This year’s festival of alt-folk, folktronica and Americana – music of acoustic origin – takes place at six venues and across eleven stages.
Tickets are available for individual nights or for Friday & Saturday combined.
Thursday 11 September
Warm up event at The Globe, Newtown, from 8pm.
Friday 12 September
Bands from 6pm and into the early hours at Exeter Phoenix and from 10.30pm at Bikeshed Theatre and the Old Firehouse – including Josienne Clark & Ben Walker, Winter Mountain, Death & Treason, Rhyme & Reason (a dark musical cabaret...
Exeter Contemporary Open is an annual, open submission exhibition that presents work from some of the most exciting emerging and established artists from across the UK and beyond.
The selection panel for this year’s exhibition included Independent Curator and Art Consultant, Ceri Hand, Turner Prize nominated artist David Shrigley and Phoenix Gallery Curator, Matt Burrows.
£1000 Overall Award £500 Additional Award £200 Audience Choice Award
ROBERT CERVERA
Born in Barcelona, Robert Cervera lives and works in London. He studied Sculpture at the Royal College of...
A collection of new paintings, collages and drawings. Working intuitively and quickly with few if any revisions, Piper lets the materials take the lead stopping when something new and interesting appears that resonates with something hidden inside.
Imagine the tone of Robin Trower, the inspiration of Hendrix, the influence of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the energy of Bonamassa, the intensity of Walter Trout and the haunting vocal of Stevie Nicks all rolled into one…
Described as a prodigy, at 14 Chantel was told by major labels ‘great voice, but girls don’t play guitar like that!’ Wisely ignoring that advice, she enrolled at the world-renowned Leeds College of Music and became the first student in the college’s history, to achieve a 100% pass mark, with 18 distinctions. Chantel left with a First...
National singing competition Open Mic UK have just released their 2014 audition dates, and are calling all singers, singer-songwriters, vocal groups, rappers and solo artists to get involved!
Over 9,000 people entered last year, and with a seventeen-date audition tour set in place for 2014 including Exeter singing auditions, Open Mic UK is set to be even bigger this year! Open Mic UK is visiting Exeter Corn Exchange for the Exeter singing auditions on Saturday 27th September.
Click here to enter Open Mic UK Exeter singing auditions.
With the legendary Lord of space rock Dave Brock at the helm, ex Gong synthesiser player Tim Blake on keyboards and theramin, Mr Dibs on bass, long serving drummer Richard Chadwick and Niall Hone on guitar, Hawkwind bring their unmissable, spectacular show, featuring dancers, stilt walkers, psychedelic lighting and projections to Exeter.
Peter Grant is a world class vocalist and song writer with three best-selling albums to his credit. His concerts, in which he effortlessly combines exemplary interpretations of jazz and pop standards with his own original compositions, are full of soul, energy and passion – every song old or new is sung from his heart … and it shows!
Peter is accompanied in this concert by the excellent Danny McCormack on piano.
Commanding demons and controlling storms, a lone man walks out of the desert and, gathering a nation around him, he walks towards certain death in an occupied land. Ridding the tale of two thousand years of religious baggage, Applecart presents Mark’s Gospel combining drama, storytelling, music and film to tell a story of revolution and courage.
Applecart’s creative team is headed up by Peter Moreton and Phil Summers. Peter has extensive experience as performer and Musical Director in the West End, working with companies such as Chichester Festival Theatre, Cheek by Jowl, RSC,...
The New Jersey Boys – a musical tribute to the West End stage show.
If you are a fan of the West End show The Jersey Boys then don’t miss the chance to see where it all began with the New Jersey Boys who will take you back to that magical time when four boys from the wrong side of the track in New Jersey, USA invented their own unique sound and became one of the most successful bands of all time.
Featuring all the hits including Walk like a Man, Sherry, Big Girls don’t Cry and many more. Clint Eastwood’s recently released film The Jersey Boys has heightened the public’s...