SEPTEMBER
18th and 25th
OPEN GARDEN | 🌷 The Italian Garden at Great Ambrook | Ipplepen | £6 | Accessible, no | Dogs, guide dogs only |
Until Fri 18th
WALKING FESTIVAL | 🥾 Sidmouth & East Devon Walking Festival | East Devon | Free guided walks
Until Sun 20th
FESTIVAL | 🏛 Tavistock Heritage Open Days | Tavistock | Free, booking required for some events
FOOD FESTIVAL | 🍅 Taste East Devon | Exmouth, Axminster
Sat 19th
MUSIC | 🎻 Katona Twins - Alhambra Inspirations | St David's Church, Exeter | £20.21
MUSIC | 🎸 London Calling: Should I Stay Or Should I Go Tour | Cavern Exeter, Exeter | £17.03
MUSIC | 🎹 An Evening with Rhys Wynn Jones: The Nightchurch Pianist | Exeter | £14.25
Sat 19th and Sun 20th
OPEN DAY | 🐴 Landmark Trust Silverton Park Stables Open Day | Silverton, near Cullompton | Free | Accessible, partial | Dogs, yes |
Wed 23rd
MUSIC | 🎺 Band of His Majesty's Royal Marines | Exmouth Pavilion | £15
Wed 23rd to Sun 27th
BOOK FESTIVAL | 📚 Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival | Talks £5.85 to £16.04
Thu 24th
ENVIRONMENT | 🐟 Great British Beach Clean | Wembury, Plymouth
Thu 24th to Sat 26th
CRAFT SHOW | 🧵 Creative Craft Show | Westpoint, Exeter | £10 early bird, £12 on the door
Fri 25th
DANCE | 🤠 Line Dancing | Olive & Twist, Plymouth City Centre | £27.80
Sat 26th
SAILING | ⛵️ WorldStar 2026 | Royal Western Yacht Club, Plymouth
CHALLENGE | 🚩 Red Bull Up The Mast | The Barbican & Sutton Harbour, Plymouth | Free
GUIDED WALK | ⛪ Tavistock Churches Past and Present | Visitor Information Centre, Tavistock | £5
FOOD & DRINK | 🧀 Quicke's Autumn Celebration With Mary & Jane Quicke | Quicke's Farm, Newton St Cyres | £10
FORAGING | 🌿 Autumn Foraging Walk & Fire Cider Making Workshop | Stover Country Park, Newton Abbot | £44.04
Sun 27th
FAIR | 🏠 Exeter Dolls House & Miniatures Fair | Westpoint Conference Centre, Exeter | £3.50
OPEN GARDEN | 🦢 Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens | Cullompton | £5 | Accessible, yes | Dogs, no |
Mon 28th
MUSIC | 🎶 Michael Ball | Princess Theatre, Torquay | £94.81
Tue 29th
TALK | 📜 Plymouth Historical Association: Liberty and Equality in the American Revolution | Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth | £6, £4 concessions
Wed 30th
STORYTELLING | Slaine: The Horned God | Exeter Phoenix | Exeter | £15.50
OCTOBER
Thu 1st
FOOD & DRINK | 🧀 Cheese & Wine Night | Exeter Cathedral Shop, Exeter | £30
TALK | ⛵ Hurricane Force: An Evening with Tom Cunliffe | Royal Torbay Yacht Club, Torquay | £6
Sat 3rd
BOXING | 🥊 Rising in the Southwest Plymouth | New Continental Hotel, Plymouth | £38.62
Tue 6th to Sat 17th
THEATRE | 🎭 Cats | Theatre Royal, Plymouth | £20+
Thu 8th to Fri 9th
OUTDOOR SKILLS | 🌳 Hedge Laying Course (Devon Style) | Bilany, Dartington | £110
Thu 8th to Sat 24th
CAVE THEATRE | 🎭 Orpheus | Beer Quarry Caves, Beer | £17-£25
Fri 9th
FILM | 🎬 Film4Food: I, Daniel Blake (charity screening) | W.I Hall, Newton Ferrers | Free, donations welcome
Tue 6th
TALK | 🧜 The History of Mermaids, Sea Spirits & Women | The Quad Theatre, Plymouth | £13.50
Sat 10th
TALK | 🐑 Plymouth Historical Association: Visit to the Heritage Wool Trail | Buckfastleigh
Sat 11th
LUNCH | 🎷 Jazz Sunday Lunch | Bedford Hotel, Tavistock | £40
GUIDED WALK | 🌙 Tavistock by Twilight | Visitor Information Centre, Tavistock | £5
Mon 13th
