are red, Violets are blue,...
Over 1,200 participants are set to take part in The Devon Winter School Games on Thursday 19 March, at Torbay Leisure Centre and Paignton Community & Sports Academy.
This event enables young people from schools throughout Devon to participate in competitions spanning nine different sports including cross country, goalball, handball, hockey, netball, rugby and table tennis. Young people from local schools and colleges will also be involved in organising the event on the day as over 100 of them will be recruited as ‘Games Maker’ style volunteers.
Firefighters up and down the country are preparing to roll up their sleeves to take part in the National Car Wash this March 14, raising vital funds for The Fire Fighters Charity.
Firmly established on the fire and rescue service calendar, the National Car Wash is the charity's largest national fundraising event of the year.
Motorists are invited to take their car along and have it washed in return for a donation to The Fire Fighters Charity, the UK’s leading provider of services that enhance quality of life for serving and retired fire service personnel and their families...
People not yet on the electoral register still have time to make sure they can vote in this May's elections.
A General Election will take place on Thursday 7 May to elect the Member of Parliament for the Exeter Constituency as well as elections for 13 seats on Exeter City Council.
Jeff Chalk, Electoral Services Manager said: “People must be on the electoral register to have their say on who sits on the City Council and who represents them in government. For those who have recently moved to the area, or moved house within the city, it is important to make sure that they...
Re-Making the Past is a new exhibition of objects that 'commute between different times and cultures' at Devon Guild of Craftsmen.
The exhibition brings together a group of artists who share a common fascination with bygone eras. While their objects are newly-made, inspiration is based on ancient landscapes and materials from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Mainly sculptural work is created from natural fibres, metal, resin and ceramics with wall-based installations in enamels, glass and textiles.
Helen Marton has made giant oven gloves patterned with scans of ancient...
