Harberton
Folk's
Information Servicefor traditional music, song & dance in Southern Devon
Site updated 30 August 2025
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Folk Diary coverage: events mostly taking place in the southern half of
Devon and/or within an approx. 30
mile radius of Totnes as the crow flies, i.e. including Exeter and Plymouth,
and covering Tavistock, Okehampton and Sidmouth for example. It is the main
reference for compilation of the Harberton Folk
email circulars.
Map links (streetmap.co.uk): yield a fully zoomable map. I'm
increasingly including postcodes in the venue information for those of you who
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Sunday 31
August 2025 - This Flight Tonight: The Songs of Joni Mitchell - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
Sunday 31 August 2025 7.30pm - Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
-
Exeter Corn Exchange, George St, Exeter EX1 1BU
The Ukulele Orchestra proudly present their 40th Year Anniversary World Tour
“with only hand luggage”; a witty, quirky, irreverent, awesome, foot-stomping
obituary of rock-n-roll and melodious light entertainment, all played on the
'bonsai guitar”. Details
www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on.
Friday 5 September 2025
7.30pm - Christine Collister -
Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14
1LZ
Performing songs from the "Children of the Sea" Project. Christine’s career now
spans an incredible 40 years. Throughout, she has mesmerized and astounded with
her unique blend of soul, blues, pop, jazz, country and folk, and today she
remains as powerful, subtle, effortless and relevant as ever. Details
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk.
Cancelled Saturday 6 September 2025 7.30pm - Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band -
Gateway Theatre, Fore Street, Seaton EX12 2LE
Postponed until 28 February 2026?
https://gatewaytheatre.co.uk
Sunday 7
September 2025
8pm - A Concert for Gaza - Matthews Hall, Fore Street, Topsham EX3 0HF
(map)
Fundraising through folk for medical and food aid. Edgelarks, Jim Causley,
Miranda Sykes and David Heathfield join together to create a wonderful evening
of music and spoken word with a purpose - raising funds for urgently needed
relief in Gaza. Details
https://wegottickets.com/event/672914.
Thursday 11 September 2025 7.30pm - Joshua
Burnside
- Barrel House, 59 High St, Totnes TQ9 5PB (map)
Joshua Burnside is an experimental folk songwriter, singer and producer. He
takes influence from alternative electronica and Irish folk, chopping and
blending them with a mixture of found sounds, world music and unorthodox
production methods. Details
www.cabaretvoltaireevents.com.
Friday 12 September 2025 8pm - Steve Knightley - Exeter Folk & Acoustic Music Club,
Victoria Park Tennis Club, Lyndhurst Road, St. Leonards, Exeter, EX2 4NX (map)
details tba Info / ticket enquiries contact:
exeterfolkclub@outlook.com,
01392 210983, www.exeterfolkclub.org,
Saturday
13 September 2025 7.30pm
- Moscow Drug Club -
Palace Theatre, Palace Avenue, Paignton TQ3 3HF
(map)
...where certain elements of 1930s Berlin Cabaret, Hot Club de France, Nuevo
Tango & Gypsy Campfire meet, have a few to drink and stagger arm in arm into the
darkness of some eastern European cobbled street on a mission to find the bar
where Django Reinhardt & Tom Waits are having an after hours jam with the local
Tziganes… Details
www.palacetheatrepaignton.co.uk/whats-on.
Saturday 13
September 2025 7.30pm - d'Accord French & Breton dance and music -
St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH (map)
With Truffetete.
www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876.
Saturday
13 September 2025 7.30pm
- Phil Beer (solo) -
Calstock Village Hall, The Quay, Calstock PL18 9QA (map)
Multi-instrumentalist, singer, arranger, and composer, and a founding member of
the folk/acoustic roots duo Show of Hands. His career spans 45 years, and he's
admired his versatile musical talents, including fiddle, guitar, and mandolin.
Support: Kana, 7-piece female folk band based in Cornwall. They perform a wide
range of self-penned creations, and deliver a contemporary take on classic and
modern folk songs.
Details
www.tickettailor.com/events/calstockvillagehall.
Saturday 13 September 2025 7pm - Suthering - Lympstone Village Hall, School Hill, Lympstone, Exmouth EX8 5JY (map)
Support: Mark Waistell.
Folk duo Suthering are well known
for their social justice work and their music reflects these values. This will
be a magical evening of music by two of the most spell binding folk acts in the
South West. Both Suthering and Mark Waistell have waivered their performance
fees so that all ticket sales go to support survivors of domestic abuse in
conjunction with the Devon charity, FearFree. More details via
https://www.suthering.com/gigs.
Sunday
14 September 2025 2.30pm - Phil Beer - Galmpton Village Institute Hall,
Greenway Road, Brixham TQ5 0LT (map)
Reservations: Maggie Duffy on 01803 855961 / 07770 806083 or email
scotcraft@msn.com.
Sunday 14 September
2025 7.45pm - Luke Jackson -
Folk on the Moor, Moorland
Hotel, Wotter, Plymouth PL7 5HP
UK based singer-songwriter Luke has developed an
enviable reputation for himself in the Roots, Acoustic, Americana, Blues & Folk
circuits. He’s a great singer, writer and performer, with a soulful voice, that
soars with emotion or plunges into brooding intensity. He has performed opening
slots for Fairport, Richard Thompson and Jools Holland. For reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
NEW
Sunday 14 September 2025 7pm - Hungrytown –
Parish Hall, West Town Road, Newton St Cyres EX5 5BW
Rebecca Hall & Ken Anderson from Vermont USA on their UK tour. Throughout their
years of worldwide touring and tireless devotion to many classic genres of
music, Hungrytown has been crafted into a true artistic hybrid, able to hold
Celtic and Americana, ballads & psychedelic, sunshine and darkness, joy &
despair in their albums and throughout their music. Adv tickets £12; for
reservations contact Nicola 01392 851985 Doors 6.30pm. Cash bar.
tbc
Tuesday 16 September 2025 8pm - Hannah Cumming &
Jon Dyer -
Bradninch Folk Club, Guildhall, Fore Street,
Bradninch, nr Cullompton EX5 4NN
details tba
Friday 19
September 2025
8pm - Track Dogs (2025) -
Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14
1LZ
Made up of two Irishmen, an Englishman and an American, the band create their
own unique brand of acoustic music - a veritable 4 x 4 of voices and instruments
identified by the fusion of styles which include Americana, Latino, Folk,
Bluegrass and (whisper it..) Pop! Details
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk.
