Events

Wild West Fest Family Weekend

Wild West Fest Family Weekend

Free Family Fun - Daytime on Saturday Come and join in with a family packed day of entertainment on Saturday 7 July. Pubs around Dartmouth & Kingswear are joining in the fun with a Gold Rush Hunt. There will be Wild West themed music and challenges…

Dartmouth
Family Pinhole Camera Workshop

Family Pinhole Camera Workshop

Make your own pin-hole camera with artist Justin Quinnell.Load the camera with light-sensitive photographic paper and find an interesting part of Sidbury to capture. Returning to the darkroom you'll see your paper negative appear under a red…

Sidbury
Turn the Leaves workshop

Turn the Leaves workshop

Work with artist Gabby Hoad and get to know the trees on Woodbury Common by reading aloud to them and observing how they respond.Write or draw your findings to share with others. Choose from a range of texts provided or bring your own. The event…

Woodbury
Walking for Health - Harpford Woods

Walking for Health - Harpford Woods

Celebrate 25 years of the East Devon Way by choosing from a Grade 2 or 3 walk around the beautiful Harpford Woods. Get to know your local trees on the way by reading aloud to them. Meet at The Bowd Inn Sidmouth EX15 0ND at 10.15 for 10.30am start.…

Sidmouth
Tracing the Light

Tracing the Light

As part of Heath Week and to celebrate 25 years of the East Devon Way, join us for this free drop-in workshop at Woodbury Castle. Helped by artist Sam White, climb into a camera obscura to trace what you see. Make a collaborative canvas and create…

Woodbury
LauFest

LauFest

The best little festival in the Westcountry, 'LauFest' will be held on the weekend of 2nd - 4th August in Wembury on the outskirts of Plymouth. The inaugural LauFest was held in 2017 and we organised it in just 6 weeks following the passing of our…

Wembury
Craft exhibition: The Summer Show 2018

Craft exhibition: The Summer Show 2018

Annual exhibition showing the best new craft work from the Devon Guild of Craftsmen Membership. A tradition every summer for over 60 years, selected Members exhibit as a collective showcasing the best contemporary craft from across the South West.…

Bovey Tracey
CANOE PICNIC

CANOE PICNIC

Explore a beautiful and scenic stretch of the River Dart by canoe, topped off with a gourmet riverside picnic, using food and drink sourced from small independent local suppliers.The trip starts at 11am at one of two locations depending on weather…

Totnes
evening CANOE paddle with BBQ and story-telling

evening CANOE paddle with BBQ and story-telling

Join us for a magical evening on the River Dart! The evening paddle by canoe is an opportunity to slow down, switch gear and experience the natural world on the water as it moves from day to night. The fading light... bird-sound, silence, bats,…

Totnes
Exeter Chiefs Kit Launch

Exeter Chiefs Kit Launch

Exeter Chiefs will reveal their new 2018/19 playing kits at a special launch day to be held in the City Centre next month.After the success of last year's Kit Launch on the grounds of Exeter Cathedral, Rob Baxter and members of his first team squad…

Exeter
Hennock Country Fayre

Hennock Country Fayre

Hennock Country Fayre Sun 12th Aug 2018West Hele Hennock (Nr Bovey Tracey) TQ13 9PPOpens 10am. Adults £3, accompanied children freeFamily day showing the best of our countryside, rural skills, horticultural classes, trade stands, bbq, bar,…

Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot
40th Anniversary Exhibition

40th Anniversary Exhibition

A celebration to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Teign Heritage Centre, featuring photographs and documents from the forty year history of the centre, and its place in the town.

Teignmouth
Mobile Planetarium

Mobile Planetarium

Kick off World Space week with a visit to see the stars! Space Odyssey's mobile planetarium will be landing in Stoke Fleming for one night only and will take you on an amazing trip to outer space.Booking essential. Bring a cushion!

