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WHATS ON IN 2009
February
Wed 04 Feb, - Sat 07 Feb,
Dartmouth Comedy Festival The Flavel Centre Annual Event
Fri 6 Feb Sun 8 Feb Powderham-Castle Cooper Antiques Fair Powderham-Castle
Fri 13 Feb Christine Smallwood, author of 'An appetite for Puglia'
Mon 16 Feb Fri 20 Feb Ben Cornish, Billy Wiz and Nutty Noah will be performing at Pennywell
Tue 17 Feb Children's Pick & Cook for young budding chef Riverford Organic Farm
Tues 17 Feb Sun 22 Feb Holiday on Ice Magic, enchantment and illusion Westpoint Exeter
March
Tue 3 Mar Devon National Steeple Chase Exeter Racecourse
Fri 13 Mar French supper features dishes from France Riverford Organic Farm
Tue 17 Mar Robert Webb Hunter Chase Exeter Racecourse
Sun 22 Mar Mothering Sunday Lunch Cruise on Martini Cool Departs Dartmouth
April
Wed 1 April Publicans' Day Exeter Racecourse
Tue 7 Apr Children's Pick & Cook for young budding chef Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 08 Apr, - Sun 19 Apr, Dartmouth Art Society Exhibition Coleton Fishacre Annual Event
Wed 8 Apr Nature walk : Dawn Chorus Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 8 Apr Early supper & tractor ride for children Riverford Organic Farm
Sat 11 Apr,
Dartmouth Gig Club Regatta Dartmouth Annual Event
Sat 11th Apr Easter Egg Hunt Riverford Organic Farm
Sun 12 Apr Easter Egg Hunt Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway
Tue 14 Apr Children's Day (children under 16 attend free) Exeter Racecourse
Tue 14 Apr Children's Pick and Cook Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 15 Apr Early supper & tractor ride for children Riverford Organic Farm
Fri 17 - 19 Apr Food & Drink Festival of South West England Exeter
Fri 17 - Apr Alastair Sawaday Supper 'Italian Slow Food' Riverford Organic Farm
May
May 4 May 9 May Modbury Fair Week
Sun 3 May -
Blackawton Village Day and Beer Festival Blackawton Annual Event
Sun 3 May 10 May
Blackawton International Worm Charming Blackawton Annual Event
Fri 08 May, - Sun 10 May,
Dartmouth Music Festival Dartmouth Annual Event
Sat 9 Sun 10 May Heritage Festival Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway -
Tue 12 May Bow Creek Dart Canoe Race Tuckenhay
Sun 17 May Woodlands big heart appeal. Woodlands Park
Tue 19 May Nature walk, Bats, badgers and maybe a barn owl! Riverford Organic Farm
Thur 21 May Sat 23 May Devon County Show Exeter Annual Event
Fri 22 May
Dartmouth Gallery Week Dartmouth Annual Event
Sat 23 May Quackers race down the Kamikaze flume Quaywest Waterpark
Sat 23 May Wine Supper (English Wine Week) Riverford Organic Farm
Sun 24 Mon 25 May. Victorian Gunners at Dartmouth Castle, Dartmouth Castle
Sun 24 May Go batty at Living Coasts, Torquay Living Coasts
Sun 24 May Go Vintage at Pecorama, Branscombe Beer Heights Light Railway
Sun 24 May Wizard Week at Powderham Powderham Castle
Mon 25 May Have an adventure at Crealy Great Adventure Park,Exeter
Mon 25 May Summer evening illuminations at Babbacombe Model Village
Mon 25 May Tudor Pirates Show at Dartmouth Dartmouth Castle
Tue 26 May Children's Pick and Cook Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 27 May Early supper & tractor ride for kids Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 27 May Back to nature kite making at RHS Garden Rosemoor
Thu 28 May Nature walk, Bats, badgers and maybe a barn owl! Riverford Organic Farm
Thu 28 May Fri 29 May Prof. Malcolm Jephcott returns with Nutty Noah at Pennywell Farm
Thu 28 May Try your hand at Cave Art at Kents Cavern, Torquay
Fri 29 May General nature walk Riverford Organic Farm
Fri 29 May Sun 31 May Exmouth Rotary Club Kite Festival Imperial Recreation Ground
June
Tue 2 Jun A walk highlighting the Farmland Birds Riverford Organic Farm
Sun 7 Jun Open Farm Sunday Riverford Organic Farm
Sun 21 Jun Canoe Races at The Maltsters Arms Tuckenhay
Thu 11 Jun Early morning nature walk around the farm Riverford Organic Farm
Fri 12 Jun Sun 14 Jun Salcombe Music Festival Salcombe
Thu 18 June Riverford Nature walk : Butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies
Fri 19 Jun Midsummer Murder on the Dart Explorer evening River Cruise
Sat 20 Jun, - Sun 21 Jun,
Dartmouth Art and Craft Weekend Dartmouth Annual Event
Sun 21 Jun Father's Day Riverford Farm walk and tractor ride for Dad, and Dad goes free!