Saturday 20 September 2025 8pm - Katie Spencer - Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
Folk guitarist. “Her articulate picking, with suggestions of folk and jazz,
frames intelligently written songs and is the backbone to her music.” Guitarist
Magazine; “One of the most satisfying and spellbinding singer-songwriter
collections I’ve encountered in some time.” RnR Magazine. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts,
www.calstockarts.org.
Saturday
20 September 2025 7.30pm - Sarah McQuaid -
The Watermark, Erme Court, Leonards Road,
Ivybridge PL21 0SZ
(map)
“One of the most instantly recognisable voices in
current music … Shades of Joni Mitchell in a jam with Karen Carpenter and Lana
Del Rey.” —Neil March, Trust The Doc Sarah McQuaid’s lush, chocolatey voice
combines with her engaging personality, “subtle mastery onstage” (Huffington
Post) and “brilliant musicianship” (fRoots) on acoustic and electric guitars,
piano and (occasionally) drum to create a truly immersive experience. Details
www.ivybridgewatermark.co.uk.
Sunday 21
September 2025 2pm - Filkins’ Drift - St Mary's
Church, South St, Denbury, Newton Abbot TQ12 6DH
Return of the duo who so impressed us last time as part of their CD (full album)
release tour. New material following their walking tour of the whole Welsh
coastline. For tickets £12 / information contact Rachel Belringer on 07751
804007, email
rachelbelringer@gmail.com.
Sunday 21 September 2025 7.30pm - Martin
Simpson - Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
One of England’s most revered folk performers, widely acknowledged as one of the
finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world, Martin's interpretations
of traditional songs are masterpieces of storytelling. Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
Sunday 21
September 2025 - The John Martyn Project - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Each bringing their own story and relationship to John’s music, they continue to
keep the spirit of his music alive whilst collecting stories and insights from
the crowds they play to.
Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
Sunday 21 September 2025 2pm -
Music Without Borders -
Green Table Cafe, Lower Drive, Dartington Estate TQ9 6EE
A live, traditional music event being staged to mark the UN International Day of
Peace. Entry is free with all donations and raffle proceeds going to the
charity 'Musicians Without Borders'. A community event with music throughout the
afternoon and the evening performed by a lively, inspiring and diverse line up
of musicians: Tang Taiko; Buckstone Trio; David Faulkner; Affinitée; Baklava;
Geoff Lakeman; Ukrainian Singers of Plymouth; Pete Morton; Totnes Harmony Choir.
Details
www.devonfolk.org/events-diary.
Friday
26 September 2025 7.30pm
- Martha Tilston -
Calstock Village Hall, The Quay, Calstock PL18 9QA (map)
“She has the power to draw an audience into her
world, leaving all those present with a smile, and afew issues to ponder, too” -
Time Out; “Sharp, original songs that dissect the modern world. She captures
both the harshness and enchantment of life” - The Guardian. With a pure silken
voice and lyrics that inspire and captivate, Martha Tilston has developed a
successful musical career with a large and loyal following. Details
www.tickettailor.com/events/calstockvillagehall.
Friday 26
September 2025 9pm - Club Ceilidh Launch! - Cafe Momus, 14-17 Manor St.,
Stonehouse, Plymouth PL1 1TL
Club Ceilidh comes to Plymouth. 18 and over. Brand new Ceilidh Club night hosted
by the Freedom Fields Ceilidh Band with invited special guests. Details
www.wegottickets.com/event/661359.
Friday 26
September 2025 8pm - Phil Beer Trio - Kenton Victory Hall, Exeter, EX6 8JA
An opportunity to see world renowned multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer share the
Blues roots of his musical life. Supported by his long-time collaborator Miranda
Sykes on Bass guitar and Sian Monaghan on percussion, they will confidently
guide you through the music of Blind Willie Johnson, The Rev Gary Davis, Davy
Graham, and John Mayall. Details
www.philbeermusic.co.uk/phil-beer-tour-dates.
Friday 26
September 2025 7.30pm - Rachel Sermanni
- Barrel House, 59 High St, Totnes TQ9 5PB (map)
Celebrated Scottish folk singer Sermanni is influenced by musicians such
as Eva Cassidy, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan and also often talks about vivid
dreams that slowly transform into songs. She developed and understood performing
when she began listening and performing Scotland’s traditional music at school. Details
www.cabaretvoltaireevents.com.
Friday 26 September
2025 8pm
- Old Time Sailors
-
The Rum Store, Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot,
Liskeard, Cornwall (map)
Standing. You are invited to board the Sailorette and join the plentiful crew,
'The Old Time Sailors', for a night of footstomping, dancing and singing! You
will be sailing back to the 19th century for an immersive experience of
traditional seafaring music performed in a way you have never seen before. The
Motley Crew and their plethora of traditional and eclectic instruments will take
you back to the time of clashing tankards, and drunken debauchery.
Details
www.carnglaze.com.
Saturday 27 September 2025 7.30pm - Exmouth Shanty Men - Whitestone Parish Hall,
Merrymeet, Exeter EX4 2JS
A rendition of our ever popular Tall Ships and Tavern Tales concert (remember,
no two Tall Ships and Tavern Tales concerts are ever the same!). Details
www.exmouthshantymen.com.
Saturday
27 September 2025 7.30pm - Tamar Valley & Launceston Male Voice Choirs - St.
Eustachius Church, Tavistock
Joint concert. Details
www.tamarvalleymvc.com.
Sunday 28 September 2025 8pm - Leveret - Matthews Hall, Fore Street,
Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
Andy Cutting (melodeon), Sam Sweeney (fiddle), and Rob Harbron (English
concertina).
