Celebrate the autumn with a free apple themed event in Devon, featuring toffee apples, apple puppets, harvest themed face painting and a pop up bar…
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An exploration of adolescence in Five Years
Based on memories of life at a special educational needs school, Five Years uses poetry, storytelling and direct address to explore an adolescence…
Screenings, talks and special events at eclectic film festival
There’ll be projections, singalongs, street theatre and workshops at Chagford Film Festival in Dartmoor…
A Haunted Existence tours the UK
Tom Marshman’s true life show, A Haunted Existence, about a West Country town rocked by homophobia in the 1950s, will tour the UK…
There’s something fishy going on in Clovelly
Every year, the north Devon village of Clovelly celebrates its famous lobsters and crabs, sustainably caught by its fishermen, with a day of family friendly fun and entertainment…
Fun fruit races in Devon
Every year the Totnes Elizabethan Society organise a series of unusual races through the streets of the Devon market town…
British Firework Championships go off with a bang
See some of the country’s best pyrotechnic skills on display in Devon this month as the British Firework Championships 2019 take place in Plymouth…
Maritime themed fun in Devon’s unique village
The unique Devon village of Clovelly will be hosting a Lifeboat Weekend & Maritime Festival this weekend, with stilt entertainers and games…
Head to the coast for quirky water themed fun
This summer, head to the UK coast for a host of quirky contests and family-friendly nautical-themed entertainment…
Honiton’s quirky tradition of throwing hot pennies
What does a town crier, a decorated pole, a glove, and some warmed up coins have in common? A quirky annual tradition in Honiton…
Youth and teen angst explored in Many & Beautiful Things
An exhibition exploring the nostalgia of youth and teen angst will open at Plymouth College of Art Gallery this month…
Ilfracombe’s quirky week-long celebration
Head to the North Devon coastal town of Ilfracombe this month for a host of quirky events, from parasol duelling to teapot racing…
Play with paper and board the story boat at garden party
Head to the beautiful Grade II listed Thelma Hulbert Gallery and its leafy garden in Honiton this bank holiday weekend, for their annual artsy garden party…
Villagers spend the weekend capturing an Earl in Devon
This bank holiday weekend, villagers in Devon will be hunting down an elusive ‘Earl’, as part of a quirky annual custom…
A slippery challenge at the Festival of Wormcharming
If you are looking for something different to do this bank holiday weekend, then why not head to this year’s Blackawton International Festival of Wormcharming?