TOP local and national artists will headline at the 39th Dartmoor Folk Festival, which will be held at South Zeal, near Okehampton, on August 5, 6 and 7.
They include Blazin' Fiddles, Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston, Bob Fox, Mawkin, Talisk, Pete Coe, Alice Jones and Tickled Pink with Fee Lock.
Other artists attending are The Dartmoor Pixie Band (Friday and Sunday night), Ramsley Minors, Entertainingly Different, Dave Wills, Bill Murray, Tich Scott and various morris and dance teams.
The annual family-festival includes concerts, a ramble on Dartmoor, a ceilidh, folk...
Ideal show-going weather, great crowds and excellent competitions combined to make the second day of the Devon County Show at Westpoint, Exeter a great celebration of rural life.
Show Secretary Ollie Allen said it was wonderful to see the county turn out in force for the 121st Show: “The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly and everyone seems so happy to be enjoying the start of summer here at the show ground.”
The crowds have enjoyed exceptional local food and drink and lots of entertainment in the avenues with Titan the comic robot, bands and dancers.
Thundering-hooved Shetland ponies, motorcycle acrobatics and the giant Devon Eye swung the county’s largest annual event into thrilling action.
Crowds turned out in their thousands to savour the best of the South West’s food and farming on the first day of the Devon County Show.
EU Commissioner Phil Hogan and Environment Secretary Liz Truss, along with NFU president Meurig Raymond and CLA president Ross Murray, met farmers at the curtain-raiser for the South West agricultural show season.
The crowds on the first of the three spectacular days were treated to a mouth-...
Next month, Exeter will host a concert which promises to be a highlight of the summer, as pop legend Elton John brings his Wonderful Crazy Night Tour to Westpoint Exeter on June 19th.
The last few seats now remain for this extra special show, which will be Elton’s third time ever playing Exeter, having performed previously in 2003 solo, and in 1973 with his band.
As an unmistakable name in the history of popular music, Elton John has done it all – and then some. From being awarded multiple Grammys and BRITs, and even an Oscar and a Tony Award, Elton has proven his universal...
The 121st Devon County Show was launched in style by The Countess of Arran and Show Secretary Ollie Allen at Southernhay House, Exeter.
In Spring sunshine the pair revealed a huge line-up of entertainment and the vital role Devon’s largest event plays in the life of the county.
“Every event likes to bill itself as having something for everyone, but few have quite such genuine appeal across the board as the Devon County Show,” said Ollie Allen.
“This is surely the only event that can cater for people who are interested in food, farming and having a lot of fun.”...
Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival returns to Powderham Castle with some of the country’s best plant specialists, gardening stars and plenty of delicious local food, craft, live music and fun.
Gardens come in all sizes and whether you have an acre or a window box, a bare square of earth or a shady spot, you can grow a beautiful garden. Let your creativity take root at Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle and soak up inspiration from amazing and colourful nurseries, demonstrations and gardening experts. Nowhere else in the South West can you find such diversity of...
The first shrouded figures in an astonishing grand-scale art installation in memory of those who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme have gone on sale.
Artist Rob Heard is creating 19,240 hand-stitched figurines to represent each man who died on that day, one hundred years ago, at the beginning of the notorious World War One battle.
For each one completed he crosses a name off a list of those who died and says their name out loud to remember them.
On 1st July 2016, at 07:30 hours, exactly 100 years since the whistle was blown to ‘go over the top’, 19,...
The awards have been submitted and the judges have spoken - it is now time to announce the shortlist for the 2016 South West Built Environment Awards!
With over 100 entries across 15 categories, this year's awards have been packed full of outstanding, pioneering projects, products and people. Each of the judges have assessed three of the 15 categories on a strict and confidential marking system to establish the award category winners, highly commended and shortlisted entries.
Through categories such as the sought after Project of the Year and Innovation Award - the South...
The third national Bring Your Dog To Work Day - which is organised by the dog grooming product company HOWND - has been confirmed for early summer.
On Friday 24 June, businesses from across the UK will welcome their dog loving employees into the workplace along with their loyal (and well-behaved!) four-legged companions, all in the name of charity.
Britain’s most memorable day at the office took the national press and social media by storm in 2015. The initiative was mentioned by The Times, Daily Mirror, The Independent, Metro and Mashable - it even trended on Twitter...