“Three of England's finest traditional players weaving exquisite tapestries out
of old and new tunes. Just sublime. I can't recommend seeing them live enough. ”
Verity Sharp, BBC Radio 3. Details
www.topshamfolkclub.org /www.wegottickets.com/TopshamFolkClub.
Sunday 28 September
2025 7.45pm - Clive Carroll -
Folk on the Moor, Moorland
Hotel, Wotter, Plymouth PL7 5HP
A must see for all guitarists and anyone who
appreciates outstanding musicianship. One of the greatest premier acoustic
guitar players and “…arguably the most accomplished fingerstylist in the world
today...” (Total Guitar Magazine), Clive also has a 1st Class Honours Degree in
Composition and Guitar and a whole string of musical awards. He has written many
orchestral pieces and is undoubtedly a world-class act. For reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
Sunday 28 September 2025 - The Kahunas - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Indie folk rock duo, The Kahunas bring emotive violin riffs, melodic harmonies
and vocals, original lyrical content & digeridoo loops. The pair have been
writing, recording and performing together for nearly 4 years. Their musical
pendulum swings between upbeat dance folk rock and heart felt love songs. The
Kahunas sound has been likened to bands such as Fleetwood Mac, Fotheringay and
The Levellers. Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
NEW Thursday
2 October 2025 7.30pm -
Reg Meuross: 'Stolen from God' - Brixham
Methodist Church
Duo with Suntou Sasso, and Karen Gledhill (narrator). A powerful and deeply
researched song cycle by acclaimed songwriter Reg Meuross, exploring England’s
role in the transatlantic trade in enslaved people.
Reservations: Maggie Duffy on 01803 855961 / 07770 806083 or email
scotcraft@msn.com.
NEW Friday 3 October 2025
7.30pm - India Electric Co -
Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14
1LZ
Perhaps best described as “a veritable musical magpie’s nest” (BBC Radio 3) and
“A full musical odyssey” (BBC Radio 1). Blending traditional instruments, folk
melodies and subtle electronic influences. Details
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk.
NEW
Saturday 4 October 2025 6pm - Legendary Ceilidh in a Real Barn with Spinach for
Norman - Beechleigh
Farm, Furzeleigh Lane, Hennock, Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9LU
We've had 3 years of sell out successes with nearly 500 people each year having
a brilliant evening dancing, eating, drinking and laughing in our real barn...
don't delay buying tickets as numbers are limited! All proceeds support the Hennock Community Primary School PTFA.
Tickets:
www.pta-events.co.uk/hennock.
NEW
Saturday 4 October 2025 8pm - Leveret -
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
Andy Cutting (melodeon), Sam Sweeney (fiddle), and Rob Harbron (English
concertina). “Three of England's finest traditional players weaving exquisite tapestries out
of old and new tunes. Just sublime. I can't recommend seeing them live enough. ”
Verity Sharp, BBC Radio 3. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts,
www.calstockarts.org.
NEW Saturday 4
October 2025 7.30pm - Harbottle & Jonas - Crediton Arts Centre, East St, Crediton EX17 3AX
Stunning folk duo who have been tearing up the British scene in recent years.
Details
www.creditonartscentre.org/events.
NEW Wednesday 8
October 2025 7.30pm - Phil Beer Trio -
Pavilions Teignmouth, The Den, Teignmouth TQ14 8BG
Multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer will be joined by exquisite singer and bass
player Miranda Sykes, solo performer, and frequent collaborator with Show of
Hands. Completing the line-up is highly accomplished drummer ‘AMA-UK
Instrumentalist of the Year 2020’, Siân Monaghan. The Phil Beer Trio promises an
exciting evening of combined talent & musicianship not to be missed! Details
www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk.
NEW
Thursday 9 October 2025 7.30pm - Reg Meuross:
'Stolen from God' - Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
Reg Meuross with Suntou Susso, Cohen Braithwaite Kilcoyne & Narrator Lucy
MacKeith (historian). A powerful and deeply researched song cycle by acclaimed
songwriter Reg Meuross, exploring England’s role in the transatlantic trade in
enslaved people. Through original songs and moving narration written by Meuross
and spoken live by historian Lucy Mackeith, the performance brings to light
overlooked history and uncomfortable truths. Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
NEW Thursday 9
October 2025 8pm - DakhaBrakha
- Barrel House, 59 High St, Totnes TQ9 5PB
(map)
Standing. The world-famous Ukrainian folk heroes in concert, straight from Kyiv
to Totnes. After experimenting with Ukrainian folk music, the band has added
rhythms from the world into their music, creating its bright and unforgettable
sound. At the crossroads of Ukrainian folklore and theatre, their musical
spectrum is at first intimate, then riotous. Details
www.cabaretvoltaireevents.com.
NEW
Friday 10 October 2025 8pm - Tom McConville - Exeter Folk & Acoustic Music Club,
Victoria Park Tennis Club, Lyndhurst Road, St. Leonards, Exeter, EX2 4NX (map)
details tba Info / ticket enquiries contact:
exeterfolkclub@outlook.com,
01392 210983, www.exeterfolkclub.org,
NEW
Saturday 11 October 2025 7pm - Reg Meuross:
'Stolen from God' - St Germans Priory, Saltash
Duo with Suntou Sasso, and Karen Gledhill (narrator). A powerful and deeply
researched song cycle by acclaimed songwriter Reg Meuross, exploring England’s
role in the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. Details
www.regmeuross.com.
NEW Saturday 11
October 2025 7.30pm - Ninebarrow - The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth TQ6 9ND
(map)
Folk at the Flavel: Multi-award-winning folk duo who are impressing audiences
across the country with their innovative and captivating take on the folk
tradition. Described by Mark Radcliffe as sounding like ‘two halves of one
voice’, by Seth Lakeman as ‘a fantastic duo’ and by Kate Rusby as ‘absolutely
amazing’, Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere combine breath taking vocal
harmonies and melodies, delivering songs that are inspired and rooted in the
landscape and history of the British Isles. BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominees.
Details
www.theflavel.org.uk.