MUSIC | 🎻 The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight | University of Exeter Great Hall | £38.94
Fri 16th
TALK | 🏛️ The Buildings Archaeologist | Plympton St Maurice Guildhall | £8.83
Fri 16th and Sat 17th
MUSIC | 🍻 Dunsford Beer & Music Festival | Dunsford, near Exeter | £10
Sat 17th
BARISTA SKILLS | ☕ Fuelled by Caffeine | Bovey Tracey | £54.88
MUSIC | 🪕 Mad Dog Mcrea | Shooters, Dawlish | £23.10
THEATRE | 🎭 Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet | Exeter Corn Exchange | £25.50
Sat 17th and Sun 18th
OPEN GARDEN | 🌳 Dunley House | Bovey Tracey | £6 | Accessible, partial | Dogs, yes |
Sun 18th
COMEDY | 😂 Paul Merton & Suki Webster's Improv Show | Exeter Corn Exchange | £26
Sun 18th and Mon 19th
OPEN GARDEN | 🦇 Regency House | Hemyock, Cullompton | £8 | Accessible, yes | Dogs, yes |
Wed 21st
MUSIC | 🎸 Jack Savoretti | Plymouth Arena | £47
Wed 21st to Sun 25th
OPEN GARDEN | 🌼 Wildside | Buckland Monachorum | £12.50 | Accessible, partial | Dogs, guide dogs only
Thu 22nd
COMEDY | 😂 Sindhu Vee: Swanky | The Quad Theatre, Plymouth | £31.05
TALK | 📖 Wild Words: An Evening of Dartmoor Stories and Encounters | Sandridge Barton Wines, Stoke Gabriel | £7.31
Fri 23rd
MUSIC | 🎸 Totally Blondie | The Quad Theatre, Plymouth | £22.38
COMEDY | 😂 The Comedy Store | Barnfield Theatre, Exeter | £21.50
Fri 23rd to Sun 25th
FOOD FESTIVAL | 🐟 Dartmouth Food Festival | The Quay, Dartmouth
Sat 24th
COSPLAY | 🎭 An Evening of Starlight | Dartmoor Whisky Distillery | Bovey Tracey | £41.88
MUSIC | 🪕 Mad Dog Mcrea | The Barrel House Ballroom, Totnes | £24
MUSIC | 🎸 Wishbone Ash: The Time Was Tour | The Quad Theatre, Plymouth | £31.58
CONFERENCE | 🧊 Devon & Cornwall Polar Society: Roald Amundsen Day Conference | University of Plymouth | £55
MUSIC | 🎻 Four Seasons and The Lark Ascending by Candlelight | Exeter Cathedral | £27.80
COMEDY | 😂 Andy Ford: Alright My Luvver?! | Theatre Royal Plymouth (The Drum) | From £20
Sat 24th and Sun 25th
TALK | 🗣️ Professor Brian Cox: Emergence | Plymouth Arena, Plymouth | £44.18+
Sun 25th
OPEN GARDEN | 🌳 Chevithorne Barton | Tiverton | £6 | Accessible, no | Dogs, yes |
EXPERIENCE | 🔮 A Mystic Afternoon of Clairvoyance and Afternoon Tea | Marco Pierre White, Crowne Plaza, Plymouth | £45
OPEN GARDEN | 🌺 Sherwood | Newton St Cyres, Exeter | £8 | Accessible, no | Dogs, no |
Wed 28th
TALK | 🗣️ Miriam Margolyes | Plymouth Arena, Plymouth | £40.76
Sat 31st
MARKET | 🎨 Makers Market | GWR Staff Association, The Royal Avenue, Exmouth | Free
Until Sat 31st
EXHIBITION | 🖼️ Yasmin David: The Nature of Light | Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton | Free
EXHIBITION | 📚 Poisonous Books Display | Devon & Exeter Institution, Exeter | Free
Sat 10th
WALKING | 🥾 BMC Hill Walking: Social Walk, Dartmoor | Princetown | £2
FORAGING | 🍄 Fungi Foray | Stover Country Park, Newton Abbot | £4.50
BOXING | 🥊 Exeter City ABC Boxing Show | Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter | £11.55
Sat 24th to Mon 26th
CRAFT FAIR | 🎨 The Great Devon Artisan Fair | Bridwell, Uffculme | Free
Mon 26th
HERITAGE TOUR | 🌉 Bridging the Tamar — Under Bridge Tour | Tamar Bridge, Plymouth | £20
Thu 22nd
NATURE TOUR | 🌿 Autumn Hedge Tour — Origins, Ecology & Management of Devon's Hedges | Dartington | £20
FILM | 🎬 The Fastest Bicycle | Totnes Cinema, Totnes | £10
