12 HOLIDAY EXPRESS 2011


www.dawlishnewspapers.co.uk DEVON DATES FOR YOUR DIARY


25 KEDFAS - Julian Halsby will be presenting “The Butterfly on the Lagoon” about Whistler in Venice 1879-1914 at Kingsbridge Community College 7.30 for 7.45 pm non members warmly invited to attend for a donation of £8.00 per head. Contact 01548 844243 26 KEDFAS - Julian Halsby will be presenting “The Butterfly on the Lagoon” about Whistler in Venice 1879-1914 at The Reel Cinema, Kingsbridge 10.15 for 10.30am, non members warmly invited to attend for a donation of £8.00 per head. Contact 01548 857626. 27 onwards Dartmouth Galleries week - most of Dartmouthʼs galleries will hold new exhibitions with private views on Friday 27 May from 6pm. 27-30 Totnes and Dartington Open Studios - 30 artistsʼ studios open, 10am-4pm 27-29 Ashburton Blues Festival, Ashburton Town Hall – www.ashburtonbluesfestival.com – 07855 307 556 28 Gnaton Hall 2-5pm open garden and family dog show. Gnaton Hall, Yealmpton, by kind permission of The Hon. George and Mrs Lopes, 5 acres including woodland, lawned terraces, water and bog garden, walled garden, roses, magnolias, etc. 1 mile south of Yealmpton on the Newton Ferrers road, adults £4, under 16 free, Refreshments, plant stall and dog show. Dogs allowed, car park, limited wheelchair access. 28-29 Orchid Doctor weekend, bring your plants for free advice and repotting at Orchid Paradise, Burnham Nurseries Ltd., Forches Cross, Newton Abbot, 01626 352233. www.orchids.uk.com 28-30 West Country Branch Line Weekend and Cider Festival, South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 28-4 June Brixham Heritage Festival 28-30 Days of


30 10.30am-4pm Ivybridge Spring in the Park, Filham Park, Ivybridge - attractions include dog micro-chipping, advice on looking after and training your dog, free dog health checks, promotion of the fishing lake and environmental activities, childrenʼs entertainment, stalls, refreshments, etc. 30 Shaldon Water Carnival Spring Fete, Shaldon 30 Kingsteignton Ram Roast, Oakford Lawn, Kingsteignton – 01626 354088 30 Ivybridge Cricket Club official opening, Filham Park, Ivybridge


JUNE


3-5 Days of Art, Various – www.teignartists.co.uk 4 Stanborough Chorus - A summer concert featuring Hiawathaʼs Wedding Feast by Coleridge-Taylor at Malborough Village Hall, contact May Crimp 01548 842361 7 Kingsbridge Jazz Club at The Fishermanʼs Rest, Aveton Gifford, 7.30pm, Fret and Fiddle 9-12 Salcombe Festival 10-12 Contemporary Craft Fair, Devon Guild of Craftsmen Bovey


Tracey – Art, Various –


www.teignartists.co.uk 29 Prawle Fair, 2pm East Prawle Village Green. Traditional fun filled fair for all the family, live music, refreshments, stalls, events, rides and village pub, free entry, small charge for parking. 29 Opening for the NGS, Ash Tree Farm, Ash Cross, Dartmouth, 11 - 5 pm. 29-30 Big Bug Hunt, Overbecks, Salcombe.


www.craftsatboveYtracey.co.uk – 01626 830612 11-12 1950s and 1960s weekend. South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 11 Charity Duck Race and Mad Mascot Beach Dash. Waterpark and Beach fun. Starts from 10.00am at Spashback@Quaywest with Paignton Zoo 12 Orchids for your Home, beginners free workshop at Orchid Paradise, Burnham Nurseries Ltd., Forches Cross, Newton Abbot, 01626 352233, www.orchids.uk.com 12 Soundhouse Brass Band Courtenay Park Newton


www.newtonabbot-tc.gov.uk – 01626 201120 12-16 Open Bowls Championships, Teignmouth – www.bittonparkbowls.co.uk – 01626 772245 12 June - 10 July Dawlish Arts Festival 16-19 Shaldon Music Festival, Shaldon – www.shaldonfestival.co.uk 16-19 Kingsbridge Charter Medieval Festival to celebrate the 550th anniversary of the