NEW Saturday
11 October 2025 8pm - Kathryn Roberts & Sean
Lakeman -
The Watermark, Erme Court, Leonards Road,
Ivybridge PL21 0SZ
(map)
From their roots in 90’s folk supergroup ‘Equation‘ through to becoming a
revered duo in the folk music scene this multi award-winning folk music couple
continue to exude timeless class with their exquisite brand of traditional and
contemporary acoustic music. Kathryn and Sean have twice been voted BBC Radio 2
Folk Awards Best Duo as well as winning Best Duo honours from both Spiral Earth
and Fatea Magazine. Details
www.ivybridgewatermark.co.uk.
NEW
Saturday 11 October
2025 8pm
- Barrett's Privateers -
The Rum Store, Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot,
Liskeard, Cornwall (map)
From the deep, resonating notes of the father and son bass to the high notes of
the girls, Barrett's Privateers have delighted audiences throughout Cornwall and
well beyond with their broad, rich harmonies. Songs of the sea, shanties,
traditional folk, Cornish and mining songs all feature regularly on their set
lists. Despite being so varied in age, Barrett’s Privateers take each song and
make it their own, with each of the voices finding a way to complement its
neighbour, through the joy of just singing together.
Details
www.carnglaze.com.
NEW Saturday 11
October 2025 7.30pm - d'Accord French & Breton dance and music -
St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH (map)
With Dave Shepherd and Anna Pack.
www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876.
NEW Sunday
12 October
2025 7.45pm - Tom McConville -
Folk on the Moor, Moorland
Hotel, Wotter, Plymouth PL7 5HP
Ace fiddler, Tynesider Tom has graced the folk world for over 50 years with his
virtuoso playing, traditional and contemporary songs and dry humour. His musical
partnerships and accompaniments range from Bob Fox and Chris Newman to Barbara
Dickson and Stephan Grappelli and he has been a major influence on the playing
of Seth Lakeman. He was Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year in 2009.
For reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
NEW Tuesday 14
October 2025
7.30pm - Hayseed Dixie - Exmouth Pavilion, The Esplanade, Exmouth
EX8 2AZ
Hayseed Dixie are the undisputed creators of the musical genre, Rockgrass.
People either love, hate, or have never heard of them. Details
www.exmouthpavilion.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW Wednesday 15
October 2025 9pm - Hayseed Dixie - Arena Torquay, 39-41 Torwood Street, Torquay
TQ1 1DZ
Hayseed Dixie are the undisputed creators of the musical genre, Rockgrass.
People either love, hate, or have never heard of them. Details
https://arenatorquay.seetickets.com/search/all.
NEW
Thursday 16 October 2025 8pm - Tobias Ben Jacob & Friends: The Songs of Bob
Dylan -
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
Tobias ben Jacob continues his Icons & Influences series, celebrating 50 years
of Bob Dylan's best selling album, Blood on the Tracks, released on 20th January
1975. This acoustic performance will be enhanced by a string section, featuring
Cori Smith on Viola and Seth Bye (Filkin's Drift) on violin, bass and
accordion.Together, they’ll play a selection of songs from Blood on The Tracks,
along with other favourites from throughout Bob Dylan’s career. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts,
www.calstockarts.org.
NEW Thursday 16
October 2025 8pm - The Haar - Livermead Cliff Hotel, Torbay Road, Torquay TQ2
6RQ
The formidable singing talent of All-Ireland Scór na nÓg winner Molly Donnery
combined with three of the most exciting instrumentalists on the folk and
traditional music scene in Cormàc Byrne (Show of Hands/Seth Lakeman/FATEA
Instrumentalist of the Year), Adam Summerhayes (Zum/Red Priest/Dodo Street), and
Murray Grainger (Piers Adams/Miranda Sykes/Martin Allcock) – both of the FATEA
award-winning The Ciderhouse Rebellion. Details
https://fougoumusic.com/all-events/.
NEW
Friday 17 October
2025 7pm
- Steve Knightley & The Winter Yards Band -
The Rum Store, Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot,
Liskeard, Cornwall (map)
Following the outstanding success of his Winter
Yards solo tour, Steve joins forces with three incredible musicians—guitar
virtuoso David Delarre, master percussionist Evan Carson, and double bass
maestro John Parker. This powerhouse ensemble promises a rich, dynamic live
experience, breathing new life into Steve’s critically acclaimed Winter Yards
album. Whether you’re a longtime fan or new to his music, this is an unmissable
opportunity to witness one of folk music’s most revered figures in a bold new
setting. Support: True Foxes.
Details
www.carnglaze.com.
NEW Friday
17 October 2025 - Chris While & Julie Matthews - Milverton Music, Victoria Rooms, Fore St,
Milverton, Taunton TA4 1JU
The longest standing - and much loved - urban folk female duo in the UK. Details
www.milvertonmusic.co.uk/page6.html.
NEW Friday 17
October 2025 7.30pm - James Kerry Trio - Cygnet Theatre, Friars Gate,
Exeter EX2 4AZ (map)
The James Kerry Trio blends tradition and innovation in a thrilling folk
experience, delivering high-energy performances of original and traditional
music. With their new album “Tributaries on the Horizon” - this is folk music at
its finest! Details
www.wegottickets.com/cygnettheatre.
NEW Saturday
18 October 2025 7.30pm
- Tamar Valley Male Voice Choir -
Calstock Village Hall, The Quay, Calstock PL18 9QA (map)
Tamar Valley MVC's wide repertoire includes traditional male voice songs, songs
from musical shows, spirituals and sacred songs including some rousing Welsh
Hymns, folk songs and modern pieces with names such as the Beatles and the
Everly Brothers appearing in the repertoire.
Details
www.tickettailor.com/events/calstockvillagehall.
www.tamarvalleymvc.com.
NEW Saturday
18 October 2025 7.30pm - Ceilidh
with Freedom Fields Ceilidh Band
- The Watermark, Erme Court, Leonards Road,
Ivybridge PL21 0SZ
(map)
Part of the City of Plymouth Pipe Band's 50th anniversary celebrations. Ceilidh
and mini concert event.
Details
www.ivybridgewatermark.co.uk.
