🐬 What’s On in South Devon 2025

SEPTEMBER

Sat 13th

JAZZ MUSIC | 🎷 Moscow Drug Club | Palace Theatre, Paignton | £18+

Sat 13th and Sun 14th

FISH | 🐟 Seafest Plymouth | The Barbican and Sutton Harbour, Plymouth

Sat 13th to Sun 21st

LITERARY | 📖 The Agatha Christie Festival | Torquay

FOOD | 🥕 Taste East Devon Festival | Multiple locations

HERITAGE | Saltram House Heritage Open Days | Plymouth |

Mon 15th to Sat 20th

THEATRE | 🎭 Dear England | Theatre Royal, Plymouth | £20+

Wed 17th to Sun 21st

CHORAL MUSIC | 🎶 Whiddon Autumn Festival | The Square, Chagford | Program and tickets here

CRAFTS | 🏺 Glass Vessel Workshop | House of Marbles, Bovey Tracey | Other dates available | £130

LITERARY FESTIVAL | 📖 Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival | View the program here

Thu 18th

TALK | 🗣️ An Evening with Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners) | Exmouth Pavilion | £25

Thu 18th to Sun 21st

FESTIVAL | 🍻 Abbfest | Fermoys Garden Centre, Newton Abbot | £5

Fri 19th

ART WORKSHOP | 🖼️ Women’s Mindful Art | Plymouth Unitarian Church, Plymouth | Other dates available | Donation

Fri 19th to Sun 21st

LITERARY | 📖 Dartmouth Book Festival 2025 | The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth | View the program here

Sat 20th

TOUR | ⛪️ Princetown Church and Tower with Simon Dell | Princetown History Club

MUSIC | 🎶 The Choral Pilgrimage 2025 | Exeter Cathedral, Exeter | £15+

LIVE MUSIC | 🎙️ Hijack the Castle | Powderham Castle, Exeter | £7.50+

CRAFT | 🍄 Pumpkins and Toadstools Pottery Workshop | The Walronds | Culllompton | £62

Sun 21st

WATER POWER | 🌊 Hydro Turbine Open Day | Castle Drogo, Drewsteignton | Free

RUNNING | 🏃‍♀️ Torbay 10k and Half Marathon | Paignton Grey, Torbay | Register here

Mon 22nd

LIVE MUSIC | 🎸 Francis Rossi | Axminster Guildhall, Axminster | £40+

TALK | 👮‍♂️ History of Dartmoor Prison with Simon Dell | The Wharf, Tavistock | £6

Tues 23rd

GOLD & VALUABLES BOUGHT | 🪙 London Gold Antiques & Collectables | Elfordleigh Hotel, Colebrook Road, Plymouth. 10am to 5pm.

Tue 23rd to Sat 27th

THEATRE | 🎭 Treasure Island | Exeter Northcott Theatre, Exeter | £24.50+

Wed 24th

CRAFTS | 🪡 Weave Wednesdays | Make Southwest, Bovey Tracey | Other dates available | Free

Thu 25th

LIVE MUSIC | 🎤 Billy Nomates + Special Guests | Exeter Phoenix, Exeter | £21

SCREENING | 🐋 Ocean Film Festival World Tour | Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter | £18.50

Thu 25th to Sat 27th

CRAFTS | 🧵 The Creative Craft Show | Westpoint Arena, Exeter | £12

Fri 26th

WORKSHOP | 📝 Creative Writing and Drawing | The Italian Garden at Great Ambrook, Ipplepen | £30

BEAVERS | 🦫 Poole Farm: Gnaw and Explore Beaver Tour | Poole Farm, Leigham, Plymouth | £13.96

Fri 26th to Sun 12th Oct

FOOD FESTIVAL | 🐟 England’s Seafood FEAST | Torquay, Paignton and Brixham | View the program here

Sat 27th

WRESTLING | 🤼 RWS Wrestling | Championship, tag, ladies | 7pm, Axminster Guildhall | £11

WORKSHOP | 🌹 Autumnal Flower & Seed Heads: Drawing and Drypoint Etching Day | Kokutan, Totnes | £125

Sun 28th

TRIATHLON | 🏊 Salcombe Brewery Co Sprint Triathlon | North Sands, Salcombe | Register here

CYCLE | 🚴 St Luke’s Hospice Tour de Moor | Harrowbeer Airfield, Yelverton | Register here

Until Sun 21st Sep

ART EXHIBITION | 🖼️ Devon Open Studios | View the program here

Until Sat 27th Sep

ART EXHIBITION | 🖼️ Botanical Reverie | Kingsbridge Velarde Gallery, Kingsbridge 

Until Fri 25th Oct

ART EXHIBITION | 🖼️ CAMP: Where Are We Now? | Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton | Free admission

Until Sun 4th Jan 

ART EXHIBITION | 🐺 Wild | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter | £6

OCTOBER

Wed 1st and Thu 2nd

COMEDY | 😆 John Bishop - 25 years of stand up | Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth | £29.50

Thu 2nd

CRAFT | 🐦 Swift Willow Weaving Workshop | House of Marbles, Bovey Tracey | £55

Sat 4th

WALKING TOUR | ⛪️ Tavistock Churches Past and Present | £5

CRAFTS | 👾 Terracotta Gargoyles & Grotesque Pottery Workshop | The Walronds, Cullompton | £40