Wed 24 Jun Dixieland Jazz Cruises on the Dart Explorer
July
Thu 2 Jul Guest Chef : Mitch Tonks at the Riverford Field Kitchen - seafood evening
Sat 04 Jul, - Sun 011 Jul, The Classic Channel Regatta Dartmouth Annual Event
Sun 5 July Woodlands Star Talent Competition Woodlands Park Dartmouth
Wed 8 Jul Dixieland Jazz Cruises on the Dart Explorer
Fri 10 Jul Sun 19 Jul
Ways With Words Festival Dartington Hall Estate
Sun 12 Jul Fri17 Jul Merlin Rocket Week Salcombe
Wed 15 Jul Dixieland Jazz Cruises on the Dart Explorer
Sat 18 Jul Sat 25 Jul
Kingsbridge Fair Week Kingsbridge
Sat 18 Jul Summer Party Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 22 Jul Early supper & tractor ride for kids Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 22 Jul Dixieland Jazz Cruises on the Dart Explorer
Sun 26 July Wed 29 Jul Dartington International Summer School. Dartington Hall Estate
Tue 28 Jul Children's Pick and Cook Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 29 Jul Early supper & tractor ride for kids Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 29 Jul Dixieland Jazz Cruises on the Dart Explorer
Thu 30 Jul
Totnes Agricultural Show Totnes Showground
August
Sun 2 Aug
Strete Village Fair Strete Village
Sun 2 Aug Loddiswell Horticultural Show
Tue 4 Aug Children's Pick and Cook Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 5 Aug Dixieland Jazz Cruises on the Dart Explorer
Wed 5 Aug Riverford Nature walk : Butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies
Wed 5 Aug Early supper & tractor ride for kids Riverford Organic Farm
Sun 9 Aug Sat 15 Aug
Salcombe Town Regatta Salcombe
Mon 03 Aug, - Sat 15 Aug,
Dartmouth Art Society Summer Exhibition Dartmouth Annual Event
Tue 04 Aug, - Sat 08 Aug,
Dartmouth Shakespeare Week Dartmouth Annual Event
Sun 9 Aug Sun 16 Aug
Totnes Carnival Week Totnes
Wed 12 Aug Dixieland Jazz Cruises on the Dart Explorer
Wed 12 Aug A walk highlighting the Farmland Birds Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 12 Aug Early supper & tractor ride for kids Riverford Organic Farm
Tue 18 Aug The Orange Race. (chase oranges down Totnes High Street and Fore Street).
Tue 18 Aug Children's Pick and Cook Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 19 Aug Dixieland Jazz Cruises on the Dart Explorer
Wed 19Aug Early supper & tractor ride for kids Riverford Organic Farm
Mon 24 Aug, - Sat 29 Aug,
Dartmouth Regatta Tennis Tournament Dartmouth Annual Event
Tue 25 Aug Children's Pick and Cook Riverford Organic Farm
Wed 26 Aug Early supper & tractor ride for kids Riverford Organic Farm
Thu 27 Aug, - Sat 29 Aug,
Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta Dartmouth Annual Event
Thu 27 Aug, - Sat 29 Aug,
Dartmouth Air Show Dartmouth Annual Event
Fri 28 Aug Mon 31 Aug Hope Cove Weekend Hope Cove
September
Fri 4 Sep Sun 13 Sep
Totnes Festival Totnes Annual Event
Sat 5 Sep
Kingsbridge Agricultural Show Kingsbridge
Sat 5 Sept Sun 20 Sep Devon Open Studios. Arts trails South Hams District and Beyond
Thu 10 Sep Sun 13 Sep Totnes Heritage Open Days. (Places are limited) Totnes
Sat 12 Sept Sun 13 September
Kingswear Regatta Kingswear Annual Event
October
December
Dec Christmas Lights switch on Dartmouth Annual Event
Thu 3 Dec Sun 6 Dec
Dartmouth Festival of Healing Arts Dartmouth Annual Event
Sat 12 Sun 13 Dec
Candlelit Dartmouth, and late night shopping Dartmouth Annual Event
Dec
Totnes Christmas Festival Evenings (usually the first three Tuesdays)
Dec Dartmouth Players Panto Robin Hood Dartmouth Annual Event
31 Dec
New Year Street Fancy Dress party Dartmouth Annual Event
INFORMATION LINKS
South Devon AONB Coast & Coutryside Events
Teignbridge Green Spaces Events
Dartmouth Directory