NEW
Saturday 18 October 2025 7pm - Police Dog
Hogan -
Quad Theatre, Marjon Arts Centre, Derriford Road, Plymouth PL6 8BH
Since coming together in 2010, Police Dog
Hogan have fused their country-roots-Americana sound to a wholly British
sensibility. The band’s exploits often feature in banjo player Tim Dowling’s
weekly Guardian column, but their comic misadventures as a touring outfit are no
reflection on the music, an emotionally powerful, driving country-rock sound
featuring guitar, fiddle, banjo, accordion, and trumpet. Details
https://barbicantheatre.co.uk/whats-on/police-dog-hogan/.
NEW Saturday 18
October 2025 8pm -
Moscow Drug Club -
Gateway Theatre, Fore Street, Seaton EX12 2LE
Details
www.thegatewayseaton.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW
Sunday 19 October 2025 8pm - Old Spot - Matthews Hall, Fore Street,
Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
Old Time Appalachian music made with modern audiences in mind – stomping fiddle
tunes and lazy banjo backbeats giving way to close harmony singing. Old Spot
sees two musicians from different traditional backgrounds exploring a shared
musical love, creating new music that is bursting with joy and imagination.
Details
www.topshamfolkclub.org /www.wegottickets.com/TopshamFolkClub.
NEW Sunday 19 October 2025 7.30pm - Suthering - Tavistock Wharf (map)
Julu Irvine and Heg Brignall have taken the folk scene by storm with their
unusual and fresh approach to folk - true story-tellers who champion female
characters, creating new narratives for women and unearthing the female heroines
of folk. Details
www.tavistockwharf.com.
NEW Thursday 23
October 2025 7.30pm - Dan Whitehouse & Gustaf Ljunggren - Crediton Arts Centre, East St, Crediton EX17 3AX
Sparkling British genre-bending singer-songwriter and virtuoso Swedish musician
present A Night of Glass, with music from Dan's stunning album The Glass Age.
Details
www.creditonartscentre.org/events.
NEW Saturday 25
October 2025 - Stick In The Wheel - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Standing. Stick In The Wheel’s work is rooted in traditional music and song,
informed by the modern electronic music that grew out of their hybrid East
London heritage. This radical East London duo are known for their intense live
shows exploring the raw holler of folk, electronica, spoken word and intricate
rustic dobro guitar.
Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
NEW Sunday
26 October
2025 7.45pm - Kip Winter -
Folk on the Moor, Moorland
Hotel, Wotter, Plymouth PL7 5HP
Kip Winter is a highly versatile singer with “a voice to die for”, having sung
everything from opera to soul and jazz, but she is happiest singing folk and
blues. Dave Wilson is a leading lyricist and together they produce first-class
songs, blending superb, often hard-hitting lyrics with stunning harmonies,
musicianship and humour, expertly accompanied on a variety of instruments.
For reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
NEW Sunday 26
October 2025 6.30pm - Fishermans Friends - Exeter Great Hall, Stocker Road,
Exeter EX4 4PY
Details
www.thefishermansfriends.com/tickets.
NEW
Saturday 1 November 2025 - Tamar Valley MVC & Wild Goose Choir - St Petroc’s
Church, South Brent
details tba Joint concert
www.tamarvalleymvc.com.
NEW Saturday
1 November 2025 7.30pm
- Baskery -
Calstock Village Hall, The Quay, Calstock PL18 9QA (map)
Fundraiser for Whitchurch Primary School. Baskery is a Swedish alternative Americana folk
rock trio comprising sisters Greta (banjo, drums, vocals), Stella (double bass,
vocals) and Sunniva (guitar, vocals) Bondesson. Spinning outlander folk and
angrily countrified stateside traditions through an original emotion storm of
turbulent energy and magnificent, Euro-refined artistry Baskery have been
expanding minds around the globe with ear-splitting, explosive live
performances. www.baskeryband.com.
Details
www.tickettailor.com/events/calstockvillagehall. Support: Modern Life.
NEW
Sunday 2 November 2025 3.30pm - Meridianum Ensemble -
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
The Meridianum Ensemble is a unique musical collaboration, bringing together top
players from Portugal, Morocco and the UK. The six musicians bring their
individual styles and influences to the mix, inspired by traditions from Iran
and the Eastern Mediterranean to Portugal, Scandinavia and beyond. Modal music,
improvisation and virtuosity are features of their gloriously entrancing
infusion. Featuring traditional and original repertoire for Arabic oud, Middle
Eastern percussion, cittern, Persian Santur, Swedish nyckelharpa and the
mediaeval sounds of the hurdy-gurdy, this blend is a sonic and visual treat. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts,
www.calstockarts.org.
NEW Sunday 2
November 2025 7.30pm - This Flight Tonight: The Songs of Joni Mitchell - Tavistock Wharf (map)
Seated. An intimate acoustic tribute to the music of Joni Mitchell, With
a full and comprehensive performance of Joni's most beloved album 'Blue' in its
entirety. 'Blue' is regarded by audiences and critics as one of the greatest
albums of all time. Mitchell's honesty, musical prowess and iconic voice invites
the audience into Joni's experience of living and loving through the complex era
of social change of the early 1970s. Details
www.tavistockwharf.com.
NEW
Thursday 6 November
2025
- John Smith -
Exeter Corn Exchange, George St, Exeter EX1 1BU
Born in Essex, raised by the Devon seaside and
making his bones in the bars and clubs of Liverpool, England’s one and only John
Smith has been at the pioneering forefront of British Folk Guitar Music for
twenty years. Support: Georgia Mooney. Details
www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW Thurs-Sun 6-9 November 2025 7.30pm
(&2.30pm Sat) - Riverdance 30: The
New Generation
- Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, Torquay TQ2 5EZ
Since Riverdance first emerged onto the world stage, its fusion of Irish and
international dance and music has captured the hearts of millions worldwide.The
Grammy award-winning music and the infectious energy of its mesmerising
choreography and breath-taking performances has left audiences in awe. Details
www.atgtickets.com/venues/princess-theatre-torquay.
