St David's Winter Gift Fest emphasizes local creativity and sustainable shopping
Residents of St David’s in Exeter are holding a Winter Gift Fest on Saturday 6th December,,showcasing the creative talent of the many skilled artists, craftspeople, writers and musicians who live in the area, amateur and professional. The event follows the successful ArtsFest St David’s held in October.
As well as a wide variety of art and craft, there will be books and cds by Exeter’s writers, poets and musicians for sale and gift items made by local schoolchildren. Live music, seated massage...
The Christmas Fair in Magdalen Road is now an extremely popular and exciting annual shopping event.
This "urban village" contains well established award winning purveyors of fine food, drink and gifts, as well as some exciting new shops on the block.
Pipers Farm Butchers, Gibsons Plaice for fish and the exquisite Bon Gout delicatessen are all well known and respected retailers, but quirky newcomers like Cafe Catalan, Ian Smith Wines, Leela and Maker Maker make Magdalen Road a unique location for shopping.
For the fourth year running in December the St Leonards...
There will be many art, craft & gift markets happening in Exeter on Saturday, 6th December, offering shoppers looking for unique gifts the opportunity to embark on a ‘craft crawl’. Why not organise one with your friends?
Events to choose from include:
St David’s Winter Gift Fest (Exeter Community Centre, St David’s Hill, 10am-4pm, 01392 427185)
Phoenix Arts Centre ‘Unique Boutique’ (Gandy Street, 10am-4pm, 01392 667080)
Join the Stan Hacking Concert Band for a wonderful evening of music. This woodwind, brass and percussion band will entertain you with a wide variety of music including marches, classical favourites, music from film and stage and of course plenty of Christmas classics.
This Christmas the band will be supporting the charities Hospiscare and ITU (Intensive Therapy Unit at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital).
Tickets: Adults £9, Under 16s £5. For tickets, please phone 01392 465462 / 01392 447672 or email stanhackingband@hotmail.co.uk
Internationally acclaimed composer/bandleader Mike Westbrook brings his 19-piece Big Band back to the Barnfield for its Annual Xmas Extravaganza. Expect a cool and crazy mix of Jazz Classics, Christmas Songs, Ballads, Blues, Westbrook Originals and a few suprises.
Featured soloists with the Big Band include vocalist Kate Westbrook, saxophonists Stan Willis, Roz Harding, Lou Gare and Gary Bayley.
Trumpeters Mike Brewer, Dave Holdsworth and Sam Massey,
Trombonist Andy Dore, pianist Bill Bottle and drummer Coach York.
For Christmas 2014 Exeter Northcott is delighted to welcome The Birmingham Stage Company with Roald Dahl's amazing story about a young boy who makes a marvellous new medicine to cure his grandmother of her terrifying temper.
But when his grandmother drinks his special new potion, the most incredible things start to happen. And George's adventure has just begun!
If you're looking for fizztickling fun and wizzpopping magic for your Christmas theatre trip, then don't miss George and his Marvellous Medicine!
For performance times anad to buy tickets click here ....
The Two Bridges Hotel in the heart of Dartmoor National Park is kicking off the Christmas season with a Festive Murder Mystery Evening. Those looking for something different for their Christmas party need look no further than this ‘Murder at Dowton’ themed event.
Hosted by Lord and Lady Downton, the event will take place on Friday 5 December from 7pm till late. Guests are invited to dress up and enter the intrigue at the Two Bridges Hotel, just 30 minutes from Plymouth and a short drive from Tavistock, with a chance to win a prize for best-dressed post Edwardian guest.
This year Cotley Farm Christmas Trees will be available at a brand new Exeter site, just 10 minutes from the city centre.
Please join us as we celebrate the launch of the new site on December 7th in support of local charity Hospiscare.
Bring the family along and choose your high-quality non-drop Christmas Tree. Meet, feed and stroke real life Reindeer and enjoy mulled wine, mince pies and much more!
Sylvain from Little French Cakes (a runner up for Devon Life Food Awards) will be offering pulled pork baps and falafel burgers as well as Little Pot sauces for gifts...