Discover Dartmouth
Somewhere Special
THEATRES, CINEMAS, & LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
The Flavel Cinema, Theatre & Live Music Venue Dartmouth 01803 839530
Toads Theatre Company The Little Theatre, Torquay
Dartington Arts Centre Dartington Hall 01803 847070
Reel Cinema Kingsbridge 01548 856636
Sky Light Open Air Cinema
Apollo Cinema 0871 223 3475 Paignton
Central Cinema 01803 380001 Torquay
Vue. Barbican Leisure Centre 7108 224 0240 Plymouth
PlymouthABC Cinema 01752 663300 Plymouth
Brixham Theatre 01803 858338 Brixham,
Palace Theatre 01803 665800 Paignton
The Little Theatre 01803 299330 Torquay
Babbacombe Theatre 01803 328385 Torquay
Barbican Theatre 01752 267131 Plymouth
Classical Music Concert Diary
ACTIVITIES
South Devon Area of Natural Beauty Events
Dartmoor National Park
Devon Wildlife Trust
Discover devon
Devon Barn Owl Trust
Royal society for the Protection of Birds
Devons Farmers Markets
Woodlands Leisure Park 01803 712598
Pennywell Farm & Wildlife Centre Buckfastleigh 01364 642023
The South Devon Railway 'Drive an Engine' Buckfastleigh
Quay West 01803 555550
Cockington Court Craft Studios 01803 606035
Devon Guild of Craftsmen Bovey Tracey 01626 832223
National Marine Aquarium Plymouth 01752 220084
Crownhill Fort Plymouth
Powderham Castle 01626 890243 Kenton, Exeter
River Dart Country Park 01364 652511
Exeter Racecourse 01392 832999
Newton Abbot Races 01626 353235
Brixham, Torbay
More than 1,000 guillemots gather every spring to breed on the limestone cliff faces at Berry Head (the most Southerly point of Torbay) along with pretty kittiwakes and handsome fulmars.
Exeter
Join the Exeter Local Group for weekly watches of Exeter's famous peregrines. Telescope watch points may change so please call the RSPB on 01392 432691 for latest details or visit them at their base inside Exeter Cathedral.
Burrington, Umberleigh
The Acoustic Cafe is a concept becoming popular across Devon, bringing an informal evening of music and song for all the family right into the heart of local communities.
Deven Farmers Markets FM= Farmers Market, WI = Country Markets
Axminster WI Thursday 9am 11.30am Masonic Hall, South Street
Barnstaple FM Friday WI Fridays 7am 2pm Pannier Market, Butchers Row
Bideford WI Saturday & Tuesday 8am 2pm 13/14 Butchers Row Pannier Market
Bovey Tracey FM Fortnightly Saturdays
Bratton Fleming FM 4th Saturday
Buckfastleigh FM Thursday weekly
Combe Martin FM 3rd Saturday
Crediton FM & WI 1st Saturday
Cullompton FM & WI 2nd Saturday
Dartmouth 2nd Saturday, The Market Square. 9-1
Exeter FM Thursdays South Street/Fore Street 9-2
Exmouth FM 2nd Wednesday WI Friday 8.3am 11.15am Church Hall, Tower St Methodist Church
Hartland FM 1st Sunday of the month - April to October
Heanton Parish Hall, Wrafton FM 2nd Saturday
Honiton FM 3rd Thursday WI Friday 10am 11.15am Red Cross Hall, King Street
Ilfracombe FM 2nd & 4th Sunday at the Lantern
Ivybridge WI Friday 8.45am 11.30am Dartmoor Leisure Centre FM 3rd Saturday
Kingsbridge FM 1st Saturday WI Wednesday 8.15am 12noon Town Hall Foyer
Newton Abbot FM Tuesday
Okehampton FM 3rd Saturday 9am-1pm St James Chapel Square
Ottery St Mary FM 1st Friday
Plymouth FM 2nd Friday
Seaton FM Monday
South Molton WI Thursday 7.30am 1pm Pannier Market, The Square FM 4th Saturday
Tavistock FM & WI 2nd and 4th Saturday 8am 1pm Bedford Square WI Friday 8am 1pm Pannier Market
Tiverton FM 3rd Wednesday WI Wednesday 8.30am- 1pm The Pannier Market
Totnes FM Last Saturday
Please note: The information on this web site is intended as a guide only. We cannot accept responsibility for any inaccurate, Misleading or incomplete information about any Business and its facilities or services.