NEW
Friday 7 November 2025 8pm - Barron Brady - Exeter Folk & Acoustic Music Club,
Victoria Park Tennis Club, Lyndhurst Road, St. Leonards, Exeter, EX2 4NX (map)
details tba Info / ticket enquiries contact:
exeterfolkclub@outlook.com,
01392 210983, www.exeterfolkclub.org,
NEW Saturday 8
November 2025 7.30pm - d'Accord French & Breton dance and music -
St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH (map)
With Kantref - to include an afternoon workshop with Annette Davies.
www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876.
NEW Thursday 13
November 2025 7.30pm - Flook - The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth TQ6 9ND
(map)
Folk at the Flavel: After 30 years Flook show no sign of letting-up in their
brilliance, their dynamism, or their inventive flair. The band early on evolved
an inimitable trademark sound and hold fast to their rightful reputation as
exceptional musical innovators; the whistles and flutes of Brian Finnegan and
Sarah Allen, the guitar of Ed Boyd and the bodhran of John Joe Kelly weaving and
spinning tunes rooted in tradition over precise acoustic grooves, with a rare
blend of fiery technical brilliance, delicate ensemble interaction and a bold,
adventurous musical imagination. Details
www.theflavel.org.uk.
NEW Friday 14
November 2025 7.30pm - Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band -
The Watermark, Erme Court, Leonards Road,
Ivybridge PL21 0SZ
(map)
Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan are both ranked in Rolling Stone’s ‘Top Ten
Singer-Songwriters of All Time’ and their legacy is honoured in this stunning
tribute. With unrivalled musical authenticity this multi-instrumentalist
five-piece covers all the hits including ‘Like a Rolling Stone’, ‘Both Sides
Now’, ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’, ‘Big Yellow Taxi’, fronted Bob Thomson and Isabelle
Nutton as Bob and Joni. An exhilarating evening of songwriting genius, expertly
presented with passion and humour. Audiences will be taken on a journey through
Joni’s and Bob’s histories, poetry and artistry, their trademark guitars and
pianos backed by a full band and augmented with the evocative sounds of the
Wurlitzer, harmonica and dulcimer. Details
www.ivybridgewatermark.co.uk.
NEW Sunday 16
November 2025 - Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman - St Mary's
Church, South St, Denbury, Newton Abbot TQ12 6DH
Kathryn has a stunning voice and is a good keyboard player, whilst Sean has all
the musical skills one would hope for from a member of his dynasty taking guitar
accompaniment to the next level. Together they write much of their material,
often rooted in Dartmoor, their home. For tickets £14 / information contact
Rachel Belringer on 07751 804007, email
rachelbelringer@gmail.com.
NEW
Sunday 16 November 2025 8pm - Kris Drever - Matthews Hall, Fore Street,
Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
Cherished and admired in equal measure by listeners and fellow musicians,
award-winning guitarist, singer, songwriter and prolific collaborator Kris
Drever has been a leading light on the UK roots scene for well over a decade. A
highly skilled guitarist who adroitly blends traditional folk and flat picking
with more contemporary influences. Drever is an astonishingly fine interpreter
of others’ songs, with an increasingly frequent knack for concocting seriously
smart lyrical observations and earworm melodies of his own.
Details
www.topshamfolkclub.org /www.wegottickets.com/TopshamFolkClub.
NEW
Weds/Thurs 19/20 November 2025 2.30pm & 7.30pm - Riverdance 30: The
New Generation
- Plymouth Pavilions
Since Riverdance first emerged onto the world stage, its fusion of Irish and
international dance and music has captured the hearts of millions worldwide.The
Grammy award-winning music and the infectious energy of its mesmerising
choreography and breath-taking performances has left audiences in awe. Details
www.plymouthpavilions.com/whats-on.
NEW
Saturday 22 November 2025 8pm - Ceilidh with Rejig - Lustleigh Village
Hall TQ13 9TA
Back by popular demand! Re-Jig features former members of the legendary Jiggery
Pipery: Tony Bayliss - cittern & guitar, Carl Allerfeldt - fiddle, Louis Bingham
(caller) - mandolin, James Dumbleton - bodhran. Details/tickets £12 adv
www.ticketsource.co.uk/aquara.
NEW Saturday 22
November 2025 8pm - Sound of the Sirens - The Rum Store, Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot,
Liskeard, Cornwall (map)
Singer-songwriting duo based in Exeter, Devon comprising of Abbe Martin & Hannah
Wood. Honing their craft over the past decade, Martin & Wood have cemented
themselves as firm favourites as “one of the UK’s finest folk acts” not only on
the Westcountry scene, but nationally, and internationally too. Details
www.carnglaze.com.
NEW
Monday 24 November
2025
- Grace Petrie -
Exeter Corn Exchange, George St, Exeter EX1 1BU
Long respected as the British folk scene’s funniest
lesbian, Grace Petrie’s new show sees her combine music and comedy for the first
time. Details
www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW Wednesday 26
November 2025 7.30pm - Peter Knight & John Spiers -
Pavilions Teignmouth, The Den, Teignmouth TQ14 8BG
Peter and John have made long lasting and significant contributions to the
English folk scene via their work with Steeleye Span and Bellowhead, and more
recently with the Gigspanner Big Band, and each has changed the perception of
what traditional music can be, simultaneously introducing it to much wider,
including global, audiences. Details
www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk.
NEW
Friday 28 November 2025 8pm - Knight & Spiers -
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
Both Peter Knight and John Spiers have made long lasting and significant
contributions to the English folk scene via their work with Steeleye Span and
Bellowhead respectively, and each in their own way has changed the perception of
what traditional music can be, introducing it to much wider audiences. As
members of the Gigspanner Big Band, they have expanded those boundaries ever
further. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts,
www.calstockarts.org.
NEW
Friday 28 November 2025 - Tamar Valley Male Voice Choir Christmas Concert -
United Reform Church, Russell St, Tavistock
PL19 8BD
Details tba
www.tamarvalleymvc.com.
