Music

Lemonfest announce first wave of acts for 2017

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 02/05/2017 - 7:13am

Now taking place across two-days for the first time ever, Lemonfest returns to Newton Abbot Racecourse on 9th-10th June for it’s 8th year.

The fiercely independent festival has a rapidly growing reputation, and remains 100% self funded by the two founders - who are childhood friends. An eclectic mix of entertainment is split across 6 stages, whilst an array of bars and food stalls sell irresistible local produce from around the Westcountry.

The globally acclaimed part indie, part punk New York band We Are Scientists will joint headline on the Saturday night - bringing their...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 02/03/2017 - 11:37am

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (3-5 February).

THEATRE

The Brexit Club Friday, Cygnet Theatre, Exeter An original tale of intolerance, alienation and Findus crispy pancakes! It’s the 23rd June - the day of the Euro Referendum and just another lunch time in the works canteen for cousins Len Silver and Melvyn Gould and their colleagues, but beneath their love of haute cuisine and jovial banter there’s trouble brewing. Sid Vishnu’s lentil Dahl and Don Beattie’s bangers and mash are emblems of a nation divided!Substance and Shadow Theatre...

After Dark Music Festivals 2017

Event Date: 
28/04/2017 - 6:30pm to 30/04/2017 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Exeter Castle

The Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink has announced a top line up of talented performers for its After Dark Music Festivals , across the three evenings of the May Bank Holiday weekend. Festival party-goers can enjoy a unique party atmosphere in the heart of Exeter with live music, local beers, wines and ciders, and a wide range of delicious street foods. The hugely popular events run on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of the food festival weekend, located in the Exeter Castle Courtyard. Exeter based jazz band, The Locked Horns, will headline the ‘After Dark Music Festival’...

Your guide to What's On this weekend (20-22 Jan 2017)

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 01/20/2017 - 11:27am

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

THEATRE

Exeter Comedy Grove Friday, 8pm, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Exeter Comedy Grove Brings You The Very Best In Live Stand Up Comedy. MC – Suzy Bennett; with Jon Pearson, Wayne Beese and headliner John Robertson. Tickets £10. www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

Animal Farm Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter ‘All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.’ Animal Farm – the history of a revolution that went wrong – is George Orwell’s brilliant satire on the...

Jonny & the Baptists: Eat The Poor - at the Bike Shed Theatre

Event Date: 
07/03/2017 - 7:30pm to 11/03/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Bike She Theatre, Exeter

Acclaimed musical comedians Jonny & the Baptists return to Exeter with a brand new show! Fresh from a smash hit Edinburgh Fringe premiere, Eat The Poor is a riotously funny musical comedy about inequality, revolution, friendship and betrayal.

Setting out to explore the gap between rich and poor, Jonny & the Baptists’ lives turn upside down when Jonny betrays Paddy for financial gain. As Jonny enjoys the highlife with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jerry Hall, Paddy falls into homelessness and despair.

Join multi-award-nominated musical comedians Jonny & the Baptists –...

The Choir Boy and the Brickie

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/17/2017 - 3:59pm

Italians, allegedly, are fanatical about three things: Opera, football and wine in that order. Devonians have altogether different priorities, with Folk ballads, rugby union and cider high on the agenda. But perhaps this is about to change; because the Opera Dudes are coming to your aria (sorry) this February.

Before the month is out, amateur renditions of “Nessun Dorma” will be ringing out from shower cubicles across the county.

“We get a lot of blokes coming up to us at the end of the show,” says Tim Lole, one half of the duo. “They say, “Hate opera. Only came ‘cause my...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/12/2017 - 4:48pm

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

THEATRE

Ross Noble: Brain Dump (SOLD OUT) Saturday, Exeter Corn Exchange Famed for his super quick freewheeling style and highly imaginative flights of fancy, a Ross Noble show is always an unmissable event. https://exetercornexchange.co.uk

The Witches Friday, Saturday & Sunday, The Blackmore Theatre, Exmouth A faithful adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic story in which Boy and his Grandmother arrive in England and endeavour to defeat the Grand High Witch and her followers, who...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/04/2017 - 5:55pm

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

THEATRE

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Exeter Little Theatre Company bring the classic fairy-tale to life. Beautiful Snow White lives with Queen Evelyn in a grand palace but her life is far from that of a perfect princess. Joined by her best friend Silly Simon and childhood nurse, Nanny Nick-Nack, Snow White must learn to be brave and escape the clutches of her evil stepmother. The show runs until 7 January. www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

Mary-Ann Ochota...

Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac

Event Date: 
13/01/2017 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter

Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac, the world's ultimate homage to Fleetwood Mac, returns to the stage October 2016 for their landmark 'Hits to Blues World Tour'.

Encompassing nearly five decade of legendary music and channeling the spirit of Fleetwood Mac at their very best, 'Hits to Blues' offers a unique opportunity for fans, both old and new, to rediscover the songs and performances that have ensured Fleetwood Mac's place as one of the most loved bands of all time.

£26.50

https://exetercornexchange.co.uk

Peter James Millson in Concert with Border Tales

Event Date: 
21/01/2016 - 7:30pm to 10:30pm
Venue: 
St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH

Peter James Millson’s gloriously melodic 2014 debut ‘Sweet The Love That Meets Return’ (produced by Danny George Wilson) drew critical comparisons with the likes of Paddy McAloon, Jackson Browne and Roddy Frame.

“Back in the day… I used to photograph friends and their bands,” recalls Millson, “I took my box of prints up to the NME. Trips abroad, very exciting. Then started doing portraits for The Guardian newspaper. Met lots of heroes of the music world. Published a book of photos called Home Entertainment. The National Portrait Gallery acquired six of my portraits. One of which...

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