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What's on events, July 3 - July 12. Images: with permission.

What’s on East Devon: July 3-July 12 – free entry flower festival, Brownie celebrations, music events

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If you are stuck for something to do over the weekend, take a look at East Devon what’s-on events for July 3 until July 12 – free entry flower festival, Brownie celebrations, music events.   July 3- July 5 – flower festival If you have never been to Harpford Church flower festival, near Newton Poppleford, East Devon, now is your chance because the biannual event is back, from Friday, July 3 until Sunday, July 5. But be warned, if you miss this year’s event there is a two-year wait for the return of the much-anticipated flower festival. This year’s theme…

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(l-r) Russell Watson, Carol Klein and Jonathan Dimbleby respectively appear at Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival 2024.
(l-r) Russell Watson, Carol Klein and Jonathan Dimbleby respectively appear at Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival 2024. Photos: Steven O’Gorman

PHOTOS: Famous faces and family fun are a hit at 2024 Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival

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Famous faces and family fun helped make the 2024 Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival a huge hit. The five-day extravaganza in the East Devon town captivated audiences with a stellar line-up of authors, thought-provoking discussions and engaging events. Big names such as Jonathan Dimbleby, Liz Earle, The Reverend Richard Coles, Sarah Rainsford, Rick Stein and Robert Harris visiting the event. It’s been a wonderful five days here in Budleigh… The festival also provided opportunities for local writers and up-and-coming authors. Audiences also enjoyed Iain Dale’s Susan Ward Memorial Talk on dictatorships. Historian and commentator Anthony Seldon packed the Public Hall with…

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Street parties are among scores of Coronation celebrations in East Devon and Exeter: Full list of road closures

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Street parties, big lunches, and community events – sparking road closures – are taking place in East Devon and Exeter over the weekend to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla. Devon County Council said more than 70 communities across Devon will be marking the Coronation of Their Majesties, and scores have applied for permission to close streets to hold parties, fun days and galas. In East Devon, Colyton is hosting a live screening of the Coronation on Saturday, May 6, at St Andrew’s Church, and a party in the park, starting at 6pm. Exeter Hindu Cultural Centre…

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Poltomore village, in East Devon, is holding a scarecrow competition as part of its Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Photos: East Devon News.

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee East Devon: what’s on Exmouth, Sidmouth, Axminster, Honiton, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, Sidbury, Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, and the surrounding villages

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Towns and villages across East Devon are gearing up to hold a host of celebrations, events and street parties in a bid to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Picnics and parties in the park, beacon lighting, live music and children’s entertainment are among the family fun for all ages planned as part of the four-day Jubilee bank holiday celebrations, starting on Thursday, June 2. Residents across East Devon can look forward to packed programmes of events in Exmouth, Sidmouth, Axminster, Honiton, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, Sidbury, Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, and the surrounding villages, joining in with the rest of the…

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Two-year exhibition on Lower Otter Restoration Project opens in Budleigh Salterton

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A two-year-long exhibition that shines the spotlight on the Lower Otter Restoration Project is set to open in Budleigh Salterton. The town’s Fairlynch Museum, in Fore Street, Budleigh, will host the exhibition, after it is opened by Lord Clinton on Thursday evening (April 14). The exhibition will cover the history of the project and provide a permanent record of the work carried out. The Lower Otter Restoration Project, with a finish date in 2023, is working to ‘adapt and enhance’ the downstream part of the River Otter, its estuary, and its immediate surroundings for future generations ‘in the face of…

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Rehearsals of The Hollow are well underway. Photo: Bruce Bolton.

Tickets go on sale as drama club brings Agatha Christie thriller to Budleigh Salterton

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Tickets are on sale and expected to go quickly for the first 2022 production by the Salterton Drama Club, based in Budleigh. Rehearsals are underway as the award-winning group gears up to bring Agatha Christie’s The Hollow to the stage in March. The Hollow opens on Monday, March 7 at 7.30pm, and runs nightly at The Salterton Playhouse, in Playhouse Lane, until Friday, March 11, with a final matinee performance on Saturday, March 12 at 2.30pm. Tickets are £12. The thriller is directed by drama club chairman Penny Hill with co-director Steve Clark, and promises to be ‘another excellent production’…

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Budleigh Music Festival returns in July.

Walk through colour, light and music as festival returns to Budleigh

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Colour, light and music will come together on The Green in Budleigh Salterton this summer for a first-ever festival event. Budleigh Music Festival has announced Colourscape – an interactive, family-friendly, walk-through labyrinth of colour, light and music. The festival will be held in the town from July 9-17, promising a week-long programme of live music. Concerts will be limited in capacity this year. The organsiers said live performances are in a ‘more intimate setting than ever before’ with daily sittings at 5pm and 8pm. Jason Thornton, artistic director for the festival, said: “2021 is a really important and special time…

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Photo: Nathan Budd.

Cycle challenge for East Devon and Exeter youngsters to boost charity for disabled children

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Parents with young children in Exeter and East Devon are invited to sign youngsters up for a free virtual bike ride for charity. Whizz Kids Toys, based in Exmouth, has launched the Little Wheels Lockdown Ride 2020 for children aged between two and six years old, mapping out four routes suitable for little legs. The aim of the event is to give East Devon youngsters who might be missing school and nursery a boost, while raising funds for nationwide charity Whizz-Kidz, who work to transform the lives of disabled children across the UK. The event is thought to be the…

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Left, some of the handmade mice that can be won by entering Budleigh Salterton Library's children's competition.

Win £100, children’s toys and discover a host of lockdown activities at Budleigh Salterton virtual library

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Budleigh Salterton Library is giving away £100 to the winner of a short story writing competition as the service offers a virtual branch during lockdown. A competition for children has also been announced, where youngsters aged from three to 12 years old are invited to draw a picture, or write a story or poem, about an animal to win handmade toy book mice. A top prize of £100 can be won by writing the middle of a short story created by crime fiction writer, Graham Hurley, who lives in Exmouth. There is a runner-up prize of £50. Although closed because…

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Exmouth Town Concert Band had been due to perform in Budleigh Salterton on March 25.
Exmouth Town Concert Band had been due to perform in Budleigh Salterton on March 25.

Exmouth Town Concert Band calls off Budleigh performance over coronavirus concerns

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Coronavirus concerns for older fans and musicians has seen Exmouth Town Concert Band call off its first performance of 2020. The group had been due to stage its Spring Concert at St Peter’s Church in Budleigh Salterton on Wednesday, March 25. We know that many of our followers and indeed members are in the older age bracket and are therefore considered to be at greater risk from the current virus…However, it says the event has been postponed indefinitely due to the ‘uncertain climate in the UK’. A spokesperson for the band said it had followers ‘in the older age bracket’…

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