NEW Saturday 29
November 2025 8pm - Our Atlantic Roots - Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, The Barbican,
Plymouth PL1 2NJ (map)
Cornwall based transatlantic duo ‘Our Atlantic Roots’ fuse together poetic
lyrics and cinematic instrumentation. Details
www.barbicantheatre.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW
Sunday 30 November 2025 7.30pm - Fishermans Friends
- Plymouth Pavilions
Details
www.plymouthpavilions.com/whats-on.
date tba November 2024 7.30pm - Budapest Cafe Orchestra - Lympstone Village Hall, School Hill, Lympstone, Exmouth EX8 5JY (map)
The refreshingly unconventional and snappily attired boutique orchestra are
back! BCO bring you gypsy and folk-flavoured music in their own fresh and
surprising way. From Balkan and Russian traditional pieces to artful
distillations of the masterpieces by the great Romantic composers to Gaelic folk
anthems their infectious music will get into your veins and stay there forever.
Details
www.lympstone-entertainments.net.
NEW
Friday 5 December
2025
- Sound of the Sirens -
Exeter Cathedral
Singer-songwriting duo Abbe Martin & Hannah Wood
based in Exeter. Honing their craft over the past decade, Martin & Wood have
cemented themselves as firm favourites as “one of the UK’s finest folk acts” not
only on the Westcountry scene, but nationally, and internationally too. Details
www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW
Saturday 6 December
2025 7.30pm
- Steve Knightley & The Winter Yards Band -
Exeter Corn Exchange, George St, Exeter EX1 1BU
Following the outstanding success of his Winter
Yards solo tour, Steve joins forces with three incredible musicians—guitar
virtuoso David Delarre, master percussionist Evan Carson, and double bass
maestro John Parker. This powerhouse ensemble promises a rich, dynamic live
experience, breathing new life into Steve’s critically acclaimed Winter Yards
album. Whether you’re a longtime fan or new to his music, this is an unmissable
opportunity to witness one of folk music’s most revered figures in a bold new
setting. Support: True Foxes. Details
www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW
Sunday 7 December 2025 8pm - The Sandy Denny Project - Matthews Hall, Fore Street,
Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
Fotheringay MkII members Sally Barker (The Poozies, BBCTV's "The Voice", IOTA)
and guitarist PJ Wright (TradArrr, The Dylan Project) are joined by multi
instrumentalist Marion Fleetwood (voice, fiddle, guitars - Feast of Fiddles,
TRADarrr, IOTA), Gemma Shirley (keyboard and vocals - TRADarrr) and the rhythm
section of bassist Mat Davies and drummer Mark Stevens from folk-rock legends
Little Johnny England to form The Sandy Denny Project. Sandy Denny’s remarkable
writing is approached not as a tribute band, slavishly copying the records, but
as a tribute in its best sense - an interpretation of Sandy's wonderful work.
Details
www.topshamfolkclub.org /www.wegottickets.com/TopshamFolkClub.
NEW Thursday 11
December 2025 - St Agnes Fountain -
Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14
1LZ
Chris Leslie, Chris While, Julie Matthews, affectionately known as 'The Aggies'
and 'The Christmas Band'. The beloved 'St Agnes Fountain' have toured every
December since 2001 bar one, and we all know which one that was! Now they are
ready to tread the tinsel boards once more this December, bringing Christmas
(and a new C.D) to the nation. Christmas, as they say, starts with St. Agnes
Fountain. Presenting carols with a curve. Details not yet listed:
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk.
NEW Friday 12
December 2025 8pm - St Agnes Fountain -
The Watermark, Erme Court, Leonards Road,
Ivybridge PL21 0SZ
(map)
Chris Leslie, Chris While, Julie Matthews, affectionately known as 'The Aggies'
and 'The Christmas Band'. The beloved 'St Agnes Fountain' have toured every
December since 2001 bar one, and we all know which one that was! Now they are
ready to tread the tinsel boards once more this December, bringing Christmas
(and a new C.D) to the nation. Christmas, as they say, starts with St. Agnes
Fountain. Presenting carols with a curve. Details
www.ivybridgewatermark.co.uk.
NEW Friday 12
December 2025 7.30pm - Mad Dog Mcrea - Arena Torquay, 39-41 Torwood Street,
Torquay TQ1 1DZ
Mad Dog blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and
‘shake your ass’ music. Details
https://arenatorquay.seetickets.com/search/all.
NEW Saturday 13
December 2025 7.30pm - d'Accord French & Breton dance and music -
St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH (map)
With Steve Turner and Helena Torpy - to include an afternoon workshop with Annette Davies.
www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876.
Sold out?
Saturday 13
December 2025
7.30pm - Seth Lakeman -
Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14
1LZ
Details
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk.
NEW
Monday 15 December 2025 7.30pm - Tim Edey - Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
Multi award-winning Tim Edey has been recognised as: BBC Musician of the year
BBC ALBA/Scotland, Best Traditional musician 2020, and BBC Radio 2 Musician of
the year 2012 (BBC R2 Folk Awards). After seventeen years of touring the world
recording with major names in Celtic and contemporary roots, Tim is now a name
on the global stage in his own right. He is one of the world's finest melodeon
and guitar players in the folk & contemporary scene today! Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
NEW Thursday 18
December 2025 8pm - Jackie Oates & John Spiers - Livermead Cliff Hotel, Torbay Road, Torquay TQ2
6RQ
Multi award-winning contemporary folk artists Jackie Oates and John Spiers meld
together their shared love of English traditional folk tunes and songs with
their fine voices and expertly played acoustic instruments. Audiences can look
forward to a fresh, uplifting and poignant evening. Their festive concerts are a
beautiful and heart-warming antidote to the materiality that can be a feature of
the Christmas season. The duo perform captivating traditional Christmas carols
and tunes from England and beyond. Details
https://fougoumusic.com/all-events/.