at Powderham Castle Sunday 24 July


Summer Concerts Saturday 30 July


& His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra Holland Jools


Special guests SANDIE SHAW and Ruby Turner


Abbot, 2.30pm start –


Granting of the Town Charter. Flower festival at St Edmunds, medieval entertainment, local artists and craftspeople, music and dancing, plenty of food and drink 16-19 Kingsbridge Flower Festival, St Edmondʼs Church, Kingsbridge 16 Sea Fest 2011 at Spashback@Quaywest in association with Sea Shore Centre. BBQ, Live Music, Glowing Sand Castles, Competitions, Beach Games, Arts and Crafts Workshops and Marquee 17 7.30pm St Edmundʼs Church, Kingsbridge - Charter Anniversary Celebrations Festival Concert with Daughters of Elvin. 17 National Trust South Hams Centre Grand summer fair, Kingsbridge Market Hall, Fore Street, 10am-2pm free entry. Contact 01548 562017 17-19 Teignmouth Folk Festival 17-19 Teignmouth Folk Festival, Various – www.teignmouthfolk.co.uk – 01803 290427 18-19 Mad Inventors Days, Overbecks, Salcombe. 18 Medieval Fayre throughout the day and evening, Kingsbridge 18 EST Donkey Sanctuary Summer Fair, Filham, Ivybridge 18 Bridge Ceremony 10am, Ivy Bridge, Harford Road, Ivybridge. Re-enactment by local primary school children of the Battle of the Bridge between the parishes of Ivybridge and Ermington, also gate dressing. 18 The Antique Six Jazz evening, Charleton Village Hall, 8-11pm, in aid of National Coastwatch Prawle Point. Contact 01548 531885 18-26 South Brent Carnival week 18-19 Slapton Village Gardens, 2-5pm - a variety of village gardens and courtyards each with its own distinctive style of planting. Details and locations shown on tickets on sale in the car park on the days. £4.00 for a tour of all gardens, under 16 free. Cream teas and plant stall. Also Arts and Crafts exhibition. Parking in field in village centre. In aid of Red Cross, Slapton church and village hall. Slapton is half- mile from the A379 Dartmouth to Kingsbridge road and is signposted from the middle of Slapton Sands. 19 Opening for the NGS, Ash Tree Farm, Ash Cross, Dartmouth, 11 - 5 pm21-25 Murder by Misadventure, Shaftesbury Theatre, A Thriller – www.dawlishrep.com – 01626 863061 24-26 Kingsbridge Music Festival 25-26 Orchid Doctor weekend, bring your plants for free advice and repotting at Orchid Paradise, Burnham Nurseries Ltd., Forches Cross, Newton Abbot, 01626 352233. www.orchids.uk.com 25 Crowning of Carnival Queen, Newton Abbot – See website for details www.newtonabbot- carnival.co.uk 26 Armed Forces Day, Teignmouth Seafront 26 Dartmoor Cyclosportive – See website for details www.dartmoorclassic.co.uk 26 Loddiswell Congregational Church Open Air Songs of Praise on Loddiswell Courtledge with Plymouth Salvation Army Band 6.00pm 26 Westerncombe, South Pool, Kingsbridge 1- 5pm, by kind permission of Mr & Mrs Richard Murray, 3 acres of beautifully reconstructed garden and lawn sloping down to the boat quay and the estuary. Many new and unusual plants, orchard, terraced walkways amongst shrubs and herbaceous plants. Suitable outdoor footwear advisible, car park, cream teas and refreshments, no wheelchair access, no dogs. Admission £4.00 children under 16 free 29 KEDFAS - Professor G H Bell will present “Early Victorian Seascapes and Landscapes” the artistry of H


Advance Tickets for each night Adult £35 : Child £15


IML Concerts 01603 660444 : Exeter TIC, Princesshay 01392 665885 Exeter Northcott 01392 493493 : Plymouth Pavillions 0845 146 1460 Online at www.imlconcerts.co.uk


Gates 5pm : Music from 6.30pm : Picnic Concerts


B Carter & Son, at Kingsbridge Community College 7.30 for 7.45 pm non members warmly invited to attend for a donation of £8.00 per head. Contact 01548 844243 29 - July 10 Brixham Festival of the Sea at All Saints “Abide with Me” Parish Church. Colourful display of Brixhamʼs fishing heritage. Art exhibition, many events. Contact 01803 853882. 30 KEDFAS - Professor G H Bell will present “Early Victorian Seascapes and Landscapes” the artistry of H B Carter & Son, at The Reel Cinema, Kingsbridge 10.15 for 10.30am non members warmly invited to attend for a donation of £8.00 per head. Contact 01548 857626