Sat 31st
REMEMBRANCE | 🎖️ Festival of Remembrance | Royal Marines Commando Training Centre, Exton | £16.96
NOVEMBER
Sun 1st
LUNCH | Jazz Sunday Lunch | Bedford Hotel, Tavistock | £40
Thu 5th and Fri 6th
FIREWORKS | 🎆 Fireworks by Boat | Stuart Line Cruises, Exmouth | £12.50
Fri 6th
TALK | 🗣️ Bill Bailey: Vaudevillean | Plymouth Arena, Plymouth | £47.60
Sat 7th
FOOD MARKET | 🌱 Plymouth Winter Vegan Mini Market | Alma Yard, Plymouth | Free
Sat 7th to Thur 24th Dec
CRAFT EXHIBITION | 🎁 Present Makers | Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
Sun 8th
TALK | 🗣️ Harry Enfield | Plymouth Arena, Plymouth | £36.20
MUSIC | 🎙️ Kerry Ellis - A Night of Queen, Meatloaf & Rock Classics | Exmouth Pavilion, Exmouth | £30
MUSIC | 🕯️ Candlelight: Ed Sheeran meets Coldplay | National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth | £15.75 (standing) to £44.10
Tue 10th
TALK | 🎖️ The Devonshire Regiment in the Great War | The Levinsky Theatre, Plymouth | £6
Fri 13th
THEATRE | 🎭 The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town | The Barbican Theatre, Plymouth | £22.38
Sat 14th
CRAFT WORKSHOP | 🏺 Christmas Green Man Sculpture Pottery Workshop | The Walronds, Cullompton | £62
Sat 14th to Sun 15th
MARKET | 🏺 Antiques Fair | Westpoint, Exeter
Fri 20th
BALLET | 🩰 The Nutcracker | Exmouth Pavilion, Exmouth | £32
Fri 20th to Sun 22nd
SHOW | 🚐 Motorhome & Campervan Show | Westpoint, Exeter | £7
Sun 22nd
CRAFT WORKSHOP | 🎨 Christmas Card Lino Printing Workshop for Beginners | The Walronds, Cullompton | £36
Tue 24th
TALK | 🎖️ The First Friendly Invasion: the US Military in First World War Britain | The Levinsky Theatre, Plymouth | £6
Fri 27th
COMEDY | 😂 The Comedy Store | Barnfield Theatre, Exeter | £21.50
Thu 12th
TALK | 🏛 A History of Dartmoor in 10 Objects | Leonardo Hotel, Exeter | £10
Fri 27th to Sun 29th
MARKET | 🎄 Christmas Shopping Fayre | Westpoint, Exeter | £5
DECEMBER
Tues 1st
MUSIC | 🎸 Squeeze + Billy Bragg | Plymouth Arena | £57
Tues 1st to Sat 5th
THEATRE | 🪞 Beauty & The Beast, The Broadway Musical | Devonport Playhouse | £16
Thu 3rd
WORKSHOP | 🎄 Christmas Wreath Making with Hannah Burnett | Boringdon Hall Hotel, Plymouth | £65
Sat 5th to Sun 6th
SHOW | 🐴 Westpoint Equine Fair | Westpoint, Exeter |
Mon 7th
INDIE ROCK | 🤘 Ocean Colour Scene | Plymouth Arena, Plymouth | £53.30
Fri 11th
CONCERT | 🎄 Levowan Choir Christmas Concert | St Paul’s Church, Yelverton
Sun 13th
VEGAN | Totnes Vegan Market | Free
Sat 19th
MUSIC | 🎬 Christmas at the Movies by Candlelight | Exeter Cathedral | £28.70
Fri 25th
SWIMMING | 🏊 Swim in the Sea on Christmas Day | Exmouth Seafront | Free
FEBRUARY 2027
Tue 9th
TALK | ⚓ Women and the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail | The Levinsky Theatre, Plymouth | £6
Tue 23rd
TALK | 🍻 Historical Association: "A Night at the Inn: The Elite Experience of Empire 1650-1850" | Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth | £6, £4 concessions
MARCH 2027
Tue 2nd
TALK | ⚔ Historical Association: "Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief" | Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth | £6, £4 concessions
APRIL 2027
Fri 2nd
Fri 30th
THEATRE | 🎭 An Evening with Jack the Ripper | Barbican Theatre, Plymouth | £20.21
COMEDY | 😄 Mo Gilligan | Great Hall, University of Exeter | £28
