Exeter

Line up revealed for 90s Vs 00s Festival

The 90s Vs 00s Festival returns to Exeter on Friday 15 September at Exeter Castle.

A huge Line up has now been announced:

  • N-Trance
  • Big Brovaz & Booty Luv
  • Urban Cookie Collective

You can expect an unforgettable night of classic 90’s and 00’s music, throwback 90’s and 00’s dress up, chart topping DJ’s, epic light shows and glowsticks, a huge stage and festival production, as well as this incredible line up.

General sale is now live and tickets are selling fast! Discounted tickets available on a first come first serve...

Agrifest returns to Westpoint

The Devon County Agricultural Association (DCAA), the organisation that has played a leading role in the development of agriculture and the rural economy in Devon since 1872, has announced that Agrifest South West will be returning to Westpoint this autumn on Wednesday November 8th.

Agrifest South West is now an established event under the DCAA’s direction, acting as a showcase for the region’s unrivalled expertise in the cultivation of primestock cattle and sheep.

Though only on for one day, Agrifest South West presents a jam-packed agenda for today’s farmers and...

Project NightEye: Tackling violence against women and girls

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 08/31/2023 - 3:24pm

Devon & Cornwall Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner are committed to tackling violence against women and girls, wherever it happens - not least on a night out, which everyone should be able to enjoy without fear of crime.

This has led to the creation of Project NightEye, a policing approach that makes the evening and night-time a hostile environment for men intent on harassment, or sexual or physical violence.

NightEye has been used in selected locations this summer, and learning from these deployments will be assessed and used to refine the project prior...

Music of the Baroque concert

Event Date: 
04/11/2023 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, EX1 1HS

Exeter Philharmonic Choir will join forces with the Isca Ensemble and four talented young soloists for November’s ‘Music of the Baroque’ concert in Exeter Cathedral, including Handel’s outstandingly beautiful choral works Dixit Dominus and Zadok the Priest , Vivaldi's Gloria and Alessandro Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in D minor .

The concert promises to be a particularly memorable event for choir member Sheena McCready, pictured with her musician son, Fergus, who will take centre stage playing solo oboe.

Howard Ionascu, Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s Director of Music, says: “The...

Embroidery classes at Exeter Community Centre

Each month “Stitching with Liz and Helen” offers a day class in embroidery.

Everyone is welcome and no previous experience is necessary.

Classes are on either Saturdays or Sundays. In September there will be the chance to stitch a sunflower brooch.

October will be a goldwork spider to celebrate Hallowe’en. In November we will take time out from stitching to look at how to plan an embroidery project.

We will end the year with an “Embroidery Potpourri”: stitch a simple brooch, or a badge, or a bauble for the tree.

Tuition costs £70 for the day (5.5...

Jo Pavey joining elite athlete panel as British Science Festival comes to Exeter

A headline panel of elite athletes including World, European, and Commonwealth medalist Jo Pavey MBE has been announced at this year’s British Science Festival.

Hosted by the University of Exeter, the audience will also get a chance to hear from Olympic coach Gavin Pavey at the discussion, alongside runners Jake Smith and Innes FitzGerald, as ‘How to make an athlete’ closes the 2023 event.

Honorary University of Exeter graduate Jo Pavey MBE said: “I’m so excited to be speaking on a panel of such a talented group of British athletes. I can’t wait to hear more about their...

How to drive more economically in Devon

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Wed, 08/30/2023 - 3:53pm

We all like to make our money work harder. Here in Devon, there are several good habits we can implement into our daily lives to ensure we’re driving more economically.

From navigating those wavy country lanes to making a trip down the A38, driving through Devon can test all your elements.

Amid the rising and unpredictable fuel prices, as well as a cost of living crisis, we’ve compiled five helpful tips to drive more efficiently in Devon.

  1. Go electric

If you really want to commit to making a positive change on our roads, consider switching...

World’s largest EV manufacturer arrives in Devon with BYD South West

A new era of electric mobility has arrived in Devon with the opening of the BYD South West retail dealership.

Build Your Dreams, or BYD, for short, have arrived in the UK, choosing Exeter as their location to represent the brand in the South West of England.

BYD are a brand you might not have heard of previously, but they are in fact the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer, selling over 1.8 million units in 2022. A staggering figure that puts them ahead of household names like Tesla.

Having established themselves as market leaders on a global scale,...

British Science Festival exhibition aims to ‘demystify’ environmental intelligence through art

Exeter academics will fuse science with art for a two-day exhibition during next month’s British Science Festival.

Entitled ‘Inhale, Exhale: Environmental Intelligence’, the exhibition will feature drawings, sculptures and interactive tools designed to help people get to grips with some of the technological solutions for a sustainable future.

Researchers from University of Exeter’s Joint Centre for Excellence in Environmental Intelligence will be giving artistic form to their research outputs in a bid to demystify and debunk some of the fears around AI and Big Data,...

Celebrate National Cinema Day with £3 tickets at Vue Exeter

For one day only, tickets at Vue EXETER will be specially reduced to just £3

This Saturday (2 September) marks National Cinema Day and to celebrate the occasion, Vue is offering discount ticket prices on all films to just £3*.

It’s the perfect chance for film fans to catch Equalizer 3 , which sees Denzel Washington return to the role of Robert McCall as he struggles to reconcile the horrific things he's done in the past, finding a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed.

Also arriving over the weekend is Cobweb, telling the story of eight-year-old...

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