CRAFTS | 🏡 Poppy Head Garden Ornament Pottery Workshop | The Walronds, Cullompton | £45

THEATRE | 🎭 Austentatious | Princess Theatre, Torquay | £28.81+

Sat 4th to Sat 11th

THEATRE | 🎭 The Lord of the Rings - A Musical Tale | Theatre Royal, Plymouth | £31

Tues 7th

WALK TALK | 🥾 The Tamara Way Coast to Coast Path with Sue Viccars | Princetown Community Centre | £2

Tue 7th to Sat 18th

THEATRE | 🎭 Exe Men | Exeter Northcott Theatre, Exeter | £20

Thu 9th

HISTORIC FAIR | 🪿 Tavistock Goose Fair | Town Centre, Tavistock

CRAFTS | 🌷 Flower Wire Sculpting Workshop | House of Marbles, Bovey Tracey | £75

Fri 10th

THEATRE | 🎭 Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare - Hamlet | Exmouth Pavilion, Exmouth |£27

Sat 11th

Sun 12th

WALKING CHALLENGE | 🚶‍♀️Beat the 13 Tors in aid of Marie Curie | Widecombe in the Moor | £23

TALK | 🗣️ Adam Frost | Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter | £26

Thu 16th to Sat 18th

BALLET | 🩰 Black Sabbath - Birmingham Royal Ballet | Theatre Royal, Plymouth | £20

Thu 16th to Fri 31st

ART EXHIBITION | 🖼️ Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience | Westpoint Area, Exeter | £14+

Fri 17th

CRAFTS | 🧶 Natural Dyeing Workshop | Make Southwest, Bovey Tracey | £75

TALK | 🗣️ An Evening with Mark Ormrod - Life Without Limits | Exmouth Pavilion, Exmouth | £25+

Fri 17th and Sat 18th

BEER FESTIVAL | 🍻 2nd annual Dunsford Beer and Music Festival | near Exeter | £10

Fri 17th to Thu 19th Mar

EXHIBITION | 🖼️ Earth Photo Exhibition | Haldon Forest Park, Exeter | Free

Sat 18th

THEATRE | 🎭 Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare - Hamlet | Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter | £26

JAZZ MUSIC | 🎷 Moscow Drug Club | Gateway Theatre, Seaton | £20

Sun 19th

WALKING TOUR | 🌔 Tavistock by Twilight | £5

Tue 22nd

LIVE MUSIC | 🥁 HM Royal Marines Band | Exmouth Pavilion | £13

Sat 25th

Fri 31st

HALLOWEEN | 🎃 Halloween Silent Disco in the Caves | Kents Cavern, Torquay | £15+

NOVEMBER

Sat 1st until Sun 9th

ART | Art Studio and Exhibition | The Walronds, Cullompton | Free

Sun 2nd

DARTMOOR TALK | Scorhill Stone Circle investigations | Princetown Community Centre | £2

Tue 6th

CRAFT | 🦌 Willow Reindeer Weaving Workshop | House of Marbles, Bovey Tracey | £120

Wed 5th

GUY FAWKES | 🔥 Bonfire Night | The Hoe, Plymouth | Free

Fri 7th

THEATRE | 🎭 Theatre Royal Plymouth Tours | Other dates available | £15

Sun 9th

REMEMBRANCE | 🥇 Remembrance Sunday | The Hoe, Plymouth 

Tue 11th

SCREENING | 🐋 Ocean Film Festival World Tour | Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter | £18.50

Sat 15th and Sun 16th

CRAFTS | 🎄 Christmas Bauble Making Workshop | House of Marbles, Bovey Tracey | Other dates available | £65

Mon 17th to Sat 22nd

BALLET | 🩰 Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes | Theatre Royal Plymouth | £22

Thu 27th

FOOTBALL TALK | ⚽️ An Evening with Arsenal Legends | Exmouth Pavilion | £32.50

Thurs 20th until Fri 19th Dec

CHRISTMAS | 🎄 Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market | Exeter Cathedral, Exeter | Free

Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd

MAKERS FESTIVAL | Drawn to Make | Yelverton Memorial Hall | Free

DECEMBER

Sat 6th and Sun 7th

CRAFT FAIR | 🥣 Wonderworks Contemporary Craft Fair 2025 | Jubilee Hall, Chagford | Free

CHRISTMAS CONCERT | 🎵 Levowan Chamber Choir | St Paul’s Church, Yelverton

Thu 25th

CHRISTMAS SWIM | 🏊 Christmas Day Swim | Stuart Line Cruises, Exmouth | £14

🐬 What’s On in South Devon 2026

JANUARY 2026

Tue 20th

FOOTBALL | ⚽️ An Evening with Arsenal Legends | Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter | £37

FEBRUARY 2026

Sat 21st

FOOTBALL | ⚽️ An Evening with Harry Redknapp | Exmouth Pavilion, Exmouth | £35.50

APRIL 2026

Tues 7th

HERITAGE TALK | Cut Hill Cist Excavations with Lee Bray | Princetown Community Centre | £2