30 Carnival Cricket Match, Newton Abbot – See website for details www.newtonabbot- carnival.co.uk


JULY


1 - 31 Judging for South West in Bloom and Local Garden competition 2 & 3 10th Teign Country Show, Chudleigh, 9am to 5.30pm – www.visitsouthdevon.co.uk – 01626 361885 2-10 Newton Abbot Carnival, Various – See website for details www.newtonabbot- carnival.co.uk – Newton Abbot Town Council 01626 201120 2 Lions Fun Day, Ivybridge 2 Propagation Workshop, Overbecks, Salcombe 3 NGS - Afternoon Treasure Tour, Overbecks, Salcombe 3 Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Band, Courtenay Park Newton Abbot, 2.30pm start – www.newtonabbot-tc.gov.uk – 01626 201120 5 Kingsbridge Jazz Club at the Fishermanʼs Rest, Aveton Gifford, 7.30pm, Louise Parker Quartet 7-10 QUEST


Newton Abbot Racecourse


Natural Health Show, –


www.newtonabbotracing.com – 01626 353235 8-18 Ways with Words Literature Festival, Dartington 9 Ivybridge Garden Association Summer Show, Methodist Church Hall, Ivybridge 9-10 World War I weekend, Overbecks, Salcombe. 9-10 1940s weekend, South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 9-10 Brixham Hapninʼ 10 Opening for the NGS, Ash Tree Farm, Ash Cross, Dartmouth, 11 - 5 pm. 10-15 Merlin Rocket Week, Salcombe 16 Churchstow Family Dog Show 2.30pm 16-23 Kingsbridge Fair Week 16 Barham Cup, Teignmouth to Newton Abbot Town Quay, depart Teignmouth 6pm, activities at Town Quay from 5pm – www.newtonabbot- tc.gov.uk – 01626 201120 16 Ashburton Bread Weighing,


Ashburton,


Medieval Fayre, 4pm, procession 6pm – www.visitsouthdevon.co.uk 22-30 Stokenham Art and Craft Exhibition, Parish Hall, 10-6pm daily, except 30 when it closes at 4.00pm 23 Army Exhibition, Newton Abbot Racecourse – www.newtonabbotracing.com – 01626 35323 23-30 Teignmouth Carnival, Teignmouth – www.teignmouthcarnival.com 24 Roger Daltrey performs The Whoʼs Tommy at Powderham Castle. Gates 5pm. Music from 6.30pm – www.imlconcerts.co.uk 24-25 Big Bug Hunt, Overbecks, Salcombe. 27 Yealmpton Show 29-5 August Sidmouth Folk Week 30 Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, special guests Sandy Shaw and Ruby Turner, at Powderham Castle. Gates 5pm. Music from 6.30pm – www.imlconcerts.co.uk 30 Marldon Apple Pie Fair 30-7 August Plymouth Regatta 30 July-7 Aug Teignmouth Regatta, The Den, Teignmouth – www.teignmouthregatta.co.uk – 01626 890243 31 Chivelstone Church Fete, South Allington House. Traditional fete with cream teas, bouncy castle, bbq, etc. 2.30pm-5.00pm Contact 01548 511272 31


Totnes Show, www.visitsouthdevon.co.uk AUGUST


1-6 South Devon Crab Festival Various – See website for details www.visitsouthdevon.co.uk 6 Shaldon Water Carnival, Shaldon 1-13 (except Sunday 7) Dartmouth Art Society Annual Summer Exhibition of Paintings in the Flavel Church, Dartmouth. Theme ʻSeasonsʼ local artists original works will be available to purchase. Admission free 2 Kingsbridge Jazz Club at the Fishermanʼs Rest, Aveton Gifford, 7.30pm. Antique Six Jazz Band 2-6 Dartmouth Shakespeare Week 5-7 Torbay Steam Fair, Brixham 6 Kingston Fair 2pm in the Dolphin Car Park. Grand draw, lots of stalls, games, refreshments, history society exhibition in the church, live music 6 Stoke Gabriel Carnival Procession, 6.30pm 6-7 Pirates at Overbecks, Salcombe 6-14 Paignton Regatta


Totnes –


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