Stoke Fleming
Dusk Walk - Yealm Bioblitz

Dusk Walk - Yealm Bioblitz

Join Adam Davison from the South Devon AONB team for a walk out to see the sunset over the sea before heading back around the estuary to find out who is coming in to bed down for the night and who is heading out for the evening!4.5 miles easy…

Noss Mayo
Bat Walk

Bat Walk

Join the South Devon AONB to find out more about the bats which enjoy living around Broadley Farm in the Avon Valley. We will bring bat detectors and hope to spot some of our rare Greater Horseshoe bats feasting on the dung beetles around the farm…

Diptford
Big Night Out - on the beach

Big Night Out - on the beach

Join the South Devon AONB for our annual evening of fun and activities on the beach!Watersports taster sessions, rockpooling, bird walks, lantern-lit sundown parade, children's activities, refreshments in the Beach House café and more! (Bring a…

Nr Kingsbridge
UK Rum Festival at Exeter Great Hall

UK Rum Festival at Exeter Great Hall

UK Rum Festivals are run by husband and wife team, Jon & Debbie Rees alongside family friend Aled Williams. The team started in Cardiff in 2002 after becoming fed up with the same old rum being available everywhere and very little knowledge or…

Exeter
Walking Through Time

Walking Through Time

Join the South Devon AONB to find out more about the stories of people who lived and worked along the coast between Paignton and Brixham. – Tales of prehistorical tombs to Lord Churston's bathing habits with our guide, local history expert John…

Paignton
Photo walk - beginners photography

Photo walk - beginners photography

Join local photographer, Phil Hemsley, winner of the South Devon AONB photo competition in 2010, to learn how to capture our beautiful landscape.During this short walk around the village of Noss Mayo and the Yealm estuary, you can pick up hints…

Noss Mayo
The History of Rock

The History of Rock

THE HISTORY OF ROCK is a celebration of ROCK music through the decades. A jaw dropping night transporting you through the golden ages of ROCK! Featuring the music of artists such as Led Zeppelin, Cream, Guns n Roses, AC/DC, Queen and many more…

Honiton
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Doors open: 7.00pmShow begins: 7.30pmOn Christmas Eve, the most magical night of the year, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is whisked away on a terrifying journey through the past and into the future, accompanied by three fearsome ghosts determined…

Exmouth
STEAMPUNK SUNDAY

STEAMPUNK SUNDAY

A day of retro-futuristic fun!We welcome everyone to come enjoy a day of Steam Power at Coldharbour Mill – the place where steam power still reigns supreme! We will be welcoming a host of Miniature Steam Traction Engines as well as running our own…

Cullompton
The Creative Craft Show

The Creative Craft Show

The Creative Craft Show returns to Exeter this September bringing the hottest new supplies and latest trends to crafters. An unmissable date in any crafter's calendar in the South West, the Creative Craft Show will be at Westpoint, Exeter from…

Exeter
Boo at the Zoo!

Boo at the Zoo!

BOO at the Zoo is back, and scarier than ever! This Halloween, Dartmoor Zoo is opening its gates after dark to invite you to a truly FANG-tastic night at the zoo! Join us on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th October for two FRIGHTfully good…

Plymouth
A Demonstration of Mediumship by Steve Hobrook

A Demonstration of Mediumship by Steve Hobrook

A must see. Steve is clairaudient which means that he hears the spirit world. He's renowned for his accuracy. He also delivers his Mediumship with humour. It will be an unmissable evening.£12.50 Please book in advance by emailing us at…

Exeter
The Christmas Lunch

The Christmas Lunch

It's back!!! Bringing together the Exeter Chiefs Foundation, the official charity of Exeter Rugby Club, and Wooden Spoon Devon, the children's charity of rugby, this years' Christmas Lunch has been set for Thursday the 15th of December 2022 at Sandy…

Exeter
Newton Abbot Plogging

Newton Abbot Plogging

Let's Clean Up This Town! Join like-minded folk in Newton Abbot to run/walk/jog a loop of the town and litter pick at three hot spots. Guided route with all equipment supplied. Wear clothes you would exercise in and trainers. One hour max.

Newton Abbot
European Fingerstyle Guitar Festival

European Fingerstyle Guitar Festival

A great opportunity to see some of Europe's very best fingerstyle acoustic guitarists over a weekend with concerts, masterclasses, competitions, open mic and much more. Anontio Forcioni, Thomas Leeb, Kevin Harding, Rodney Branigan, Eva Atmatzidou,…

Exeter
Princesshay's We Can Do More Sustainability Event

Princesshay's We Can Do More Sustainability Event

Princesshay's We Can Do More two-day sustainability event returns for 2022!From 22nd to 23rd September throughout Princesshay, organisations from across Devon will come together and showcase the small steps everyone can take for a more sustainable…

Exeter
The Mystery of Agatha Christie

The Mystery of Agatha Christie

An Audience at the Palace – Chris Nicholls, The Mystery of Agatha ChristieHow did this shy and dreamy Torquay girl become the world's undisputed Queen of Crime and the biggest selling novelist of all time? In this talk Chris will search for clues…

Paignton