A new music recital series starting this autumn at St Michael’s Church, Mount Dinham, Exeter.
All recitals are FREE OF CHARGE, and they include a wide variety of types and styles of music performed by professional/semi-professional musicians, young performers, local musicians and others.
Recital Programme:
Wednesday November 13: Matthew Wright (piano)
Wednesday December 11: Exeter Chorale (music by Exeter composers)
Wednesday January 15: Emma Graham and Liz Grier: Harpe Noire (music for two harps)
Local voluntary support agency Exeter CVS are teaming up with Exeter City FC and the British Council to offer free Active Citizens training to the city’s young people, with an unusual twist.
The 5-day course in November will show learners aged 18-25 how they can engage in social action: making a difference through volunteering, campaigning, or engaging with authorities to improve services and make change. The course provides support to develop and conduct projects on a local, national and international level; following the programme’s premise –“Globally connected, locally engaged...
The local community in St Thomas, Exeter, has come together and organised a local community festival which is being held in the St Thomas Pleasure Grounds.
There will be lots to see and enjoy, with great local bands and musicians playing including Moscow Magazine, Tatty Hat, Cut Purse Rascals, Charlotte Ward and Hysteria Kids Rock Band. Order of events on the Music Stage will be hosted by talented local singer songwriter Karl Zumar.
There's also a Community Tent with belly dancing performances, puppetry, a scrap booking workshop and a chess masterclass. Local artist...
An Evening Without James Taylor and The Holy Host of Others returns again to the Cygnet Theatre featuring the talented acoustic duo Nigel Challis and David Sanderson.
Together they perform a wealth of songs spanning the 40-year career of the American songwriter James Taylor including many classics such as ‘Fire And Rain’, ‘Sweet Baby James’ and ‘Carolina In My Mind’.
Expect sensitive fretwork and richly layered piano fused with a mellow blend of vocal harmonies.
Over five nights in September, Devon-based art collective Blind Ditch will complete their contemporary portrait of Exeter with a series of multi-platform performances in an empty office space. Combining live video streaming from city centre homes, live performance both in the space and on the city’s streets, and interaction with an online audience, This City’s Centre 3: Here, Now invites us to discover more about how daily life in a British provincial city shapes us, our behaviour and our dreams for change. Showing as part of Unexpected, Exeter's new arts festival.
Oxjam Exeter has announced some of the artists that will be performing live at venues across Exeter during the Oxjam Exeter Takeover weekend, taking place on 19 and 20 October 2013.
Confirmed artists include:
• Alex Gregory - Nominated for ‘Best Acoustic Act’ at the South West Music Awards.
• Hannah Berney - Starred on the BBC1 show ‘The Voice’
• The Loose Cannons - Won ‘Best Soul/ R&B Act’ at the South West Music Awards
• Luke Friend - Winner of the Teenstars competition, held at the O2.
These artists will be amongst 120 acts playing at...
Bicton College is gearing up for its first ever music festival, taking place at the end of this month on Saturday 31 August. The college grounds will provide a beautiful backdrop for this intimate, one day event which will showcase the best of Devon’s musical talent, alongside some of the hottest up and coming acts from across the UK including:
Wille and the Bandits
Having toured their unique brand of roots rock with the likes of Deep Purple, Joe Bonamassa, The John Butler Trio and Status Quo Wille And The Bandits are now proudly touring their brand new, critically...
The British guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive and innovative guitarists to have emerged on the world scene for several generations and is rated in the top ten British blues guitarists of all time.
‘Another level altogether’ MOJO
Tickets: £15 (£13) Book here: http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/matt-schofield/
Zion Train are Dub/Dance pioneers and have been undisputed leaders in the genre for the past two decades. The band were heavily involved in alternative and DIY underground culture in the UK during the 1990s as well as being purveyors of the finest Roots Reggae music throughout this period. They are one of the finest live dub acts on the planet and promoted the practice of dynamic onstage dub mixing which they perform alongside acoustic instruments and the best vocalists.
Expect top-notch reggae-fusion which combines soaring vocals, conscious lyrics, high-energy dance beats and the...