NEW Friday 19 December 2025 -
Mad Dog Mcrea
- The Rum Store, Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot,
Liskeard, Cornwall (map)
Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy
jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure,
drinking, love and life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless
pirates and black flies – Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with
their infectious songs. In constant demand and having played just about every
festival and two-bit, jibe-arsed dive in Christendom, Mad Dog Mcrea are, in
every sense of the word, a live, band. Details
www.carnglaze.com.
tbc
Friday 19 December 2025 -
Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes - St Paul's
Church, Church Street, Starcross EX6 8QB
details tba Christmas show
NEW Sunday 21 &
Monday 22
December 2025 7.30/8.30pm - Mad Dog Mcrea - Tavistock Wharf (map)
Seated+standing. Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy
jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure,
drinking, love and life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless
pirates and black flies – Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with
their infectious songs. In constant demand and having played just about every
festival and two-bit, jibe-arsed dive in Christendom, Mad Dog Mcrea are, in
every sense of the word, a live, band. Details
www.tavistockwharf.com.
NEW
Saturday 27
December 2025 - Twixt Christmas and
New Year
Céilidh with
The Offshoot Band -
South Brent Village Hall, Station Approach TQ10 9AQ (map)
details tba The annual ‘Twixt and Between’ ceilidh with The Offshoot Band (from
‘Spinach for Norman’).
http://southbrentfolk.org.uk.
https://www.facebook.com/SouthBrentFolk.
NEW
Wednesday 14 January
2026
- Martin Joseph -
Exeter Corn Exchange, George St, Exeter EX1 1BU
For one man and a guitar, Martyn Joseph creates a performance with a huge
far-reaching sound that is energetic, compelling, and passionate.
Details www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW
Sunday 1 February 2026 8pm - Jim Moray - Matthews Hall, Fore Street,
Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
Jim Moray is an English folk musician, singer, and producer known for his
innovative approach to traditional folk music. First gaining notice in the early
2000s for his startling reimagining of traditional songs, blending acoustic
instrumentation with electronic production, he has established himself as one of
the key figures in the English Folk Revival of the last 25 years. Details
www.topshamfolkclub.org /www.wegottickets.com/TopshamFolkClub.
NEW
Wednesday 4 February 2026 7.30pm - Budapest Cafe Orchestra -
New Hall, Barrington St, Tiverton EX16 6QP
Guaranteed to be the most energetic and entertaining
evening of gypsy & folk-flavoured music from all around the world. The BCO
deliver traditional Balkan, Russian, Hungarian and Romanian gypsy and folk music
in their own fresh and surprising way with jazz nuances and stunningly unique
arrangements. Details
www.budapestcafeorchestra.co.uk/concerts.shtml.
NEW Thursday 12
February 2026 7.30pm - John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett - Livermead Cliff Hotel, Torbay Road, Torquay TQ2
6RQ
With their What Three Words: Otway and Barrett tour, the mismatched but dynamic
duo are on the road again. John’s lyrical genius and Willy’s outstanding
musicianship, the dead pan humour of Barrett and mad onstage antics of Otway
making them still loved for their total in-yer-face originality. Details
https://fougoumusic.com/all-events/.
NEW Saturday 28
February 2026 8pm -
Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band -
Gateway Theatre, Fore Street, Seaton EX12 2LE
Tribute to Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan.
Details
https://gatewaytheatre.co.uk.
NEW Thursday 19
February 2026 - Fishermans Friends - Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, Torquay TQ2
5EZ
Details
www.atgtickets.com/venues/princess-theatre-torquay.
NEW
Thursday 26 March
2026 7.30pm
- Fairport Convention -
Exeter Corn Exchange, George St, Exeter EX1 1BU
Fairport have been entertaining music lovers for over half a century, having
formed in 1967. During that time the band that launched British folk-rock has
seen many changes, but one thing has remained the same - Fairport’s passion for
performance. Fairport will be joined by the wonderful, award winning Jenn
Butterworth as Special Guest on the tour. Jenn is an incredible guitarist and
singer based in Scotland.
Details www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW Sunday 19 April 2026
7.30pm - The Fureys: Farewell Tour - Exmouth Pavilion, The Esplanade, Exmouth
EX8 2AZ
After 10 previous performances The Fureys lay their last ever Devon and Cornwall
concert here as part of their Farewell Tour here on Sunday 19th April. Details
www.exmouthpavilion.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW Saturday
2 May 2026 7.30pm
- Simon & Garfunkel Through the Years -
Palace Theatre, Palace Avenue, Paignton TQ3 3HF
(map)
Critically acclaimed as one of the greatest tribute
shows in the world. Details
www.palacetheatrepaignton.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW 8-11 May 2026 -
BanterFest SouthWest - Christow, Teign Valley
After three hugely successful sell out years of BanterFest Lincolnshire,
BanterFest SouthWest is making its debut in the beautiful Teign Valley.
Spiers & Boden, Granny's Attic, Track Dogs, Harbottle & Jonas, Hannah Sanders &
Ben Savage, Lauren South, Geoff Lakeman, The Bismarcks, Windjammer, + surprise
special guest.
Details
https://www.banter.band/banterfest-home/banterfest-southwest.
NEW Saturday 30 May 2026
7.30pm - Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band - Brixham Theatre, New
Road, Brixham TQ5 8TA (map)
Bob Dylan & Joni Mitchell Tribute. With unrivalled musical authenticity this
multi-instrumentalist five-piece covers all the hits including ‘Like a Rolling
Stone’, ‘Both Sides Now’, ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ and ‘Big Yellow Taxi’. Details
www.brixhamtheatre.co.uk.
NEW Tues-Sun 4-9
7.45pm (&Sat 2.30pm; Sun 4pm) August 2026 - Lord of the Dance: 30th Anniversary
- Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, Torquay TQ2 5EZ
The global phenomenon that redefined Irish dance returns to the UK in 2026 to
celebrate its 30th Anniversary with an extraordinary new tour. This milestone
event promises to be a grand celebration of the production’s legacy, captivating
over 60 million fans in 60 countries since its debut in 1996. Details
www.atgtickets.com/venues/princess-theatre-torquay. Tickets from about £20!
(as at 27/1/25)
tbc Saturday 28
November 2026 -
Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes - Parish Hall, West Town Road, Newton St Cyres
EX5 5BW (5BU?)
details tba Yes! 2026
John Culf
johnculf@harbertondevon.co.uk
www.harbertondevon.co.uk
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk
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