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So, we all adore music, Ceri is our poet/singer laureate and is involved in a moonlighting manner with the Exmouth Shanty Men
although he is a performer in his own right as Ceri Stafford Shantyman and has many gigs to his name.
We wanted to have a page dedicated to all the musical, and cultural, things we find exciting;
Sharon's blog will highlight a lot of things happening here.
Further afield in the locale I'd like to showcase events and gigs that I'd like to go to, even if I can't do so, as well as bands, groups, classical as well as contemporary, that we think are worth their salt.
We will add to this as we go along but for now:
although he is a performer in his own right as Ceri Stafford Shantyman and has many gigs to his name.
We wanted to have a page dedicated to all the musical, and cultural, things we find exciting;
Sharon's blog will highlight a lot of things happening here.
Further afield in the locale I'd like to showcase events and gigs that I'd like to go to, even if I can't do so, as well as bands, groups, classical as well as contemporary, that we think are worth their salt.
We will add to this as we go along but for now:
Sam's Summer Festival
Saturday 2nd August 2025
Sam’s Cider Festival 2025 – The Ultimate Cider & Music Experience!
Click here to see pics and things.
The sun shone again on the festival, and a lot of people sporting last year's festival wear too!
Click here to see pics and things.
The sun shone again on the festival, and a lot of people sporting last year's festival wear too!
Devon's Best Afternoon Teas
It's Afternoon Tea Week from 11th-17th August and we've rounded up some of the best places in Devon to enjoy the full experience.
Click here to find your favourite spot.
Closest to us is Rosemoor in Great Torrington, there are also a few in Exeter including Powderham Castle.
Click here to find your favourite spot.
Closest to us is Rosemoor in Great Torrington, there are also a few in Exeter including Powderham Castle.
Sandford Orchards in Crediton have Saturday Sessions regularly, usually one a month.
Coming up over the next few months:
The Two Moors Festival
" The Festival has established its own niche in the British festival schedule outside the crammed summer season. The two moors are Dartmoor and Exmoor, with concerts in the towns and villages of both and straddling a geographic area in Devon and Somerset that’s reckoned to be the largest covered by any festival in the UK. It’s an event that has really embedded itself in the local community"
Andrew Clements from the Guardian
Andrew Clements from the Guardian
Taking place this year from the 1st to the 12th of October.
Since 2001, the Two Moors Festival has evolved into one of the most distinctive classical music festivals in the UK.
It usually welcomes over 6,000 people to an exciting range of events held in rural venues across Exmoor and Dartmoor.
The Festival also nurtures young artists through its Young Musicians’ Competition and assists performers through its residency programmes.
The Festival is unique and has become an important part of the cultural diary in the South West.
For the past twenty one years, in October, village halls, churches, indoor markets, museums, auction rooms, Nissen huts, country houses and even railway stations across Devon and Somerset,
have sprung to life with inspirational recitals, concerts, operas, newly commissioned works, talks, exhibitions, school workshops, masterclasses and more.
In 2001, John and Penny Adie founded the Festival and ran it for nineteen years. In 2020, the internationally acclaimed violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen was appointed as the Festival’s Artistic Director.
The Festival presents an artistic programme to rival many high-profile city-based events and has an national reputation for excellence way beyond its immediate physical reach.
Since 2001, the Two Moors Festival has evolved into one of the most distinctive classical music festivals in the UK.
It usually welcomes over 6,000 people to an exciting range of events held in rural venues across Exmoor and Dartmoor.
The Festival also nurtures young artists through its Young Musicians’ Competition and assists performers through its residency programmes.
The Festival is unique and has become an important part of the cultural diary in the South West.
For the past twenty one years, in October, village halls, churches, indoor markets, museums, auction rooms, Nissen huts, country houses and even railway stations across Devon and Somerset,
have sprung to life with inspirational recitals, concerts, operas, newly commissioned works, talks, exhibitions, school workshops, masterclasses and more.
In 2001, John and Penny Adie founded the Festival and ran it for nineteen years. In 2020, the internationally acclaimed violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen was appointed as the Festival’s Artistic Director.
The Festival presents an artistic programme to rival many high-profile city-based events and has an national reputation for excellence way beyond its immediate physical reach.
An illustration from a fanzine called Sideburn #1, which was a drawing made by Tony Moon just to fill the space. It’s a drawing of three guitar chords and it says, ‘now form a band’.
"That fanzine is extremely rare, but the drawing is often quoted by lots of musicians as the impetus to do something, and it’s seen as a key message of punk,” says Tony. “You didn’t need to have been to music school or be particularly proficient or skilled. It was much more about the energy and drive to do something. It’s a rallying call to the troops.”
"That fanzine is extremely rare, but the drawing is often quoted by lots of musicians as the impetus to do something, and it’s seen as a key message of punk,” says Tony. “You didn’t need to have been to music school or be particularly proficient or skilled. It was much more about the energy and drive to do something. It’s a rallying call to the troops.”
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